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Discover Your City Through DISCOVER YOUR CITY THROUGH ARCHITECTURE OPEN CHRISTCHURCH 15-16 MAY 2021 40+ BUILDINGS, 1 WEEKEND CHAMPION SPONSOR PRINCIPAL SPONSORS FUNDERS openchch.nz PUBLIC 0 WITH 46 OPEN BUILDINGS, TWO GUIDED 0 1. 2. 3. 4. CENTRAL CITY WALKS AND DOZENS OF OLD GOVERNMENT BUILDING BOTANIC GARDENS – CUNINGHAM BOTANIC GARDENS – VISITOR CENTRE TE HONONGA CHRISTCHURCH 2 SPECIAL ACTIVITIES (FROM CHILDREN’S ARCHITECT: Joseph Clarkson HOUSE CONSERVATORY ARCHITECT: Pattersons Associates, 2014 CIVIC BUILDING 2 Maddison, 1913 ARCHITECT: Collins and Harman, 1923 ADDRESS: Rolleston Ave ARCHITECT: Ministry of Works, 1965-81; WORKSHOPS TO PERFORMANCES AS ADDRESS: 28 Cathedral Sq ADDRESS: 8 Riccarton Ave SAT & SUN: 10am-5pm, walk up Athfield Architects, 2007-10 SAT & SUN: 12–5pm, walk up SAT & SUN: 10am-4pm, walk up GARDEN TOURS, see openchch.nz ADDRESS: 58 Worcester Blvd SELF-GUIDED SAT: 10am-4pm TOURS: Sun, 1pm & 2pm This white, airy contemporary structure strikes WELL AS EXPERT TALKS AND TOURS), WALK UP + TOURS, see openchch.nz Part of the nineteenth century battle of styles Immerse yourself in the verdant tropics when a contrast to the surrounding greenery. One that pitted Gothic Revivalism against Classicism, you visit this neoclassical beauty of steel, of the first post-quake builds and a happy Putting the public back into civic architecture, Athfield OPEN CHRISTCHURCH 2021 IS A OGB, as a Renaissance Revival structure, is one concrete and glass. The fruits of a family rift, the marriage of form and function, the design is Architects have transformed a Brutalist fortress (the of the few remaining examples of the latter in conservatory was paid for by gardens’ enthusiast adapted from a Dutch commercial greenhouse former NZ Post building) and worked with Ngāi Tahu Christchurch. Sitting on a large rusticated stone Cleverly Cuningham. Modelled on the Reid system. Outside, the serrated, jutting roofline to incorporate cultural narratives in an innovative CELEBRATION OF OUR ARCHITECTURE. base and characterised by the giant orders Winter Gardens in Glasgow, the design includes provides angles and rhythm, while inside the adaptation. The welcoming, abundant space of the (columns) that span two floors, a heavy cornice a dome-shaped glass roof capped with a glazed building flows lengthwise from restricted (the two-storeyed ground floor doubles as a thoroughfare and parapet, it speaks to the palazzo tradition lantern, and a covered portico with Tuscan plant propagation areas) through to public between two major streets and as the connective and Renaissance architects.The grandness, columns. Its leafy charges are kept in the tropical spaces of the shop and cafe. Interior elements heart of the building’s services. Outside, the structure’s This one-weekend-only festival is – by creating your own itinerary Accessible weight and prominence of the building reflect climate they require, allowing for the historically continue the botanical theme: precast concrete bulk is celebrated as reassuring; inside, sustainable for everyone in or visiting Ōtautahi you’ll discover your city in a the power of central government, the offices of popular activity of keeping and displaying plants sculptured panels result in dappled light, innovations abound: gas generated at landfill provides which it was designed to house. from far-flung places. echoing the shady surrounds. heating; rainwater is harvested to flush toilets. Christchurch over 15 & 16 May. new way. No Accessible Building owners/kaitiaki will COMMERCIAL Te Pūtahi thanks all our generous literally open their doors so you Toilets building partners and contributors COMMERCIAL can experience great design from for welcoming everyone to explore the inside, for free. There are a Parking Provided these special works of architecture. handful of exceptions to this as a We also acknowledge our family of small fee of $4+bf is charged for Ticketed sponsors, funders and supporters access to buildings that require Dr Jessica Halliday for making Open Christchurch 2021 advanced booking. Walk up: turn up on the day OPEN CHCH Director possible. Open Christchurch is a We encourage you to peruse the feast of architecture – we hope you programme carefully and to delve relish the chance to explore and COVID-19: For the latest 5. Photo by Adam Mørk 6. 7. 8. into openchch.nz to select what enjoy this selection of the city’s information about Covid levels you want to see over the weekend best buildings. please see openchch.nz TŪRANGA CENTRAL LIBRARY CHRISTCHURCH TOWN HALL CSO CENTRE CANTERBURY BUILDING SOCIETY/ MUSE ART HOTEL ARCHITECT: Architectus & Schmidt ARCHITECT: Warren and Mahoney, ARCHITECT: Warren and Mahoney, 2019 Hammer Lassen Architects with Ngāi 1972 & 2019 ADDRESS: 86 Kilmore St ARCHITECT: B J Ager & Peter Beaven, Tūāhuriri & Matapopore, 2018 ADDRESS: 86 Kilmore St SAT: 12.45-1.30pm 1961; Three Sixty Architecture, 2020 ADDRESS: 60 Cathedral Square SAT & SUN: 10am-4pm, walk up TALK & WALK-THROUGH ADDRESS: 159 Manchester St SAT & SUN: 10am-5pm, walk up MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES, see openchch.nz SUN: 12–4pm The city’s orchestra finally has its own dedicated MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES, see openchch.nz WALK UP WITH CONTROLLED ACCESS Nam ea ipist aut venditatet voloriaspero blatianto omni ut odis A Milestone in New Zealand civic architecture, home after more than 60 years of existence. poriorerum quidebis dolecti expliqu atectur rest et ommodi The award-winning Tūranga is a landmark and one of the country’s most acclaimed Spanning three storeys and connecting to Started by Ager and finished by one of New building in Christchurch’s rebuild. Reaching buildings, the Christchurch Town Hall was much all levels of the Town Hall, the CSO Centre’s Zealand’s most acclaimed architects, Peter consecu ptationsequi quo te soluptam facipsa epernate as out beyond its footprint to the surrounding longed-for. Christchurch residents waited almost forms and materials echo those of the original Beaven, the Canterbury Building Society was beatibust, num facepud aeptas eicabor aturitas sed qui cor suntios landscape – building on Ngāi Tūāhuriri’s narrative 100 years for a town hall of their own and helped building. Of particular note: the Ron Ball Studio, the first large office building to be constructed in through important navigational reference points finance what was to become the centre of public where architecture meets acoustic engineering. the central city after WWII. The building sports nis aut apis aut id quibusae andion por apera nonsequ iscipiet – it expresses the principle of whakamanuhiri life. The expression of its structure and materials Warm Southland Beech and purpose-designed, several signature Beaven flourishes. The top voluptiam des si quam reprem qui di il inienda vel expe cusdam est, (welcoming guests). The inclusive, light-filled are key characteristics of this modernist acoustic wall detailing combine to sustain pure, two floors are full of personality: one, capped ipsant lique min ratur autatatius, ut fuga. Ut aut et eosant. ground floor extends the square’s civic space, masterpiece, while the internationally acclaimed clear sound in this refined space. by a cornice slab; the ultimate, with a dramatic while the generous central stairway invites the auditorium with its groundbreaking acoustic floating pavilion. The result: a 360 view from officia volorio blaboritatur a dolore public inwards and upwards towards knowledge. design is its feature. See the CSO rehearse in this Evellam doluptae in nonsed et qui above and a skyline of floating planes when voluptas autem et debis sit as Roomy, connective and alive, the building flows space (Sat, 10am-12.30pm). viewed from the street. int offictur, in nis eritio experum from the dynamic lower floors to the slower, comnia conector rehenduci corem elluptae re sinum cuptatia perum more reflective and compact upper floors. Lianne Dalziel fugitatem quas aliquibus eliqui quia inullut ullit, iliti ut eum rem Mayor of Christchurch COMMERCIAL omnimet pre dolorep elecusda hit dolorent. Onsecum sitatur dem quiatiusto quae. Et quam aut magnam ium facepudae nos dolupitibus atur? Sectatem reseque nihitatibus, sit quibus harumque porrovid molor con nonsequ undipici simolorrum lam arum, non num, 1 2 9. 10. Image by Peter Cui 11. 12. OPEN CHRISTCHURCH OPEN CHRISTCHURCH IS ONLY MADE POSSIBLE 2021 SPONSORS AND THROUGH THE SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM OF 65 CAMBRIDGE TERRACE STRANGES & GLENDENNING HILL LYTTELTON STUDIO MONASTERY LANE NEAVE (+OFFICE) + FLAT SUPPORTERS ITS FAMILY OF SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS. ARCHITECT: Sheppard & Rout, 2014 ARCHITECT: Bull O'Sullivan Architecture, 2015 ARCHITECT: Jasmax, 2015 ARCHITECT:Warren & Mahoney, 1962 & 1979 ADDRESS: Corner Lichfield & High Sts ADDRESS: Lyttelton 23b Walkers Road Lyttelton ADDRESS: 141 Cambridge Terrace ADDRESS: 65 Cambridge Tce SAT: 9am-1pm, walk up SUN: 9am–1pm, walk up SAT: 10am-12pm, controlled access SAT: 10am–4pm TOURS: every 30mins from 9am SELF-GUIDED TOURS, see openchch.nz CHAMPION PRINCIPAL WALK UP + TOURS SPONSORS Shiny, bold and sleek, the Stranges & Taking an elegant stance on an iconic landscape, A subtle, sophisticated design that is of this Angular, articulated and artful, 65 was designed Glendenning Hill building stands out in a crowd. this humble retreat is rough and ready on the place. The exterior glass curtain wall is angled in 1962 as both an office for WaM and a Two new buildings connect to an existing exterior, but holds polished treasures if you to meet the river bend, while inside structural residence for Sir Miles Warren. The building heritage building via a laneway, which results in delve within. The sturdy aluminium cladding and elements take centre stage, acknowledging shows us what it is made of (concrete beams an open, urbane space for eating and drinking. recycled wharf timbers outside this architect’s Christchurch’s modernist past and providing and blocks, meranti timber) and revels in its The dramatic, pointed corner of the structure studio and living quarters are in conversation reassurance. Ribbed fair-face concrete panels SUPPORTING EVENT FUNDERS geometric design. The 45 degree half-gables jutt accentuates the sharp, triangular site on which it with the elements, ready to weather.
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