Whites Connect with Young Fans Design First Urban Village
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Contest to All Whites connect with young fans design first urban village Lois Cairns [email protected] An international competition to design and build an urban village will give people a glimpse of the future of central Christchurch living. Designers have been told they can throw the rule book awayaslongastheyinclude at least 50 dwellings in the village, which will be built on a one-hectare site on the northeast corner of Latimer Square. The land is being acquired by the Government but the village, one of the anchor projects in the Christ- Hitting it off: All Whites captain Ryan Nelsen talks sport with cancer patient Lachie Sutherland, 5, during a visit to Christchurch Hospital yesterday. Photo: IAIN McGREGOR/FAIRFAX NZ church Central Development Plan, will be developed pri- Marc Greenhill and Chris Hyde noon back at school after the vately. [email protected] holidays. ‘‘It would have been Designs should be sustain- Orderly: Fans even better if I got to miss a able and ‘‘cater to the budgets On what would have been line up to meet school test,’’ he said. of a wide range of Christ- Grand Designs man Lachie Sutherland’s first day their All Whites Across town, Cantabrian church residents’’. at school, a chat with the All INSIDE heroes at Ben Sigmund was joined by Building and Construction Whites captain came a close Westfield team-mates Marco Rojas and ❯❯ Match previews B8 Minister Maurice Williamson joins judging panel second best. Riccarton Kosta Barbarouses in opening said it could become a The Christchurch cancer ❯❯ The squads B8 yesterday. the ‘‘Nike Football in the blueprint for other inner-city British television presenter patient, who just turned 5, Photo: DON Gap’’ artificial pitch in residential developments. Kevin McCloud is one of was yesterday undergoing SCOTT/ Hereford St. The turf was ‘‘The competition is an seven judges who will select treatment at Christchurch pitch in the central city. FAIRFAX NZ constructed in an empty lot opportunity to explore the the design for Christchurch’s Hospital when the Ryan Nelsen chatted with and yesterday played host to a potential for Christchurch to proposed urban village. Nelsen-led New Zealand Sutherland, a rugby and five-a-side tournament. become an example of modern McCloud, best known as football team visited. tennis fanatic, but general British singer Adele, but Middleton Grange pupil Sigmund said the concept living and is open to any the host of Grand Designs, is a The players, who tonight sports lover. disagreed with Nelsen on the Matthew Scott, who was first was ‘‘fantastic’’. consortium that includes a champion of sustainable face Tahiti at AMI Stadium, The youngster showed off talents of boy band One in line, warned his mother a ‘‘I wish I was living down professional designer and a development and ecological signed balls, shirts and his skills by kicking the ball Direction. week in advance so she could here still and I could come property developer,’’ he said. construction and is an posters and ate ice cream at around the corridor despite She planned to post the drive him there. He was keen and join in.’’ ‘‘[It] is about setting a new honorary fellow of the Royal the children’s haematology being hooked up to a drip. photo she had taken with to meet Nelsen, as well as About 7500 tickets to the standard, not just for Christ- Institute of British Architects. and oncology centre during a The All Whites captain Nelsen on her blog. emerging stars Winston Reid World Cup qualifying match church or even New Zealand He will be joined on the packed afternoon of also discussed music with A 600-strong crowd, some and Chris Wood. ‘‘I just love have been sold. 1 but inspiring the world to judging panel by: Kevin McCloud appearances. Lara Cooke, a 10-year-old who had waited more than 2 ⁄2 football,’’ Scott said. achieve more beautiful and ❏ Stuart Gardyne, an They met fans at a sports cancer patient from hours, lined up to meet the Sumner fan Joe Walker, 9, desirable inner cities.’’ architect with more than 30 Architects awards. store in Riccarton and Wellington. A keen netballer, players at Rebel Sport in had to convince his mother to ■ See press.co.nz for live match Nearly 130 architects and years’ experience. His ❏ Kevin Simcock, an engineer unveiled an artificial football she said she was a fan of Riccarton. let him miss the first after- updates from 7.30pm. designers from around the practice, Architecture+, has who has provided world have already registered won many awards for civic, professional design and their interest in taking part in commercial and residential management for structural, the competition, which is projects. civil and geotechnical being run by the Christ- ❏ Martin Udale, who has engineering projects in church City Council, the more than 30 years’ Christchurch and nationwide Business Innovation and experience in commercial and for the past 30 years. Risk of death high in parts of Port Hills Employment Ministry, the residential property ❏ Huia Reriti, a Ngai Tahu Christchurch Central Devel- development and investment architect who has been Sam Sachdeva have died had they not been Wakefield Ave in Sumner. as one in 100. The average during aftershocks from the opment Unit and Ngai Tahu. in Britain, Australia and New involved with commercial [email protected] evacuated after the February ‘‘If people hadn’t been annual risk of death from a February 22 quake, he said. Competition entries will be Zealand. and domestic architecture. 2011 quake. evacuated after the February car crash is one in 10,000. The risk would rapidly judged by a panel whose ❏ Di Lucas, a Christchurch ❏ Zea Harman, a youth The risk of death from rock- Speaking at the University 22 earthquake, they likely Geologists measured decrease in the years immedi- members include British tele- landscape architect who has representative from central fall in some Port Hills areas of Canterbury at the weekend, would have gone down the cracking at the cliff top, the ately after the quake, before vision presenter Kevin won several New Zealand Christchurch school was up to 100 times higher Massey gave a presentation slope in the June 13 earth- volume of material that had reaching a ‘‘plateau’’ after 10 McCloud, who fronts Grand Institute of Landscape Unlimited. than the risk of dying in a car on rockfall risk. quake,’’ he said. fallen after the quakes and the years. The team planned to Designs. crash, a geologist says. He said geologists had Massey said the average shape and height of the cliffs reassess risk levels in five Mayor Bob Parker said the GNS Science engineering assessed the risk of death annual risk of death for some to determine the risk. years to see how they had idea behind the project was to He said the eyes of the geologist Chris Massey said from quake-hit cliff faces, of the houses near the affected The calculations showed changed and how the quakes inspire residents to live in the world were on Christchurch ❯❯ To A2 residents near some including those in Redcliffs, cliffs was one in 1000, with some properties would likely had affected the stability of central city. as it redeveloped. earthquake-hit cliffs could Whitewash Head and ‘‘very, very few’’ areas as high have been covered in rocks the cliff faces, Massey said. 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