Ideas to Reality Building a 21st century city Image: BusImage: Interchange Knox Plaza, Victoria Street Contents Rārangi Upoko Foreword: Building a 21st century city .............4 A Prosperous City ............................................34 An Accessible City ..........................................64 Retail Precinct ..............................................36 Travel .... ......................................................66 Remembering the journey .................................6 Convention Centre Precinct..........................38 An Accessible City - access for all ................68 What we’ve been through ..............................8 Private enterprise .........................................40 Where we are now .......................................10 A Vibrant City ...................................................42 What progress looks like .................................70 The Blueprint comes to life .............................12 Performing Arts Precinct ..............................44 What progress looks like ..............................72 Hagley Oval ..................................................14 Central Library..............................................46 Earthquake Memorial ....................................16 Metro Sports Facility ....................................48 Progress Timeline ............................................74 Bus Interchange ...........................................18 Stadium .......................................................50 Te Papa Ōtākaro/Avon River Precinct ............20 Arts and Culture ...........................................52 Justice and Emergency Services Precinct .....22 Events ..........................................................54 Innovation Precinct .......................................24 Hospitality ....................................................56 Health Precinct/Te Papa Hauora ...................26 Private Residential Developments.................58 Residential Demonstration Project ................59 A Green City .....................................................28 East Frame ..................................................60 Green spaces...............................................30 South Frame ................................................62 Green buildings ............................................32 33 Ideas to Reality Foreword Building a 21st century city lighting local tourism artists & fewer cars performance performers venues Message from John Ombler, Acting mixed use rail/tram buildings eco- laneways Chief Executive, Canterbury produce green friendly markets Cathedral Earthquake Recovery Authority Square precincts building sports & Following the series of earthquakes that started in September codes affordable entertainment green recreation public 2010 and caused widespread damage, the centre of transport Christchurch was left unrecognisable and in need of a plan to spaces day/night manage its recovery. This was a ‘once only’ opportunity: one learning markets boutique cafés & shopping chance to get it right, one chance to rebuild a city that would restaurants grow successfully into the future. specialised small shops retail people buses In June 2011 Christchurch City Council asked people to John Ombler, Acting Chief Executive, ‘Share an Idea’ about what they wanted for their new central shopping commercial Canterbury Earthquake Recovery cycling initiatives city. From over 100,000 ideas, certain themes were identified building heights and these became the strategic goals for the revival of the Authority (CERA) new city: walkways Avon River parking Ōtākaro malls architectural design safety riverside memorials features A Green City A Prosperous City squares central socialising city living separate pedestrians cycle lanes bus exchange A Vibrant City An Accessible City free Wi-Fi The ideas and desires that formed these themes came from the people of Christchurch and they have been used to shape the central city’s design and rebuild. Over an intense 100-day period, the Blueprint Plan was created by a professional consortium in conjunction with CERA’s Christchurch Central Development Unit (CCDU) as part of the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan. Share an Idea 4 Ideas to Reality BEALEY AVE BEALEY AVE VICTORIA ST P ARK TCE FITZGERALD AVE DURHAM ST HARPER AVE MADRAS ST COLOMBO ST MONTREAL ST BARBADOES ST MANCHESTER ST SALISBURY ST SALISBURY ST By continuing to apply this very deliberate Blueprint design for the duration of the rebuild, we set Te Papa Ōtākaro Avon River Precinct a framework for the private sector to populate the central city and develop it alongside the key anchor projects, with the financial backing of the Government. KILMORE ST Te Puna Ahurea KILMORE ST Cultural Centre (indicative) Residential The Crown has supported the wishes of the people from the start. Rebuilding the largest city in Demonstration Performing Project Arts Precinct the South Island, alongside local government, iwi, businesses, investors and community, has been ARMAGH ST ARMAGHa top ST priority that has long-term Government commitment. Convention Centre GLOUCESTERI look ST forward to the exciting future we have ahead of us and I am also truly delighted with the Central The Library Frame Te Papa Ōtākaro progress of our city so far. Avon River WORCESTER ST Precinct The Retail Square ROLLESTON AVE Precinct HEREFORD ST HEREFORD ST HEREFORD ST FITZGERALD AVE Cricket Justice & Message from Dr Karleen Oval CASHEL ST Emergency CASHEL ST RICCARTON AVE Services DEANS AVE Bus Stadium Precinct Interchange Edwards, Chief Executive, CAMBRIDGE TCE MADRAS ST LICHFIELD ST Health OXFORD TCE Christchurch City Council Precinct The TUAM ST TUAM ST COLOMBO ST Frame Innovation Christchurch City Council has been working hard to Precinct ST ASAPH ST ST ASAPH ST ensure the community is well served and supported as the Crown’s role in the recovery changes. The Council FERRY RD Metro will take the framework that the Crown has provided, Sports DURHAM ST MADRAS ST COLOMBO ST Facility MONTREAL ST and use it to ensure our city is built to the very best it MANCHESTER ST HAGLEY AVE can be for the future. This is a time of much change, and MOORHOUSE AVE MOORHOUSE AVE we at the Council look forward to taking the reigns as we move forward. Blueprint Plan for central city Dr Karleen Edwards, Chief Executive, Christchurch City Council The Blueprint Plan was created as a framework to help form a successful city. Over the last three years we have been working purposefully towards this vision. Much of the Crown development in the central city has only been able to take place in just the last two years. To date, over 40 per cent of the post-quake physical rebuild has already been completed and the halfway mark is rapidly approaching. Achieving this progress has been no mean feat – involving tenacity, hard work and a total commitment to the future of Christchurch. 5 Ideas to Reality Remembering the journey Residents watching demolition What we’ve been through Vespa Bar in Poplar Lane Christchurch has been through a lot of change. Central Christchurch was changed permanently After the quake of February 2011, Damage overview – not just physically, but economically as well. it became clear that the city would never be Between 2011 and 2012 the number of central the same again. The emotional impact has been 1,628,429 square metres city businesses plummeted from 5,689 to 3,758 significant and long lasting. However, it is the of road were damaged and needed to be repaired and the number of employees dropped from physical impact of the natural disaster that is or replaced across large parts of greater Christchurch 47,350 to 27,560. The economic geography seen on a daily basis. of the central city was changed as many 659 kilometres businesses were forced to move to the suburbs. The consequences of the Canterbury of sewer pipes and 69 kilometres of water earthquake series were substantial with an mains were damaged However, the biggest factor affecting the start unprecedented amount of remedial work of the greater Christchurch rebuild was that the needed before any rebuilding could take place. About 168,000 dwellings ground was still shaking. Damage to the infrastructure and the loss of in greater Christchurch (over 90%) had buildings left the city– particularly the city a dwelling claim centre – unrecognisable. 1,100 buildings needed to be demolished in the city centre 8 Ideas to Reality Legend – aftershocks map Major Canterbury Earthquakes 7.1 on 4 September 2010 6.3 on 22 February 2011 6.0 on 13 June 2011 5.9 on 23 December 2011 Aftershocks September 2010 to December 2012 Aftershocks September 2010 to June 2011 Aftershocks July 2011 to December 2011 Aftershocks January 2012 to June 2012 Aftershocks July 2012 to December 2012 Magnitude Indicator 3.0 - 4.0 4.0 - 5.0 5.0 and greater Map courtesy of North and South GIS Earthquake Data Source: GeoNet, GNS. Original Map Scale: 1:320,000 on A4. Greater Christchurch experienced over 11,000 rebuild up close. From this perspective, it is aftershocks from February 2011 and they did often difficult to step back and take in the many not stop until mid 2012. Unsound and damaged positive changes that have happened since the buildings were still being demolished carefully Blueprint Plan’s publication. during this period but it was neither safe nor sensible to start the actual rebuilding until The guiding principles and the vision, created the ground had stopped shaking. Insurance as part of the Christchurch Central Recovery