the press 22 february 2014 - christchurch in 2031

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THE PRESS, Saturday & Sunday, February 22 - 23, 2014 Mainlandereditor: EwanSargent C1

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Whether youre stopping for a coffee

at the historic Curators House, taking

the kids to the Botanic Gardens

Paddling Pool for a dip or enjoying one

of the citys new temporary libraries,

these facilities have been restored as

part of the Councils Facilities Rebuild

Programme.

In 2014, were looking forward toconstruction beginning on new

community centres, pools and

libraries. Well also be ramping up our

repair programme.

Rebuildingourcommunities

Doing what needs to get done

Three years on,

Christchurch City

Council has repaired

and re-opened many

facilities that matter

to Christchurch andBanks Peninsula

residents.For more information

on the Facilities Rebuild

Programme visit:

futurechristchurch.co.nz

TonySmith SPORT, 2031

Changing guard

TheAll Blackshavecrashedoutof theglobalworldchampionships playoffsafter a shocklosstoArgentina atBallantynes-

NgaiTahu StadiuminChristchurch.

ThePumas beatthe five-timeRugbyWorldCupwinners31-29ingoldenpointextra-timefor anhistoric firstvictoryover NewZealand.

Argentinasambassadorto NewZealand watching whilesharinga steakdinnerwith Governor-General GerryBrownlee hailedtheupset ashis countrysgreatestsporting resultof the21st century.

Argentina scoredfive triesandthreeconversionsto onetryandeightpenaltiesby theAll Blacks,whoabandonedtheirusualexpansivegame to play10-manrugby.

TheAllBlacks neededto beatArgentinaby a four-trybonus

pointmarginand rely onthewinlessWallabiesto upsettheladder-leading Springboks,coached byRobbie Deans,71,fortheNewZealandersto winthesouthernhemisphereleg oftheworldchampionshipsleagueandqualifyfortheMarch15 globalgrandfinalin Dubaiagainstthewinnerof Europes SixNationschampionships.

Immediatelyafter thefinalwhistle, AllBlacks headcoachSteveHansen thefirst coachtowinfourWorld Cupgoldmedalsannouncedhe wasending his19-yearreigntogive theteamninemonthsto prepareforthe nextWorldCup tournamentin India.

Hansen,72in May, saidit wastimehe gavelong-timeassistantIanFoster acrackat thetopjobbefore hequalifiesfor hisgoldcard.

Illmisstheboys;theycallme

grandpa,Hansen said,atearstreakinghisruddy, chubbycheek.

Meanwhile,New ZealandRugbyUnion chiefexecutiveSirRichardMcCawsaid the13,339-turnoutin the45,000-seatstadiumwasdisappointing.Wehada fullhouse,butmostpeopleleftbefore kickoff afterSonnyBillWilliamspre-matchboxing bout.Butat least they sawoldSonny(aged45) wintheworldheavyweightgeriatricchampionship.

SirRichard saidthe walk-upcrowdwere probablysaving theirmoney fortomorrowsfirst homegame ofthe2031 seasonbythe TeWaiPounamuTaniwha,the three-timeNationalRugby Leaguechampions.And theSouthernMustangsplayherein theA-League playoffs onMondaynight;so 13,339isnta badcrowdreally; itsnot likerugbysournationalsport.

fter the floodSarah-JaneOConnor

PlantScience Park:Woo-MinLeeproposedaPlantScienceParkin theGreenFramewheretheresearchfacilityisa parkandtheparkisthe researchfacility.

CLIMATECHANGE

EastChristchurch residentsinundatedwith floodwaterslast yearareonceagain

battlingwithinsurersto replacebelongingsand repairtheirwaterloggedhomes.

Residents aroundthemouthoftheAvonwokeupthe dayafterBoxingDayto findwaterrapidlyencroachingon theirhomes.Theking tide,whicharrivedat 7amonFriday, December 27, broughtwithit devastationto homesstillclinging onto thebanksof theAvonRiver.

TheDecember floods haverenewedcallsto remediateearthquake-damagedland andpushaheadwith raising floorlevelsinlinewiththeChristchurchCityCouncilsFloodManagementPlan.

Landaroundthe westernedgeoftheestuary sank byabout10centimetresafterthe 2010and2011earthquakes.Much ofthe landaroundtheareawasdeemeduninhabitable bythe governmentandsubsequently red-zoned.The

sunkenlandmakesthe areamorevulnerableto flooding,and withhuman-induced climate changeraising thesealevel,expertssayeventssuchas theDecember27king tide floodwillbecomemorefrequent andintense.

Sealevelshaverisenby about10centimetresin thepasttwodecades, withpredictionsthatby

theendof thecenturythe totalincreasewillbe aboutonemetreabove1990s levels.Climatescientistshave warnedthat kingtide floodsareonlythefirstsignofsealevel rises,withmorefloodingof low-lyingareas predicted.

WithcontributionfromDr RobBell,Niwa

Stars return for GodotPhilip Matthews

TOWNHALL, 2031

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eteranBritishtheatre actors

IanMcKellen andPatrickStewarthave returned to

Christchurchfor another sold-outseasonofWaitingforGodot.

Interviewedbefore theopeningnightperformance,McKellen, 91,saidChristchurch audienceshadembraced hisinterpretation of theSamuelBeckettplay aboutwaitingagesandagesforsomethingtohappen.

Theremaybe anelementofnostalgiaforthe days beforetheearthquakein the overwhelmingaudience responses,but I thinkCantabriansalso getBeckettsmessageaboutfutility,McKellensaid.

People comeagain andagain,bringing allthe family.

McKellen andStewart, 90, hadhopedto performtheirfourthChristchurchseasonofWaitingforGodotatthe IsaacTheatre Royal,butthat theatrewas alreadybookedfor nextweeks worldpremiereofthe seventhfilm inPeterJacksonsSilmarillionfranchise.

Thetheatrewas alsobelowthecapacity requiredfor audiencedemand,McKellensaid.

Ultimately,the ChristchurchTownHall wastheonlyvenuethatreallysuited, he said.

Weneededall 2500seatsintheauditorium.

Irememberthatthereweresuggestionsthat theChristchurchTownHall bedemolishedafterthe2011 earthquake.

Thank goodness thatdidnthappen.

He saidthe prestigiousInternationalModernistMasterpiecesAward givento theChristchurchCityCouncil in 2019forits sensitiveand thoroughrepairand renovationof theTownHall,guidedby originalarchitectSirMilesWarren,showedthatitwasonthe righttrack.

Can youbelievethatthegovernmentofthe daywantedtobowlthe TownHallandsteerthecouncil towardspayingfor somesortof performingarts precinctinstead?McKellensaid.

Imagine if Christchurchhadlostthis incrediblebuilding.Itreallyis the cityslivingroom.

Welove Christchurch,McKellen added.

Comingbackto thisincrediblecity isoneof thethingsthatkeepsmeandPatrick young.

Sounds of silenceEwanSargent

ARTS PRECINCT, 2031

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tanding inthe desertedTown

Hall carparklastnight youcouldcatchsnatchesof music

drifting overfrom Addingtonwhenthe windshifted.

Ageingboy bandOne Directionwasbeltingoutthe backcatalogueto itsmiddle-agedmum fans.

Those snatchesaside,itwas alovelyChristchurchnight.Andifyouwantedpeaceandquiet,thiswastheplaceto be.Youknowtheoldjoke ChristchurchCBD CentreBit ofDoughnut.But isitrightthat we canhappilymeditateinthemiddleof thecountryssecond-biggest cityon a Saturdaynight?

Looking acrossthe vastemptygrassylawnsand gardensspreadingoutfromthe river andtowardsthe cathedral,the lonelyTheatreRoyalsatpaleinthemoonlight.Itwas alsodeserted another casualtyof thebig crowdsthatSpecialisedCranesAddingtonAuditoriumcan pull.

Fartheroutagain, welloutofearshot andacross town,theorchestrawouldbe practisingattheWoolstonBrass Bandcentre.Swing 180degreesand 12kmawayinHornby,moremusicianswould

beworking hardat theEezi-AirSoundproofComplex.

Andthe citysonly professional

theatrecompany,the RangioraPlayers(oldieswill remember it astheCourtTheatre)wouldbe ofcoursegearingup foritscontroversialnew playWheredtheWaimakRiverGo?initsnewtheatre-stagecomplexin BlackettSt.

Sothings werehummingin thecitysarts andentertainmentworld. . . everywherebutrighthereamong the grassand daisies.

OK,except inonething.Itwasnta complete entertainmentvoid.DistantManchesterSt wasglowingthanksto theheadlightsodozensof carsmovingslowlyupanddown.

Butthisbiggrassyparkinthecitycentre,BabyHagleyI thinktheofficeworkerscallit,is whatyougetwhena city spreadslike anoldeggin a coldfrypanandthemoneyrunsoutto scrapeit backtogether.

MaybeoncewevefixedtheTownHall foundations(yes Iknow,again,but properly thistime) itmightbe usefulforsomething?Howabouta biggardenparty?Wecan duck intotheSt JamesTheatre ifit rains.

2031

COME WITH US TO 2031

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obodycan predictwhatChristchurchwill be likeonFebruary 22,2031 20 yearsafterthe worstearthquakeand17 yearsfromtoday.

Willthe anchor projectsofthe centralcityinvented andsited behind

closeddoors injust100 days in2012 bebuiltand tenanted, popular andprospering?

Willsportingand cultural eventsfill a35,000-seat coveredstadium?We cantknow.

Imsuspicious of peoplewho claimto

knowwhat the futureholds,professionalfuturist StuartCandy oncesaid.

Long-termpredictionsare almost alwayswrongbecausemere extrapolationcantstandup tothe complexityof time, hetold

aTedXChristchurchaudience lastyear.Thebetteralternative is to understand

thatthe futureis plural, Candyargued.There aremultiple futuresopen to

Canterburyand wecanmake decisionstodaythatwillhelpmakeor preventthosefutures.

But to understandfuture-Christchurch,

youhavetorely onsometimesscantinformationprovidedby theCanterburyEarthquakeRecoveryAuthority,ChristchurchCity Council andother publicbodies.

So,withsomuch stillunknownwedecidedto experiment.

What ifThePress visitedChristchurchonFebruary22, 2031, andreportedbackwhatwefound? Obviouslywe canttimetravel,butwe canimaginefuturesandreportthem.So wedid.Whatfollowsisentirelyfictional.

Thepointis notmere entertainment,althoughthereis that.The point,a laStuartCandy,isthatreadersmayfindinourfiction possiblefutures theylove orhate.

Itmay evensparkan idea,stirsome

latenturgeto getinvolved.If itdoes,weurgereadersto dosomethingabout it.Rally,protest,cheer,plant. . .do somethingthatchangesthe future.

Andonefurthermessage forthosewhoarechallengedby theappearanceof fictioninthis well-read sectionof thenewspaper,Mainlander.

Fictionin newspapersdates backcenturies.CharlesDickenspublished somenovelsin serialisedform.

It appeared regularly inthe TheEveningNews,a dailyeveningpaperthatserved

Londonfrom1881 to 1980.Authors includedA AMilne,Arthur C ClarkeandKenFollett.

Onthese pageswe challengedThePressreporters towritefictionalnon-fictionandthe results,we think,are provocative.

Some ofitsgoodnews,somebad.Comewithusto 2031.


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2031

Designs fit for heroes

NoboxesFarahSaaddesignedaContemporaryTemporary Arts

Centrewhereornamentis nolongerjustanembellishmentbut it

isintegratedintothebuildingtoformawhole.

3-Dpuzzle:BiranHe wanteda newflexiblehousingtypethatwouldaddresstheneedsof rebuildworkersandadaptto changingdemand.Hismodularsystemwouldespeciallysuit theinnercity butcouldbe deployedelsewhere.

ArcinthePark:Thefive-memberArcin theParkteamrespondedtoa 2013PeterboroughVillagemixed-usedesigncompetitionwith thesestrongtimberstructures,circulationroutesatdifferentlevelsandgreenroofs.Theteam:Jianxiang(Mickey)Ma,LinBing(Fatina)Chen, MatthewRyu,Ziyi (Bill)Liuand EricaAustin.

Commonground: Ting-Hin(Desmond)Lamalso tackledhousingin Halswellin aprojectcalledVoidDensification.It proposedsmall,sharedunitsseparatedbya greenstripforincreasedsocialinteractionandan undergroundcarpark.

AvonRiverfrontMarket:NataleeYee WeiTan placedavibrantoutdoormarketplaceonthe riverfrontinbetweenCambridgeandOxfordTerraces.Itfeaturesindoorandoutdoorspacesfor stalls,a largeauditorium,acafe andnovehicles.

Dontyouwish:MelissaHarrisondidawaywith thedi sproportionatelylargeboxstructurethatis atypicalconventioncentreandsubstitutedadesignformthataugmentswind flow.

Clean,green:Villa(Huilin)Yan identifiedthatHalswellhastoo manythree-bedroomhousesand notenoughpublicspace.Asolutionwasto raisesmallhousingon platformsandgardenunderneath.

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orarchitecturestudents,Christchurchis almosttoogoodtobetruearealcity, devastatedbydemolitionsandrebuildingwith a $40billionwarchest. Since

2011, theSchool ofArchitectureandPlanningat theUniversityofAucklandhas beenrunningdesigncourses underthe titleFutureChristchurch. Morethan100students havedevelopedconceptsfora newChristchurch, researchedtheissuesand comeup withplausiblebuildings includinghero imagesof theirdesigns.

Working withcourse tutor,Christchurcdesignerand trainedarchitectCamia Young,ThePressselected theimageson pagesC1 toC4to illustratethe fictional2031stories. Theimages arefictionalintheirown way.

Moreinformation:futurechristchurch.wordpress.com

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