Wednesday 10 December 2014

Landscape Architecture Open Lecture: Urban Recovery

Te Papa Otakaro/Avon River Precinct

4.30pm—6pm

Andrew Tindsley, Director of Urbanism, BDP +
Nicola and Matt Speight, Landscape Architects, BDP Manchester

After the dust settled from the catastrophic earthquake which hit Christchurch in February 2011, the rebuilding process was seen as an opportunity to rethink the urban fabric of the city. BDP and locally based consultants, Opus, led a design consortium in the Watermark project, the first stage in the regeneration of the central Avon River corridor, running through the heart of the city: Te Papa Otakaro.

A BDP team from the UK and Holland relocated to Christchurch for 1 year to work on the project. Andrew Tindsley, Director of Urbanism at BDP, who led the team, will deliver this presentation on the background, process and outcomes of the project, supported by two members of his team, including their personal reflections on the landscape of New Zealand.