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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The proposal is a mixed-used building in Christchurchs urban context. The complex will include retail stores, office space, a learning centre and apartment units. The building is located on the north side of the central core of the city, 127 Armagh Street one of the most severely damaged areas after the 2011 earthquakes. Whilst CCDUs blueprint has designated the surrounding area of the site as a new performing art precinct, the purpose of this project is to accommodate the diverse nature of this part of the city and its further growth. Along with two other collaborative team members who each proposed an apartment building and a riverside market, we are aiming to bring a series of programme of work, play and live to this part of the city.

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The concept behind the design is based on the research of Christchurch artesian aquifers. The distribution patterns and geological properties of the aquifers offer an immense amount of potential and connections to architectonics; it also puts up a wider scope on the mechanism of liquefaction and other seismic hazard of the Christchurch landscape. The subterranean condition of aquifers is fully formed by different layers connecting; creating a free flowing circulation without destroying the hierarchy of the space. The design literally incorporates the extrapolated geometry of the aquifers, wrapped in a building envelop created by projecting the trajectories of the surrounding buildings and Avon river. Glazings and openings are determined according to functions on various parts of the interior. Sectional patterns of the aquifers also suggested programme for the building. Enclosed volumes are interpreted as residential units, whereas long, open volumes are made into public space. The transition between these levels is integrated by ramps, stairs and level changes of the floor plate, creating a freeflowing circulation.

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INTERIOR ATMOSPHERE

RESEARCH

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UNDERSTANDINg CHRISTCHURCH AqUIFERS

Aquifers are water-bearing layers which yield water in sufficient quantities to be a practical source of water supply. The diagram illustrates the distribution of the aquifers below Christchurch region.

SECTIONAL gRAPH
Sectional graph of Kaiapoi to kairaki line and Avondhead to Pegasus Bay line

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Sectional graph of Hornby to Pegasus Bay line and Kaiapoi River to Banks Penisula line.

CHRISTCHURCH AqUIFER CONFININg zONES

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AqUIFER wATER qUALITy ACCORDINg TO CONFINgINg zONES

Show the content of chemicals within the artesian aquifers in Christchurch region.

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FORMAL INVESTIgATION

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From Kaipo River to Kairaki

From Hoon Hay to Pegasus Bay

From Avondhead to Pegasus Bay

From Kaiapoi River to Banks Penisula

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KAIAPOI RIVER TO KAIRAKI

The North-eastern Line has a rather shallow bore depths and a high amount of water content. his happened probably due to the intersection of Waimakariri River. The water circulation in this section is rather straight forward and more direction.

KAIAPOI RIVER TO KAIRAKI

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HOON HAy TO PEgASUS BAy

The west to east line cut through Central Christchurch has a deeper bore depths and a more sophisticated combination of layer of aquifers, and as a result the water circulation is more closely distributed

HOON HAy TO PEgASUS BAy

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AVONHEAD TO PEgASUS BAy

Parallel to the Hoon Hay Pegasus Bay line, Line 3 has a thinner content of aquitards and a higher amount of water, as well as a more free-flowing circulation.

AVONHEAD TO PEgASUS BAy

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KAIPOI RIVER TO BANKS PENISULA

Spans from the North part of Christchurch to the South. Its thin layers of aquitards are good evidence of the west-to-east flow aquifers in Canterbury Region. As a result, the circulation shows a more widelyspreadout pattern.

KAIPOI RIVER TO BANKS PENISULA

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COMBINED wATER FLOw CURVES

The diagram show a combined water flow route of the aquifers studied earlier; it suggests possible transition route from one level to others, and could be applied to the internal arrangement of a building.

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SITE AND PROgRAMME

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Performing Arts Precinct

A Performing Arts Precinct is proposed to offer facilities for music and theperforming arts, and to act as a catalystfor recovery. The precinct will embrace different sites and will support co-locationof organisations as far as is possible. The precinct designation will be sufficientto provide for a range of facilities in theevent that the Town Hall cannot berepaired. It will be in close proximity to theConvention Centre, Papa o tkaro/AvonRiver Precinct, hospitality providers and hotels. The Precinct could include a performing arts centre made up of two auditoria of 1,500 and 500 seats respectively, with an appropriately high-quality acoustic environment. It could also provide a permanent home for the Court Theatre, the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and the Music Centre of Christchurch. The location of the Performing Arts Precinct recognises the restoration of the Isaac Theatre Royal in its existing location.

AERIAL OF CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH BEFORE EARTHqUAKE

AERIAL OF CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH AFTER EARTHqUAKE

CCDU PROPOSED CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH RECOVERy PLAN

Red-Shaded area are areas that were severely damaged by the earthquake and are currently under cordon restriction.

CCDU has proposed a series oWf new buildings, precincts and urban strategies in Central Christchurch in the recovery plan. The selection of site for this project will based on current proposal.

- CCDU Recovery Plan

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CHRISTCHURCH: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

CCDU PROPOSED PERFORMINg ARTS CENTRE

As a significant sector of Christchurch City, the Recovery Plan has proposed a Performing Arts Precinct on the North edge of the central core, intersecting the Avon River. The yellow shaded buildings indicate the locations of the Performing Arts Centre, while blue indicates the proposed site for the project.

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Collaboration Member Site - Residential Collaboration Member Site - Market

1296 Squaremeters Sits in the orthogonal grid arrangment Between Bank of NZ Tower (>40m) and Vodafone NZ Tower (>120m) Within the new Peforming Arts Precinct Back facing Oxford Terrace and the Avon River

City Greenbelt

Avon River Proposed Site

City Park

New Performing Arts Centre

BNZ Tower

SITE SELECTION
The site choice was made based on the multiplicity of the location. The central city is located to the south, and the residential area on the north, along with the city green belt on the east. Also the site is located in the proposed performing arts precinct. All these create a fusion of programme and qualities to the area, and also opened up possibilities for the programme.

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URBAN ENVIRONMENT AROUND ARMAgH ST AND COLOMBO STREET BEFORE THE EARTHqUAKES

ARMAgH STREET HIgHRISE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT AFTER THE EARTHqUAKES

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SITE ARRANgEMENT AND COLLBORATION PROgRAMME

The map show the location of proposed sites for the collaboration team. A diverse range of programme are brought into the urband block to revitalise this part of the city.

CIRCULATION CONDITION AROUND THE SITE

The maps show the circulation condition around the site under different period of time and , and different methods people take to arrive and depart.

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DESIgN PROPOSAL

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Plan

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SITE AND THE URBAN TRAJECTORIES

The diagram shows extraction of lines from the surrounding environment of the site such as ourlines of other buildings and tangent of the river to project intersections on the site. By using this method of projecting the urban trajectories to find a suitable building envelope on the proposed site.

BUILDINg ENVELOPES AND AqUIFERS

This matrix shows a series of geometry derived from the urban trajectories. By extruding and distorting these geometry to create three dimensional options. The modifications are made to accomodate circulations between the streets such as the four iterations; and responding to the flow of the river with twist motions such as for the last ones. One important aspect is to apply the concept of aquifers into these building forms

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Level One

Level Four

Level Seven

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Level Two
EXTRUDE

Level Five

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Level Eleven

Level Three

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FORM DEVELOPMENT
Making extrusion from the extrapolated aquifer layers.

FORM DEVELOPMENT
Breaking the layers into individual pieces for furthur development and selection.

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Ground Floor: Foyer and Retail 707.09 m2 Second Floor: Retail 552.24 m2

Thid Floor: Office 532.00 m2 Fourth Floor: Office 580.00 m2 Fifth Floor: Learning Centre 513.22 m2

PROgRAMME ARRANgEMENT ENTRPOT MCDONALD, PARIS FRANCE, 2006-2013

Podium, Amphitheatre 151.00m2

PROgRAMME ARRANgEMENT DE ROTTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 1998-2011

Transitional Floor 138.00m2 Sixth Floor: Residential Units 616.57m2

Seventh Floor: Residential Units 640.77m2

PROPOSED ROgRAMME ARRANgEMENT 127 ARMAgH ST

PROgRAMME
Study from sections of the aquifer layers, geometry of the empty space seems to suggest different programme arrangment. Enclosed pockets on the top suit more private residential space, whereas the flowing space in the middle are more open and public, which is suitable to accomodate business and commercial activities.

Eighth Floor: Residential Units 593.23m2

Ninth Floor: Residents Common Room 590.00m2

PROgRAMME
Applying the programatic arrangement to the simplified layers

Roof Total Area: 5614.12m2

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Wireframe Plan

South Elevation

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Residents Common Room

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Learning Centre

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Cafe; Office

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The table shows a detailed record of each floor plate, and how different functions are applied according to the geometry.

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Shops

ground Floor Plan

FOyER; RETAIL

2nd Floor Plan

RETAIL

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

CAFE; OFFICE

SIxTH FLOOR PLAN

RESIDENTIAL UNITS

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Foyer; Shops

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Section A

Staircase One

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wEST ELEVATION INTERIOR CIRCULATION

Diagram illustrate different traffic routes occupants can take to circulate the interior space.

SOUTH ELEVATION

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Building Circulation

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SECTION A

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FREE-FLOwINg INTERIOR CIRCULATION

INTERIOR SPACE

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