News - 'Share an Idea' wins international award
The Christchurch City Council has been recognised internationally for its Share an Idea community public engagement campaign.
Share an Idea, which involved the community sharing its ideas for the redevelopment of the Central City following the earthquakes, was the “unanimous overall winner” of this year’s Co-creation Award. The awards recognise and celebrate the most original and successful co-creation initiatives. You can read more about it here.
What was Share an Idea?
Share an Idea was a way for the public to tell us their ideas about how the Central City should be redeveloped to be a great place again.
A Community Expo started the Share an Idea initiative in May. For six weeks in May and June we gathered people’s ideas for the Central City. These ideas were brought together to help inform the draft Central City Plan as a broadly agreed structure and direction for the Central City.
48 Hour Design Challenge
The 48hr Design Challenge, run by the Christchurch City Council and held at Lincoln University, provided an opportunity for Council to gain inspiration from the design and architecture industry, while testing the draft Central City Plan currently being developed.
A total of 15 teams took part in the Challenge, with seven people in each including engineers, planners, urban designers, architects and landscape architects, as well as one student on each team.
The four sites within the Red Zone included the Cathedral Square and BNZ Building; 160 Gloucester Street; the Orion NZ Building at 203 Gloucester Street; and 90 Armagh Street, including the Avon River and Victoria Square. The fifth site, which sits outside the Red Zone, is the former Christchurch Women’s Hospital at 885 Colombo Street.
48 Hour Design Challenge winners
The Central City Plan team ran a 48 Hour Design Challenge at the School of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University on the 1 to 3 July 2011. The goal was to provide the design and architecture industry with an opportunity to put their best plans forward for specific parts of the Central City.
A total of 15 teams took part in the Challenge, with seven people in each including engineers, planners, urban designers, architects and landscape architects, as well as one student on each team. Participants came from Singapore, Australia and around New Zealand.
The category winners were:
Orion NZ site category winner and supreme award winner – team NZ Wood
160 Gloucester site category winner – team SoLA (School of Landscape Architecture)
Cathedral Square and BNZ building site category winner – team ARUP – OPUS 2
90 Armagh St site category winner – team LandMARKS
Former Christchurch Women’s Hospital site category winner – team OMC
Additional winners:
Student prize – Ben Carter of team NZ Wood
Most inspired architect winner – team OMC
48hr Design Challenge winner NZ Wood's presentation of the new Orion site
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Presentations of the teams in the 48hr Design Challenge
Presentations on 160 Gloucester Street
Team Creative Futures [PPT 1.07 MB] Team Neo Metro Black [PPT 28.8 MB] Team SoLA [PPT 3.6 MB]
Presentations on Cathedral Square and BNZ Building
Team ADNZ 2 [PPT 13.8 MB] Team ARUP OPUS 2 [PPT 14.1 MB] Team OPUS [PPT 7.6 MB]
Presentations on 90 Armagh Street
Team Unlimited Sepia [PDF 26 MB] Team LandMARKS [PPT 10.4 MB] Team CPG [PPT24.1 MB]
Presentations on Former Christchurch Women's Hospital
Team Quakeone [PPT 5 MB] Team Character [PPT 29.1 MB] Team OMC [PPT 5.61 MB]
Presentations on Orion NZ site
Team ADNZ 1 [PPT 13 MB] Team Verde [PPT 9 MB] Team NZ Wood [PPT 7.39 MB]
Share An Idea Expo - 14 and 15 May 2011
Videos and powerpoint presentations of each speaker at the Speakers' Corner of the Share An Idea Community Expo can be found here.
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