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Gothic Arcades

Christchurch is beleaguered with bare vacant sites following a series of devastating earthquakes. The city has been exploring possibilities of temporary architecture to inspire, provoke and advance the range of projects that can be undertaken on vacant sites in Christchurch.

 

The Arcades Project is a series of decorative arches that serve as a pedestrian throughway but also a destination for markets, shops and other temporary structures along both sides. .

 

This elegant gothic arch design by Andrew Just is placed on the site of the former Crowne Plaza Hotel where they form a highly visible walkway from Victoria Street into Victoria Square and have already influenced thinking about the future development of that site.

 

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Uploaded on November 10, 2019
Taken on November 9, 2019