Placemaking and Resilience Research in Christchurch

Placemaking and design-led planning as tools for resilience. 

The University of Auckland was interested in understanding the role of placemaking as a tool for resilience and the experiences of places who took a design led approach to recovery. 

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TUA undertook research to support the universities two published articles in international journals:

The Role of Placemaking as a Tool for Resilience: Case studies from post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand.

• The Role of Placemaking as a Tool for Resilience: Case studies from post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand.
• The New Zealand experience of a design-led approach to post-earthquake recovery in Christchurch.

TUA were able to bring our first hand knowledge of the recovery and rebuild of canterbury, our previous research into design led planning and place activation through placemaking to co-author the reports with the lead researcher and urban planning experts.