A photograph of syringes being used to inject epoxy into the cracks of a concrete wall in the Diabetes Centre on Hagley Avenue. The epoxy was injected into the cracks caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake to strengthen the concrete.
A photograph of syringes being used to inject epoxy into the cracks of a concrete wall in the Diabetes Centre on Hagley Avenue. The epoxy was injected into the cracks caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake to strengthen the concrete.
A photograph of a woman applying filler to a concrete-block wall, in preparation for painting it to become the Poetica Urban Poetry wall.
A concrete block wall with a large diagonal crack running through it. The photographer comments, "This wall has fascinated me. It has cracked across in a dead straight diagonal line during one of Christchurch's many earthquakes. How could this have occurred?".
A digitally manipulated image of a damaged fence. Concrete blocks have fallen from the wall leaving a large gap, through which autumn leaves are visible.
A large concrete beam, still partially connected by reinforcing rods to the partially-demolished building it came from lies across an entranceway.
High-rise buildings in the CBD seen over a concrete wall. From the left are the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the Westpac building and the Holiday Inn City Centre.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Looking through the fence on to the side and front where shipping containers are being used to support the walls, with a pile of concrete blocks next to the cathedral.
one of Christchurch's abandoned suburbs. The land moved - bricks and block walls everywhere collapsed - two multi story buildings folded - 184 people died.
Wooden framed houses largely stayed up, many concrete slabs cracked, power poles leaned in liquid ground, surface bubbled, services ruptured .... damage to the cbd still gets the most cover...
