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All Around The World in 80 Days - Christchurch, New Zeeland
Lebanna
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For the "All Around The World in 80 Days" challenge I got assigned Christchurch New Zeeland. And this is the result from my 'trip' to Christchurch. Hope you like it.
Some fact about Christchurch
- Officially it's the oldest city of New Zeeland as it became a city on the 31st of July 1856
- It is the biggest city on the southern island of New Zealand
- The name comes from Chirst Church, Oxford. By John Robert Godley (1814-1861)
- Maori's had settled there since at least 1250 (although stories say 1000)
- In 1850 the first 4 ships arrived with 792 English immigrants, called the "Canterbury Pelgrims"
- Population of 366.000 (estimated 2013)
Architecture
Gothic revival is the most common style in Christchurch due to the influence of the English immigrants. That causes the city to feel relatively European. It is a style that originated in England and is a style that is romanticized, with references to nature. The houses of parliament in London are a great example of this style (Big Ben)
Because of this style it is some times called "the most English city, outside of England".
Culture
Maori
in 1850 792 English immigrants arrived in Christchurch. Before they arrived the Maori were the inhabitants of the area. According to the Maori and findings they arrived somewhere around 1250. The Maori weren't the original inhabitants of New Zeeland either. They arrived from eastern Polynesia a few centuries before the Europeans, and have taken over the land from the true natives.
The religion and believes from the Maoris origins from eastern Polynesian cultures. But with the arrival of the Europeans they adapted Christianity. These days many Maoris are Mormons or Maori christian groups such as Rātana and Ringatū. But there are also large groups of Catholics, Anglican and Methodist, and a small group of Maori Muslims.
Europeans
Since the immigration in 1850, the group of Europeans in Christchurch (and New Zealand in general) has grown a lot. With these immigrants came along a whole bunch of western culture. That is visible to this day. The architecture is "English" (Gothic revival), The language is English (and Maori). And let's not forget, Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand.
75,4% calls them selves European
12,9% "New Zealander" (although this is not an official ethnic group)
7,9% Asian
7,6% Maori
2,8% Pacific Island
0,8% Middle east/Latin America/Africa
<0,1% Other
The city
1/3rd of the city excists out of parks, community gardens or recreational terrain. Because of that it is sometimes called the "Garden city of New Zealand".
Hagley Park is probably the most well known park. it has a surface of 180 Ha. and is the biggest and one of the oldest parks in the city. They had reserved it as city park in 1870 and replaced the natural vegetation with European ones.
Cathedral Square
At the centre of the city is Cathedral Square, it's the heart of the city. The square is surrounded by old buildings and biggest attraction, the Christ Church Cathedral.
It is an Angelican church and build during the second half of the 19th century.
During the earthquake in februari 2011, the cathedral got greatly damaged. And in 2012 they made the decision it could not be renovated anymore. They demolished the parts still standing and a new church has been approved. Previous earthquakes in 1881, 1888, 1901, 1922 and 2010 had damaged it before.
I believe the third image will be the new cathedral.
But before that cathedral is build, they needed a transition cathedral. That one has been build from cardboard and has a very cheerful design.
Build
Now we are getting to my build.
As I thought it was a shame the city has lost such and iconic feature. I thought I would try to recreate it with some inspiration of the transition cathedral.
I tried to create a Gothic revival church with some happy colours in them. That are normally not in a Gothic revival design.
Exterior
Layout
Interior
I have set it as a small park in the Sims 3, so you can host parties there, including a wedding.
A link to download this lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8252563
And for more screenshots (including a few of my Sims wedding): https://flic.kr/ps/2HWuzb
Some fact about Christchurch
- Officially it's the oldest city of New Zeeland as it became a city on the 31st of July 1856
- It is the biggest city on the southern island of New Zealand
- The name comes from Chirst Church, Oxford. By John Robert Godley (1814-1861)
- Maori's had settled there since at least 1250 (although stories say 1000)
- In 1850 the first 4 ships arrived with 792 English immigrants, called the "Canterbury Pelgrims"
- Population of 366.000 (estimated 2013)
Architecture
Gothic revival is the most common style in Christchurch due to the influence of the English immigrants. That causes the city to feel relatively European. It is a style that originated in England and is a style that is romanticized, with references to nature. The houses of parliament in London are a great example of this style (Big Ben)
Because of this style it is some times called "the most English city, outside of England".
Culture
Maori
in 1850 792 English immigrants arrived in Christchurch. Before they arrived the Maori were the inhabitants of the area. According to the Maori and findings they arrived somewhere around 1250. The Maori weren't the original inhabitants of New Zeeland either. They arrived from eastern Polynesia a few centuries before the Europeans, and have taken over the land from the true natives.
The religion and believes from the Maoris origins from eastern Polynesian cultures. But with the arrival of the Europeans they adapted Christianity. These days many Maoris are Mormons or Maori christian groups such as Rātana and Ringatū. But there are also large groups of Catholics, Anglican and Methodist, and a small group of Maori Muslims.
Europeans
Since the immigration in 1850, the group of Europeans in Christchurch (and New Zealand in general) has grown a lot. With these immigrants came along a whole bunch of western culture. That is visible to this day. The architecture is "English" (Gothic revival), The language is English (and Maori). And let's not forget, Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand.
75,4% calls them selves European
12,9% "New Zealander" (although this is not an official ethnic group)
7,9% Asian
7,6% Maori
2,8% Pacific Island
0,8% Middle east/Latin America/Africa
<0,1% Other
The city
1/3rd of the city excists out of parks, community gardens or recreational terrain. Because of that it is sometimes called the "Garden city of New Zealand".
Hagley Park is probably the most well known park. it has a surface of 180 Ha. and is the biggest and one of the oldest parks in the city. They had reserved it as city park in 1870 and replaced the natural vegetation with European ones.
Cathedral Square
At the centre of the city is Cathedral Square, it's the heart of the city. The square is surrounded by old buildings and biggest attraction, the Christ Church Cathedral.
It is an Angelican church and build during the second half of the 19th century.
During the earthquake in februari 2011, the cathedral got greatly damaged. And in 2012 they made the decision it could not be renovated anymore. They demolished the parts still standing and a new church has been approved. Previous earthquakes in 1881, 1888, 1901, 1922 and 2010 had damaged it before.
I believe the third image will be the new cathedral.
But before that cathedral is build, they needed a transition cathedral. That one has been build from cardboard and has a very cheerful design.
Build
Now we are getting to my build.
As I thought it was a shame the city has lost such and iconic feature. I thought I would try to recreate it with some inspiration of the transition cathedral.
I tried to create a Gothic revival church with some happy colours in them. That are normally not in a Gothic revival design.
Exterior
Layout
Interior
I have set it as a small park in the Sims 3, so you can host parties there, including a wedding.
A link to download this lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8252563
And for more screenshots (including a few of my Sims wedding): https://flic.kr/ps/2HWuzb
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Comments
Your simversion of the Church is very nice!
Very nice build!
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
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My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
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and the exterior looks great too : the tower is great!
Rec'd of course
And thanks you YellowJane and AIRIS6962 for the recommendations.
ciane glad you liked learning something
Snowdove, Thank you. I like the graveyard too, even though I don't think the Christ church cathedral had one, I couldn't leave it out. And I decorated it so that either the grave was older, or with family visiting still.
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