The first and only festival of its kind in the world, the annual Festival of Transitional Architecture is a free, public event that celebrates creative city-making. Each Labour Weekend, FESTA transforms the empty sites of central Christchurch into a spectacular, buzzing urban setting with a major large-scale event.
We need your help to build Cityups - we need to raise $25,000.
We don't charge for this event, but events of this size don't come for free. They require huge amounts of time, goodwill, infrastructure and organisation. We have acquired funding and sponsorship for 85% of our costs, but we need help to raise this final amount.
Help us give Christchurch an incredible night out and have the central city humming with people, colour and excitement. CityUps is the city of the future, created by the next generation of architects and open to all!
Read on for more information or head over to our PledgeMe page for some great updates about the fantastic people behind the scenes that bring it all together - pledgeme.co.nz/projects/2588
Led by Studio Christchurch, over 250 students from CPIT, Unitec and The University of Auckland transform two blocks of Christchurch’s central city with towering, physical installations to create their vision of a future Christchurch.
Beneath these outrageous designs are buzzing urban spaces where pop-up cafes, performance spaces, an all-ages-youth venue, a night market, dance hall, community bike workshop and bike light disco, bars, street games and much more operate.
CityUps is not limited to the physical world, but is expanded upon with an immersive digital dimension for the public to experience. A special digital app, CityUps+, created on a platform by HIT Lab NZ, allows the public to view a virtual future Christchurch created by architects from across the globe. This free app can be downloaded from Google Play and the Apple App Store.
Students, local businesses, artists, performers and innovative individuals have collectively created this great night out.
CityUps will be live for one night only!
Come into the city and help to give Christchurch a dense, exciting street life. Be part of the creative possibilities of this large-scale transitional festival and help us to make this the city we want to live in.
CityUps involves CPIT’s School of Architectural Studies, Unitec Architecture Department, The University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and Planning and Elam School of Fine Arts in collaboration with Studio Christchurch.