Design
In New Zealand, a Playground Designed for and by Kids
Earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 took a heavy toll on Christchurch, New Zealand. Now the city center is being rebuilt with a large new playground—one that local kids helped design.
When two devastating earthquakes hit Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2010 and 2011, they leveled the central city and beyond, killing 185 people and triggering aftershocks that lasted for months.
Four years later, much of the central city still looks barren, with blocks and blocks of razed gravel lots. The rebuild has been estimated at $26 billion (in U.S. dollars) and the 2011 quake alone was the world’s third most expensive insured disaster.