This is the Opawa Methodist Church. The church was badly damaged during our earthquakes in 2011, and is now being rebuilt. The church building was brick with a wooden roof, quite a beautiful wooden roof, which was removed in one piece and set aside on the site while the foundation and superstructure were rebuilt. This week the old roof was popped back onto the new framing with giant cranes. All went smoothly, and now a modern church will be filled in under the roof. This is a brilliant re-use of the old with the safety of the new, and I look forward to seeing the new building take shape.
Here you can see one of the new steel stanchions that support the old roof.
SEE:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/75197869/crane-swings-20-tonne-roof-back-into-place-for-opawa-methodist-church
I am so very glad that they could preserve that beauty.
ReplyDeleteSo am I, Elephant's Child. One of the tragedies of the quakes was the "pull it all down" attitude of the authorities. We have lost a lot of buildings that could have been rebuilt or restored, so what little we have left is doubly precious.
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