# Jessica Halliday > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jessica_Halliday > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jessica_Halliday.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Halliday > Source revision: 1316237895 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Jessica Halliday** is a New Zealand architectural historian and the director of [Te Pūtahi Centre for Architecture and City Making](/source/Te_P%C5%ABtahi_Centre_for_Architecture_and_City_Making) in [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch). Halliday has initiated many programmes for the public to engage with architecture including [Open Christchurch](/source/Open_Christchurch).[1] ## Biography Halliday has a PhD in [Art History](/source/Art_history) at the [University of Canterbury](/source/University_of_Canterbury) completed in 2005;[2] her thesis is about the design and construction of the [Beehive](/source/Beehive_(New_Zealand)) which is the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament.[3] After completing her PhD in 2005 Halliday worked in London at the [Architectural Association](/source/Architectural_Association_School_of_Architecture) from 2006 to 2007.[2] Halliday was the director of the [Festival of Transitional Architecture](/source/Festival_of_Transitional_Architecture) (FESTA) that was first presented in October 2012 and ended in 2018.[4][5] Christchurch suffered from an [earthquake in 2011](/source/2011_Christchurch_earthquake) with widespread damage and loss of life.[6] FESTA was attended by thousands of people seeing temporary works of architecture.[7] The 2016 programme included three artists Juliet Arnott (Rekindle), [Julia Morison](/source/Julia_Morison) and Julia Harvie with responses to architecture.[8] Another job Halliday has had is for two years running the [Ilam School of Fine Arts](/source/Ilam_School_of_Fine_Arts) gallery.[9] Halliday is the director and co-founder of Te Pūtahi Centre for Architecture and City Making in Christchurch, this followed on from FESTA.[4] They run events to inform and engage people in 'city making'.[10] Te Pūtahi have run Open Christchurch, an annual festival of architecture events founded in 2019 with open days of significant building and sites, in 2023 it had fifty-two buildings opened to tours and included a celebration of the work of [Sir Miles Warren](/source/Miles_Warren) and [Maurice Mahoney](/source/Warren_and_Mahoney).[7] In 2021 it had 46 buildings including the St Andrew's College Centennial Chapel designed by [Architectus](/source/Architectus) with project architect [Jane Rooney](/source/Jane_Rooney), and Tūranga Central Library designed by Architectus and [Schmidt Hammer Lassen](/source/Schmidt_Hammer_Lassen) with Ngāi Tūāhuriri & Matapopore.[11][12] They also run participatory design workshops[13] and talks, for example a talk in 2022 was called *The water city under climate stress* about designing for water in Christchurch with climate change with a panelist including Matthew Bradbury from [Te Puukenga Unitec](/source/Unitec_Institute_of_Technology), Hannah Lewthwaite, CCC Climate Resilience & Landscape Architect and Ben Brown (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Paoa) author and performer.[10] ...the design of our cities has a huge part to play in the future of the planet, climate breakdown and the possibility of regeneration. (Halliday 2019)[7] Halliday was a finalist for the Munro Diversity Award in the [Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards](/source/Architecture_%2B_Women_NZ_Dulux_Awards) 2023.[14] Halliday spoke on the Christchurch Regeneration Panel at [Te Kōkiringa Taumata New Zealand Planning Institute](/source/New_Zealand_Planning_Institute) Conference in April 2023.[4][15] Halliday is on the national committee for the New Zealand chapter of the organisation Organisation for the Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement in Architecture ([DOCOMOMO](/source/Docomomo_International)).[4] Halliday writes for *[Architecture Now](/source/Architecture_Now)*, an online New Zealand architecture and design publication.[5] Halliday features in the documentary [Maurice and I](https://www.mauriceandi.com/), contributing a number of interviews about the practice and works of [Warren and Mahoney](/source/Warren_and_Mahoney).[16][17] ## Publications - *Long Live the Modern, New Zealand's New Architecture 1904–1984,* editor [Julia Gatley](/source/Julia_Gatley) (2008) ISBN 978-1-86940-415-4 – contributing author ## References 1. ["'Toro Whakaara' Walk Series: Jessica Halliday uncovers hostile architecture"](https://coca.org.nz/events/walk-tour-jessica-halliday). *CoCA Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki*. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. Gatley, Julia (ed.) (2008). *Long Live the Modern, New Zealand New Architecture 1904–1984*. ISBN 978-1-86940-415-4. 1. ["Function follows form : Sir Basil Spence and the design and construction of 'the Beehive,' the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament"](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111467229). *www.wikidata.org*. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. ["Jessica Halliday"](https://planning.org.nz/PersonProfile?Action=View&PersonProfile_id=1010354). *New Zealand Planning Institute*. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. ["Jessica Halliday"](https://architecturenow.co.nz/contributors/Halliday-Jessica/). *Architecture Now*. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. ["Christchurch quake cost rises $10b to $40b"](https://www.nbr.co.nz/christchurch-quake-cost-rises-10b-to-40b/) (in en-NZ). *NBR | The Authority since 1970*. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. ["Engaging Christchurch through architecture"](https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/engaging-christchurch-through-architecture/). *Architecture Now*. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. ["Imagining a different Christchurch – Jessica Halliday and FESTA 2016"](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/imagining-a-different-christchurch-jessica-halliday-and-festa-2016/) (in en-NZ). *[Christchurch City Libraries](/source/Christchurch_City_Libraries)*. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. ["Meet the woman empowering communities through architecture and city making"](https://www.habitatbyresene.co.nz/specifiers/meet-the-woman-empowering-communities-through-architecture-and-city-making/) (in en-NZ). *Habitat by Resene*. 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. ["Te Pūtahi"](https://teputahi.org.nz/) (in en-NZ). *Te Pūtahi*. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. ["Hopes and regrets in the post-quake city"](https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/125021249/hopes-and-regrets-in-the-postquake-city). *[Stuff](/source/Stuff_(website))*. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. ["Past festivals | Open Christchurch"](https://openchch.nz/past-festivals/). *Open Christchurch*. Retrieved 2024-05-18. 1. ["Te Pūtahi Centre for Architecture and City Making – CINCH"](https://www.cinch.org.nz/entries/6516). *www.cinch.org.nz*. Retrieved 2023-05-31. 1. Wikidata item [Q125962193](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125962193) 1. ["Get Ready for the Christchurch Regeneration Panel : New Zealand Planning Institute"](https://planning.org.nz/Story?Action=View&Story_id=1000193). *planning.org.nz*. Retrieved 2024-05-18. 1. ["The remarkable friendship of iconic architects Warren and Mahoney"](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/culture-101/audio/2018956381/the-remarkable-friendship-of-iconic-architects-warren-and-mahoney) (in en-nz). *[RNZ](/source/RNZ)*. 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-09-22. 1. ["Film review: Maurice and I"](https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/film-review-maurice-and-i/). *Architecture Now*. Retrieved 2024-09-22. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jessica Halliday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Halliday) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Halliday?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.