Hilgendorf in 1978 (source: http://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/view/3950 )
The Hilgendorf building had a strong presence on the Lincoln University campus, comprising about 30 % of Lincoln’s academic floor space. Built in the brutalist style and opened in 1968, it was named after Frederick William Hilgendorf, who pioneered plant breeding in New Zealand, concentrating on wheat. He joined the staff in 1899, and retired in 1936.
Hilgendorf in 2004 (source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lincolnuninz/3946094294)
The building sustained earthquake damage in the September 2010 earthquake. (The earthquake in February 2011 that devastated Christchurch did not affect buildings in the Lincoln area in the same way.) The decision was made to demolish the building. It was stripped by the end of August 2015; then the deconstruction began.
19 July 2015
7 August 2015
22 August
22 August 2015
22 August 2015 (computer annex on eastern side of Hilgendorf)
26 September
26 September 2015 (eastern side, computer annex now demolished)
26 September 2015
26 September 2015
26 September 2015
3 October, Hilgendorf with Burns building and Port Hills behind (source http://snowgrass.co.nz/cust/lincoln/)
3 October 2015 (Burns building now appearing behind)
3 October 2015
3 October 2015 (eastern side of Hilgendorf)
3 October 2015
3 October 2015
3 October 2015
3 October 2015
3 October 2015, blossom time elsewhere on campus
11 October ( source: http://snowgrass.co.nz/cust/lincoln/)
Source : http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/Lincoln-Home/News-and-Events/Hilgendorf-legacy-marked/
14 October (source: http://snowgrass.co.nz/cust/lincoln/)
18 October 2015 (Burns building behind)
18 October 2015
18 October 2015
18 October 2015 (Forbes building behind)
18 October 2015
18 October 2015
13 November (source: http://snowgrass.co.nz/cust/lincoln/)
Clean site 21 December 2015
Click here for a video link, showing deconstruction taking place on 3 October 2015.
Click here for a video called “Lincoln University Campus: Hilgendorf Immortalised”, published on 7 July 2015, showing drone footage of the building while its exterior was still intact.
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