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From the air

aerial view of Untitled [Test Structure] and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Untitled [Test Structure]

A sculpture on the city’s public ground: standing in Ilam.

On the map as
sculpture
The suburb
Ilam
Register places near it
1
The maker
Hall and MacKenzie
Dated
1970
Made of
concrete

Where it stands

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position, the strong outline is the suburb the map puts it in, the rest are its neighbours.

On the register nearby

Listed places within about 300m: neighbours of the monument, not the monument itself unless the register says so.

The ground under it

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

The reports nearby

76 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 56 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

General Request 55 Creyke Rd · 2 June 2026
General Request Canterbury · 27 May 2026
General Request Canterbury · 14 May 2026
Hazard, vehicle 53–67 Clyde Rd · 17 April 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure Canterbury · 23 February 2026
Hazard, vehicle 83 Clyde Rd · 20 February 2026
Water General 77A Clyde Road, Ilam · 20 January 2026
Roads - General 75 Clyde Road, Ilam · 15 December 2025
Hazard, vehicle 70 Clyde Rd · 11 August 2025

Questions, answered briefly

What is Untitled [Test Structure]?

A sculpture in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in Ilam. The map credits Hall and MacKenzie. Dated 1970.

Where does Untitled [Test Structure] stand?

In Ilam, the pin is the map’s own position. The register keeps 1 place within 300m of it.

Is the pin on the map exact?

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, a surveyed-looking point, but a volunteer map’s one. Nearby ground and register places are neighbours, not the same record.

The record behind this

The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged memorial or artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). The maker, material and date fields are the mapper’s own, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.

This page as markdown: /memorial/untitled-test-structure.md · every monument as data: /memorials.geojson · on the big map: /map?layer=memorials · the quiet ground: the cemeteries · every roll, counted: /geography.