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Motu Kōkako : tools for design in a sensitive and remote natural environment
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can digital tools aid in creating a respectful and intimate connection between a structure and a sensitive and remote natural environment? This project, set on Motu Kōkako in the Bay of Islands, ... -
Under one roof : hybrid architecture for Auckland
(2017)This project is an attempt to answer the question: How can the design of a mixed-use high-rise building provide a solution to urban sprawl and increase sustainability? The exponential growth of the human population ... -
Ernst Plischke as teacher : Wellington (Auckland) Vienna
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)From early on in his career, Austrian-born architect Ernst Plischke (1903–1992) wished not only to be a practising architect but also to be able to pass on his knowledge as a professor. As an emigre in Wellington in the ... -
To strengthen or demolish : the financial challenges facing unreinforced masonry buildings in New Zealand
(2018-04)Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city continues to be dogged by both the high cost and short supply of domestic housing. A combination of high immigration, high material costs, a lack of forward planning at both Governmental ... -
A concept made concrete : conserving a Brutalist icon through architectural intervention
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION How can a critically unsuccessful Brutalist building be adapted or reused to ensure its conservation as a piece of architectural history? Sub-questions: Why was the building considered unsuccessful? ... -
Finding the forgotten : a project that invigorates the cultural identity of Macedonia through architecture
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can an architectural intervention help the city of Skopje to re-establish its identity? Cultural identity is an issue within architecture which has been discussed by architectural theorists for ... -
A nova construção de um fenômeno global: O processo da gentrificação generalizada no contexto atual das políticas públicas urbanas
(2017-10-15)De um processo, a princípio, espontâneo e rarefeito, impulsionado pela busca de uma melhor localização residencial no território urbanizado, hoje a gentrificação se tornou um instrumento de geração de mais-valia tanto para ... -
Bionic architecture
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION AND PROJECT AIMS: How can architecture be created through bio-inspired design, involving adaptive kinetic modules? The aims of this project are: ● To introduce a kinetic facade system that is ... -
Rise to the challenge : vertical farming within the urban environment
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can Vertical Agriculture be integrated into the urban environment on a large enough scale to benefit Auckland City? There has been a rapid increase in the world’s population in the last one ... -
St Pius X School Glenn Innes : matter tells space how to curve, space tells matter how to move
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the architectural redevelopment of St Pius X School preserve and accommodate its unique spirit and culture? St Pius X School in Glenn Innes, Auckland, New Zealand consists of a unique make ... -
Preserving Waihi's golden past : a research into the culture of the game and its engine to support and enrich an explorative engagement with Waihi's gold mining industry
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the concept of the game engine, its technologies and the philosophies of game design support an interdisciplinary approach to creating architecture? My interest in the topic of examining ‘game ... -
Abandoned industrial spaces : the place of adaptive reuse in revitalising a rural community in Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How could Tokomaru Bay in the northern Gisborne region be given a second life by the adaptive reuse of the abandoned meat freezing works facility? Industrialization in New Zealand can significantly ... -
Plan B : an incremental housing project in Auckland
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: What might an incremental housing design that promotes economic and social empowerment of low-income groups look like in Auckland? Auckland city faces a housing crisis that affects and marginalises ... -
“Strengthening Ha’apai”. An architectural research project exploring the history of Pangai’s fish market and port, proposing a working outcome to strengthening the Ha’apai island group
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can a waterfront architectural proposition uplift the current socio-economic problems in Ha’apai, while providing a cyclone resilient solution? Nature has the capacity to produce an overwhelming ... -
Unlocking the potential of neglected urban spaces : Mangere Bridge West : community connection to the natural landscape
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: Is there an urban architecture that can connect a light rail transport hub with the local landscape to unlock a sense of community within the Mangere Town Centre? Urban green spaces play a vital role ... -
The agent of change : architectural development scheme for the rural communities in Punjab, India
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architectural and infrastructural interventions in a rural village in the state of Punjab, India, be designed to assist economic growth, environmental sustainability and utilise local skills and ... -
Between architecture and construction
(2017-11)In 1994 the School of Architecture and Construction at Unitec Institute of Technology received its first intake for a new Bachelor of Architecture programme. The co‐location of this architecture degree within a school that ... -
R-values, humidity and health : case studies from Auckland Wellington
(2017-05)The Auckland winter is rainy season. High indoor relative humidity is a major issue for Auckland housing indoor health conditions (Figure 1). According to international and national standards, the indoor relative humidity ... -
The tipping point : how does the architect leverage informal and formal space to better support music cultural production in Auckland?
(2016)This project will propose bottom-up testing grounds for creative exchange and opportunity starting by empowering individuals at local level. As architects we have a responsibility to support the diverse spectrum of ... -
Synesthesia & the synthetic effect
(2017)The architectural built environment of office buildings are often stagnant. The lack of sensory stimulation in such settings further de-sensitise the occupants by limiting the sensory stimulation our primal bodies crave ...
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