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Item Henry Kulka in Samoa: A Methodist Church in Apia [1947-1951](2023-12-09) Schnoor, Christoph; Unitec, Te PūkengaAdolf Loos with Heinrich Kulka: Country House Khuner, Payerbach, Austria, 1929 Kulka in Auckland – working for Fletcher Construction from 1940 onwards Kulka in Auckland – having left Fletcher Construction in 1960, he designed mostly houses Samoa A fale tele under construction A map of Apia A map of the site: Ekelesia Metotisi Samoa Matafele F H Beckett, Morris Hedstrom Offices in Apia, Fletcher Construction’s first accomplished job in Samoa Morris Hedstrom offices and Methodist Church under construction in Apia in 1950 The Methodist Church in Apia, Samoa A view from the Government Building (2015) The Methodist Church in Matafele, Apia Apia Catholic Cathedral of ca. 1890 The Methodist Church in Apia, Samoa, designed by Henry Kulka (1947–1951) A first iteration? Drawing as of 9 July 1947 Drawing as of 15 July 1947 Interesting to note the modernist apartment building by the church’s side A second iteration: proposed elevation, stepping down towards the Mulivai Stream Kulka’s Methodist Church in Apia, Samoa and August Stüler, St. Jacob’s in Berlin, 1845 Albert Schaaffhausen (1876 – 1960), Anglican Church in Apia, Samoa (1945–1958) Albert Schaaffhausen’s Anglican Church in Apia, Samoa ... …and Peter Behrens’ Crematorium in Hagen, Germany, 1907. Samoan-European blended buildings - Church in Malua, 1905 Vetle Jørgensen: Aiavao House, Moto’otua, Apia, 1970 Zbginiew Marek Wolak: Maota fono in Mulinu’u, 1972 The Methodist Church in Apia, SamoaItem Translating and transporting aspects of the fale into contemporary architecture(2023-02-02) Schnoor, Christoph; Unitec, Te PūkengaHotel Tusitala in Apia Church in Malua, 1905 Maota fono in Mulinu’u, 1972 Samoan-European hybrid buildings: the South coast of Upolu Former Samoan Government Building in Apia MESC Building in Apia, 2010 Courthouse in Apia Museum of Samoa Disaster Relief Centre for Poutasi, Samoa Measina o Samoa. Preserving the treasures of Samoa Founga ‘O ‘Ilo – Ways of KnowingItem 100 years: The evolution of the kitchen(2023-04-27) Hochstein, Gina; Unitec, Te PūkengaThe kitchen is a source of connection, nourishment and tradition to whanau, friends and community. It is a space that has become associated with routine and ritual, one which reinforced traditional gendered roles and responsibilities. Incoming A+W Co-chair Gina Hochstein gives a talk that looks at the evolution of the kitchen over the last 100 years and how the kitchen has become a space of democratisation. The place and use of the kitchen within the home has helped with dissolving the idea of gender as our society has become more inclusive of diversity and gender fluidity. 1920s The Bauhaus School =- the kitchen of tomorrow 1927 Margarete Schutte Lihotzky - Frankfort kitchen 1940s The kitchen work triangle concept - The Taylorist principle 1950s Kitchen 1950s Gendered role - Kitchen as toy: Barbie 1957-1967: Monanto House of the Future, Disneyland -Tomorrowland, California, USA. Kitchen as themepark attraction 1959 The Kitchen Debate. American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow. The Kitchen politicised 1960s Kitchen 1970s Kitchen The glamour kitchen - 1990s. Kitchen as a status object Gamification of cooking: chef cooking shows The concept of zones within the kitchen: inter-relational and constitutive nature of gender The Slow Food phenomenon: connection to food sources The future ... Kitchenless home The future ... Entertainers' kitchen + separate scullery The future ... Honest materials The future ... A sustainable kitchen The future ... Pop up kitchens for environmental emergenciesItem Exploring a new urban design model to help the community build resilience to flooding: A case study between Unitec students and the Mangere community, Auckland(2023) Bradbury, Matthew; Wang, Xinxin; Melchiors, Lucia; Unitec, Te PūkengaThe recent terrible flooding has caused severe damage to people’s lives and housing in Tamaki Makaurau and across Aotearoa, New Zealand, particularly those in flood-prone areas. These events make it evident that without careful thought, the provision of housing, especially in denser typologies, could exacerbate the environmental effects of climate change. To address these two intertwined problems, floods and housing development, this paper proposes an urban design approach acknowledging the underlying landscape and the consequence of climate change within the contemporary city. In contrast to the conventional design approach, this innovative method uses catchment mapping and GIS analysis to ensure the planning of safe housing. The approach was tested in a design studio, a collaboration between Mangere community groups and Unitec landscape and architecture students, on a project around Te Ara Rata Stream in Mangere West. Students explored ways to reduce the future flooding in the catchment through the placement of housing and food remediation methods, including building wetlands in parks, using leftover land around the motorway, and expanding the banks of the Te Ara Rata stream. The community and professionals have recognised the outcome of this studio as an effective way to design resilient urban models for climate change, particularly flooding.Item New Zealand public-housing project tender price forecast: Preliminary findings(ePress, Unitec | Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06) Chen, Aurora; Domingo, N.; Rotimi, J.; Evangelia Papoutsaki and Marie ShannonTo make house prices affordable to first-home buyers on low-to-medium incomes, one of the solutions is the capped cost of public-housing projects. The accepted tender price forms the major portion of final project cost, and the level of the accuracy of the project’s tender price determines the possibility of achieving the cost cap. Hence, exploring and developing effective tender price forecasting tools is worth researching. To achieve this goal, the literature suggests that an understanding of the tools and factors affecting the accuracy of public-housing tender price is crucial. There is little to no research into tender price forecasting tools and the factors affecting the accuracy and efficiency of public-housing tender prices in the context of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. This research aims to fill some of this gap. It is a first step in an ongoing programme of research that aims to develop a public-housing project tender-forecast tool.