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The Application of Quality of Life Metrics
(Springer, 2014)The current “resilience gap” is how it can be enabled in reality from its apparent idealistic grounding? This chapter accepts that a first step should be the establishment of a suitable metric for resilience measurement. ... -
A critical review of rangatahi Māori and housing policy: Working Paper for Urban Intergenerational Kāinga Innovations (UIKI) research programme
(National Science Challenges, 2022-10)The literature review was developed for the Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua Strategic Research Area as part of the Urban Intergenerational Kāinga Innovations (UIKI) research programme facilitated by the National Science Challenge ... -
Cultural Identity and the City - Auckland, NZ and Wismar
(Wismar University of Applied Sciences and DAAD, 2013)What forms the cultural identity of a city? As architectural historian and theorist, I will apply this question to the “Baukultur”, this German term, on the one hand heavily loaded and on the other hand virtually impossible ... -
Field study of summer thermal performance of the school buildings in Avondale College (report for Jasmax, 30/11/2020)
(Jasmax (Firm), 2020-11-30)BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION: According to the New Zealand Ministry of Education, in New Zealand, there are 14637 school buildings built from pre-1940s to 1990s (see Figure 1). There could be a significant number of New ... -
House occupants' health conditions and their living conditions
(Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology / Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua Publications, 2019)This study focuses on participants’ health conditions, related to their living conditions, in the Minginui, Te Whaiti and Murupara areas of New Zealand. Sixteen sample houses in these areas were randomly selected for this ... -
Hygiene und Reinheit für das Südsee-Paradies : Preußisch-koloniale Interventionen im Samoa
(Transcript Verlag, 2013)In den knapp fünfzehn Jahren ihrer kurzen Kolonialherrschaft in Samoa setzte die deutsche Verwaltung unter ihrem Gouverneur, Dr. Wilhelm Solf, eine Reihe von baulichen und infrastrukturellen Erweiterungen des Ortes Apia ... -
New Lynn – Auckland IMM case study : low-density urban morphology and energy performance optimisation. A new pilot project in Auckland using Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM)
(Unitec ePress, 2017-04-04)Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM) has already been applied in established metropolitan contexts, such as Porto Maravilha in Rio de Janeiro, the neighbourhood of Shahrak-e Golestan in Tehran, and Block 39 in New ... -
Seismic Discussion Paper
(Published for ES&NFI Cluster, 2014-12)There does not appear to have been any seismic guidelines despite the obvious seismic character of Afghanistan. The seismic measures that are being used seem to be of unknown heritage and perhaps of questionable value and ... -
Transformative housing policy for Aotearoa New Zealand: A briefing note on addressing the housing crisis
(University of Auckland Public Policy Institute, 2020)● We need to understand housing policy in historical context, including in the context of colonisation and in light of the successes and failings of the first Labour Government ● We need a new paradigm for housing policy, ... -
Walter Klasz : Inbetween
(Unitec ePress, 2017-03-03)In 2016, Austrian architect and designer Walter Klasz visited Auckland as a Researcher in Residence, hosted by Unitec. Walter’s work focuses on the potential of ‘self-forming-structures’ – constructions that emerge from ... -
Youth homelessness in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand: A scoping report prepared for Manaaki Rangatahi ki Tāmaki Makaurau Youth Homelessness Collective
(Ngā Wai a te Tui Māori and Indigenous Research Centre, 2022-07)This scoping report draws attention to youth homelessness in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand, and has been prepared for Manaaki Rangatahi ki Tāmaki Makaurau Youth Homelessness Collective. The report adopts a kaupapa ...
