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    • Te aitanga pepeke me ngā pūngāwerewere : The world of insects and spiders 

      Francis, Kerry (Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11)
      “Insects are by far the most varied and abundant animals [on the planet] outweighing humanity by 17 times... They are essential for the functioning of all ecosytems... “so wrote journalist Damian Carrington in the Guardian ...
    • Te aranga Māori design principles : experiences in Tāmaki Makaurau 

      Hoskins, Raoul (2015-03-19)
      Kaupapa Māori cultural landscapes are essential to supporting and reinforcing cultural identity and connection to place’. * This presentation focuses on challenges and opportunities for local government, iwi and their ...
    • Te Tiriti o Waitangi and housing in Aotearoa 

      Paul, Jacqueline (2021-12-01)
      Aotearoa New Zealand's current housing shortage continues to be an ongoing challenge for Indigenous Māori and the Crown. This paper briefly summarises the author's master's research project 'He Rautaki Whakatauria Whare o ...
    • Techno-material and socio-environmental model for assessing urban sustainability 

      Wagner, Cesar (International Society Of City And Regional Planners (ISOCARP), 2020-12)
      The term “sustainable development” first appeared as part of discussions regarding the capacity of natural ecosystems to support the current model of economic growth, assuming a strong concern with the preservation of the ...
    • Temperate modernity: the Whangārei architecture of Alfred Morgan in the 1930s 

      Francis, Kerry (2006)
      This paper stems from my interest in how the ideas and forms of international modernism are translated to a local architectural context. In 2003 I was teaching the history of modernism to students studying for the National ...
    • Thermal performance of school building not only impact indoor thermal comfort 

      Su, Bin; Jadresin-Milic, Renata; McPherson, Peter; Wu, Lian (Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11-26)
      Auckland has a temperate climate with comfortable warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Auckland school building thermal design not only focuses on winter indoor thermal comfort but also indoor health condition related ...
    • To strengthen or demolish : the financial challenges facing unreinforced masonry buildings in New Zealand 

      Murphy, Chris (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 ...
    • Translation : Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand 2014 

      Schnoor, Christoph (SAHANZ and Unitec ePress, 2014-08-07)
      The 31st conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) has taken ‘Translation’ as its theme. The call for papers invited the contributors to explore translation, understood as the ...
    • Turning (back) to linguistics 

      Austin, Michael (SAHANZ and Unitec ePress, 2014-08)
      Linguistic analogies applied to architecture are currently not popular, but the conference theme evokes language and this paper uses the linguistic analogy in the hope that it might yield some insights into the difficult ...
    • Urban resolutions : Auckland and Vancouver comparisons 

      Ryder, K.; Kestle, Linda (2020-02-20)
      The topic of Urban Resolutions is a research piece on Auckland’s urban plan, with the inclusion of heritage builds for reuse or repurpose. An international comparative analysis with Vancouver’s EcoDensity initiative was ...
    • Urbanisation : a Māori counter response 

      Hoskins, Raoul (2016-11-14)
      Te Pooti Marae remains as part of a previously much larger Māori settlement located on the right bank of the Whanganui - New Zealand’s longest navigable river * Home of the Ati Haunui a Paparangi tribe * The village ...
    • Wasted opportunities: Developing resiliency in architecture through ecosystem biomimicry 

      Balle, Brad; McConchie, Graeme (Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association, 2010)
      Surplus buildings are frequently demolished and replaced under the assumption that it is cheaper to replace than adapt. The demolished building becomes waste material, usually ending up in landfills. Yet in nature discarded ...
    • Why Isn't it working? The Rise and Fall of the Financial Assistance Package in the Repair of Leaking Buildings within New Zealand. 

      Murphy, Chris (Architectural Science Association, 2014)
      In July 2011 the NZ Government passed into law a financial compensation package in the form of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service (Financial Assistance Package) Amendment Bill to assist homeowners in repairing homes ...
    • Winter indoor thermal comfort and healthy conditions of Auckland house associated with insulation, heating and energy 

      Su, Bin (Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2017-12)
      Common problems of winter indoor micro‐climatic conditions of Auckland houses are low air temperature and high relative humidity. Winter indoor air temperature and relative humidity are mainly impacted by house design with ...
    • Women in Fabrication : a platform for inclusive and diverse design 

      Couchman, Alice; Patel, Yusef; McPherson, Peter (Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2018-11)
      In New Zealand, over half of our architectural graduates are female but this number significantly drops within professional practice. The fact remains that industry is a male citadel whether in the realm of design or ...
    • 城市环境设计和绿色建筑的关系 = Urban environmental design and green building 

      Su, Bin (辽宁科学技术出版社, 2015-05)
      中国有一句古语,“不要丢了西瓜捡芝麻”。从我们学术一点的角度来讲,《建筑物理》上面就会 有一段描述,说如果在供热的情况下,把供热温度调低一度,我们差不多能节省 10% ~15% 的能源。 如果空调温度提高一度,我们大致可以节省 5% ~8% 的能源。 我们想象一下,如果我们能把一个城市或者一个建筑基地,通过我们的设计和规划,如果在冬季 基地温度能提高一度,或者在夏季基地温度能降低一度,可能我们人不一定能感觉到有多强烈的变化, ...