Browsing Architecture Conference Papers by Title
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Back to earth : earth building in Aotearoa New Zealand 1945-65
(University of Sydney for Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), 2019-11-10)Earth was once widely used as a building material in Aotearoa New Zealand; it was an integral part of the vernacular architecture. Māori used earth in various ways and nineteenth century European settlers brought earthen ... -
Being different as a personality and being design unique requires respect, bravery, and patience vs What learnings from the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby team can be gleaned by tertiary Architectural Students in teambuilding and dealing with differences
(The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 2020-02)The Festival of Transitional Architecture (FESTA) is a voluntary organisation that came into being after the devastating Christchurch earthquakes between September 2010 and February 2011 (the latter claiming the lives of ... -
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 ... -
Between Werkbund and wartime sobriety : Ernst Plischke‘s Designs for Orakei
(Unitec ePress, 2014-08-07)The first project that Ernst Plischke was entrusted with in the Department of Housing Construction after his arrival in Wellington in 1939 was a series of multi-unit buildings in Orakei, Auckland. He based their design ... -
Bi-cultural architecture
(2015-07)Aotearoa/New Zealand is a bi-cultural country. There have been attempts to design buildings with this is mind, the most well known example being the National Museum (Te Papa). This contains pre-European Maori buildings, ... -
Biculturalism in New Zealand correctional facilities
(2015-07)In New Zealand architecture, notions of biculturalism have been addressed in a slowly increasing manner over the past 30 years. But has architecture in New Zealand taken these notions seriously in institutions, such as ... -
The cluster approach revisited
(International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, 2010-05-14)The UN Cluster approach came from the Humanitarian Response Review (HRR) commissioned by the UN in 2005. The intention of that review was to address apparent failures in the speed, quality and effectiveness of humanitarian ... -
Coastal retreat : future implications for architecture in N.Z.'s coastal hazard zones
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2017-12)Climate adaptation strategies evident in New Zealand local authority planning schemes suggest an awareness of coastal hazard issues caused by global warming and subsequent sea level rise. Coastal land identified as hazardous ... -
Colin McCahon’s house and its colours: A glimpse of New Zealand beyond its colonial past
(International Colour Association (AIC), 2022-06)Colin McCahon’s Titirangi house nestled Kauri forest was not only a tiny and humble house for his wife and 4 children for the years of 1953-60. But it was the birth place of some beautiful paintings and (what turned out ... -
Compacting suburbia: The case for moving buildings
(Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association, 2010)Processes of intensification lead to some unforeseen consequences. One such unplanned consequence is the rearrangement of existing buildings in new or revised spatial patterns. In pursuit of higher densities, large lot ... -
The compromised slab : Rem Koolhaas and Hans Kollhoff interpreting Colin Rowe
(Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), 2017-07)Colin Rowe, in Collage City, spoke of ‘the compromised’ architectural form or typology, against the ‘perfect’ building. Koolhaas’ 1980 suggestion to fill the disjointed perimeter block on the corner Kochstrasse/Wilhelmstrasse ... -
The condition of public space: the role of sensory experience design
(2021-06)The urban form and the human psyche are two intrinsically linked phenomena. Urban environments are constantly stimulating the biologically embedded sensory systems that humans have. When senses are stimulated in a positive ... -
Considerações sobre a distribuição espacial e territorial do Programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre.
(Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil), 2014-04-30)O presente trabalho tem por objetivo discutir a estruturação do espaço urbano a partir da moradia social produzida na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre (RMPA) através do Programa Minha Casa, ... -
Contingent interpretations : unreliable memories in stories of New Zealand architecture
(SAHANZ and Unitec ePress, 2014-08)While the relocation of buildings is not unknown in other building cultures, this paper suggests that the practice in New Zealand of wholesale rearrangement is an over-casual approach to history, and that such rearrangements ... -
Cost effective quality: next generation building controls?
(Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association, 2010-01-01)In 2004 the New Zealand Government reviewed the New Zealand Building Act. The review was prompted by increasing concern at the lack of weather tightness evident in buildings constructed since the initial performance based ... -
Counting straw : the capacity of New Zealand's grain growing sector to supply straw for construction
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Australia, 2019-12)The New Zealand Government has made a commitment to build 100,000 new dwellings over the next 10 years under its Kiwibuild programme. It has also made a commitment, under the Paris Accord, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) ... -
Creating resilience through empowering self-build strategies in a Myanmar refugee camp
(Curtin University / Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2022-12)Currently, around 82 million people are displaced globally, and refugees are among the most vulnerable and in need of support. Around 1.1 million refugees from Myanmar are situated in large refugee camps between Myanmar, ... -
Decolonising landscape architecture education in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11)Aotearoa is growing rapidly with expansive development occurring across the country as the creative and design industry responds to support the diverse needs of the growing population. This enables opportunities for emerging ... -
Design process: Transfer and transformation
(University of New South Wales, 2010)This paper is drawn from research into the learning process provided by a design studio exercise where students are asked to design an extension for an iconic modernist building in Brazil. The design problem becomes an ... -
"Design" and "Design" the verb, noun, prefix and suffix : architecture studio teaching as an epitome of design methodologies
(Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia (AASA), 2015-10)This paper critiques three case studies of architectural large pre-fabrication collaborative projects in Christchurch; Lux City 2012/Canterbury Tales 2013/City Up’s 2014, from students from Unitec Department of Architecture. ...
