Architecture Dissertations and Theses
Recent Submissions
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People of the city: Observing but also being observed
(2022)RESEARCH QUESTION How can a sense of public life be enhanced through architecture? ABSTRACT Public urban space has always been the essential element to consider in creating opportunities for socialising and allowing ... -
The adaptive precinct: Strengthening cultural identity through adaptive reuse
(2022)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can adaptive reuse of post-earthquake Christchurch buildings regenerate the sense of place between a disengaged community and its city? ABSTRACT There has been an apparent disengagement between ... -
Interstitial city: An Exploration into the porosity of Karangahape
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can porosity within the urban fabric be utilised to positively shape the everyday environment and facilitate walkability and positive public space? ABSTRACT Moveability is inherent to the quality ... -
(Re) – adaptation of the St John’s Home Orphanage: The adaptive reuse of heritage buildings to regenerate a local community
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can conservation of a suburban heritage building in Auckland transform the community to serve an alternative purpose than originally intended? ABSTRACT This project investigates the possibilities ... -
Healing environments for cancer : Re-thinking cancer centre
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architectural design enhance healing processes for cancer patients in South Korea? ABSTRACT Many hospital experiences are unpleasant. A hospital is considered a place where people go only ... -
Auckland mediateque! : Creating connection. An exploration into the public architectural realm
(2021)ARCHITECTURAL QUESTION How can architecture generate social and permeable environments through a typology such as a mediatheque? ABSTRACT Auckland, New Zealand, a bustling and fast-growing modern city that is as ... -
Disobedient theatre
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture support and embody activism? ABSTRACT When issues or conflicts arise within our society, change is pursued. The right is given to every person in this world today to become ... -
Fabricating place
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can digital fabrication methodologies aid in the production of early placemaking developments? ABSTRACT New Zealand cities are experiencing large growth throughout the country. Local government ... -
ပစ်တိုင်းေတာင် = Pyit-taing-htaung = Every time you toss it, it stands up
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can a community-based refugee camp experience that includes the building and occupation of vernacular architecture help address alienation and build resilience? ABSTRACT Currently, around 82 ... -
A dweller’s journey to… RE:CONNECT
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can we create versatile public spaces that are both open and intimate to enhance our society’s engagement with physical reality? ABSTRACT The year 2020 presented a shocking turning point in our ... -
H2O: Redefining cancer healthcare environments using water in both abstract and physical form
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can the element of water assist in creating a stimulating and therapeutic environment that increases the health and well-being for cancer patients? ABSTRACT Cancer is a disease that extracts the ... -
In it to lose it
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture assist in promoting everyday physical activity and thus contribute to the population’s general physical health? ABSTRACT As technology continuously improves to accommodate our ... -
Tā ki tahi tā ki ʻuta = The one who can perform in both land and ocean is well a rounded person. A Tongan proverb
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can the investigation of faiva generate a contemporary Pacific architecture that strengthens all Polynesian cultural identity? ABSTRACT Strengthening the cultural identities of Pacific and New ... -
Not another prison: Towards a community-based treatment centre for women in the Philippines
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture encourage the rehabilitation and reintegration of women suffering from drug use and dependence in poor urban communities? ABSTRACT The Philippines is experiencing an epidemic of ... -
KATO.NI.MANA (Box of knowlege): Building cyclone resistent rural Fijian communities through social, environmental, and sustainable architectural responses
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can rural Fijian communities create a resilient and sustainable environment? ABSTRACT The traditional response to cyclone resilience has generally focused on construction techniques and materials ... -
Fa‘asinomaga: The layers of Samoan identity
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can the investigation of cultural identity through the lens of New Zealand-born Samoans generate a space that enhances an individual’s connection to their cultural self? ABSTRACT In looking to ... -
O le fogavaʻa e tasi - one family : Contemporary Samoan eldery village
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can understanding key faʻasamoa principles and ageing concepts inform a contemporary architectural response to provide an alternative living environment for the dependent Samoan elderly of Tāmaki ... -
Re-imagining the slum of Khlong Toei
(2021)An architectural research project explores how resilient water structures such as housing can provide long-term habitation for the slums threatened by flooding and rising sea levels. The test case for this project is Khlong ... -
Bazaar model: Engaging community identity
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION Can the concept and architectural components of a traditional bazaar be used in Tāmaki Makaurau to reinforce its local community identity? ABSTRACT Individual identity plays a significant role in ... -
Deir-e No: Addressing modern communities’ identity crisis through the silk network revival
(2021)This research addresses the issue of placelessness, a global phenomenon caused by the rise of urbanisation and the demise of rural communities. It investigates connectivity through regional architecture in order to create ...
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