Browsing Architecture Dissertations and Theses by Supervisor "56247"
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Bayanihan in Mindanao
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architecture improve the quality of life and empower abused women and children through life skills and training opportunities that a Bayanihan* can create? [*In the Philippines, the act of ... -
Beneath the surface
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can timber technologies, complemented by digital design processes be exploited to enhance architectural design and express contextual relationships? ABSTRACT: The rise of digital technologies ... -
Enhancing Mahurangi West: A vernacular techtonically interpreted for contemporary intervention
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architectonics enhance a community space in Mahurangi West? ABSTRACT The Mahurangi West community Hall is potentially the oldest school in Northland, built by the local farmers in 1885. It ... -
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 ... -
Holistic ecological design: Sustainable building practices striving to promote positive engagement with the environment
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can urban housing development employ holistic ecological design techniques to positively engage with the environment and enhance sustainable building practices? ABSTRACT Humans cannot live without ... -
House for all: How can visual art act as a catalyst to inform and enrich the design of a sacred space?
(2021)Art is a way of expression, and our senses help us to experience it. In a similar way, sacred architecture allows for a space that creates a sense of wonder, reflection, and a glimpse of clarity. However, according to ... -
Made in Bangladesh : housing for garment workers in Chittagong, Bangladesh
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: Can designing housing for garment factory workers in Bangladesh, improve their quality of life? ABSTRACT: Manufacturing of textiles and garments is the most significant industry in Bangladesh. The ... -
Making equality a reality for congregational spaces for New Zealand Muslim women
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can women reverts to Islam be better introduced to ritual and practise of prayer through architecture within the New Zealand context? SUMMARY The Islamic centre this project aims to construct ... -
A mindful collaboration : a timber design-build
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architects collectively approach the design and construction processes to produce bespoke architectural products successfully? ABSTRACT: Architects and designers should create atmosphere and ... -
Motu Kōkako : tools for design in a sensitive and remote natural environment
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can digital tools aid in creating a respectful and intimate connection between a structure and a sensitive and remote natural environment? This project, set on Motu Kōkako in the Bay of Islands, ... -
The Parka Wrap: Retrofitting insulation onto the existing walls of occupied homes
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION Are there safer, more effective ways of improving wall thermal performance while limiting occupant disruption? RESEARCH AIM Design new retrofit methodology where insulation is overlaid on an existing ... -
Pavilions and parameters
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: What role does the pavilion serve to the architectural discourse? [Specifically] • How can a parametric approach be used to develop a pavilion design? SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS: The research project ...
