Browsing Architecture Dissertations and Theses by Supervisor "59480"
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Bamb’upyog : a bamboo ecological construction, learning and exhibition centre
(2014)The title Bamb’upyog is a combination of two Hindi words, bambu (which translates to bamboo) and upyog (which translates to application, or utility). This research project explores the possibility of applying bamboo as a ... -
Cross-cultural healing : An architectural response to Maori urban healthcare
(2014)As an exchange student, New Zealand was uncharted territory, both culturally and environmentally. With a growing interest in the people and place affected by architectural design, I decided a project deeply rooted in the ... -
Design for diversity : an architectural response for rehabilitation and reconnection of ecological diversity
(2014)Architecture demands a certain responsibility to the changing environments of today’s world and the sustainable practices that can support it. Overtime, this responsibility has only become more important as habitat loss, ... -
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 ... -
Hamo Te Rangi : design for a contemporary urban marae
(2011)How do urban marae(2) fulfil contemporary Maori urban needs? What processes do urban Maori engage to negotiate and plan for future needs? And how do designers and architects engage with these communities in culturally ... -
He kāinga rua : a home away from home
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can Māori students be better supported through purpose-built housing? SUB-QUESTIONS: How has colonisation impacted Māori education outcomes? What are the barriers and challenges Māori students ... -
Kāinga Manaaki : how can the Manaaki Tāngata Programme inspire marae based kāinga, to support vulnerable whānau in the pursuit of mana motuhake?
(2020)This project aims to explore marae-based housing solutions in Auckland for vulnerable whānau as they seek to pursue mana motuhake. Successive Government policies, which have led to the alienation of Māori from ancestral ... -
Ko au ko Ngāpuhi, ko Ngāpuhi ko au : I am Ngāpuhi, Ngāpuhi is me
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architecture assist with the preservation and restoration of Ngāpuhi identity? ABSTRACT: Identity has continually been subject to change through history and circumstances. As time has ... -
Measina o Samoa : preserving the treasures of Samoa
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can contemporary architecture preserve and celebrate Samoan cultural identity? ABSTRACT: The arrival of the first settlers in the late 1760s ignited the influx of foreign cultures to Samoa, ... -
Ngahere atawhai : an exploration of a natural environment and an architecture driven by place to encourage the healing of people, the land and the relationships between them
(2013)Today, people experience the natural world in different ways, gaining delight or contentment, adoring the beauty or enjoying the openness of untouched environments. Māori specifically, are often at home in, or feel at peace ... -
O le fogavaʻa e tasi - one family : Contemporary Samoan elderly 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 ... -
Pehiāweri Marae papakāinga : a model for community regeneration in Te Tai Tokerau
(2015)This thesis by design explores the ways in which architecture can facilitate the reconnection of Māori people to their lands, and the resumption of ahi kā (or, a living presence). This project is based on the philosophy ... -
Retreat to normality : architectural respite for the autistic world
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: Can there be an environment where Autism is seen as “Ordinary/Normal”? This design research project shows the development of a therapeutic retreat environment that caters for both the children who ... -
Revisiting the archipelago
(2017)Throughout the centuries, descendants of formerly colonised peoples continue to face the after-effects of colonialism. In New Zealand, the indigenous Māori people face the highest rate of incarceration. The New Zealand ... -
Straw into gold : a low carbon approach to Christchurch's housing needs
(2016)Research question: How can low carbon materials be used to provide a sustainable medium density housing model for Christchurch? Climate change is one of the biggest problems facing mankind, and the contribution the ... -
Sustaining Māori culture through the representation of tribal history in architecture : Tirohia - Te Marae Kārewa
(2013)This project employs knowledge of tribal history to inform the design of a community at Tirohia, a rural marae belonging to the people of Ngāti Hako in Hauraki. Ngāti Hako have lived in Hauraki for nearly one thousand years ... -
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 ... -
Ways of knowing = [Founga ʻo ʻilo]: A knowledge hub for Tonga
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can contemporary architecture intervene in Tonga to provide a re-imagination of a library in the Pacific? ABSTRACT It was only in 2019 that the first public library in Tonga was opened. And even ... -
Welcome home : return, rehabilitation and reconnection; architecture as a kaitiaki for taonga Māori
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can an architectural intervention facilitate the return of taonga to iwi in Aotearoa/New Zealand? ABSTRACT: Taonga Māori are generally understood as a treasure, or anything of high value. The ...
