Architecture Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Hope in oncology facility
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture help to improve the emotional well-being of cancer patients? ABSTRACT Cancer is one of the most prevalent diseases of this century. Almost 10 million people worldwide die each ... -
Home away from home: A humanitarian project
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture improve living standards, and the quality of life, for children in Sri Lankan orphanages? ABSTRACT Orphans, because of their families tragic losses, lack of education and resources, ... -
Museum of water: How can a water museum articulate New Zealand's tangible and intangible connection to water?
(2021)This project explores the design of Aotearoa's first water museum located along Te Awa Tupua (The Whanganui River), the first river in the world to be granted personhood status. The museum will help preserve and showcase ... -
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 ... -
Architecture sculptured for the betterment of the elderly
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can the application of sustainable design practices enhance the quality of life of senior citizens in retirement facilities in Mauritius? ABSTRACT This study endeavours to address concerns regarding ... -
Cementing a future
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How could the abandoned Wilson’s Cement Works facility in Warkworth be adapted to reconnect with its changing town and community? ABSTRACT New Zealand’s industrial heritage has been responsible for ... -
School of art and architecture: Interface between space and light in the school of art and architecture
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can the integration of space and light help to form a building typology for a combined school of art and architecture? ABSTRACT The shapes present in the architecture of an academic building ... -
Saving St James
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can the abandoned St James Church in Mt Eden be preserved through adaptive reuse for a new, community-based programme? ABSTRACT The St James Church has stood proudly on the corner of Esplanade ... -
Voice of the voiceless: Empowering young people through music
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can a community performing arts centre empower young people through the learning, making, and performance of music? ABSTRACT Young people typically struggle to find a place within society where ... -
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 ... -
Fast food, slow city: A food and cultural, educational facility in Auckland's CBD
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION Can architectural satire be used to raise awareness of the causes of obesity and thereby improving healthy eating? ABSTRACT Combating New Zealand’s obesity epedemic by combating obesity through ... -
Hope for an informal settlement
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can the slums of Dharavi be re-developed to maintain the current population density and social and cultural values of the community without a mass displacement of the dwellers? ABSTRACT With ... -
Mending a broken 'Heartland'
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can a community hub aid in the revitalisation of a small, declining rural town in ‘Heartland’ New Zealand? ABSTRACT Forty years of successive neoliberal governments have eroded New Zealand society. ... -
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 ... -
Woven: The empowerment of women through textile craft revival in Ahmedabad
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture empower female garment workers through the revival of textiles in the informal settlements of Ahmedabad, India? ABSTRACT Female oppression is prevalent in Indian society, exemplified ... -
In loving memory of - : The repurposing of former Carrington Hospital as a community hub
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can Building One be adaptively reused to regenerate the community of Point Chevalier? ABSTRACT: Once the function of a building becomes redundant, it is demolished without hesitation, or it is ... -
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 ... -
A pathway into history
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architectural space and form serve to narrate a significant piece of history? ABSTRACT After 40 years of rapid economic development in China, the rate of economic growth has begun to slow ... -
A night out under the stars: Integrating Te Aranga and Feng Shui design principles into Auckland's heritage walk
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can Feng Shui and Te Aranga design principles be applied through ephemeral architecture in Auckland to bring together Asian, Māori and European cultures? ABSTRACT: Auckland's population is rich ...
