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  • Bridging the Gap 
    Findlater, Samuel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)
    Traditional urban design approaches often develop neighbourhoods with a ‘top-down’ method, where minimal community engagement is used. Even projects that employ a ‘bottom-up’ approach can fail to connect with the community ...
  • Urban Microclimate Analysis for High Performance Office Buildings 
    Li, Jing (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)
    This research explored whether urban microclimate analysis has significant impacts on high-performance office buildings. It studied the effects of detailed three-dimensional urban microclimate modelling on building performance ...
  • A thermo-bio-architectural framework (ThBA) for finding inspiration in nature: Biomimetic energy efficient building design 
    Imani, Marzieh (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Design inspired by nature has been known as biomimicry or biomimetic design that is believed to transform human technologies into a sustainable status through translation of biological models, systems, and processes. Considering ...
  • N.S.I.E.: Naturally Stimulating Instinctive Exploration 
    Franklin, Izack (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    My research begins with an investigation into existing public space to reveal its appropriation and determinants to determine if the site is successful or not. These findings will inform the design research through introducing ...
  • Spatializing the Image 
    Batchelor, Joseph (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Modern society has become ocular-centric as a result of technological development making the production and distribution of images easier than ever before. This ocular bias extends to architecture. Rather than resisting ...
  • Socialising Church Space 
    Young, Thaddeus (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    For hundreds of years the Christian Church stood as the pillar of occidental cities, structuring society and the urban fabric. At the time of European colonisation, the impact of the Church on New Zealand society was less ...
  • Inter-transitional Architecture: New Spatial Models for Prisoner Reintegration in New Zealand 
    Brown, Emilia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    The aim of this research was to explore the design of transitional housing for newly released prisoners from the New Zealand prison environment. This was achieved through the development of an architecture that provides a ...
  • Architecture of Interaction: Re-thinking Moscow's Apartments 
    Aliashkevich, Anton (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    During the social transformation in the 1950’s through to the late 1980’s, thousands of Khrushchyovka* were built in Moscow to cater for the social housing demand after the war. After nearly 70 years of occupation these ...
  • The importance of site on house heating energy modelling in Wellington - Integrating EnergyPlus with ENVI-met for site modelling 
    Sunarya, Wendy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Site is an important factor in the building design process, where it is analysed to determine design strategies for responding the microclimate. It is also considered important in Building Energy Simulations (BES) where a ...
  • Assessment of Zero Energy Prefabricated Accessory Dwelling Units in Support of New Zealand Housing Needs 
    Moradibistouni, Milad (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Problem statement: The demographics of New Zealand are changing and the country is getting older. The literature shows the housing needs of older people are different, and that many would prefer to stay in their existing ...
  • layers of old and new : the adaptive reuse of mid-20th century modern architecture 
    Kitto, Damien (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    This research portfolio explores the role of adaptive reuse to support the preservation of mid-century modern architecture and facilitate new needs. Technological transformations of the 21st century have changed needs, ...
  • Hybrid Centre: Using the Practice of Feng Shui to Bring Together Sports, Community and Well-Being 
    Yue, Lisa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Sports and community centres are rarely found in New Zealand. The small amount of multi-sports centres that do exist have been inadequately designed; they have little sense of identity and successful expressions of vitality. ...
  • Bridging the Distance: Accommodating Wildlife Interaction in an Urban Setting. 
    Thomson, Michaela (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Currently within the Wellington region there is an abundance of green spaces hosting a variety of native and exotic wildlife species (Rastandeh, Brown, & Pedersen Zari, 2018; “The Sanctuary,” 2018). These species are ...
  • Delicacy 
    Morley, Jaimee (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    A new acceptance of aesthetics, technological advancements and current trends of slenderness and lightness have encouraged contemporary society towards the delicate. Delicacy is a notion within the aesthetic concept of ...
  • Attached: A New Methodology for Medium Density Volume Housing in Auckland 
    Soufflot, Christopher (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Housing within our cities has always been an issue for New Zealand; Governments of past and present have tried relentlessly to move people towards the suburbs (Schrader, 2005), but there is something that draws people to ...
  • Design of housing that improves the quality of life of the high-needs elderly in New Zealand 
    Kuboshima, Yukiko (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    The ageing population is growing rapidly in New Zealand, and those with high-care needs are increasing at an even higher rate. Government policy calls for ageing-in-place,staying in their own home as long as possible, ...
  • Reporting to Detention: Developing the architectural model of New Zealand's youth residences 
    Walsh, Chelsea (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Conversations surrounding New Zealand’s young offenders have always been controversial, especially with re-offending rates on the rise according to the 2018 Ministry of Justice Youth Offenders Report (Ministry of Justice, ...
  • Pockets of Peace. Multi-sensory environments for young adults on the autism spectrum 
    Lockley, Rebecca (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    The transition between adolescence and adulthood can be an emotionally and physically challenging time for everyone. This period of time is especially challenging for those who are on the autism spectrum as the change from ...
  • A New Heart for East Porirua, Waitangirua 
    Shilling, Phoebe (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Waitangirua is a vital piece of the puzzle when completing the Porirua Regeneration Scheme and The Transmission Gully Motorway. Waitangirua is a small suburb of 4020 residents located in the East of Porirua City. The ...
  • Algorithmic Toolmaking: Parameter Thinking in Landscape Architecture 
    Hegglun, Kadin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    This thesis interrogates the contentious integration of digital technologies into the field of landscape architecture. Identifying that an application of computational technique is largely unknown, the research delves into ...

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