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Anticipating the Big One: Exploring the role of landscape architecture in preparing Wellington's CBD for a major earthquake

Fischer, James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

“Risk of urban disasters is no longer a phenomenon that we can stop, avoid or deter, but rather they are part of complex ecological processes from which we are inseparable and must design with, in preparation for the next ...
A’oa’o le tama e tusa ma ona ala, a o’o ina matua e le toe te’a ese ai: If we fail to construct our own realities, others will do it for us

Matautia, Saint Andrew Palauni (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Guided by both my own journey as a Pasifika student and the ideology of Tongan academic Dr. Hūfanga Okustino Māhina, this research seeks to identify ways in which indigenous knowledge can become an integral component within ...
The Application of Ecological Resilience to Urban Landscapes

Garcia, Emilio Jose (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

The understanding of resilience is a key concept for improving the adaptive capacity of cities to deal with and take benefits from unpredictable changes while keeping on evolving. However, in urbanism and architecture, a ...
[a] Project for the Sub-Centre

Mills, Grace Helen Salisbury (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

In the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake, a state of polycentric urbanity was thrust upon New Zealand’s second largest city. As the city-centre lay in disrepair, smaller centres started to materialise elsewhere, out of ...
Arcadia, The Museum Of Nature

Cleland, Hamish (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

The loss of indigenous ancient forests has had a great impact to New Zealand habitats. Native birds, insects, fungi, plants and animals have been diminishing in diversity since human occupation. This is to a degree the ...
Architectural Design Management in Wellington - Attitudes and Behaviours of Architects Towards Construction Waste

Bhagwat, Tanvi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Previous New Zealand waste management studies have focused on the waste generated from construction activities. However, international research suggests about a third of the overall waste generated originates in the design ...
Architectural Ecology: Cleansing & Regeneration of Polluted Place through Architecture

Pyke, Camden (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

New Zealand was once considered one of the least environmentally damaged countries in the world. Heralded for its pristine landscape, and its ‘Pure’ moniker, New Zealand was promoted, perhaps unintentionally, as an ...
Architectural Indicators

Hay, Jonathan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

A political crisis is currently underway in New Zealand with a critical lack of affordable well-designed housing. Due to the presence in New Zealand of such vast timber resources and our enviable global location for export ...
The Architectural Manipulation of Sound: Architecturally Articulating Urban Space to Protect and Enhance the Outdoor Acoustic Environment

Rieper, Andrew (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

To date, ‘Urban Design’ has seldom accounted for the quality of the acoustic environment. The significance of sound in the urban environment is understated. This is evident in design attitudes towards Urban Acoustics, ...
Architectural Models as a Base for Reliable Early Stage Energy Simulation

Steele, Jack (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Designers from the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries have shown a desire to allow for quantitative data to back up sustainable decision-making (Braasch, 2016). Methods and software used to reach ...
Architecture, Affect and Architectural Practice

Kidd-Nakai, Akari (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This thesis builds on and contributes to work in theories of affect that has risen within diverse fields, including geography, cultural studies, media studies and feminist writings, challenging the nature of textual and ...
Architecture and Urban Agriculture: Merging architecture and a local food system in Wellington, New Zealand

Zahner, Thomas (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Urbanisation and agricultural development have for centuries had an interdependent relationship with each other, where the sophistication and systemisation of food production has led to the evolution and advancement of the ...
Architecture as a Catalyst for Activity

Tungatt, Rory (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Many of New Zealand’s smaller town centres struggle to remain viable. A common issue for these declining public realms is the hollowing out of their city centres. Numerous factors may contribute to this problem. Issues ...
Architecture for Edgewalkers

Song, Hyemi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

‘Diversity’ and ‘Inclusion’ are keywords that are becoming more prevalent in architectural discourse, including a return to a discussion of, otherness. ‘Otherness’ is a sense of being different from normative ideals – ...
Architecture for the poor and unprivileged of Jakarta

Waller, Patrick (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

As the world becomes increasingly urbanised, cities are forced to manage significant population increases. Jakarta, in Indonesia, has a significant population that is visibly living below the poverty line which suggests ...
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 Architecture of Pilgrimage: Sacred Site and Sacred Self in the Quest for Meaning

Loader, Fran (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

As an historic cultural phenomenon that has been practiced throughout the globe for centuries, from ancient Greeks through to Vietnam veterans, the practise of pilgrimage has undergone a renaissance in the last few ...
Architecture of the athlete

Zivkovic, Jared (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Designers of sports facilities focus on physical aspects, like walls and tile angles to improve an athlete’s performance. However, from experience, the mental components of an athlete’s performance are overlooked; which ...
Architecture's Tightrope - Investigating an Alternative Trajectory for Critical Architecture: Critical Spatial Practices and a Polycontextual Engagement with an Urban Thick Edge Condition

Earl, Angus Robert McDonald (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

This thesis investigation engages two contemporary interrelated problems – one theoretical and one practical – both of which are interrogated, interwoven and tested through a critical lens. The theoretical context framing ...
Architecture & the Intangibles

McPhail, Hamish B. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

New Zealand has a high rate of mental disorders affecting 1 in 5 people. Current guidelines only outline building typologies and do not question the deeper affect of one’s perception of the built environment. This thesis ...