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  • Red Zone as Green Corridor: Opportunities for Suburban Intensification: A Christchurch Case Study 
    Constable, Sacha Therese (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    It is well established that urban green areas provide a wide range of social, aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits. The importance of urban green spaces has been known for decades; however the relationship between ...
  • Re-Emerging Wetlands: Shaping Multifunctional Landscapes Through Integrated Flood Management Strategy 
    Kojima, Yota (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    The Kapiti Coast is a unique cultural landscape, and while agriculturally-dominated, there are remnants of ecologically significant habitat along the coast that need to be protected. Moving forward, there are two major ...
  • ReForm - Growing Architecture 
    Orr, Noah (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    Over the past decade robotic fabrication in architecture has succeeded where early digital architecture has fallen short: in the synthesis of the immaterial logic of computers and the material reality of architecture. In ...
  • Regenerational Residence 
    Mackie, Ben (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)
    New Zealand has an ageing population whose dwelling options for retirement are largely inappropriate. Retirement homes and villages are increasing throughout the country yet these often cause a decline in functional ability. ...
  • Regenerative Architecture: An Application of Regionalist Sustainability in New Zealand Dairy Farming Practice 
    Whitehead, Jacob (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    Over the past decade the New Zealand dairy industry has undergone unparalleled expansion in the agricultural sector. The influence of globalised market competition, beginning in 1985, has resulted in significant changes ...
  • Regional Singularity 
    Cochrane, Hamish (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    Contemporary landscape architectural design has been defined by the recent focus on large-scale design, ‘landscape urbanism’, and the development of mapping techniques. Mapping methods aim to consolidate environmental, ...
  • Rehabilitating Healthcare: Therapeutic Landscapes as a Catalyst for Health, Well-being and Social Equity 
    Kershaw, Chelsea (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)
    Aotearoa New Zealand is a society with inequality deeply embedded in its culture, and this translates to the health of vulnerable members of the community. In its current state, healthcare infrastructure and rehabilitative ...
  • Rehabilitative Architecture: Inflluences on Bodily Injury 
    Roselli, Ryan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)
    New Zealand has elite athletes of a very high level ranging from world champions in athletics, rowing, and cycling to highly competitive rugby, football, and netball teams. Physical injury is a common threat within all ...
  • Re-imagining Suburban Living in Residual Urban Space 
    Cunningham, Emma (2018)
    The attraction of the suburban lifestyle for many, is the comforting uniformity and lack of density, the desire to own your own little patch of land to use however you please. However, the lack of diversity this lifestyle ...
  • Re-imagining the museum 
    Marsh, Laura (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Twentieth-century museums have become more than displays of art and history. Unlike their nineteenth century origins, museums today are a centre of culture, education and entertainment. Designing a circulation system ...
  • Reinterpreting Chinese Cultural Imperatives Within the Contemporary Urban Context Through the Integration of Natural Elements 
    Zhang, Xuezhu (Cissy) (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)
    As Chinese contemporary architecture is entering into a new era along with rapid economic development, this is an opportunity for young Chinese designers to start to translate their own Chinese cultural perspectives into ...
  • Reinventing the Party Wall - For Quality City Living 
    Eberlein, Hatty (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    The party wall is a commonly used building element that is rarely exploited to its full potential due to structural and legal complications. The party wall was introduced in the 16th century as a strategy to increase density ...
  • Reinvigorating Life: An Architecture for Younger Onset Dementia 
    Lambert, Kelly (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Most people are familiar with dementia, but few realise that it is not just an old persons’ disease. Younger onset dementia (YOD) is defined as the onset of dementia before age 65, some afflicted are as young as 30. People ...
  • Releasing Anxiety 
    Snooks, Benjamin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    Being the most common mental disorder, anxiety is especially co-related with busy urban environments. The rise of urbanisation and modern technology has created a world that has significantly heightened our levels of stress ...
  • Relocating Tokelau: Recreating Island Villages in the Urban/Suburban Settings of New Zealand 
    Huang, Henry (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Many Pacific Island communities face having to leave their homeland to other countries due to effects of climate change, extreme weather events, rising sea levels and the subsequent economic impacts. Tokelau, a country ...
  • Remembering Miramar, Forgetting Whātaitai 
    Martin, Paul (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington City has a long history dating back to legendary individuals, including Maui and Kupe. The harbour is dotted with sites associated with a history that has accumulated over several centuries. ...
  • Renewal of the Abject; Manure-facturing in the Horowhenua District 
    Rofe, Rebecca (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    Two prominent issues are affecting the vitality of regional settlements in the New Zealand context. Firstly, urbanisation has meant the migration of young workers and professionals to creative and economic urban centres, ...
  • Renewing Materials: 3D Printing and Distributed Recycling Disrupting Samoa's Plastic Waste Stream 
    Taito-Taaalii Matamua, Lionel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    This research addresses the serious issue of plastic waste in the Pacific. Using Samoa as a case study, we hypothesise that distributed recycling combined with 3D printing offers an opportunity to re-purpose and add new ...
  • Renewing the Bornean Longhouse: Empowering the Rural Poor in Sabah, Malaysia through Architectural Intervention 
    Wong, James Kein Peng (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)
    Despite the fact that Malaysia has undergone independence for some 50 years, and the country as a whole has boomed economically to be one of the strongest in South-East Asia - why are there rural kampong regions particularly ...
  • Re-orientating the Experience of a Small Town 
    Hailstone, Katherine (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)
    An experience by definition can imply that it leaves an impression. It can be how people experience our small towns that influence its viability and success. Small towns in Aotearoa face aging populations, growing social ...

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