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  • Mak, Anthony (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)
    At an accelerating rate, over half of the world’s population is living in urban centres. The catastrophic risk to environmental, cultural, and economic resources amidst these high concentrations of livelihoods upon the ...
  • Walker, Katherine Jane (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    Increasingly divergent housing needs together with dilapidated housing stock requires us to consider upgrading many inner-city suburban areas. Renovations to individual dwellings rarely take advantage of the opportunity ...
  • Hulley, B.A. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    I am Sisyphus and architecture is my boulder. For those who are not already familiar, Sisyphus is the Greek mythological king of Ephyra. However, he is perhaps most well-known for his unique, boulder-rolling, fate. As ...
  • O'Brien, Katie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    This paper aims to answer the question ‘What are the initial experiences of people who use Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) therapy, and how can design address barriers that influence engagement within the first ...
  • Keats, Jasper (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Laurajane Smith argues that traditional approaches to heritage tend to conform to ideas of preservation; privileging tangible and physical connections between past and present. This thesis explores heritage as an experience ...
  • Kuiti, Jordan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Transport infrastructure is a key aspect of any city. The ability to move large groups of people into and through the city can positively or negatively affect the public life associated with that city. With this in mind ...
  • Richmond, Elliot (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)
    With the rise of popularity in cars and the decrease of public open space in our urban centres, there is an increasing pressure to find alternative modes of transportation. Human powered transport in New Zealand is becoming ...
  • Adapt 
    Henley, Ethan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    This paper presents a system for digitally manufacturing hyper personalised sets of cutlery for stroke patients. Stroke produces a wide variety of physical, cognitive, emotional and social effects that vary widely among ...
  • Holmes, Celia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)
    Traditionally, dwellings have evolved in response to social and cultural needs, and changed simultaneously with the development of society. The dwelling is associated primarily with the concept of culture and identity ...
  • Williamson, Renée (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)
    The current housing situation in New Zealand has pushed young New Zealander’s out of home ownership. A national shortage of housing stock, high house and land prices, off-shore investors, high student loans and the fact ...
  • Prins, Hendrik (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    Over the last 25 years building rating systems have been developed to quantify and promote sustainable development in the construction industry. Many countries have now developed their own rating system and some systems ...
  • Laurenson, Benjamin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    Many days are spent by New Zealanders’ tramping in the hills of the great outdoors, arriving at the end of the day to a small, quaint but “cold until the fire is lit” hut as the resting place for the night. These huts are ...
  • Kouzminova, Anya (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)
    Adaptive reuse does not only mean successfully putting new uses into an old shell. At best the impression is given that a building at the moment of its conversion has finally achieved its true destiny. Constructed during ...
  • Koch, Michael (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)
    Worldwide, drones are being employed by many industries vital to architectural and engineering practice, including territorial authorities (TAs) and councils. This is largely thanks to the breathtaking speed at which drone ...
  • McQueen, Vincent (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    As an island nation, beach and coastline activities play a significant role in daily life in New Zealand. In promoting independent and productive lives for amputees, the New Zealand Artificial Limb Service (NZALS) encourages ...
  • Penn, Philip (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    This research tested the new LCAQuick Residential, a computer-based analysis tool developed by BRANZ (available from www.branz.co.nz). This tool is designed to allow the ready preparation of a LCA at an early point in the ...
  • Honore, Marc (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    At many sites across New Zealand, industrial demands and the built environment have taken precedence over considerations for neighbouring natural settings, with a lack of threshold or transitional space between the two ...
  • Tran, Jasmine (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Well-made joinery can be pricey, no matter if it is hand-crafted or prefabricated. This thesis attempts to understand all available tectonics used to fabricate joints and find a potential alternative to generate well-made ...
  • Aerotopia 
    Ho, Ka Hei (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    Air travel and retail are two inseparable elements at any airport. Airports provide people traffic and perfect retail landscape for all sorts of retailers for passengers with an excessive amount of dwell time. Retail ...
  • De Bono, James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)
    This thesis explores the use of RTVE as a tool to produce atmosphere that evokes complex emotional response from virtual inhabitants of the space. Within architectural representation a shift to architectural visualisations ...

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