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  • Above the debris 
    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 ...
  • An Absolute, Liberal Monument: Investigating the Potential of Group Renovation for Cohousing in Wellington's Inner-City Suburbs 
    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 ...
  • The absurdist liberation of architecture 
    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 ...
  • Accepting an Assisted Sleep - Addressing Barriers that Influence Engagement with Continuous Positive Air Pressure Therapy through Design. 
    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 ...
  • Activating Intangible Heritage 
    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 ...
  • Activating the edge: Investigating landscape architectures potential to utilise transport infrastructures public life generating ability 
    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 ...
  • Active Coastlines: Implementing a sustainable transport scheme for Evans Bay, Wellington 
    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 ...
  • The Adaptable Dwelling: A Response to Cultural Diversity 
    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 ...
  • AdAPTA Home 
    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 ...
  • Adapting to Constraints - A Study of Green Star New Zealand's Effects on Decision Making using Classic Grounded Theory 
    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 ...
  • Adaptive Nature: Shelter in Remote Environments 
    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 ...
  • The Adaptive Reuse of Warehouse and Factory Buildings into Residential Living Spaces in Wellington, New Zealand 
    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 ...
  • The additional gains when integrating drone technology as a business tool in New Zealand’s district council structures 
    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 ...
  • Additive Alternatives 
    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 ...
  • Adequate BIM level of detail for LCA energy simulation 
    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 ...
  • Adoration of the Joint 
    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 ...
  • Advancing Craft: A translation to modern tectonics 
    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 ...
  • Aesthetics of Digital Emotion 
    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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