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  • Half a Good House: Flexible Housing For Wellington Home Buyers 
    Dubbeld, Joshua (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)
    Increasing population and changing family demographics are driving the need for new and more sustainable housing solutions. Medium-density housing is recognised as a sustainable approach to accommodate future growth within ...
  • Hamilton's Kirikiriroa Gully: Engaging with waterway social life from the ground up 
    MacIntyre, May Jan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)
    The social value of waterways and gullies in new suburban development is something that is often overlooked and given limited resources to be developed. They have the potential to be intense centres of neighbourhoods and ...
  • The Hand of the Engraver 
    Western, Ryan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    The manner in which we dwell leaves scars upon the landscape. These scars are often left behind long after occupancy ceases. Countless derelict landscapes across New Zealand bear these scars left by human occupancy, but ...
  • Haumanu Ipukarea reviving tūrangawaewae, identity and place 
    Hatton, William (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    Landscapes are a fundamental component for the identity of people. This is evident through the eyes of the indigenous Māori people who express, like many indigenous cultures, that identity is formed from ones interconnected ...
  • HDR luminance measurement: Comparing real and simulated data 
    Au, Peony Pui Yue (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    The objective of this research was to determine the adequacy of Android devices capturing High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography, and using it as a tool for daylight analysis in New Zealand’s commercial building stock. This ...
  • Healing Spaces: Investigating the Therapeutic Potentials of Architecture in Semi-Rural Central Java 
    Lee, Corinne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    The right to health as defined by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) includes any service or facility that aids to bridge the gap between health and sickness (OHCHR 25). Whilst still ...
  • Healthcare in the Digital Age - The Future of Health Records 
    Slevin, Eliot (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)
    Electronic Health Record software (EHR), is used by medical professionals regularly to interact with patient records. The functionality of this software is key to public health, however the quality of this software does ...
  • The Heart of Rural New Zealand 
    Fraser, Emma (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)
    New Zealand rural farming communities are the milieu of the agriculture sector. Despite New Zealand’s heavy economic reliance on agriculture, little is known about the architecture for cultivating community in the rural ...
  • The Height of Reality: Using Virtual Reality Technology to Desensitize Acrophobia 
    Lindsay, Mark (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)
    Virtual reality (VR) is a new up-and-coming technology on which to watch three dimensional films or play video games. However, the practical uses of virtual reality can spread much further than just media outputs. This ...
  • Hello, computer. Approaches to designing speech-based user experiences 
    Schultz, Stefan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    The burgeoning field of speech–based user interfaces, pushed heavily by most major technology vendors, including Google (with Assistant), Apple (Siri), Amazon (Alexa), and Microsoft (Cortana), presents a new challenge in ...
  • "hey architect, ko wai hoki koe?" Decolonising mainstream placemaking in Aotearoa, New Zealand. 
    Blundell, Amelia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    The colonising of Aotearoa, New Zealand has meant, for the most part, that decisions determining the past and future of our cultural landscapes are made by distant ‘experts’ within mainstream practices. Around the world, ...
  • Hidden Territories: Integrating New Zealand Secondary Schools with Their Suburban Contexts 
    Clark, Kelly (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)
    High schools are a significant physical and social component within the suburban environment. These campus like institutions represent a marked change from the homogenous residential suburban environments they are situated ...
  • Hiding in plain sight: Designing medical devices for adolescents with type 1 diabetes to match their preferences for conspicuity 
    Hazelton, Madeleine (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)
    Adolescents with type 1 diabetes use medical devices that attract attention in public settings. While adolescents have varying experiences with this attention, current medical devices do not allow them control over the ...
  • Higher Hopes for Denser Living 
    Stuthridge, Tayla (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    Higher Hopes for Denser Living explores the current constraints in existing medium-density housing in New Zealand. People traditionally see suburban architecture as a single standalone dwelling with a big backyard where ...
  • High Ground, Low Ground: Explorations in Topography and Neighbourliness in Coastal Dune Settlement 
    Wallis, Stephanie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
    The desire to live close to the ocean often brings about settlement that sprawls along the beachfront, parallel to the coastline. This settlement structure is problematic as it diminishes the importance of community while ...
  • A History of Video Games 
    Metuarau, Tuakana (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)
    This research begins with the premise that while video-games have become a pervasive cultural force over the last four decades, there is still a dearth of educational and historical material regarding the emergence of video ...
  • A Holographic Future: Comparing an AR headset to traditional construction methods 
    Hubber-Davis, Tayler (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)
    New Zealand’s construction industry has seen a profound uptake in the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in recent years. BIM has proven to be beneficial to individuals during moments of the lifecycle of a building, ...
  • The Home as an Incubator for Dignity in Old Age: An Architectural Exploration for Dignified Ageing 
    Stevens, Christopher Edward (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    The main intention of this research is to develop a method of increasing the number of residential dwellings which can enable ageing New Zealanders to age in place and experience a dignified ageing process. This is in ...
  • Homeless. Self-Build Housing for Wellington's Transitionally Homeless 
    Goodger, Jake (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)
    Housing is an important precondition for people to live healthy and prosperous lives. Access to suitable housing is an essential factor in the overall well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Housing suitability ...
  • A home with a view: A medium density tower-housing vision for New Zealand 
    Bull, Henrietta (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
    New Zealand has a housing crisis. High land prices and high construction costs have all contributed to unaffordable housing. Additionally, the New Zealand dream of the "quarter acre section" lifestyle that has encouraged ...

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