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Join the dots : architecture of movement and connections
(2013)Movement is fundamental for a child’s holistic development. Architecture has the potential to function as a stimulus for movement. Join the Dots utilises these statements as a catalyst for an architectural exploration, ... -
Journey of the bean : a community integrated coffee processing centre
(2016)Coffee in Colombia is a symbol of pride and national identity. As the third highest in coffee production in the world, the industry is a quintessential element in shaping the country’s cultural landscape. In 2011, areas ... -
A journey through sound and light : Waikumete cemetery new development
(2016)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: To achieve the aims of creating a powerful and peaceful atmosphere through a new cemetery, 2 questions have been proposed: 1 What are the key elements for creating such an atmosphere? 2 How can they ... -
Jujube farm tourism village : a multifunctional agri-tourism farm in Zaozhuang, Shandong, P.R.C.
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the architectural design of an agri-tourism farm show sensitivity to culture, history and site to be more attractive in contemporary China? ABSTRACT: With China’s rapid urbanization, urban ... -
Jungle Jim? Odo Strewe and Tropical Influence, 1948-1965
(2009)Odo Strewe left Europe in May 1937, a refugee from Nazi Germany, and island hopped his way across the South Pacific to land in New Zealand in June 1938. Twenty years later, having established a family and a landscape ... -
The Kahoa Village : how can architects and architecture respond to New Zealand’s most pressing issue - homelessness?
(2019)This project investigates how architecture responds to New Zealand’s most pressing issue: homelessness. This project targets the underlying issues that those that are homeless are dealing with on a daily basis. It also ... -
Karangahape Road train station : an urban catalyst for revitalisation
(2015)The general focus of this research project is to explore how a train station in a rich and diverse up and coming neighbourhood can act as a catalyst for architectural exploration. This exploration is how architecture ... -
Katamari Kart: A serious and hilarious sub/urban game for more serendipitous, playful and friendly public art
(ePress, Unitec|Te Pūkenga, 2023-11-21)The article presents the sub/urban game-method Katamari Kart, where people roam industrial and suburban areas collecting waste materials and progressively building a large and mobile public sculpture. This game-method ... -
KATO.NI.MANA (Box of knowlege): Building cyclone resistent rural Fijian communities through social, environmental, and sustainable architectural responses
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can rural Fijian communities create a resilient and sustainable environment? ABSTRACT The traditional response to cyclone resilience has generally focused on construction techniques and materials ... -
Kāinga Manaaki : how can the Manaaki Tāngata Programme inspire marae based kāinga, to support vulnerable whānau in the pursuit of mana motuhake?
(2020)This project aims to explore marae-based housing solutions in Auckland for vulnerable whānau as they seek to pursue mana motuhake. Successive Government policies, which have led to the alienation of Māori from ancestral ... -
“Keep it Pumping” : breathing new life into redundant storage tanks
(2012)What is an appropriate and relevant design for the adaptive reuse of existing storage tanks on Auckland’s waterfront, which reintegrates them in a suitable way to their redeveloped environment while still retaining their ... -
Keynote Speech 4: Cooling is the new heating: NZ’s self-denial.
(2022-02-18)As the climate warms, we use more electricity for cooling, causing more carbon emissions, causing the climate to warm further causing the use of more electricity for cooling and so on. This presentation looks at past and ... -
Khasab contemporary architecture : exploration of heritage and modernity in the Arabian Gulf context
(2017)AIMS & OBJECTIVES: • Identify the significant elements of heritage, rituals and the growth of villages in the region. (History and heritage study) • Explore use of new (suitable) technology, building methods and social ... -
Kintsukuroi : natural lighting, tectonics and materiality
(2017)This project is an investigation of Japanese architectural characteristics and the ability to adapt them to the New Zealand context. The characteristics have been chosen due to their universal applications. They, in some ... -
Ko au ko Ngāpuhi, ko Ngāpuhi ko au : I am Ngāpuhi, Ngāpuhi is me
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architecture assist with the preservation and restoration of Ngāpuhi identity? ABSTRACT: Identity has continually been subject to change through history and circumstances. As time has ... -
Korea Korea : architectural choreography of collateral collisions at the DMZ
(2014)The two Koreas have now been separated for the last six decades. In between these two nations lies the Demilitarised Zone. This boundary not only acts as a geophysical barrier, but also as a psychological barrier. ... -
Land stewardship in the climate wrung epoch
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Australia, 2020-11)QUESTION: How can vulnerable land be turned into adaptive land that is ‘safe’ for communities? This paper discusses a student research by design project, undertaken as the culmination of a Bachelor of Landscape ... -
Land, symbiosis & cultural identity : curating a collective narrative in Fiji
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the cultural identity of Fiji be narrated through architectural intervention? ABSTRACT: The Pacific Region is facing several inevitable challenges; the degradation of ecosystems, the need ... -
Late Bloomer: The Live Centre of Whangārei 1875-1909
(2007)The length of Bank Street between Vine and Water Streets and Rust and Cameron Streets Whangarei was, during the 1890s, the commercial and administrative centre of the fledgling town. The most significant presence in this ... -
A layered conservation response to the layers of built history
(Unitec ePress, 2021-12-21)RESEARCH QUESTION How can differing conservation responses and approaches maintain and enhance those layers of history within a historical building? ABSTRACT The Conservation and Heritage Research stream in Unitec’s ...