Browsing Architecture Conference Papers by Date Published
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New Zealand public-housing project tender price forecast: Preliminary findings
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)To make house prices affordable to first-home buyers on low-to-medium incomes, one of the solutions is the capped cost of public-housing projects. The accepted tender price forms the major portion of final project cost, ... -
Creating resilience through empowering self-build strategies in a Myanmar refugee camp
(Curtin University / Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2022-12)Currently, around 82 million people are displaced globally, and refugees are among the most vulnerable and in need of support. Around 1.1 million refugees from Myanmar are situated in large refugee camps between Myanmar, ... -
Rethinking: Humanising: Isolation: Aotearoa New Zealand (A novel approach to design)
(Universidade Lusófona do Porto, 2022-11)Our modern, globalised world is more vulnerable to infectious diseases that can spread voraciously—globalisation has aided the rapid spread of diseases and increased the frequency with which goods and people are transported ... -
The role of architectural history research: Auckland’s NZI building as William Gummer’s attempt at humanity
(Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, 2022-11)In response to the third thematic sub-stream of the 38th Annual SAHANZ Conference, this paper will discuss the role of architectural research in the architecture of Gummer and Ford, the Auckland-based practice, often ... -
Colin McCahon’s house and its colours: A glimpse of New Zealand beyond its colonial past
(International Colour Association (AIC), 2022-06)Colin McCahon’s Titirangi house nestled Kauri forest was not only a tiny and humble house for his wife and 4 children for the years of 1953-60. But it was the birth place of some beautiful paintings and (what turned out ... -
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 ... -
Te Tiriti o Waitangi and housing in Aotearoa
(2021-12-01)Aotearoa New Zealand's current housing shortage continues to be an ongoing challenge for Indigenous Māori and the Crown. This paper briefly summarises the author's master's research project 'He Rautaki Whakatauria Whare o ... -
The house as domestic clinic
(Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), 2021-07)Infectious diseases have dramatically affected social behaviour in the past, as is happening now, during the current coronavirus pandemic. But infectious diseases have also altered architecture and urban design on the way ... -
The condition of public space: the role of sensory experience design
(2021-06)The urban form and the human psyche are two intrinsically linked phenomena. Urban environments are constantly stimulating the biologically embedded sensory systems that humans have. When senses are stimulated in a positive ... -
Techno-material and socio-environmental model for assessing urban sustainability
(International Society Of City And Regional Planners (ISOCARP), 2020-12)The term “sustainable development” first appeared as part of discussions regarding the capacity of natural ecosystems to support the current model of economic growth, assuming a strong concern with the preservation of the ... -
New Zealand house indoor microclimate and allergens
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11-26)The most common indoor allergens and triggers for people with asthma and allergic rhinitis are dust-mites, moulds, pets and pollen. Allergens from dust mites and moulds are strongly associated with indoor microclimate. ... -
Thermal performance of school building not only impact indoor thermal comfort
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11-26)Auckland has a temperate climate with comfortable warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Auckland school building thermal design not only focuses on winter indoor thermal comfort but also indoor health condition related ... -
Rewind on imagining future cities through drama and design
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11-26)It is asserted that people in first world countries have become consumed by ‘things’ and ‘wants’, rather than ‘needs.’ This mindset has been challenged by the Covid-19 pandemic, as we have experienced a reduced existence ... -
Embedding digital technology into contemporary Māori and Pasifika architectural practice
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11-04)The research paper will review how designers and architects can utilise digital technology to produce culturally respectful Māori and Pasifika architectural outputs within a contemporary landscape. The purpose of the ... -
Preservation issues and controversies : challenges of underutilised and abandoned places
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11)Research and Enterprise Office at Unitec Institute of Technology focuses on opportunities, challenges, and problems in a wide variety of subjects. In 2019, a project of heritage digitisation in New Zealand was approved. ... -
Te aitanga pepeke me ngā pūngāwerewere : The world of insects and spiders
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11)“Insects are by far the most varied and abundant animals [on the planet] outweighing humanity by 17 times... They are essential for the functioning of all ecosytems... “so wrote journalist Damian Carrington in the Guardian ... -
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 ... -
Low carbon rules : an interdisciplinary approach to writing standards for earth and straw construction in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11)In order to realise a future where a variety of low carbon building options is readily available, their consenting needs to be supported by relevant standards to assist their path through the regulatory process. The recently ... -
Decolonising landscape architecture education in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11)Aotearoa is growing rapidly with expansive development occurring across the country as the creative and design industry responds to support the diverse needs of the growing population. This enables opportunities for emerging ... -
Planejamento insurgente e ação coletiva frente à mercantilização do urbano: a experiência do Movimento Ocupe Estelita, Brasil = Insurgent planning and collective action against the commodification of the city: the experience of the Movimento Ocupe Estelita, Brazil
(2020-11)RESUMO: O trabalho propõe uma reflexão sobre a influência de arenas participativas autônomas enquanto expressões de grupos e movimentos contra-hegemônicos que buscam influenciar o planejamento e a produção do território. ...
