Browsing Architecture Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Farm buildings and architecture
(2009)In New Zealand farm buildings represent for many a practicality of form that complements a relationship to the land. New Zealand architects of the twentieth century admired these buildings for their humbleness and their ... -
Fashion, architecture and the urban environment : the parallel relationships between fashion and architecture
(2010)How may pleating, folding and layering techniques often used in fashion design to create ‘structural’ garments, be used as an approach to both structure and façade in a large‐scale, waterfront architectural intervention ... -
Fast food, slow city: A food and cultural, educational facility in Auckland's CBD
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION Can architectural satire be used to raise awareness of the causes of obesity and thereby improving healthy eating? ABSTRACT Combating New Zealand’s obesity epedemic by combating obesity through ... -
Fa‘asinomaga: The layers of Samoan identity
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can the investigation of cultural identity through the lens of New Zealand-born Samoans generate a space that enhances an individual’s connection to their cultural self? ABSTRACT In looking to ... -
Feed the fish
(2013)Man currently takes no ownership for the oceans despite being a major contributor to its current state. People are happy utilising it for their own needs but lack conviction in order to take ownership. An architectural ... -
Fighting for youth : the creation of a safe space for disadvantaged youth
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can a facility for sports and recreation create a safe space for disadvantaged youth and foster their engagement with society? ABSTRACT: Many South Auckland children and youth experience ... -
Fiji Vale Ni Yaya Maroroi
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can indigenous design principles drive the design of a Fijian museum that allows the younger generation to reconnect to their cultural heritage? Breaking down the research question into sub-categories: - ... -
Filling the blanks : a suburban opportunity for wellbeing
(2016)‘Wellbeing’ is not the easiest subject to discuss. It is difficult to quantify, and even more difficult to offer a precise definition. We currently function in a society where our needs are justified and driven by financial ... -
Finding place
(2022)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture reflect the cultural background of an immigrant suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, while paying respect to Māori culture? ABSTRACT Culture plays a crucial role in how people ... -
Finding the forgotten : a project that invigorates the cultural identity of Macedonia through architecture
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can an architectural intervention help the city of Skopje to re-establish its identity? Cultural identity is an issue within architecture which has been discussed by architectural theorists for ... -
Finding the romance : a project that invigorates cultural values through architecture
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architecture help traditional handicrafts regain their cultural value? Hand-made arts and crafts are true artist's art. They come from the people and serve the people. Hand-made arts and ... -
The flexible housing : a variation responds to higher density planning
(2017)ARCHITECTURAL QUESTION: How can prefabricated flexible housing adapt to the changing needs and increasing density of Auckland? ABSTRACT: Auckland currently has a rapidly increasing population and changing household ... -
Fluctuation space : how might a mega-event venue be programmed more intensively for long-term viability and social sustainability?
(2014)With the growth in complexity of global sporting events, the priority driving the design of dwelling places for such festivals is shifting from an aesthetic focus driven by programmatics to a legacy focus driven by pragmatics. ... -
Folding whare : deployable shelter for the 21st century
(2009)Deployable Shelter A hut. The simplest built shelter. From knowledge of simple shelters and the “hut” of architectural literature, a shelter is to be designed for rapid deployment in situations where existing housing has ... -
Forget me not : critical intervention of Tōtara North’s decaying industrial heritage
(2016)This research project is a design-led investigation into how the people of Tōtara North could engage with their town’s forgotten industrial heritage while moving into the 21st century. Situated on the shores of the remote ... -
Fortifying women : an architectural research project exploring the need to protect women and children from domestic violence with a ‘fit for purpose’ intervention
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: Can architecture make a positive contribution to the rehabilitation and wellbeing of woman and children suffering from domestic violence? It is a fundamental human right to have the want and need ... -
Fragments of a history: Museum of Samoa
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can the architectural design of a new museum for Samoa contribute to the narration of Samoa’s culture and history? ABSTRACT Samoa’s history in the last two centuries has not only been shaped by ... -
From efficiency to sufficiency: Towards the green high-rise building
(2010)This project challenges the usual consumption of conception of the CBD as a cluster of HRSB. Instead of individual tall building, we have single building which acts as a vertical city. This building is 60 storeys high ... -
From extraction to rejuvenation : how can architecture influence the re‐purposing of quarries to suit an environmentally conscious urban environment?
(2019)In the pursuit of a developing city, quarries have been a source for raw material, providing employment and fundamental economic components for cities. As raw resources tend to deplete in the quarry, it subsequently harms ... -
From village to “Village”
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the existing houses in the urban villages be upgraded in order to improve the living conditions and upward social movement of migrant workers in Chinese cities? This project investigates ...
