Browsing Architecture Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Daming Lake Meditation Centre : a Chinese meditation retreat centre in central Jinan
(2016)With the quick development of China’s society and economy, it has become evident that people in many communities are experiencing psychological stress. With intense competitive pressure and unaffordable real estate many ... -
Daylight, death, & ritual Prometheus : the use of light and shadow as a fundamental building material and its evocations on the built environment
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can daylight strategies be implemented into design driven by phenomenology to explore the development of an atmospheric architecture? ABSTRACT: Death is the singular constant to life and is the ... -
Dead cities
(2012)This research project explores through architecture, the lost relationship between cities of the living and cities of the dead in urban centres. Proposing the question: How can architecture re-connect/re-engage cities of ... -
Dead reckoning : curating the currents of Oceania on a journey towards rediscovery
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How might we elevate our understanding of indigenous cultures through refining an architectural artefact in a progressive society? Indigenous Samoa is the subject of this research project. Thousands ... -
Decoherence : Mount Albert Science Center
(2012)Philosophy, Science and Architecture have ever been engaged in serious interdisciplinary discourse. In various and profound ways, each discipline derives insight from the others. The discoveries and insights held between ... -
Deir-e No: Addressing modern communities’ identity crisis through the silk network revival
(2021)This research addresses the issue of placelessness, a global phenomenon caused by the rise of urbanisation and the demise of rural communities. It investigates connectivity through regional architecture in order to create ... -
Dela ni yavu = The foundation
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architecture be used as a medium for reconnecting iTaukei (indigenous Fijians) with their culture? ABSTRACT: Dela ni Yavu is a project that intends to reconnect and strengthen the relationship ... -
Democratized living : an examination of how digital tools in the use of a transitional shelter can affect building methods.
(2018)Issues of lower quality architecture those who need it most have been around for decades. States of emergency, such at the 2010 Christchurch earthquake, see the production of architectural solutions to provide immediate ... -
Design for Chinese University campus
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Design for diversity : an architectural response for rehabilitation and reconnection of ecological diversity
(2014)Architecture demands a certain responsibility to the changing environments of today’s world and the sustainable practices that can support it. Overtime, this responsibility has only become more important as habitat loss, ... -
Design for vibrant streets : proposed framework for a small area in Newmarket
(2012)The intended programme is to at least double commercial and residential density, while maintaining diversity in use and building form, enhancing the existing low rise, fine grain built environment and aligning with the ... -
Design Incubator : a vision for architectural education in the twenty-first century
(2015)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can an architecture school redefine its image as a place to inspire its students, staff and the surrounding community, combining twenty-first century learning techniques to enrich the learning ... -
A design system for homes and housing : a rationalised approach to housing supply for Auckland
(2011)New Zealand is currently experiencing a housing shortage. The economical recession has also had implications on housing affordability and as a result more people are relying on the government to help meet their housing ... -
Designing a liberal arts campus in New Zealand
(2010)“A costly edifice ought not to be left to rest upon a single pillar.” – The Yale Report of 1828 The complete absence of any liberal-arts style education makes New Zealand tertiary education sector unique in the English ... -
Designing communities : an architectural approach to intentional community housing
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: How can we design buildings to build communities encouraging social interaction in future? Does the design influence social interaction in cohousing? Can the impact of design be enhanced by the ... -
The detailing, materiality & construction of a classical building in a contemporary New Zealand context
(2013)The questions I seek to answer are how a monumental classical building would be constructed (focusing on the construction of complex classical forms) and detailed in New Zealand? How has the construction of classical ... -
Developing Auckland - via history
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can we reuse what is already on-site in neglected areas of Auckland City to assist in resolving the current housing shortage, and at the same time help to preserve the city’s past? AIMS AND ... -
Digital exploration
(2009)Airport terminals offer the first and last impressions of a country. They are the gateways to the rest of the world, however, the utilitarian terminals of New Zealand fail to portray the excitement of travel and fall short ... -
Dirty laundry: The adaptive reuse of an existing building
(2010)Whilst both adaptive reuse and sustainability are important architectural strategies in their own right, greater potential lies in their combined application, facilitating an architectural solution with the benefits of ... -
Dirty little secret : illuminating issues of wastefulness through architecture
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can an architectural reinterpretation of Auckland’s waste infrastructure illuminate the wasteful nature of current waste management systems and disestablish common perceptions about waste? AIMS ...
