Browsing Architecture Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Earth - sky - infinity : New Zealand’s emerging space program
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the culture and landscape of New Zealand be integrated into the framework of Rocket Lab and Launch Complex One, to produce innovation and precedent for the future of New Zealand tourism? ... -
An eco-community design for Mount Roskill : an architectural project based on transforming Mount Roskill to become more affordable, liveable, resilient and sustainable
(2016)This project has been done in conjunction with the Auckland Council’s proposal on Auckland’s Future Plans of increasing its population and to make Auckland “the world’s most liveable city”. The goal of a liveable city is ... -
Eco-resort in rural India
(2011)Research problem: How can eco-tourism revitalize rural areas of India? This research project aims to develop a design for an eco-resort in rural Kerala, India. The research is based upon the theoretical influence of ... -
Ecology via architecture : an answer to our future cities
(2012)This thesis project is an architectural response to constructing a more ecologically achievable way of living in our growing urban environments. Global issues such as climate and economic changes and unsustainable resources ... -
Elementary architecture : architecture as a mechanism for alleviating mental health illness
(2017)“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.” http://www.ilikearchitecture.net/2012/07/quote-17- norman-foster/ Psychiatric hospitals over ... -
Empathetic kinaesthesia : sport within architecture
(2013)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: Is Auckland able to provide architectural solutions that enable the city to host the Olympic Games How can urban planning and design assist in Auckland plausibly hosting an Olympic Games? Auckland ... -
Empowerment by architecture: Design of Auckland's rehabilitation unit
(2011)The purpose of this study is to examine what elements of design architecture should provide to empower the patient in rehabilitative care. The project is a specialised building type, a multidisciplinary, rehabilitation ... -
en.er.gize : adaptive reuse of an existing building
(2013)The research project investigates the sustainable adaptive reuse strategies to re-energize existing buildings as an alternative to demolition and replacement. Giving existing buildings a new life helps keep a trace of our ... -
Engaging sensibilities: An exploration into architectural techniques for multi-sensory environments
(2010)The culture and practice of architecture is regarded as a principally visual field. The sense of sight dominates the remaining senses, which lack purposeful engagement in current architecture. This proposal ventures to ... -
Enhancing Mahurangi West: A vernacular techtonically interpreted for contemporary intervention
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architectonics enhance a community space in Mahurangi West? ABSTRACT The Mahurangi West community Hall is potentially the oldest school in Northland, built by the local farmers in 1885. It ... -
Eudaimonia to flourish
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architecture enhance the overall experience of oncology patients and their support persons? ABSTRACT: “The purpose of Architecture is to improve human life. Create timeless, free, joyous ... -
Evolving the Quarter Acre
(2017)Like egg whites to a pavlova, New Zealand would not be the same without the quarter acre. The phenomenon of the quarter acre represents the iconic Kiwi housing pattern, although its extinction in our largest city is ... -
Exploration of a School of Design
(2011)RESEARCH QUESTION: How to reconcile the learning process of a School Of Design with the theoretical construct of the school’s image. MOTIVATION: Architectural discourse is divided between intellectual theory and built ... -
Exploring cultural gateways: Designing a new international airport terminal that represents New Zealand’s cultural identity
(2011)As a gateway to New Zealand, Auckland airport is one of the first impressions an international visitor will have, and the last impression they will have when leaving. This impression should convey our unique culture and ... -
Expressive space : engaging the architectural experience between the tectonic and stereotomic
(2013)“The art of architecture studies not structure in itself, but the effect of structure on the human spirit.” - Geoffrey Scott The essence of architecture is the construction of structures, defining space. Space cannot ... -
The extraction of the cultural identity of Korea, and its contextualization into architecture in New Zealand
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the Korean community express its cultural identity through architecture in New Zealand? There no longer exists a definitive boundary of vernacularism and a once identifiable characteristics ... -
Fabricating place
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can digital fabrication methodologies aid in the production of early placemaking developments? ABSTRACT New Zealand cities are experiencing large growth throughout the country. Local government ... -
Factory in the field : how might the New Zealand creamery be developed as a compelling tourist destination, whilst enhancing the architecture of the utilitarian factory?
(2014)The commercial Creamery is New Zealand’s undervalued tourist destination, in a society where people are increasingly separated from the production and original source of food. The creamery has the potential to offer an ... -
Faletusi: A gateway for our past, present and future generations
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architecture (re) -connect -develop - present the Nelson Memorial Public Library of Samoa? ABSTRACT: Public libraries have existed in society for centuries. They play a crucial role in the ... -
Fantasy and reality : design for dementia
(2013)The subject of this thesis is the medical condition of dementia in its relation to the architecture of care facilities. The world’s population is increasing and with this comes an increase in the proportion of elderly ...
