Browsing Architecture Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Waiora Healing Home : creating better quality of life for children with life-limiting and terminal illnesses in N.Z.
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can architecture make a positive contribution to palliative and hospice care for children in order to enhance their quality of life? ABSTRACT: What does wellbeing and dying well mean? Hospitals ... -
Waitemata green : changing the public acceptance of sustainability
(2016)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the public acceptance of sustainability be changed through using principles of hedonistic sustainability in establishing a hybrid urban farm as a dynamic public destination for Auckland? AB ... -
Waking a “Sleep City”: developing an urban complex in a commuter town in Beijing
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can a town with a lack of functions and limited space be reformed? ABSTRACT: With the rapid development of Beijing’s economy, more and more people have been attracted to the city in the past two ... -
The wall, the joint, the window, stair and door
(2013)Through the investigation Carlo Scarpa’s architecture, four design techniques have been chosen; these techniques explain the reasoning behind Scarpa’s decision making. The four techniques will be the influence in discovering ... -
Waste to worth : adaptive re-use of recycled waste in existing structures
(2013)For architects material selection is one of the most crucial choices faced when designing. They clothe their creations, offering protection and shelter, ultimately setting the tone and appearance of a building. Generic ... -
Wasted opportunities: Developing resiliency in architecture through ecosystem biomimicry
(2010)As architects we conceive of our buildings as finished products, our labours forever immortalised in them. But buildings are never finished; they are subject to multiple changes in occupation, repair and replacement as a ... -
Water reigns : an urban storm water treatment facility for Auckland City that educates the public about the issues surrounding the supply of clean water
(2016)The need to employ sustainable water management practices is becoming increasingly crucial as the global water shortages increase. As more people migrate to urban areas the challenges facing a city’s ability to protect its ... -
Water wharf : rediscovering the natural processes that support urban life
(2012)There is an urgency to find intelligent solutions for supplanting and diversifying water treatment to stop polluted water reaching our oceans. In New Zealand, soil run-off is the largest threat to our marine ecosystem and ... -
Water you know? : an architectural research project exploring how cultural and spiritual values attached to water can be used to bring attention to water management. The water scarcity situation in the rural Thai village, Ban Thang Khwang, is the test case
(2015)This research focuses on bringing attention to the importance of water and its management to my village, Ban Thang Khwang, in northeast Thailand. On a trip home in 2014 I noticed a huge contrast between the poor condition ... -
A way of looking : an exploration into the representation of architecture
(2014)COMICS This thesis examines the use of comic books as a representation system. Whilst our most common perception of comics are books for kids, ‘Sequential Art’ as the convention is sometimes called, has been around for ... -
Ways of knowing = [Founga ʻo ʻilo]: A knowledge hub for Tonga
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can contemporary architecture intervene in Tonga to provide a re-imagination of a library in the Pacific? ABSTRACT It was only in 2019 that the first public library in Tonga was opened. And even ... -
Welcome home : return, rehabilitation and reconnection; architecture as a kaitiaki for taonga Māori
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can an architectural intervention facilitate the return of taonga to iwi in Aotearoa/New Zealand? ABSTRACT: Taonga Māori are generally understood as a treasure, or anything of high value. The ... -
Westgate Shopping Centre : an opportunity to give an obsolute development a new purpose
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can a transit orientated design strategy be used to reprogram an existing development to serve a new purpose? ABSTRACT: Due to the economic foundation and focused use of private transportation, ... -
Whanake : Move onwards, move upwards
(2022)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture provide a suitable solution for long-term emergency housing in New Zealand? ABSTRACT A housing affordability study done by ANZ in 2020 found that New Zealand has the highest rate ... -
What if there is another chance (to establish a balanced architectural relation between a heritage building and a new construction)?
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: What if there is another chance to re-establish a balanced architectural status between heritage buildings and new constructions? This primary question is divided into a number of secondary research ... -
A woven shelter
(2009)The existence of a distinguishably ‘New Zealand’ architecture is a continuing obsession of historians and critics. This paper investigates the few built examples that represent Maoridom within our built environment. Research ... -
Woven: The empowerment of women through textile craft revival in Ahmedabad
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture empower female garment workers through the revival of textiles in the informal settlements of Ahmedabad, India? ABSTRACT Female oppression is prevalent in Indian society, exemplified ... -
Wunderkammer : scenes of wonder, speculation and discovery
(2012)The Wunderkammer was a setting of reflection, research and discovery in early modern Europe, where the collection and its context together created a network of potential associations that acted as a tool for interdisciplinary ... -
Zen - Christianity: A useful dialogue?
(2011)This is an investigation into the possibility of learning from different architectural cultures. Specifically, this project investigates selected Japanese architectural principles. Relevant principles are obtained and ... -
Zigzagging through : an architectural research project that examines how the proposed hutongism building complex could create an architectural link between past and present in a historic run down area
(2015)The hutong1 is a significant structure in Beijing ancient city, and could be a positive prototype for building complexes as well. The whole context of Beijing ancient city follows the logic of the hutong, and most urban ...
