Findlater, Samuel(Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)
Traditional urban design approaches often develop neighbourhoods with a ‘top-down’ method, where minimal community engagement is used. Even projects that employ a ‘bottom-up’ approach can fail to connect with the community ...
This research explored whether urban microclimate analysis has significant impacts on high-performance office buildings. It studied the effects of detailed three-dimensional urban microclimate modelling on building performance ...
Wezel, Daniel(Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
With an estimated housing shortage of 150,000 homes in 2020, New Zealand is in urgent need of a new housing solution to keep up with demand. Given that families make up 70% of New Zealand households, attracting families ...
Bagley, Mark(Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
Ceramic 3D printing has emerged in recent years as a new method for working with age-old material, a blend of the digital and analog that breeds a new type of artisan. Working with clay in an FDM extrusion system presents ...
Wakelin, Matthew(Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
This landscape design-led research investigates what a South Pacific urbanism may offer the living landscape of Cannon’s Creek in the City of Porirua. Initiated at the catchment level - whaitua – the research develops an ...