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The Adaptable Dwelling: A Response to Cultural Diversity

Holmes, Celia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Traditionally, dwellings have evolved in response to social and cultural needs, and changed simultaneously with the development of society. The dwelling is associated primarily with the concept of culture and identity ...
The Adaptive Reuse of Warehouse and Factory Buildings into Residential Living Spaces in Wellington, New Zealand

Kouzminova, Anya (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Adaptive reuse does not only mean successfully putting new uses into an old shell. At best the impression is given that a building at the moment of its conversion has finally achieved its true destiny. Constructed during ...
Architectural Ecology: Cleansing & Regeneration of Polluted Place through Architecture

Pyke, Camden (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

New Zealand was once considered one of the least environmentally damaged countries in the world. Heralded for its pristine landscape, and its ‘Pure’ moniker, New Zealand was promoted, perhaps unintentionally, as an ...
The Architecture of Pilgrimage: Sacred Site and Sacred Self in the Quest for Meaning

Loader, Fran (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

As an historic cultural phenomenon that has been practiced throughout the globe for centuries, from ancient Greeks through to Vietnam veterans, the practise of pilgrimage has undergone a renaissance in the last few ...
Assimilation of the Lost Site: Establishing Architectural Identity on Sites Defined by Conflicting Grids and Conflicting Programmatic Typologies

Bakshi, Sunil (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The contemporary urban dilemma of the ‘lost site’ has arisen due to the ever-increasing density of our urban environments, where boundaries of contrasting urban contextual grid conditions overlap, forming pocket sites that ...
At Home with a View: Exploring Notions of Landscape

Borren, Hester Blyth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The aim of this thesis is to gain an understanding of the role and value of a view of landscape with respect to the interior of New Zealand houses. It explores the all-or-nothing manner in which contemporary architecture ...
Bath and the Body, Bamboo and the Soul

Palamountain, Dion (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

Bathing at a fundamental level is desired for two attributes cleansing the body, and cleansing the soul. Historically the act of bathing has been a combination of hot and cold water bathing; this act cleanses both the ...
Body | Sense Experience: An Architecture of Atmosphere and Light

Amour, Sol (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This thesis explores notions of the immaterial and metaphysical in architecture. It seeks to ‘elicit a sense of wonder’ in a participant of experiential space by promoting awareness of the metaphysical through atmosphere, ...
Building at the Speed of Light: Prefabrication, Transport, and Assembly

Nuttall, Eli (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This thesis will examine the logistical strategies and construction techniques used in the making of the First Light house. First Light was the 2011 team entered by Victoria University of Wellington to compete in the US ...
Building Digital Bridges: Improving Digital Collaboration through the Principles of Hyperlinked Practice

Harrison, David Henry (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

Effective collaboration requires access to timely and relevant information, but this is difficult given the complexity of the architectural design process and the segmentation of the architecture, engineering and ...
Commercial Building Facade Design: Improving the Consistency of Early Design Tool Predictions and Detailed Design Tool Calculations

Hsu, Chi-Yao (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

The focus of this research is the concept of the 'Performance Sketch' tool. This is to use detailed simulation software to calculate (plausible) energy performance of designs quickly. Analogous to the Architectural Sketch ...
Common Ground: Multivalent Communal Space in Medium Density Housing

Pattinson, Stephen John (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The combined effect of shrinking average household size and steady urban population growth places considerable stress on existing land supply within urban limits, creating significant challenges for meeting new housing ...
A Cost Benefit Analysis of Secondary Glazing as a Retrofit Alternative for New Zealand Homes

Smith, Nick (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Homes with single glazing represent a large majority of the New Zealand housing stock. With the recent changes to the NZ Building Code Clause H1 Energy Efficiency, new homes require higher glazing thermal performance. This ...
Curious Architecture: Felines, Stairs and Human Affairs: What Is Architecture Made Of?

Penwell, Jaq (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

The presence and reconciliation of the poetic with the pragmatic is deemed essential if any constructed endeavour in our built environment is to be termed architecture. This thesis argues that if architecture is that which ...
Diagrams in Architecture: An Examination of Diagram Based Design Methods in Contemporary Urban Architecture Projects

Shields, Fraser (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This research explores the relationship between the use of diagrams in architectural production and an architectural outcome which redefines conventional relationships between urban built form and open space. Several ...
Drawing in Perspective: A Proposition for a Discursive Architecture in the Age of Digital Representation

Coates, Laura (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Contemporary architectural practise has come to depend upon digital representation as a means of design and for the production of architectural drawings. The computer is common place in architectural offices, relegating ...
Eco-Tourism and its Architecture: A Methodological Framework for Assessing Progress towards Sustainable Development

Mahravan, Abbas (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This thesis proposes a composite framework for the evaluation of the environmental impact of tourism development on host destinations. In this study, the environmental impact of tourism is considered as a social-ecological ...
Embodied Architecture

Cameron, Beth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The human body is what we come to know the world by. Everything is relative. Using a body centred approach, the relationships held between the Body, Clothing and Architecture are explored through the identification of ...
Everything But the Building, Project Organisation, First Light House, Solar Decathlon, 2011

Officer, Nicholas David (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

This thesis is a reflection on Victoria University and New Zealand’s entry into the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011, First Light. Beginning with a proposal in November 2009, the project team would spend ...
Evolution and Recovery: Adaptable Housing Reconstruction in Post Disaster Scenarios

Shearer, Liam (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Every year disasters affect hundreds of millions of people, causing damage that can take months or years to recover from. The reality of carrying out the processes of reconstruction and recreating functionality is a ...