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The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

Vincent Xiao.  Tutors: Joanna Theodore. Upon studying Uptown, plagued with a lack of open communal, walkable, and dwellable spaces, we identified 3 core values to improve the conditions of this...

Won’t You Be My Neighbour?

Won’t You Be My Neighbour?

Terry Cheng. Tutors: Michael MilojevicAt the heart of the Museum of the Walls and Housing tells the story of Spanish genealogy; visitors learn about the significance of multicultural identity and...

The Uptown Projection

The Uptown Projection

Jose Benjamin. Tutors: Geoff Pitts.  “How do we project/present ourselves to others, and how can that relate to architecture?” “How can the architecture itself exhibit unique characteristics of a...

The Space In Between

The Space In Between

Davis Wu. Tutors: Julie Stout, Lynda SimmonsThe Metro Centre has been part of Auckland's landscape for centuries. The research regarding this project involves the evaluation of Auckland and the...

Interactive Living

Interactive Living

Eman Yousef. Tutor: Joanna Theodore. Designing for elderly to live in the city with a higher density environment needs the introduction of a new typology of collective and interactive living,...

The Urban Incision

The Urban Incision

Victoria Gaitan. Tutors: Julie Stout, Lynda Simmons. The rapid urbanisation of Tamaki Makaurau’s urban landscape has seen a significant shift in ideals such as identity and place, where the...

Democratic Dialectic Database

Democratic Dialectic Database

Gujin Chung. Tutors: Chris Barton, Jon Rennie, Frances Cooper. In the age of digitization, the value of the library is called into question. When we believe a hard drive can replace an entire...

Down to Earth

Down to Earth

Isabella Muirhead. Tutors: Jeremy Smith, Abby-Jane Taylor. Over the past centuries, the corner of Shortland and High street has borne witness to four iterations of building - each larger and less...

Jafa Joy

Jafa Joy

Karl Poland. Tutors: Chris Barton, Jon Rennie, Frances Cooper. Not to be confused with the lollies kids threw at adults in the cinema, the rather impolite acronym JAFA, encapsulates the North-South...

Unfold the Folds

Unfold the Folds

Jessica Long. Tutors: Jeremy Smith, Chris Barton. Located on Princes Street in Auckland CBD, the final design functions as a communal library. The strategy revolves around change as folding modules...

The Urban Room – Durban

The Urban Room – Durban

Gavin Drinn. Tutor: Julie Stout. Durban is the largest city in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, the “Zulu Kingdom”. It forms the anchor of the eThekwini municipality which has envisioned a land use...

Pūao

Pūao

Shay Klaassen. Tutor: Steve Hutana. Puao is a fourteen-storey skyscraper that embodies the spirit of the Taniwha, protecting the people and the mana in which it surrounds. Bridging the gap between...

Te Hiku Waihorotiu

Te Hiku Waihorotiu

Tane Pamatatau-Marques. Tutors: Julie Stout, Lynda Simmons, Savannah Brown. This project seeks to restore Te Waihorotiu to its rightful place at the centre of public life in Tāmaki Makaurau. Through...