Karl Poland, Robbie Anderson, Shelley Jiao Tutors: Matt LigginsIn New Zealand, we are fixated on owning a detached family home on a quarter-acre section. This is what New Zealanders have dubbed the “New Zealand dream” or the more patriotic version: the “Kiwi dream”....
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Union Street Community Centre & Performance Hall
Jasper Newcombe Tutors: Gina HochsteinAcknowledging existing some material, social, and historic conditions, this proposed extension to ‘The Temple of Higher Thought’ at 1 union street takes an inward approach to the rejuvenation of the site’s. The aim was to...
Life, Death and Rebirth : The Arrival, The Liminal, and The Spirit
Janae Van Panahon. Tutor: Lama Tone. This project aims to provide a space that embodies indigenous Polynesian identities to essentially establish a place to stand for the people. The narrative revolves around the cyclic rhythm of Life, Death and Rebirth - expressed in...
Vertical Revolve: Inverting the Auckland Corridor
Sybrand de Waal. Tutors: Jeremy Smith, Kim Huynh. Walking down Queen Street, one is contained in a horizontal corridor of solid built fabric. This horizontality persists throughout the macro context and individual buildings even after their facades are stripped away...
Tinana O Manukau | An Architectural ‘Body of Manukau’
Irene Mu, Jana Guillermo. Tutor: Julie Stout. Our multi-functional complex is a diverse body that aims to re-construct the present frame of retail situated at the nucleus of Manukau. It will aim to redevelop this nucleus into the beating heart and vigorous backbone of...
A Building for Sundays
William Martel. Tutors: Chris Barton, Pip Cheshire. A 'Building for Sundays’ articulates the belief that a successful community is built upon relationships between people, activities, and the outdoor environment. This proposal sits at the heart of a large proposed...
Transnational Alumni Portal
Gavin Drinn. Tutor: Graeme Burgess, Gina Hochstein. Albert Park, located on land adjacent to the University of Auckland’s main campus, has an almost forgotten secret, the hidden Air-Raid tunnels from World War 2 and the North Facing Gatekeepers Lodge. The Lt. Richard...
Ars Electronica Garden Aotearoa
Zoe Ooi, Luke Schwalger, Helen Yue, Angela Li. Tutors: Uwe Rieger, Yan Li. This scheme can be understood as a two-part group project. Due to COVID-19, the Ars Electronica Festival 2020 was held online to allow a global audience to digitally attend the exhibition....
Creator’s Park
Angela Lai. Tutors: Aaron Paterson, Michael McCabe. Creator’s Park performs as a community park and an accessible film production site for local creatives such as students, web film-makers. This project questions: How might film-makers and the everyday spectator...
Social Lab
Cindy Huang. Tutors: Chris Barton, Jon Rennie. Imagining the City as a Library Moving beyond the analogy of a ‘storehouse of knowledge’, the 21st century library has evolved from its institutionalised roots towards a contemporary identity as a public space for active...