Mikala Watene. Tutors: Amber RuckesThis project is a studio for Fred Graham, renowned NZ sculptor and Tainui kaumaatua. It explores how the four elements, water, earth fire and air, might influence spaces that engage the idea of whakapapa. The journey returns people...
Sean Xiao Tutors: Maxine GoonThe design process began by taking inspirations from the Wong house, inheriting its spirit of simple geometries, assembling cubic structures, though more integrated, to form a larger whole. The glazed tower from the Wong House had a...
Yujie Weng. Tutors: Janae Van PanahonThe harmonious connection between humanity and nature remains a continuous pursuit in architecture. By locating our residential space underground, we move away from living in concrete forests and create a shared community where...
Kyuwon Park. Tutors: Ethan Chung.Through concepts of unity, spontaneity, and appreciation, I created a community house which engages the community through various methods to create a safer community. I decided to design this as due to covid, I felt the increase in...
Yiding Zhao. Tutor: Tane Pamatatau-Marques. It is a concept in Ecology which describes that the natural systems are in a state of equilibrium. In artificial space, when people separate the space into small scale, the balance might be broken. When I first visited...
Kelly Ting. Tutor: Tane Pamatatau-Marques. As an attempt to rediscover one’s sense of orientation lost within a spatial organisation of labyrinth complexity, the transformation of Claude Megson’s Horrocks House into an observatory seeks to look towards the stars. The...
Danielle Higgison. Tutor: Amber Ruckes. This project is the study of the atmospheric qualities of the elements Water, Air and Fire in the context of the Norris house by Claude Megson. Through the exploration of different mediums, I have interpreted these elements to...
Thomas Nguyen. Tutors: Daniel Sik, Amber Ruckes. The overarching idea that informs the intervention is anchored in the concept of temperance, specifically temperance of the four elements: earth, water, air and fire. With the building collapsed in the fissure, the lack...
Elim Hu. Tutor: Felix Wang. The ocularcentric paradigm adopted by western architecture has, undoubtedly, prompted the suppression of other sensory spheres. Subsequently, this sensory deprivation has led us to become alienated and desensitized from truly connecting...
Nova Peterson. Tutor: Tane Pamatatau-Marques. The Horrocks house appears from the street as if hidden and consumed by the heavily landscaped gardens around it. On closer view though the nature surrounding is just that; surrounding, never given permission to make...