Yujie Weng. Tutors: Pip Newman. Most of my childhood was spent sitting by the window and watching time passing, or playing around under the giant Banyan tree. The Banyan tree has widely spread...
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CSPEIS 6
Eric Ken Shing Wong. Tutors: Pip NewmanDerived from the word Pisces, CSPEIS 6 (Space 6) began with the memories of domestic living and the lightbulb. The invention of the artificial sun allowed us...
The Hinge of the Two Reveries
Kelly Ting. Tutors: Pip Newman.As an edge walker between the Eastern and Western cultures, The Hinge of the Two Reveries is my longing for the two role models in my life - dad and grandpa. With the...
The Easel House
Matthew Pritchard. Tutor: Pip Newman. The Easel House serves as a celebration and unique experience of the arts, with the design being informed by my own memories of domestic space. The design motif...
Natural Rhythms
Kimberley Fernandes, Madison Christian. Tutor: Amber Ruckes. Tongan Fijian anthropologist, Epeli Hau’ofa wrote in his text “Our Sea of Islands” that “there is a world of difference between viewing...
Whakawhānui – Expansion within the Domestic
Natsune Suzuki, Danielle Higgison, Thomas Nguyen. Tutor: Amber Ruckes. This project, “Whakawhānui”- Expansion within the domestic (Maori for expansion) or “Matariki hanga Nui”, reimagines a rundown...
Sheltered Horizons: Walk-up Project
Oscar Botha, Ties Van Roij. Tutor: Emilio Garcia. Sheltered Horizons is a walk-up proposal for Kāinga Ora which promotes a sustainable lifestyle, encapsulated by nature. Shelter and protection are...
reCentre
Hashley Ricafranca. Tutor: Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei. In this climate, quarantine is a word associated with the feelings of uncertainty, restriction, and loneliness. Isolation shouldn’t be taken for...
The Patchwork Towers
Audrey Lam. Tutor: Bill McKay. As Auckland’s CBD becomes more car-free, alternative ways of transportation become more viable and attractive to its residents. This brief challenged us to reimagine...
The Storyteller
Ferrari Huang. Tutor: Pip Newman. The design of the mixed-use building, Storyteller, centres itself around the idea of narratives and memories. The project’s cross section is conceptually of a tree...
Rauschenberg Residence
Connor Rice. Tutor: Matt Liggins. Rauschenberg Residence is a project to facilitate an artist residency in New Zealand for Robert Rauschenberg, derivative of an in-depth model making process...
Whānau in Residence: Thresholds between Fale Palagi and Fale Samoa
Mark Meyers. Tutor: Amber Ruckes. Without consideration to different climates, landscape, and cultural make up of a diverse whānau in New Zealand; most western housing or Fale Palagi disables...
Whare Manu-Bird Auditorium
Xingyue (Rachel) Lin.Tutor: Anthony Hoete.The creation of the Whare Manu Bird Auditorium is to introduce a focal point at the entrance of Urupukapuka Island. In partnership with Project Island Song,...
The Clayburn Trust
Logan Henry. Tutor: Alessandro Premier. Conceptually derived from two “towers,” one for work and one for living. Deliberately bridging between these “towers” through transitional thresholds allows...
Interwoven
Davis Wu. Tutor: Emma Morris. “Interwoven” is the result of understanding the role of Kāinga Ora and social housing design. The main idea drives of the eel trap (Hīnaki) from the site of Onehunga,...
The Way of Flowers: Ikebana Shophouse Tower in Parnell
Ami Ishibashi. Tutor: Michael Milojevic. Situated at the heart of Parnell, this project aims to design a shophouse tower in which private life and making is vertically linked to the ground level La...