Chenan Zhang. Tutors: Alessandro Premier. “Echo of the Stone Valley” is a captivating fusion of contemporary design and historical significance. Situated on the historic grounds of the "Three King Quarry," once Auckland's largest quarry, the park pays homage to its...
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Of Other Spaces: The Undocumented Anomalies of Hashima
Kelly Ting. Tutors: Holly Xie. As a ruin, architecture is more, not less. Hashima Island, once a thriving metropolis with the world's highest population density, is now of decaying buildings and crumbling walls. This weirdly picturesque man-made artificial island...
Awa and Maunga: Dialogue between Land and Water
Ties Van Roij. Tutors: Lama Tone. Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, I'm Ties This is my project called Awa and Maunga: Dialogue between Land and Water. My approach revolves around three fundamental principles inspired by local Mana Whenua, ushering in a transformation of Pasifika...
Permeable Sanctity: Transforming a Convent into an Architectural Epicentre
Shnaia Xu. Tutors: Robin Byron. Deep within the labyrinthine tapestry of Seville's porous cities lies the idea of community, interconnectedness and interdependence. In this intricate urban canvas, my design emerges, a transformative vision breathing new life into a...
Ointment
Christine Tang. Tutors: Ruby Whitaker, Ross Jenner.We are conditioned to strive for perfection, we’re taught to always aim towards excellence, to achieve a life that could be considered paradise. But why are we taught that perfection is the only way to live...
Kokoru: The Cove Haven
Paterinya Diswat. Tutor: Dorita Hannah. Kokoru: The Cove as Haven and Performing Ground A place where landscape narrates stories A space where theatre is found within nature The conventional theatre focuses on the performance designed for human actions. When...
The Outsiders: The Journey of Lost and Found
Ferrari Huang. Tutor: Dorita Hannah. Both the theatre and urban space are places of representation, assemblage, and exchange between actors and spectators, between the drama and the stage set. Finding their roots in collective experience of everyday life, they are...
Noguchi’s Mu + Ma
Emille Tatton.Tutor: Matt Liggins.An interpretation of Isamu Noguchi’s art meditation process, carving across the bounds of structure, rejecting rigid uniformity, and embracing the organic. Noguchi found healing in curves, filling his void through sculpting. The...
Hay Folly
Terry Cheng, Wooyoung Jang, Tim Li. Tutor: Andrew Barrie. The Hay Folly is made of hay bales - the stuff made of paddocks. Much like where it will stand, it is designed to disappear after two years. Like a sandcastle on a beach, Hay Folly will eventually melt into...
Educational Residency
Connor Rice. Tutor: Matt Liggins. The project Educational Residency is designed as a faculty building situated over the Wellesley Street Bridge, designated for both Fine Arts and Architecture students conceived through a series of model making exercises derived from...