2020

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The Ol’factory

The Ol’factory

Jien Lim. Tutors: Rory Kofoed, Liz Tajhana. Heterotopia is a concept introduced by Michel Foucault to describe “other” places that coexists with the real; spaces that are incompatible, that mirrors, contradicts, or transform according to time and place. The idea of...

A Remediating Museum of the Manukau

A Remediating Museum of the Manukau

Mika O’Brien-Ramp. Tutors: Jeremy Treadwell, Cindy Huang. The initial aim of the brief was to explore and challenge the notion of the museum within the context of the Manukau region; its history and culture. This project focuses on food and the diversity of the South...

Liminal Space

Liminal Space

Yu Shen. Tutor: Vanessa Coxhead. Project inspired by the form of COVID viruses and personal experience about the isolation situation. I constantly felt the disconnection between me and the world, and the need to have some personal space between family members. Using...

A New Era Of Housing: Little Courtyard, Open Garden

A New Era Of Housing: Little Courtyard, Open Garden

Lily Huang, Billy Wu, Kenny Chau, Emma Wright.Tutor: Raimana Jones. Our Final design, a three-bedroom two-story home, used a central glass courtyard as a source of light between the rooms within. Fibre cement cladding fitted in with the other houses on-site while also...

Lily Pad

Lily Pad

Paterinya Diswat.Tutor: Daniel Sik. Lily Pad” is the transformation of the Jopling house by Claude Megson, redesigned to fit the lifestyle of my family during the period of isolation caused by the current pandemic. The main focus of this project is the importance of...

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 nurturing the physical presence of the waterway, the project enables...

Post-Mortem: The Pathologic Theatre for a Dis-eased Campus

Post-Mortem: The Pathologic Theatre for a Dis-eased Campus

Shan Yu. Tutor: Dorita Hannah. The recurrent excision of creative spaces in Auckland demonstrates a compulsive disorder that the University of Auckland is not free from. After the Maidment Theatre demolition promises of future venues dwindle with each emerging...

Koishigure (恋時雨)

Koishigure (恋時雨)

Sufyaan Chuttur. Tutor: Mohammed Al-Ali. Koishigure (恋時雨) from my perspective is the temporary moment of a young love promise waiting to be realised in a light drizzling rainfall. A moment in which both individuals feel the suspense of their connection getting...

Interwoven

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, which had a history of catching fish and that emerged the key themes of...

Ethos

Ethos

Jack Wu, Wenting Xie. Tutor: Gregor Hoheisel. Architecture on enthusiasm and balance. Ethos is a dual Skyscraper and urban redevelopment project that offers a sense of orientation and belonging, creating harmony between people and spaces. A rich mixture of public...