by zcal543 | Sep 28, 2022 | 2022, D3
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 the Pacific as ‘islands in a far sea’ and as a ‘sea of islands”, the...
by zcal543 | Sep 28, 2022 | 2022, D3
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 timber boatshed into a dwelling for Epeli Hau’ofa Tongan/Fijian...
by yhu395 | Dec 2, 2021 | 2021, D2
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...
by yhu395 | Dec 2, 2021 | 2021, D2
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...
by yhu395 | Dec 2, 2021 | 2021, D3
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 Pasifika people to celebrate culture and way of life. The project is a...