Here's what we do
Volcanoes and Wetlands Jeremy Treadwell This project is prompted initially by the current drought conditions affecting the southeast and north of the country. This water shortage is, in part, brought about by extreme seasonal weather but...
Free Market Aaron Paterson & Dominic Glamuzina Free Market studio explores the potential of new urban infrastructures to catalyse or enhance forms of exchange. In a site defined by its lack of investment and...
P L U R A F O R M_V5 + HITLAB Derek Kawiti & others “The man-horse assemblage…which causes the lengthening of the dagger and pike, and made the first infantry weapons, the morning...
FUTURE CHRISTCHURCH V2 Camia Young Christchurch is at a very unique crossroads where, in the wake of the recent earthquakes, it will rebuild large parts of the city. This year Christchurch will transition from...
Aggregate -casting ideas on matter Steven Lloyd This research orientated and experimentally based project explores and critically discerns how the ideas generated by “site” might be conceptualized through a design process, And explores how...
In-Habitation / Dis-Continuity Mark Cannata Mankind’s search for shelter is the absolute essence and basis of architecture. For early humans shelter involved making use of what was readily available in their natural environment to...
MAU: Community Performance Centre Lynda Simmons and Raukura Turei This studio project is to design a Dance Workshop and ‘Performance’ Centre facility, within the context of a community setting, at a site in Mangere,...
SKYLINE Judy Cockeram and Mike Hartley Taking the Aesthetic Gamble. This paper looks to engage in a game of skill which in reality may simply be a guise for chance. The boutique Casino is a...
DISPLAY: ARCHITECTURE + GENDER Emma Morris This project looks at exhibition design and its many possibilities and variations, culminating in an installation or built component, to indicate display theory and construction approach. The end...
Ideal Home(land) Sarosh Mulla and Melanie Pau Housing is currently a fraught issue in New Zealand. Prices are increasing and affordability is decreasing. Many pundits (often with vested interests in urban expansion) claim the...
