Welcome
This curated platform exhibits outstanding student work from the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Our archive features the best design projects from the Bachelor of Architecture Studies and the first year of Master of Architecture (Professional) programmes produced each semester in each year group since 2020.
Please select a category in the main menu above or on this site map to explore all our available projects.
We’ve also recently added a new extension to the website: TAITUARĀ
You can find it on the menu, at the top right-hand side of the page
T I E – T W O – A H – R A H
Meaning ‘backbone’, as well as a metaphor for the tide against your back navigating you forward.
In alignment with the aspirations of Taumata Teitei, TAITUARĀ aspires to be a design tool kit for students and staff who are wanting to explore the possibilities of Te Ao Māori within Architecture. TAITUARĀ presents five Māori uara/values for the purpose of exploration.
These values are: Āhuatanga, Whakapapa, Whenua, Kaitiakitanga, and Tikanga. These uara/values will then be used to study six architectural projects.
Rebirth of the Natural World : Performative Void and Darkness
Janae Van Panahon. Tutor: Dorita Hannah. With increasing urbanisation of Tamaki Makaurau, layers of the built fabric have led to the suffocation of the natural world. This is seen in the expansion of a colonial city that continues to disregard the...
SS. ISOTOMA
Kenny Chau. Tutors: Uwe Rieger, Yan Li. SS. Isotoma focused on designing an object that explored limits and parameters of object-tracking, a method of projecting augmented information onto a physical object. The development of the design considered...
Home is In-Between
Ami Ishibashi. Tutors: Lynda Simmons, Tane Pamatatau-Marques. Although New Zealand is a multicultural nation, ethnic groups have been compelled to engage in temporary engagements within public spaces, like festivals and markets that provide only...
CHINATOWN 74
Rebekah Yu. Tutor: Naomi Vallis. From the exterior, the architecture of CHINATOWN 74 reflects the cultural and material hybridity of the existing surrounding site. Within, the interior space also showcases the hybrid composition, but divide into...
The Russell Rejuvenation Initiative
Grayson Croucher, Kanghyun Kim. Tutor: Karamia Muller. We settled on a proposal to create an avenue that accommodates and acknowledges the regions pre-colonial past. A collection of interventions, an architectural series that harmonise with the...
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 island is currently a target for restoration...
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 for both physiological and psychological control...
The Watchful Ones
Mj Antaran. Tutor: Hans Hong. Mt. Maungarei also known as “The watchful mountain” or the “Mountain of Reipae” - refers back to the legend of the two sisters from Waikato, Reipae and Reitu. Both sisters were headed to the North on the back of a...
Pourewa Ohe
Beatrice Totanes. Tutor: Farah Saad. Cautiously thinking about the environmental value the block of Rimu timber withholds and what it represents, the sentiment of remembering our ancestors through the Rimu profoundly influenced this project....
Kayak shelter
Danielle Higgison. Tutor: Tom Collins. To mimic Rangitoto island and its geographical context, a kayak shelter ruptures from the ground, creating an organic formation. The kayak shelter is a public space. Designed to shelter from wind and sun; it...