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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.
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We’ve also recently added a new extension to the website: TAITUARĀ
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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.
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...
The Integrated
Naomi Felicia. Tutors: Tom Owens. As an extension to the existing Auckland Maritime Museum, this project builds on the proportions of the existing structure while utilizing residual space developed for the America’s Cup. This extension provides a...
The Uptown Projection
Jose Benjamin. Tutors: Geoff Pitts. “How do we project/present ourselves to others, and how can that relate to architecture?” “How can the architecture itself exhibit unique characteristics of a vibrant place like Uptown through projection?” The...
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...
A Fading Memory: Living Under the Banyan Tree
Yujie Weng. Tutors: Pip Newman. Most of my childhood was spent sitting by the window and watching time passing, or playing around under the giant Banyan tree. The Banyan tree has widely spread branches offering shade that provides a gathering...
CSPEIS 6
Eric Ken Shing Wong. Tutors: Pip NewmanDerived from the word Pisces, CSPEIS 6 (Space 6) began with the memories of domestic living and the lightbulb. The invention of the artificial sun allowed us to create false environments in our homes for...
‘Streets in the sky’
Severin Soder. Tutors: Dr I-Ting Chuang (Course Coordinator), Prof. Diane BrandThe project proposes a transformation of Dominion Road Junction in Auckland. The current situation with underpass and flyover is changed to an on-grade intersection.In...
Kiwi Dreamer
Karl Poland, Robbie Anderson, Shelley Jiao Tutors: Matt LigginsIn New Zealand, we are fixated on owning a detached family home on a quarter-acre section. This is what New Zealanders have dubbed the “New Zealand dream” or the more patriotic version:...
Union Street Community Centre & Performance Hall
Jasper Newcombe Tutors: Gina HochsteinAcknowledging existing some material, social, and historic conditions, this proposed extension to ‘The Temple of Higher Thought’ at 1 union street takes an inward approach to the rejuvenation of the site’s. The...
Albert Archive
Sean Xiao Tutors: Maxine GoonThe design process began by taking inspirations from the Wong house, inheriting its spirit of simple geometries, assembling cubic structures, though more integrated, to form a larger whole. The glazed tower from the...