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Item Restricted Coptic Ruins Reincarnated(Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015) Said, Vioula; Campays, Philippe; Mackay, ChristinaFor several decades Egypt has seen a vast number of its Coptic Orthodox Churches targeted, attacked and burned down due to a continuing conflict between various religious sects. This conflict has become more evident through this past decade. With the country’s unfolding problems being pushed to the margins, there appears to be little hope for these specific churches to be re-established on their home-grounds. This thesis is a drawing led design research that examines the activation of lost space through the visual representation and interpretation of interiority. The research develops a novel interior dialogue that recalls lost spaces, that is beyond conventional and monumental museums, and memorials. It recognises the Coptic Orthodox Church as a lost space that has undergone human affiliated destruction, and employs this space as the driver of the study. It aligns itself with the notions of memory and architecture to produce a series of intuitive, analytical and spatial drawings representative of one’s personal memory of the lost Coptic Orthodox Church. This thesis offers a series of work that allows for the development of personal spatial recall and concludes with a paper archive memorial; a conceptual testimony to the experience of the lost space of the Coptic Orthodox Church.Item Restricted Integrated Social Learning: Central Business District office building and early child-care centre(Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2016) Ling, Connie Ting Zhi; Mackay, ChristinaThe convenience of early childhood centres (ECE) near to guardians’ working place creates a need to look into the integration of ECE into Central Business District (CBD) where most office buildings are located. This requires investigation on how the integration of ECE into office buildings can change office buildings designs to meet children’s learning requirements. The design in this research aims to explore potentials in which this integration could happen. The aim of this thesis is to develop ways that mixed-age early child-care centres can be integrated with CBD office buildings. This integration is explored by analysing strategies of office building designs that can be applied to support children’s learning and interaction in the office environment. Atrium could give children wider social learning experiences. Circulation paths could be a social and visual learning spaces for mobile children when they transition from a play space to another. Outdoor spaces are required for children’s learning but could also be adults’ outdoor workspaces. The facade design should enhance the outdoor space and also add a creative touch on it. Overall, this thesis aims to support the integration of early child-care centres in office buildings within in the CBD.Item Restricted ITDN461: Interior Architecture: Professional Practice for Interior Architects(Victoria University of Wellington, 2009) Mackay, ChristinaItem Restricted ITDN461: Interior Architecture: Professional Practice for Interior Architects(Victoria University of Wellington, 2008) Mackay, ChristinaItem Restricted ITDN461: Interior Architecture: Professional Practice for Interior Architects(Victoria University of Wellington, 2007) Mackay, ChristinaItem Restricted SARC461: School of Architecture: Professional Practice(Victoria University of Wellington, 2011) Mackay, ChristinaItem Restricted SARC461: School of Architecture: Professional Practice(Victoria University of Wellington, 2010) Mackay, ChristinaItem Restricted SARC461: School of Architecture: Professional Practice(Victoria University of Wellington, 2015) Mackay, ChristinaItem Restricted SARC461: School of Architecture: Professional Practice(Victoria University of Wellington, 2014) Mackay, ChristinaItem Restricted Vanquishing the Unknown(Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015) Matkin, Olivia; Campays, Philippe; Mackay, ChristinaOur contemporary desire towards infinite youth has created an overwhelming fear of death. The places holding reference to death are considered taboo and are typically avoided. Historically these are culturally significant spaces that currently lack careful planning regarding spatial and atmospheric analysis and application. As the need for spaces for the dead is ever-present, it has become necessary to provide an architectural solution that considerately responds to the change toward the taboo. This design-led research will seek an understanding of the perceived fear within spaces of death with the intent to mediate between the comfort of the familiar and the discomfort in the feared unknown. The process-based work explores spatial conditions through various media: photography, drawing, artistic expression, installations, and architectural representations. Artistic exploration through making allows comprehension of physical characteristics of fear. This thesis offers strategies to approach spaces of fear using principles of interior architecture with a focus on experiential and processional elements.