RestrictedArchive–Te Puna Rangahau: Recent submissions

  • Drawn in: The Intimacy of the Hand Drawn Image & Design for the Robert McDougall Drawing Institute 
    Kelly, Jasper (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Drawing by hand is a privileged tradition in architecture. Yet recent technological advances have challenged its representational authority. This research revisits manual representational practices to evaluate the tactile, ...
  • Developing aptamers capable of binding oestradiol or bisphenol A 
    Kumar, Shalen (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Compounds with oestrogenic activity such as 17β-oestradiol (E2) and many synthetic variants including bisphenol A (BPA) are known to persist in both land and aquatic environments. In some circumstances these contaminants ...
  • If I Lived My Life Again 
    Warren, Mark John (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    This thesis looks into the genre of residential design, more specifically the stand-alone house or simply, the villa. It seeks to produce a final design - the Pavilion House - which is unique to both it’s site and to it’s ...
  • Ripple: An Extended Interface 
    Parker, Hamish (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    The development of an innovation environment draws from a number of the potentials present within the Seaview Wellington site. The designed Science Park responds to our current climate change concerns, which contributes ...
  • Hannah's hut 
    Diack, Hannah (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Reputable for its beautiful scenery, New Zealand’s natural landscape is precious to our identity. Tramping is a huge part of New Zealand’s outdoor culture. One of the key features of this outdoor culture is the network of ...
  • Teaching and learning with digital technologies in the intermediate school classroom: An Activity Theory analysis of classroom interactions 
    Evans, Tara Lynn (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    In the three decades since digital technologies were introduced into classrooms with the potential of changing educational practices, an ongoing dialogue continues regarding the impact of these technologies on teaching and ...
  • Exploring Teachers’ Approaches to Science Practical Work in Lower Secondary Schools in Malaysia 
    Sani, Siti Shamsiah Binti (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Practical work in science is a teaching approach that aims to enable students to develop procedural and conceptual understanding and an understanding about the nature of science. Practical work is required by the Malaysian ...
  • Confessions of the Flesh: Power and Sexuality in the Facebook Confessional 
    Longhurst, Benjamin (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    In this thesis I examine the Facebook confessional page NZ Sex Confessions R18. As a contemporary form of the confessional, Facebook users confess to acts or events through confessional “posts” which appear on the page. ...
  • Roomness 
    Byrne, Hamish (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Rooms are essential to our understanding of architecture. Yet over the past century there has been a dramatic dissolution of rooms in residential apartments in favour of open-plan spaces. This shift has ignored the inherent ...
  • Finding Architecture: Lines Through Space/ Space Through Lines 
    Laurence, Brendan (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Art and architecture have an intertwined relationship that has always been divided by a wall in my mind. I know architecture is art yet during my time at university I have struggled to articulate architecture as easily as ...
  • Design fabricate 
    Sutherland, Benjamin (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    The role of the architect has become increasingly compromised due to a lack of connection between how architecture is designed and how it is constructed. The ongoing fragmentation of specialised trades has resulted in an ...
  • The Problem With The Practical 
    King, Matthew (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    In the past everyday actions were linked closer to nature. For example to dry your clothes you would require a sunny day; now we can use dryers anytime we like. These home appliances provide convenience but sever the ...
  • Developing a Novel Method of Analysis for Thiols in Sauvignon blanc 
    Carter, Danica Christine (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    New Zealand wine had an export value of $1.21 billion in 2013. Of the total 170million litres of wine exported thatyear, Sauvignon blanc madeup 84.5%. Sauvignon blanc wines have specific flavours and aromas that consumers ...
  • Architecture of the Sonorous 
    Dawes, Pollyanna (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    This thesis proposes that architecture act as a soundscape mediator to activate a heightened level of engagement between landscape and people. Western society historically regarded sight as a privileged sense and artistic ...
  • Memorialising memory 
    Wilson, Erika (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    The 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch caused mass damage to architectural form in the city. The city’s rebuilding now faces an on-going struggle to address relationships between what was physically lost, what ...
  • Across the Line: reconsidering coastal land settlement 
    Pieters, Louise (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Changes are occurring along New Zealand’s coastline. As developments accommodate more and more New Zealanders choosing to live close to the water, we risk devaluing one of our most extraordinary natural assets. Settlements ...
  • The psychological and ideological foundations of meat consumption, vegetarianism, and veganism 
    Judge, Madeline (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Despite increasing evidence suggesting that plant-based diets may have multiple benefits over animal-based diets (e.g., Craig & Mangels, 2009; Stehfest, et al., 2009), vegetarians and vegans tend to represent a minority ...
  • Nothing is lost till it is forgotten 
    Hopkins, Ian (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Architecture is a complex and demanding task, with influences drawn from every area of life, funnelled into a refined whole. In order to produce a design for a library in Lyttelton which echos this moment of history, this ...
  • Là où dialoguent les musées: The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa at the Musée du Quai Branly 
    Phillips, Lily (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    The opening of the Musée du quai Branly in 2006 signalled a new approach to the display of Māori and Pacific collections in France and the beginning of a new relationship with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Between ...
  • Searching for answers: The lawfulness of searches in mental health facilities 
    Hedley, Holly (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    This paper discusses the legal implications of carrying out searches on patients who are subject to in-patient orders under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992. The paper considers the possible ...

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