ARCHDES 796 THESIS 2012 (120 points) GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS Purpose: The thesis year is an opportunity for

students to undertake research on an architectural topic of personal interest, with an emphasis on architectural design as a mode of research and investigation. A masters thesis is defined to be the outcome of independent research, scholarship and creative activity conducted under supervision. An MArch(Prof) thesis is distinguished by the relevance of the arguments and creative work to the discipline of architecture, the quality of the evidence collected, the design and performative principles deployed, and the light the thesis sheds on current disciplinary concerns and interests. It may have a range of possible design-based outcomes, including a drawn, rendered, modeled or built work that tests an architectural proposition, or an investigation that interrogates theoretical principles of design process and outcomes. Every thesis will include a written component and a full graphical description of the design component. These guidelines should be read in conjunction with the following: University of Auckland Masters Handbook, U of A Guide to Theses and Dissertations, and School of Architecture and Planning Postgraduate Handbook. Process: The course ARCHDES 796 is designed so that you can complete the requirements for a professional thesis in two consecutive semesters (or two years part time). Supervision, workshops, criticism as well as studio and technical support and interim assessments are provided to facilitate an excellent programme of independent design research and architectural scholarship. Students are allocated a supervisor at the beginning of the first semester who will meet with them weekly to develop the thesis project in order to meet professional standards commensurate with an explorative and analytic design research environment. Students are also supported throughout the year with research seminars, reports on progress, thematic workshops, and guest speakers. Students are expected to meet a series of milestones requiring a full time commitment to their studies over two teaching semesters. (Alternative milestone dates are available on request for students who are part time and for those students who begin the thesis in the second semester.) Design research is a combined process of designing and researching, drawing and writing, integrating architecture and related disciplines. The emphasis here is on integration. We insist on developing all the parts of a thesis together in a rational and unified fashion. The course is progressed in two parts. In the first semester students explore their topic, review the relevant architectural precedents and other literature, develop a clear design brief and advance the design work to an advanced stage. The topic outline, literature/precedent review and design brief together comprise a first draft of the complete thesis. This draft also serves as a briefing document for critics in the mid-year formative examination. After this mid-year crit students have two weeks to update the thesis and incorporate the design work. Then a second draft thesis is sent to an external moderator. In the inter-semester break the student reflects on what has been achieved and what can yet be achieved. Written feedback is received from the supervisor and other commentators. Work should commence on structuring a third draft of the thesis and revisiting the design. In the second semester the student embarks on an intensive programme of thesis writing. The topic outline is transformed into an Abstract. A clear chapter structure is developed. The literature review and the design research undergo further refinement, development and specialization. The third draft of the thesis is submitted in mid September. It is effectively complete so that only minor modifications need to be made to it after the final exhibition in late October. The second part of the second semester is devoted to preparing the research and design work for examination at the final exhibition. The examination process commences during this final exhibition with a half hour crit. Immediately afterwards the written thesis and the exhibition work are combined (with only minor revisions) into a single thesis document. Two bound copies of the final thesis must be submitted to the Graduate Centre and then to the School Office before the final date in November. An electronic (PDF) copy is also submitted to the library. 14 December 2011

Learning Objectives: Masters degrees at the University of Auckland are usually offered as either research or taught options. The thesis year of the MArch(Prof) degree is deemed to be 120 points of research. Specifically it is design research. A masters thesis need not necessarily embody an original contribution to knowledge and practice in the discipline of architecture, however students must demonstrate abilities to: Identify an architectural topic that is theoretically sophisticated and professionally relevant, Critically evaluate the findings and discussions in scholarly literature and other forms of information relating to the topic, Plan an individual programme of integrated design and research, Carry out this plan using appropriate methods of investigation and analysis, specifically including an architectural design or a design-based investigation and a written report, Demonstrate virtuosity, i.e., a competent mastery of the media of architectural production, Produce a written and drawn thesis which imparts information and understanding of the topic to others new to architectural scholarship.

Group Work: Group work (where agreed by the course coordinator) may be included for clearly defined tasks, for example taking part in a study tour or the coordinated development of a specific technique. Where Group Work is assessed collectively, the weighting is to be declared in advance for the group work components, noting that this should NOT exceed 20% of the total final mark. Where group work is to be included and assessed in accordance with the above requirements, each supervisor MUST produce a written document for each student concerned that defines the Group Tasks and their weighting, and the weighting of the final submission for the approval of the course coordinator. Thesis programme and milestones:
27 February 16 March Milestone 1: Submit Thesis Topic Form. First day of term. Milestone 2: Submit Thesis Proposal Form signed by the student and the supervisor, to the School Office at the end of week 3. Each form will be reviewed and signed off by the HOD, or a request for further clarification will be made. Milestone 3: Prepare a written Review of Literature and Study of Precedents, identifying resources, including relevant published designs and built works. Also a Bibliography. Present to the supervisor at the end of week 5. Milestone 4: Write a Design Brief on a prepared template (as if you were tutoring a studio design group on your topic.) Present this to the supervisor before the midsemester break. Mid semester break Suspend regular meetings with the supervisor, but students continue working on your design and research. Prepare the First Draft of the thesis. It could (as a minimum) comprise just what you have already prepared in milestones 2 to 4. A thesis proposal, a literature review, and a written design brief.

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5 April

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Milestone 5: First draft thesis. Submit one copy of the thesis draft on the first day back. This will be forwarded to the mid-year critic as a briefing document. Continue working towards the mid-year presentation and formative examination.

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Milestone 6: Mid-year design. This major crit will take place in the Exhibition Studio over two days during the week before critweek. Students make an oral presentation having already briefed the supervisor and one other critic with the written draft thesis. Milestone 7: Second draft thesis. Append a photo-reduced copy of the presentation to the first draft/briefing document. Submit one copy, spiral bound, to the School Office by 4.00 pm on the last day of the semester, for external moderation. Inter-semester break: Suspend regular meetings with supervisors. Supervisors and the external moderator assess the draft thesis. Written feedback will be made available during the break. Indicative grades given and collectively reviewed. Students meantime should continue to work on advancing the design and research for semester two. Milestone 8: Thesis structure On the first day of the semester, submit to your supervisor an outline thesis structure comprising the Title page, Abstract, Table of Contents and the Bibliography of your third draft thesis. Also a one-page pictogram distillation of the work so far. Milestones 9-13: The first part of the second semester is given over to an intensive spell of writing and documentation. At the same time each week the student presents a body of new writing to the supervisor. (Notionally there may be 5 Chapters, one per week, but this depends on the individual thesis of course.) Mid semester break: Suspend regular meetings with the supervisor, but students continue working on your design and research. The whole of the third draft thesis should be compiled in InDesign at this time. Milestone 14: Third Draft Thesis. Submit soft bound copies to the supervisor and to the School Office by 4.00 pm on the first day back. Milestone 15: 3-minute thesis quickfire crit, in which the focus is to quickly explain the key drawings and the main points of your design research. Milestone 16: Students mount their work for a final crit and a public exhibition. There will be a face-to-face crit of each work programmed as half-hour individual presentations. Milestone 17: Submit the Final Thesis. Students submit two hardbound copies of the thesis to the Graduate Centre and then to the School Office before 4 pm. Also one PDF copy is submitted to Research Space. Milestone 18: Submit PDF to the library.

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10 September 5 October 25 October 9 November

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Choosing a thesis topic (Milestone 1) Students are expected to initiate their own thesis project, independently of the supervisor, and prior to the commencement of the semester. The topic should be chosen on the basis of the students own earlier history of designs, and it should spring from a lively personal interest in an identified architectural topic. Some prior independent investigative work will normally be expected before the commencement of the academic year. The Thesis Topic Form (see Appendix 3) asks for a Topic Outline, a Design Project and an indication of preference for supervision. Please fill in this form as completely as you can. Please type or write very clearly. Hand it in to the School Office and/or submit a pdf copy to the coordinator by 10.00 am on the first day of the first semester. NOTE: A provisional list of supervisors is provided in Appendix 2. It is appropriate to make personal representations to prospective supervisors before March. Students may not be assigned to the supervisors they nominate on this form. As for other design courses, it will be necessary to distribute the supervision in a way that will achieve balanced workloads for staff. Working with your supervisor A personal supervisor will be assigned to you during the first week of the semester. This person will have an appropriate scholarly interest in the topic area of your thesis. They may be an academic staff member or a professional architect. During the second week, you will be invited to explain your topic proposal to the supervisor. Be prepared to develop the ideas you have been working on and describe what literature you are reading in support of your thesis. Also bring some supporting material of an illustrative and inspirational nature, a tentative sketch design or site photographs, in order to provoke discussion and get the most help from the supervisor.

Make firm arrangements for subsequent meetings with your supervisor. (A normal expectation is to meet for half an hour per week of one-on-one supervision in the first few weeks, then at least once a month when the thesis programme is well established. However individual supervisors may have different preferences than this.) Show substantial progress between each meeting with your supervisor. As a rule, always come to a supervision meeting bringing a new component of work to be discussed. Students and supervisors are referred to valuable advice about supervision in the University of Auckland Masters Handbook. In the event there is a breakdown in relations with the supervisor, recourse should be made in the first instance to the course coordinator. The Thesis Proposal Form (Milestone 2) You will modify the initial focus of the study as you formulate a more detailed programme of work with help from the supervisor. To meet the second milestone, students are asked to complete a Thesis Proposal Form. Please type and sign. Both the student and the supervisor sign this form. It is like a form of contract. It is to be submitted at the School Office before 11.00 am on the last day of week 3, along with a form of contract for use of the studio. The course coordinator reviews all the thesis proposals, and students are notified in cases where more modifications are required. Ethics approval If the thesis research being undertaken requires ethics approval before a component of the research can be initiated, the supervisor and course coordinator should discuss the ethical issues and give guidance on the ethics approval process. It is the students, the supervisors and the coordinators joint responsibility to make the application for and ensure that formal ethics approval is obtained. Masters Design Thesis workshop Students are advised to attend an invaluable workshop on producing and developing the thesis, which is put on by the Student Learning Centre. The following topics will be discussed: planning a thesis, writing conventions, footnoting and reference systems, reviewing the literature and integrating text and graphics. Facilitator: Dr Barry White Venue: To be advised Online booking is essential: http://www.cad.auckland.ac.nz/index.php?p=slc_workshops_pg Invited lectures studios and workshops The schools public programme will be arranging to invite distinguished guests to participate in the thesis programme. Participation may take the form of public lectures, studio seminars, desk crits or specialist workshops. Details of these events will be publicized as and when arrangements are confirmed. Literature Review (Milestone 3) Prepare a written review of published literature and a study of architectural precedents that relate to your topic. As a guideline you should be able to identify at least ten books and/or journal articles out of the Architecture Library, and at least two architectural precedents. Write a short review of each item, describing its scope and also how you see it in relation to your own design research topic. You should be able to identify published designs and built works that comprise precedent studies for your own design. You may find these items initially on the www, but note that most web-page write-ups are insufficient for serious study. Other sources for literature/precedent study also include for example Auckland City planning resources, commercial product data sheets, and so on. A printed copy of the Literature Review and the Bibliography should be presented to your supervisor. Design Brief (Milestone 4) You will be given a template to help you prepare a written design proposal for the mid-year design. Develop this and present it to your supervisor before the mid semester break. The idea is, the mid-year design
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should be at least as well developed as your Advanced Design 2 was last year. Write the design proposal up as if you were a studio tutor preparing a topic outline. The standard headings for a studio topic outline include: Title: (As for milestone 2, or as since revised); Topic Description: A few paragraphs describing the work to be done over the next six weeks. This may be organized under general and specific, or research and design or in stages as client, site, project; Topic Aims: How will the design contribute to (your) understanding the research topic? Methodology: A schedule of work, consultations and discussions that you have and intend to undertake; Learning Outcomes: What do you hope to achieve in terms of theory, architectonics, performance and media? Assessment Criteria: Advancing the topic; Contribution to the literature; Executing a plan of work, Developing media skills, Presentation and reflective practice. Reading List: A summary of key documents, not necessarily the whole bibliography. The First Draft of the thesis (Milestone 5) Prepare two spiral-bound copies of the First Draft Thesis. Give one to your supervisor and submit the other copy to the School Office on the first day back after midsemester break. The first draft of the thesis can be achieved simply by compiling together the Proposal Form, Literature/Precedent Review and the written Design Brief, along with exploratory sketches and site analysis etc. into a single document. It may also include a fuller summary of your argument, a draft contents page, images of concept models, diagrams, sketch plans, sections, site data, etc. Alternatively, you can begin to format it along the lines of the final thesis. So you are encouraged to follow some or all of the formatting instructions as for the third draft (see below.) The draft thesis will be forwarded to the designated critic for your mid-year design crit. When the critics at your mid-year presentation are briefed before hand in this way, they will be able to engage with your design research work and their commentaries will be more insightful. The Mid-year Design (Milestone 6) The mid-year event is a major presentation of design and research outcomes from the first semester. It takes the form of half-hour individual studio crits. (Emphatically the standard of work at mid-year ought to equal or exceed that of Advanced Design 2.) Second draft thesis (Milestone 7) After the mid-year crit, you have one week to compile a second draft of the thesis by including a photoreduced record of the design work and your reflections on progress to mid-year. One copy of this report is to be submitted to the School Office before the midyear break. A second copy goes to your supervisor. This draft is sent to an external moderator who will write a short report, and a moderated or comparative grade. At this mid-year stage, the evaluations from the moderator and the supervisor are formative rather than summative. The formative grades do not appear on your Academic Record. However students whose progress is not deemed to be satisfactory will be warned of this as soon as practicable during the intersemester break, and an additional programme of corrective studies may have to be devised on a case-bycase basis to the approval of the Head of School. An electronic copy of the second draft thesis minus all illustrations is to be submitted to turnitin (Class ID: to be advised, enrolment password: thesis). Advice about plagiarism and referencing is given where necessary. The inter-semester break (4 June 17 July) During the inter-semester break students have seven weeks of unsupervised time in which you should reflect on what you have achieved, and push on with what remains to be achieved to obtain a thesis that you will be happy with. You will be guided, as it arrives, by the written feedback and the moderators report. Most importantly you yourself should decide what needs to be done on the basis of self-reflection on work that you have achieved so far. By now you know approximately the shape of the whole, but how does it break down into parts? What else should you do in order to bolster and authorize your proposition? Does it
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desperately need more site information? Are there particular precedent examples that you saw on the web but now you need to find published reviews and documentation? Is your building in need of a structure, or does the structure need to be rationalized? How old is your idea? Often a deeper study of history can bring a richer perspective to your design. I dont mean these parts should replace the whole, but that they form chapters in the emerging structure of the final thesis. Thesis Structure (Milestone 8) When you return from the break you should have a Thesis Structure to give to your supervisor. This comprises: A Title Page, Abstract, Contents Page and Bibliography. Also submit a one sheet pictogram, sketch, collage or model which would be a distillation of your work so far; a personal review. Thesis writing (Weekly Milestones 9 through 13) There follows a period of intensive writing as well as designing. Having an agreed structure in place, you are encouraged to set up a weekly pattern involving regular stints of writing and drawing. For example arrange with your supervisor to hand in an agreed component of the written work at the same time each week. Mid-semester break The mid-semester break is devoted to the final compilation and proofreading of the third draft of the thesis. Third Draft Thesis Immediately after the mid-semester break students submit two soft-bound copies of the third draft thesis, one to the supervisor and one to the School Office. The third draft should follow close to the formatting requirements for the final thesis. It should be prepared in InDesign or equivalent. The Auckland Universitys Guide to Theses and Dissertations contains all necessary information about preparing the thesis. The following Departmental Exceptions should be noted. Word length: The thesis should contain a written component, copiously illustrated with the most significant visual images, concept sketches, photographs of models, etc. from the mid-year design. The Departmental guideline is for a minimum of 6,000 words and maximum 20,000 words. The abstract should not exceed 350 words. Page size: The thesis is to be contained in a single volume to a standard A4 or A3 format (either portrait or landscape is acceptable.) Title Page: The thesis title should be centred in the top third of the title page. Your full name should be centred in the middle of the page. The words: Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Architecture (Professional) degree, The University of Auckland, 2011. should be centred in the lower third of the title page. No other text, but an image of your mid-year work may be appropriate. Abstract: The abstract page should follow the title page. The abstract, in not more than 350 words, should succinctly summarise your thesis proposition, process, project and the main findings and conclusions. Table of contents: This should be a list of chapter headings and subheadings drawn from the main text of the thesis, (including the appendices,) tabulated with corresponding page numbers. List of figures: It is often useful to list all the figures, drawings, tables and photographs on a separate page, again tabulated with corresponding page numbers. Main text of the thesis: The main text should be divided into a logical scheme of chapters and subsections. How the thesis is structured is an intimate part of the thesis design; every one is different. However the arrangement that you adopt must be consistently applied throughout the document. Appendices: All sorts of material that does not fit into the logical arrangement of the main text can be placed in separate appendices. For example, early design explorations, a survey questionnaire, a computer scripting, a photo-reduction of the final exhibition drawings may be appended to the thesis in this way. Footnotes: Either footnotes or endnotes may be used. The Department does not specify any particular referencing system, so long as the system used is clear and consistent. (Refer to www.cite.auckland.ac.nz for information on referencing.) Bibliography: Every source of material that is cited in the thesis must also be cited in full in the bibliography. Additional sources of reference material that you have read but not cited should also be included. In
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general the citations should be listed in alphabetical order by author. It may be appropriate to break the bibliography into subgroups for books, periodicals, web pages, and exhibition and trade catalogues. It is essential that the third draft be as complete as possible at this time, in order to complete the programme on time without requiring an extension. The supervisor will provide penciled corrections and the student may continue to revise the draft thesis until a satisfactory standard of work is obtained. An electronic copy of the third draft thesis minus all illustrations is to be submitted to turnitin (Class ID: to be advised, enrolment password: thesis). Students who do not achieve a satisfactory third draft thesis will not be permitted to proceed to the final crit. Three minute thesis (Milestone 15) In week 10 students are invited to present the main propositions and achievements of their thesis in a rapid-fire format (Three-minute Thesis) in the Exhibition Studio. The purpose is to focus on the key drawings and refine an oral presentation on the main issues preparing for the final presentation. The Final Presentation of Design Work (Milestone 16) The week after crit week there is a major presentation and review of thesis work. Individual half-hour oral presentations are scheduled for each student under examination conditions in front of their work. The supervisor may be present and in addition other visiting academics, practitioner architects, family and friends may be invited. Students should prepare carefully for this major presentation of their thesis findings, both in the drawings, models, electronic imagery, and the supporting oral presentation. Make sure that your presentation clearly identifies the problems and issues as well as the inspirations that have driven your years work. A good thesis presentation should demonstrate virtuosity, i.e. a mastery of the media of architectural production, and impart information and understanding of the topic to others new to architectural scholarship. The crits are followed by a public exhibition of all the work. If your work at the final exhibition is deemed to be unsatisfactory, then a student may be advised to apply for an extension of time, and not submit the final thesis until February of the next year. Otherwise, students should not undertake further development or amelioration of the work after the final crit, unless specifically advised to do so by the course coordinator. The Final Thesis Hand-in (Milestone 17) It is essential the thesis and the final crit be assessed as a whole. Therefore you have only two weeks to complete the work. Only make very minor corrections to the third draft thesis. Include the presentation work as an appendix, maybe rewrite the conclusion. Make a firm arrangement with a professional bindery. You should allow five working days between delivery of your printout or PDF to the binder and delivering it to the Graduate Centre. You should include a Library Consent Form bound into each copy of the thesis. Get this from www.library.auckland.ac.nz/instruct/thesisconsent.pdf. The complete set of presentation drawings and models should be included as an Appendix in the final thesis. Photo-reduction of drawings is acceptable. Alternatively the drawings may be folded so that they conform to the bound page-size. The fold should be no closer than 13 mm to the edge of the typed page, since all edges are cut during the binding process. (It is essential to point out all folded material to the binder.) A basic requirement is that drawings are clearly legible for convenience of the examiners. A CD-ROM or DVD may be included in an envelope firmly attached inside the thesis, but the complete set of exhibition drawings must also be presented on paper for convenience of the examiners. Get the binder to prepare two hard-bound (buckram bound) copies of the thesis for the university. (If you want personal copies, you should order them at this time.) Take the thesis to the Graduate Centre and then to the School Office before 4.00 pm on Friday 9 November. This deadline is non-negotiable. General Regulations The following text will be inserted in U of A Calendar within the General Regulations for Masters Degrees.
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A student enrolled for the Master of Architecture (Professional) degree must complete their individual programme not later than 9 November or 3 June of the final semester in which the work is undertaken or by such date as may be approved by the Head of School of Architecture and Planning. Marking the thesis Two examiners mark the thesis and the final exhibition material. The examiners will have appropriate scholarly interest in the topic of your thesis, but they will not be the same people who reviewed your work at mid-year. Neither will be the supervisor. Both examiners, without consultation between them, record a grade based on your final crit and their reading of the thesis. A final grade is derived after consultation with the supervisor and an external assessor. Assessment criteria A single agreed grade is determined for the work as a whole, including the thesis and the final presentation. Assessment is based on the following criteria: Sophistication and relevance of the identified topic. Critical thoroughness and relevance of the literature review. An original plan of design and research, competently executed. Virtuosity with the media of architectural production. Spirited presentation and thoughtful reflection on thesis outcomes

Grading is based on the NICAI Grade Descriptors (see Postgraduate Handbook.) Milestone 18 After you have received the thesis grade, it is necessary to submit a PDF (portable document format) copy of the complete thesis to the library at http://deposit.library.auckland.ac.nz/masters/. This enables your thesis to be widely disseminated. It is the last requirement that must be done before 15 December or you will not be permitted to graduate. Late submission If in exceptional circumstances a student cannot complete Milestones 16, 17 and 18 of this programme, you must apply to the University Senate for an extension of time until 27 February 2013. Exceptional circumstances include: access to vital research material, illness, personal or family circumstances, delays in obtaining ethics approval. Students whose thesis is submitted late will not be eligible for the award of honours. They will not graduate in May.

Appendix 1: MArch(Prof) Theses completed in 2010 The following theses were completed in 2010. All are of honours standard. They provide a useful reference on which you may model the design of your own thesis work. These theses are all available for short loan at the Reserve Desk of the Architecture Library.

Andrew, Kate Ashenden, Ellen Au, Janice Ming-Ting Baird,Rowan Marie Bennett, Melissa Bilkey, Johanna Bonnington, Brad Brick, Jeremy Caughey, Olivia Chan, Carina Chen, Maria Xia Chen, Xiaolei Chiaroni-Clarke, Hannah Chiu, Kei Yan Choo, Leong Kim Feng, Kayley Baowen Goodwin, Louise Guan, Wei (Philip) Hafeedh, Anas Henderson, Marie-Claire Huang, Owen Hutcheon, Natasha Lau, Barbara Lau, David Le Grice, Matthew Lim, Ji Hyun Liu, Chang Ma, Lin Maddison, James McKenzie, Alastair Moore, James Fraser Schmidt, Mark Eric Thomas Seakins, Isabella Tan, Sean Jin Chuan Turkington, Rowan Wong, Lily Anna Xie, Yinglong Yun, Jung Hee

Skyscraper & connectivity Give/Take: The Re-Forming of Landscape Transit City: Compromising with the motorway Personal(ist) practice: an inspired response to the eclipse of personality Vitruvius' Vestigium Welfare state: The state of NZ social welfare housing The UNCOMMON Ground Between Architecture and Landscape Dynamic Ecologies: Phylogenesis and Adaption Water, Light, Stone: A Sensorium in Nature Canalisation of Natural Light: For a spiritual and personal development institute known as Sukyo Mahikari Urban Resuscitation: Regeneration of Central Sao Paolo, Brazil (Re)Place: Architecture and memory St James Theatre Insertion: A response to the contingent nature of architecture Daylight Observatory - Embracing the fleeting nature of natural light The Artificial Construct of the Natural: Rehabilitation of Three Kings Quarry Rebalancing Architecture and Landscape - Renegotiating Senses Therapeutic Design for Patients with Anxiety Disorders Utopia Revisited: Exposing an Industrial Heritage working site Performing Myers Park: Clean & Unclean; Observed & Observer Post War modernism and the reconstruction of memory At Home on the Greyfields Cities of Exacerbated Diffrance: Haizhu Cape and the Urban Regeneration in the Pearl River Delta Porosity: Beyond the Edge Condition The Urban Language of Situationism: the redressing of Nuffield Street Editing Paradigm: Alternative Strategies of Reformulating the Existing Urban Fabric in the Pearl River Delta Region Assemble-age (-verb, -noun) - a rethinking of organizational processes The re-stitching of space A and B: Condition of betweeness Do detached houses have a sustainable future for New Zealand? Burst of Nature in the concrete jungle of GuangZhou Manipulating the New Zealand Dream Interdisciplinary collaboration and the architectural discipline Space for the Deglutition of Esculent Meat Enabling Resistance: The Mnemonic capacities of Architectural Paranoia Re-visioning Retirement - breaking the mould Adaptive Contingencies and Co-Dependence: Ideologies for design and urbanism informed by self-organization, emergence, and scale related performance Field Fiber: an Auckland case study into adaptable urban framework Dissolving boundaries: Seamless transitions to create multi-functionality Radical Incrementalism: generative restoration of Xiao Zhou water village in the Pearl River Delta synoecism Side-by-Side: Re-route the linkage between public and art

Appendix 2: Provisional list of supervisors

1. Staff supervisors Janis Birkeland Janis professional background was in architecture, urban planning and law in San Francisco, with a focus on sustainability. She spent the last 30 years in Australia as an academic and critic of sustainable architecture, and arrived at UoA in 2011. Her interests are in standards, methods, tools, design concepts and metrics to assist development to become ecologically as well as environmentally and socially net positive. Her latest book is Positive Development: from vicious circles to virtuous cycles through built environment design (Routledge/Earthscan, 2008). My interests are low energy buildings in temperate and tropical climates; climate change and the built environment; urban form and energy; renewable energy systems in the built environment; and housing in developing countries. The creative use of the digital in architectures that make visible the positive richness of difference. A post-digital, even post-human architecture designed and presented through moving imagery. Primarily interested in the design and development of high density housing which will achieve acoustical privacy when using new, smart materials and passive design concepts. Another area for research is quality control of buildings during the construction phase in such a way as to confirm the performance of invisible features like sound insulation. A thesis in these areas would suit those who have taken the Archgen 744 paper - Sound and Buildings Advanced. Ross is interested in theoretical and historical perspectives. I studied at the University of Auckland and the AADRL in London. My interests: constructivist pedagogy, tactile, natural and virtual energy systems in architecture, digital practice and technology deployment, research into indigenous technologies. Paolas interest are: environmentally responsive architecture; zero emissions habitats; building envelope; and comfort and indoor environment quality. I am particularly focused on Maori and Pacific architecture but also interested in New Zealand architecture and design, both historical and contemporary, especially Auckland. Dermott lecturers in design and digital media. His interests are the philosophical implications of the new, and how it influence the culture of place and design processes. He has a broad interest in inter-disciplinarity, architecture and philosophy; from Heidegger and hermeneutics to situationism and unitary urbanism. Addressing design as primary space investigation, my interests focus on spatialization processes of individuals, communities and society. In 2010 I'm going to coordinate the Pearl River Delta Thesis studio in partnership with the South China University of Technology.

Hugh Byrd

Judy Cockeram

George Dodd

Ross Jenner Derek Kawiti

Paola Leardini

Bill McKay

Dermott McMeel

Manfredo Manfredini

Michael Milojevic

History and theory of architecture with documentation projects in cultural heritage and digital media at UNESCO World Heritage sites in Greece and Italy. Past studios: 'structures of performance', 'time building/chronologeion', 'film-building', 'dancebuilding/terpsichoreion', 'sound-building/polyhymneion', 'sacred space' and 'text-building'.
Uwe studied Physics and Architecture in Germany. His research in Reactive Architecture focuses on process orientated spaces and the interaction between landscape, people, and changing conditions such as climate, weather, and function. My interests are architectural construction and tectonics, New Zealand architecture and history, and Pacific architecture and history.
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Uwe Rieger

Jeremy Treadwell

Kathy Waghorn

An investigation of programme. By programme, I mean the range of activities that may take place, from the endorsed to the marginal or accidental. I am interested in how programme might be notated and inscribed (through maps and diagrams, for example) then used to inform architectural design.

2. Non-staff supervisors Mike Austin I am interested in contemporary theory and criticism applied to design studio. I am also interested in design as a research activity and my research area is the architecture of Pacific Islands. After two years of working together on a diverse portfolio of projects, Jessica founded design practice Bureaux with Architect Maggie Carroll in 2010. From their studio in High Street, the pair have developed a collaborative, entrepreneurial approach that allows them to work with an eclectic mix of clients and projects at a variety of scales, from the very big to the very small. Jessicas masters thesis employed a hypothetical notion of The Crafted Container to investigate the architects role as house-maker. Carrying the notion of the crafted container in to her design practice, she continues to explore amongst many things in craft, materiality, scale, detail and the interior. I'm interested in the relationship between architecture and mainstream media - in particular architectural writing and its history. As a working journalist of 25 years experience in newspapers and magazines and a former architect (MArch 1985), I'm interested in how architects communicate what they do and how architectural issues surface in the media. I wrote the following articles in New Zealand Herald last year: Auckland's inside-out theatre - Out of the ashes, a cave of light -Building on shaky ground - The resilient house -Germany: The architecture of murder and memorial (+ video, photos) - A Kiwi completes Spain's grand design My interests are education, housing and architecture for humanity; building using indigenous, recycle and sustainable materials; architectural modelling method/process. Graeme Burgess is a practicing architect. His particular interest is the role of architecture in cultural history, what architecture represents in terms of the development of ideas and how it may reflect changes in society. Underlying this is an interest in the manner in which aesthetic values such as fashion and taste, and more practical matters such as economic and technological changes affect the environments we create and how architecture responds to those changes. My interests are: cultural heritage and its impact on architecture; shopping environment and retail design, and how to basic architectural language e.g. plan, elevation and section, to communicate/express design concept. Nat Cheshire runs a practice in the city. He moves organically from master-plan projects and reviews of the city, to art directing tiny tequila bars and CNC milling bespoke fluid-form door handles. Nat wants to work with students who are either sensitive to, or aggressive with, the city. He is interested in most things in architecture, except metaphor. Pip is an architect making buildings in the city and in the open land. At present he is interested in researching the dense occupation of beautiful sites without the despoilation of transposed suburbia. Rachel is a landscape architect of some 22 years experience across the breadth of the profession, from design to planning and policy. She holds the national role of Director::Design in Boffa Miskell an Environmental Planning and design consultancy and is based in Auckland. Her practice has seen her frequently working alongside architects, often in sensitive landscapes; she enjoys this cross discipline collaboration and the challenge of achieving exemplary design responsive to New Zealands diverse and high quality landscapes.
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Jessica Barter

Chris Barton

Hasmah Byrd

Graeme Burgess

Elizabeth Cheng

Nat Cheshire

Pip Cheshire

Rachel de Lambert

Dominic Glamuzina

Dominic Glamuzina (Glamuzina Paterson Architecture) has expertise in digital design, advanced drawing techniques, and fabrication technologies. His current research investigates the symbiotic relationship between nature and technology through engaging with contemporary architectural projects, which incorporate biological strategies. Most recently I have supervised theses that consider aesthetics in comparison to and alternative to western cultural norms and find this area of research both interesting and valid in the context of the changing culture of New Zealand. I maintain an ongoing interest and involvement in the work and preservation thereof of Henry Kulka. My third area of interest is the integration and expression of the craft of building in design. My interests are architecture for humanity, social and cultural implications for architecture in humanitarian aid sectors; urban sustainability, architectural empowerment and interventions to bridge social and spatial disparities in cities. I recently completed a Masters in Architectural Design at the Bartlett in London, and B.Arch at the University of Auckland (2000). I worked for four years in New York City at Rogers Marvel Architects, and a further four years at Fletcher Priest Architects in London. Fletcher Priest were the local architects for a commercial development 'Central St Giles' designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, we worked with the RPBW team from planning permission through to completion. For my Masters thesis I looked at biochemical technology through an architectural practice of drawing and installation. The proposition was a scientific archive which collected information through crystallisation. Images can be seen on my blog under August 2010: http://msemmamorris.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html I am interested in the physical modeling of work at each conceivable stage of the process, a concerted effort is required to take the idea of a pencil sketch into the physical. The cycle of returning to the drawing after the model is where the richness of context and theory lies. The landscape holds for me the greatest starting point. Craig is interested in examining the key architectural texts of the 20 Century and the relationship of these texts as a design and research tool for architecture and urbanism. Natalie is interested in the design of public spaces and community projects. Her current research is focused on mixed use urban intensification and dealing with urban growth issues through design. While her current research is based in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the U.S.A., she has recently returned from lecturing in Uganda, so can bring an African/developing nation perspective. Having lived in Costa Rica she is also interested in the Latin American context. I am interested in evolutions in site perception and contemporary architectural insertions in historical fabrics. My continuing research started with award winning architects and how they achieved excellence through creative engagements with personalized predominant ideas. I have spent more than 20 years making buildings in Malaysia, particularly houses and churches. Aaron Paterson (Glamuzina Paterson Architecture) has a background in philosophy, architecture and expertise in digital design, advanced drawing techniques, and fabrication technologies. His current research investigates editing and biological strategies applied to the city. Harriet has a specialist interest in modular design, sustainability and modern methods of construction, particularly with timber. She worked in Melbourne for Denton Corker Marshall and now practices in Auckland with Elvon Young. She is also director of a new design-and-build company producing environmentally focused timber baches. My interests are the relationships between the body, movement and architectural space; different cultural and artistic perspectives on
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Richard Goldie

Alexandra Ja Yeun Lee

Emma Morris

Michael OSullivan

Craig Moller

Natalie Morgan

Ian Ng

Aaron Paterson

Harriet Richards

Richard Reid

architecture; city and landscape interventions, including exploring the notion of ground in architecture; and the re-use of built heritage. Megan Rule Megans practice/research is concerned with enduring strategies for environmental and sustainable design in the landscape and built environment, with focus on local context. Recent specific interests include earth and timber technologies and design through model making. Aaron is a practicing architect who has a particular interest in urban design, landscape and housing (multi-unit) intensification issues in cities. The relationship between the craft of building and architecture is another area of interest. Lynda is a practicing architect working on residential and small community projects. She has been involved in architectural education for over 15 years at Unitec, AUT or the University of Auckland, tutoring mainly in studio and drawing. Main interests are in drawing-based design processes, and how socio/political/cultural histories have effect on design. Rewi is interested in new models and expression, including: the cultural identity of the city; the cultural landscape and the influence of planning and design in our cities; healing-rehabilitation; urban communities; taonga/treasures; tourism - airports to camping grounds. (See below)

Aaron Sills

Lynda Simmons

Rewi Thompson

Yusnidar Yusof

3. Research team projects: Yusnidar Yusof and Hasmah Byrd: Sustainable Architecture for deprived communities. We are interested in applying sustainable architecture to improve an urban community. In a world where some communities suffer from socioeconomic disadvantage, our skills and vision as architects are needed to make a positive difference. Our understanding of sustainable architecture includes internal and external environment qualities, alongside the social and cultural nature of space. Pip Cheshire and Rachel de Lambert: Coastal Landscapes We are offering a project that will involve up to 6 people examining land use and development options for Tutukaka in Northland. The project will use a common site with the attendant opportunities for data sharing however the projects will be individual rather than a group project. The project will begin with a site visit and workshop based at near by Sandy Bay. The workshop will examine possible development scenarios and the commercial, legal / planning and philosophical issues in play and from which we will expect you to generate a specific aspect of Tutukaka to study and create sublime architecture over the course of the year. Pip is the principle of Cheshire Architects. Rachel is a director of Boffa Miskell (Environmental Planners and Designers).

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Appendix 3: Thesis Topic Form

M. Arch. (Prof.) Students Name ID Thesis Topic Topic Outline

THESIS TOPIC FORM __________________________ __________________________

ARCHDES 796

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Readings/key references Design Project __________________________________________________ (if different than Thesis Topic) Site Description Design Issues to be addressed __________________________________________________

Critical Question

Nominate a Supervisor (or a group) __________________________ Second preference Third preference Fourth preference __________________________ __________________________ __________________________

(This does not guarantee getting the supervisor you want.)

Please complete this form and submit it to School Office before 10.00am on the Monday 27 February. (Type or write very distinctly)

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