Overview

Introduction

The Faculty of Architecture & Design is involved in cutting-edge design and research projects, both locally and internationally. Academic staff and graduate students engage in individual and group research over a wide range of topics in architecture, building science, industrial design, interior architecture and landscape architecture.

Main areas of research

Main areas of research include:

• building performance/evaluation;
• architectural and urban design processes;
• energy and environmental design of buildings;
• sustainable architecture;
• digital craft;
• building economics, management and regulation;
• building structures and construction;
• culture, history and theory in architecture and design;
• socio-culturally constructed design;
• environmentally responsive design;
• drawing and modelling for design;
• technologies and materials in design;
• urban landscapes;
• virtual design visualisation.

Major research focus

Major research in the last few years has centred on:

• the development of participatory processes in architectural practice;
• the evaluation of buildings in use;
• the efficient use of energy in architecture;
• building performance, construction and project management;
• building control reform;
• and New Zealand architectural and design history.

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