The Faculty of Architecture and Design offers postgraduate degree programmes ranging from Graduate Diplomas to PhD-level qualifications in a range of topics encompassing design and the built environment. These will lead you to develop critical views, to make connections and gain practical experience within a multi-disciplinary environment. We are uniquely positioned to offer a wide range of postgraduate programmes to assist you in achieving the highest level of professional expertise leaving you well equipped for a career in your chosen field.
Our faculty is located at the heart of the creative capital, Wellington, New Zealand. It is here that new and exciting projects are being undertaken, boundaries are being pushed to the extreme and new graduates are emerging to become industry leaders on a national and international scale.
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Research Topics
We have a dedicated team of academic staff ready to supervise students across a large range of thesis topics and projects. Our academic staff are constantly working on new research initiatives to further develop their understanding and knowledge of current issues within their field and to better equip themselves to supervise students at the postgraduate level in this ever changing world.
Major research topics across the School of Architecture include:
- Building performance/evaluation
- Architectural and urban design processes
- Energy and environmental design of buildings
- Sustainable architecture
- Building economics, management and regulation
- Drawing and modelling for design
- Urban landscapes
- Virtual design visualisation
Major research topics across the School of Design include:
- Design-led futures
- Gaming
- Interaction
- Digital imaging
- Live theory
- Design history
- Human factors in design research
- Design and culture
Te Aro Campus
Te Aro Campus encompasses the Faculty of Architecture and Design near upper Cuba Street - drawing from its creative surroundings. With its huge atrium rousing frequent exhibitions of student work it features state of the art equipment and facilities including the largest AVID video editing suite in the country. All of this is accessible to all students while studying here with us.
We endeavour to provide our students with the resources and facilities specific to their needs and the development of their learning environment, which means having the latest tools and equipment.
Our resources include:
- Dedicated design and research studios
- The Architecture and Design Library
- Computing labs
- An audiovisual suite
- A fully equipped construction workshop
- A Technical Resources Centre
- A 3D digital printer
- A digital laser cutter
Additional facilities specific to Building Science and School of Design include:
- A wind tunnel
- A lighting lab
- An ergonomics lab
- A photographic studio
- Environmental simulation equipment
- Video production and editing suite
Architecture and Design Library
The faculty has its own Architecture and Design Library that holds architecture, building science, industrial design, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and other design books, periodicals, maps, drawings, plans, and audiovisual material. A full range of reference, restricted loan and lending services is offered for this collection. Access to a wide range of electronic resources, including citation and full-text databases, is available online and on CD-ROM.
The Library has photocopying, scanner and printout facilities and a room for group study.
139 Vivian Street
Phone: - Architecture Librarian 0-4-463 6269
Phone: - Assistant Librarian 0-4-463 6241
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Website: www.victoria.ac.nz/library
How To Find Out More
For information about Architecture and Design degrees and subjects offered at Victoria, visit the Faculty of Architecture and Design website. For specific information on admission, qualifications and courses, course advice and selection criteria, exemptions and prerequisites and an Application to Study, contact the Faculty of Architecture and Design Student Administration Office:
Faculty of Architecture and Design
Phone: 04 463 6200
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Christine McCarthy
Postgraduate Coordinator - Architecture
Phone: 04 463 6164
Fax: 04 463 6204
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Leon Gurevitch
Postgraduate Coordinator - Design
Phone: 04 463 6207
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