Past PhD students
Read about the theses of students who have completed their PhDs.
Chenfeng Wang
Culturally Grounded Perceptions of Rural Landscapes: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of ZhuZhen Town and the Wairarapa Region
Sepideh Afsari Bajestani
Exploring the relationship between place and place-making and creative-led developments.
Tamaraukuro Tammy Amasuomo
Architects’ perception of the implementation of environmentally sustainable design.
Zahra Balador
The role of architects in increasing the use of reclaimed and recycled building materials in New Zealand
David Batchelor
David’s research produces Smart Heritage Principles that converge smart technologies with heritage within local government strategic documents and operations.
Hamish Beattie
The Space of Discursive Urbanism: Exploring informal settlement upgrading through a “perceptual bridging” approach to participatory design gaming.
Hossein Behmanesh
Research by postgraduate Architecture student Hossein Behmanesh explores the use of digital tools in planning events in public urban spaces.
Griffin Cherrill
Tools to assess the risk of internal moisture from timber thermal bridges
Yiwen Cui
Yiwen's research explores the sense of community in Aotearoa and how participatory planning processes can influence how different ethnic groups perceive it.
Swarnali Dihingia
The walking tourist: An investigation of people’s perception when walking
Ged Finch
Developing affordable circular economy solutions for the construction industry.
Eva Forster-Garbutt
The import, trade and patterns of wallpaper in 19th century New Zealand
Harry Yi He
Design principles for outdoor wind environment in urban areas.
Francis Hubbard
Identifying indicators of success in the ‘Build Back Better’ post disaster reconstruction framework
Sophie Jerram
Sophie's research investigates the relationship between specific artistic encounters and commoning.
Lateef Ademola Lawal
Spaces for improvement in childbirth recovery care: A case study of postnatal room designs in hospitals.
Maggie MacKinnon
Regenerative urban habitats
Germán Molina
Making indoor ‘comfort’ a selling point in the housing market.
Milad Moradibistouni
Use of zero energy prefabricated Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) as a potential solution to the shortage of housing in New Zealand.
Oludolapo Ibrahim Olanrewaju
Improving data quality assurance in the construction environment product declaration (EPD) for a reliable whole-building life cycle assessment (WBLCA).
Oluwatobi Nurudeen Oyefusi
From green to regenerative supply chain management in construction: Development of a robust integrated decision-making approach to facilitate the paradigm shift
Hossein Panahi
Urban form characteristics and land surface temperature - A spatial analysis of patterns, relationships and scenarios in New Zealand cities
Armano Papageorge
Autonomous Off-Site Construction: Structurally Optimised and Mass Customisable Building Components.
Rachel Paschoalin
Renovation of Historic Buildings in New Zealand: Towards a holistic method for reducing environmental impact
Kasun Perera
Outdoor thermal comfort - An adaptive model to assess thermal comfort in urban outdoors in New Zealand
Saima Shaikh
Improving housing resilience through Disaster Knowledge Management (DKM) assessment
Kamiya Varshney
Regenerative architecture: carbon sequestration and habitat provisioning through building design