2015 News
Read past news stories from the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation's 2015 news archive.
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An award-winning solution to the affordable housing crisis
Victoria University of Wellington senior lecturer Sam Kebbell believes the methods behind his award-winning house design can go some way to solving the affordable housing crisis without compromising on style.
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Building a more sustainable future for housing
Research by a Victoria University of Wellington PhD student could lead to houses being designed in more sustainable ways in the future.
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Student exhibtion challenges traditional library experience
A National Library exhibition by three Victoria University of Wellington design students is using 3D media to challenge the way people interact with the Library’s collections.
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Victoria designs transportable MRI machine
Victoria University of Wellington has designed a transportable MRI machine to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients.
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Media Design student’s internship in Tokyo
Four Victoria University Media Design students spent the summer in Tokyo doing an internship at the animation studio OLM. OLM produces computer graphics for animated films and television they’re behind the well-known Pokemon series.
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Awards celebrate Architecture student success
Victoria’s School of Architecture recognised its top students last night at the Schools annual awards evening.
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Design grads head to Melbourne
When three Victoria University of Wellington students took part in the Viclink Futures Bootcamp during the summer of 2012/13, they wanted to learn how to build a business around their passion for developing computer games. They duly formed their own company, One Legged Crab (OLC) and, just 18 months later, were flying to Melbourne to showcase one of their games – Boy Goes To Space (BGTS) – at PAX Australia.
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Victoria University mourns the passing of Sir Ian Athfield
Vice-Chancellor Grant Guilford has expressed Victoria University’s deep sadness at the passing of Sir Ian Athfield today.
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Comment on Government’s proposal to overhaul the Resource Management Act
The following commentary is provided by Morten Gjerde, a senior lecturer in urban design at Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Architecture.