Solving housing crisis will take leadership
Leadership is needed at central and local government levels to help ensure district plans and their administration come to expect more intensive forms of housing in the right areas, writes Morten Gjerde
2020 News
Read past news stories from the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation's 2020 news archive.
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Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation shares research expertise with online public lecture series
We might all be physically distancing and spread out at the moment, but the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation is still meeting virtually to share ideas and research with the wider design and built environment community.
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University’s design expertise behind production of face shields for local health workers
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Design Innovation has been using its design expertise and state-of-the-art facilities to help create face shields to meet demand from medical centres under COVID-19.
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Architectural honours for University’s newest building
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s newest building, Maru, has been shortlisted for two awards by the Wellington branch of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA).
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Quarantoon: interviewing NZ cartoonists under lockdown
Dylan Horrocks, Senior Lecturer in the School of Design Innovation, is using his downtime in lockdown to conduct a series of video interviews with cartoonists and illustrators to see how they’re being impacted by the lockdown.
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Architecture student fells the competition at NZ Timber Design Awards
Master of Architecture (Professional) student Adam Clark has won the student category in the NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Awards with his entry, Te Whare Wānanga o Nga Mahi Auaha.
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Tall building construction textbook reaching lofty heights
Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation senior lecturer Guy Marriage’s award-winning new textbook aims to be the go-to reference for any architect or architecture student involved in tall building projects.
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Making our cities sustainable through pedestrian-friendly design
Join students from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Architecture for an exhibit focusing on making our cities pedestrian-friendly and sustainable.
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From literature to architecture
“I have always been more than a little fascinated with the physical world and how we engage with it,” says Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Master of Architecture student Patrick Kelly. “There isn’t really a point in my life where I can remember not wanting to be an architect.”
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Scholarship win for Architecture PhD bridging the gap between building science and real estate
Wellington School of Architecture PhD student Germán Molina was awarded the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) Postgraduate Research Scholarship for his paper “How can we make indoor environmental quality relevant in the housing market?” at their recent conference in Canberra.