Read past news stories from the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation's 2021 news archive.
Wellington Heritage Week kicks off on Monday 25 October (Labour Day) with a number of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington students and staff contributing to the festival’s eclectic and exciting programme.
This month, the world’s largest media arts festival, Ars Electronica, is returning to Aotearoa New Zealand thanks to Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Auckland.
Four ‘smart ideas’ from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researchers, about everything from 3D data storage and improving power infrastructure reliability, to undersea volcanoes and interactive design, have been funded in the 2021 Endeavour Fund.
OPINION: There is a beautiful word in te reo Māori that sums up what we must all strive to be to reduce the impacts of climate change—kaitiaki, meaning a carer, protector, and conserver. By being a kaitiaki and caring for plants, as well as caring for our own wellbeing, we can help to conserve Papatūānuku, our precious earth.
Master of User Experience Design (MUXD) alumna Emma van Asch works in the public service as a user experience (UX) designer. She explains what she loves about working in the field of user experience, and how her time at Te Herenga Waka prepared her for the world of work.
Master of Landscape Architecture alumna Shanika Tuinder has been helping the community of Miramar, the first predator-free suburb in Aotearoa New Zealand, to plan for the next 30 years.
In 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts photographed Earth from 29,000 km away. The resulting so-called Blue Marble image helped galvanise the environmental movement, showing our planet as a fragile and interconnected system, explains Associate Professor Leon Gurevitch.
For Wellington School of Architecture alumna Professor Robyn Phipps, returning to the School to direct the Building Science programme was the logical next step in a career originally inspired by her female professor.
‘Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro nōnā te ngahere, ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga nōnā te ao!’ ‘The forest belongs to the bird who feasts on the miro berry, the world belongs to the bird who feasts on education’.
A collaboration between The Clinician, a New Zealand based digital health company, and our Master of User Experience Design (MUXD) students has given them the opportunity to tackle real-world design challenges.