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Materials and equipment—Ngā rauemi

Find out about the materials and equipment you'll need when you start your studies at the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation.

Assorted crafting materials like tape, pen, scissors and a craft knife on a table

Reuse your equipment

You don’t need to buy new materials and equipment if you already own them. Retro is great, and reusing is the way to go.

Architecture

In addition to pen & paper or laptop for note-taking which will be useful for all courses, we suggest preparing following materials and equipment needed for First Year Architecture:

  • Craft knife 18MM - Tajima LC-510 cutter (safe model - Japanese)
  • CRAFT KNIFE 18MM blades- Expression tube of 10 snap-type blades
  • Steel rule 30CM  - Expression S/S rule Metric/Imp scale
  • Cutting mat A4  -Expression twin-sided self-closing green
  • Drawing pencils 2H-6B - Cretacolour selection (2H, HB, 2B, 4B & 6B graphite grades)
  • Pencil sharpener metal one-hole sharpener
  • Pencil eraser - Staedtler full size soft white eraser
  • Sketching pad A4 - Gordon Harris 120gsm white 60 sheets pad
  • Design scalpel with 5 extra blades - Excel K1 scalpel and 5 more #11 super sharp blades (USA)
  • Masking tape - Tapespec 18mm x 50M standard masking
  • Double sided tape - Tapespec 12mm x 33M adhesive tape (Acid free – hand tearable)
  • Set square 45 DEG - Taurus 320mm 45/90 deg set square

Gordon Harris Wellington have bundled these items into a discounted Wellington School of Architecture First Year Pack — $57.95.

These items can be purchased from other retailers, or you can reuse your own!

In addition, we recommend that you consider purchasing an 8m tape measure, and a larger cutting mat, A2 (or A3 if A2 is too expensive).

Design Innovation

You’ll need these materials in your first week:

Victoria University 1st Year Design (DSDN 111/101) 2024 – KITVUW1STYRDES – $56.95

A comprehensive selection of all tools and materials for your first weeks of Trimester 1.

Everything is conveniently packed and by buying a complete pack you save heaps!
Pencils, pens, A4 visual diary, steel rule, cutter, and cutting mat—all as specified by tutors.

This Gordon Harris Kit contains all the materials you will need for your core courses in trimester 1 and will became staples for your time at our school!

The kit contains the following:

  • Stainless steel ruler 12" / 300mm
  • Tajima lc-510 cutter snap blade knife
  • Green self-healing cutting mat a4
  • GH visual diary a4 60sht 110g portrait
  • Staedtler tradition pencil 2b
  • Staedtler tradition pencil 2h
  • Staedtler tradition pencil 4b
  • Staedtler tradition pencil Hb
  • Uni pin fine line permanent black pen 0.5mm
  • Uni pin fine line permanent black pen 1.0mm
  • Tombow abt brush marker black n15
  • Cretacolor kneadable eraser grey
  • Staedtler 526 c20 school eraser
  • Maped 534755 canister 2 hole sharpener
  • Expression willow charcoal 2-3mm 13cm 40
  • Expression paper stump #4.

Finding supplies—Te ara ki ngā kaiwhakarato

For many of your projects, you’re going to need materials. The resource shop is located at the Te Aro campus, across from the main workshop.

Below are some suppliers where you can find the rest of your materials and components, hardware, electronics, bulk materials, and arts and crafts materials. Show your student ID to request a discount at Gordon Harris.