Current PhD research
Meet a selection of PhD students in the Wellington School of Architecture and learn about their research.
Ryan Simpson
Returning Samoa to a low-carbon built environment
Raphael Lambotte
A House for Paul Virilio: Speculative designs on the edge of perception and speed
Ian Bowman
The history of applied architectural paint colours and decorative schemes on the exteriors of New Zealand buildings 1840-1925
Saikumar Singh
Transnational Identity and Faith-Based Consumerism
Masi (Masoumeh) Shiran
Environmental Impact Assessment of Retrofit Strategies for Residential Buildings in New Zealand: Focusing on Carbon Emissions, Moisture Risk, and Overheating
Thirumarban Madhavaraman
AI in the cost planning of Project Management
Mengke Wang
Policy Impacts on the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urban Villages: A Case Study of Zhengzhou
Yanxin Liu
Investigating the Role of Urban Agriculture to Food Security in the Context of Post-disaster Wellington City
Pelpuo Rashid Alhassan
An Integrated Low-carbon Building Material Environment Visibility Prototype
Chaudhry Nouman Ali
A rule-based automated plan approval system of single-story timber homes according to the NZ building code using CNN and GAN
Hirda Khalid
Indoor Overheating Risks: Window Design Framework for Multi-Unit Urban Dwellings
Xiaohui Chen
Revisiting Publicness: Navigating Spatial Justice in Public Open Spaces Under Private Development
Cansu Inal Kaynar
Examining the Effect of Reusing Heritage Buildings on the Resilience of Small-Town Centres in New Zealand
Alexis Sutherland
Retrofit of Buildings for Flood Resilience and Adaptability
Jie Jin
Enhancing Pedestrian Interaction in Public Spaces: Integrating Geo-located AR Technology with Street Performance
Negar Nazaralhouei
Constraints to The Adoption of Earth Building in New Zealand
Thathsarani de Silva
Development of an area-based Landscape Character Assessment Methodology for Sri Lanka
Johannes van der Wielen
Pushing the Envelope: Optimising building envelope design for the circular economy by quantifying the reutilisation prospects of building materials
Maxwell Fobi Kontor
Confluence of Urban Informality and Climate Change: Examining the resilience of informal settlements to heat stress in Ghana
Jiaxiang Bai
Improving project management with artificial intelligence and knowledge management
Sneha Shroff
Economics of Circular Economy in Construction
Gehad Mohamed
Adopting Material Passports in New Zealand’s Construction Sector: Investigating Strategic Approaches for Effective Implementation
Giulia Marchesini
Educational Marine Areas: when culture and nature interact through Education for Sustainable Development in Polynesia and beyond
Laura Dunham
Beyond Site and Screen: The Magic Lantern and Effecting Change in New Zealand’s Built Environment, 1880–1950
Armano Papageorge
Autonomous Off-Site Construction: Structurally Optimised and Mass Customisable Building Components.
Sachithra Thilakarathne
Remote Work: Reshaping Physical Space in the Post-Pandemic Era
Daniel Coombes
Witnessing Landscape Contemplation: Three arrivals of contemplation in Aotearoa re-enacted through a Pākehā landscape practice
Eva Forster-Garbutt
The import, trade and patterns of wallpaper in 19th century New Zealand
Hossein Panahi
Urban form characteristics and land surface temperature - A spatial analysis of patterns, relationships and scenarios in New Zealand cities
Leandro López
Leandro's research investigates how hidden river features and characteristics can inform landscape architecture design methods.
Luca Caiaffa
Magical-Real Drawing: Speculative Architectural Cartographies of One Hundred Years of Solitude
Maria Rodgers
(Re)Planting te taiao in urban Aotearoa 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).
Rana Abdollahi Rizi
Rana Abdollahi Rizi’s research investigates buildings envelope design considering occupants' behaviour and their comfort for building energy efficiency
Ningfei (Shannon) Xiao
Healing Matrix
Yutong Jin
Reimagining Sacred Spaces: The Role of Virtual Reality in Transforming Religious Architecture
Xin Zhang
Enabling Digital Twin Cities to Better Support Social Dialogue on Urban Changes
Willy Missack
Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaption and Wellbeing in Vanuatu
Judith Heshani Silva
Investigating the role of Urban Heritage sites in fostering Sustainable Urban Development in Sri Lanka: a Community-Centered approach
Yunxi Liu
Optimising Low-Toxicity Material Selection: Enhancing BIM for Sustainable Commercial Design
Asma Rashidi Mohammadi
Harmonising Timber life-cycle Informed by Kaupapa Māori: Unveiling Te Ako Torowhānui