Current PhD research
Meet a selection of PhD students in the Wellington School of Architecture and learn about their research.
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.
Daniel Coombes
An aesthetics of more-than-human designing in the Anthropocene
Eva Forster-Garbutt
(A)dressing the room: Decorative interior linings in New Zealand’s Victorian and Edwardian homes (1837-1914)
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 Realist Cartographies
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
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
Asma Rashidi Mohammadi
Harmonising Timber life-cycle Informed by Kaupapa Māori: Unveiling Te Ako Torowhānui