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- Student Award Winners Exhibition
- ARS Electronica: Garden Aotearoa
- E Whai Ake Nei | Matariki Exhibition
- Future Home
- Ko Wai Au? | Who Am I?
- Land (Im)balance
- White Bunnies, Arabic Cola and the Last Passenger Pigeon: comic stories from Germany
- Kai-ora | Matariki Ahunga Nui
- EOYE 2022
- One Hundred Years of Solitude
- A Drawing Ensemble
- O-Week Exhibition 2023
- Cobblestone Lightboxes—Te Whānau Mārama
- Student Awards Exhibition
- Winward: Repurposed Sailcloth
- Old House
- SARC121 Assignment One: Structures in Context
- E Whai Ake Nei | Matariki Exhibition 2023
- Cobblestone Lightboxes—Horizons Revealed
- EOYE 2023
- Tuku Iho | Matariki Exhibition 2024
- ITERATE 2024 SoDI Postgraduate Exhibition
- EOYE 2024
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- 3D modelling workshops (digital CNC fabrication)
- 3D printing digital fabrication
- 3D Modelling workshops (manual machinery)
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- 3D modelling workshops (digital CNC fabrication)
- 3D printing digital fabrication
- 3D Modelling workshops (manual machinery)
- Library
- School of Design Innovation studios
- School of Architecture studios
- Fashion studio
- VASE VR lab
- Photographic resources
- Ergonomics Lab and cyclorama
- Technical resource centre
- Computing support
- First year workshop
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Current students
- 3D modelling workshops (digital CNC fabrication)
- 3D printing digital fabrication
- 3D Modelling workshops (manual machinery)
- Library
- School of Design Innovation studios
- School of Architecture studios
- Fashion studio
- VASE VR lab
- Photographic resources
- Ergonomics Lab and cyclorama
- Technical resource centre
- Computing support
- First year workshop
Facilities

Te kuhunga ki te ara poutama—First step
Get some help and advice for navigating your way through your first year at the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation.
Kuhunga: To enable you to visualise the start of your academic and creative journey with us. We use this word to emphasise your ‘first steps’.
Ara means ‘path’ and Poutama speaks to the many exciting learning ‘pathways’ you will undertake towards a successful and creative journey.
Wātaka—Timetables for first-year Design and Architecture
Check out what your timetable will look like in your first trimester of study at the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation.

Welcome to Architecture
Read a welcome message from the Architecture First Year Coordinator, Robin Skinner.
Read Robin's messageWelcome to Design Innovation
Read a welcome message from Jessica Whiley, the Programme Lead for First Year Design.
Read Jessica's message
What you need to know

First-year workshop VS.001
This workshop supports physical model making using hand tools and some basic machinery.

Software and computer needs
This is all about the computer software and hardware you’ll need to get started in your architectural or design studies.

Materials and equipment
Ngā rauemi. Find out about the materials and equipment you'll need when you start your studies in architecture and design.
Tautoko ā-tauira—Support

Support
Find out about the different kinds of support available to help you enjoy a healthy and successful time at the University.

Māori student success
Āwhina is a university whānau dedicated to the success of Tauira Māori, or students of Māori descent

Pasifika student success
Find out about all the extra support available to you as a Pasifika student at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

International students
Staff in our International Student Experience team are here to help with all international students' needs including academic, health and wellbeing support.

Helpful tips
Ngā tohutohu āwhina. Information to help you navigate your first weeks at the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation.