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The condition of public space: the role of sensory experience design
No full textThe urban form and the human psyche are two intrinsically linked phenomena. Urban environments are constantly stimulating the biologically embedded sensory systems that humans have. When senses are stimulated in a positive and satisfying way by public spaces, the brain registers a memory of that environment and stores that perception as a mental image that can be linked and recalled as some type of good sensorial experience. This experience is vital in to promoting pedestrianisation and the use of public spaces, in the creation of a safe and enjoyable walkable city. Examining pedestrian circulation typologies at Auckland, New Zealand’s, central areas through the lens of Jan Gehl's ‘Human Dimension Design Toolbox’, this paper explores the science behind human sensory experience as a tool to analyse the conditions of public urban spaces and assist in making informed design decisions
Art in the machine: Speculative design of a future visual creativity support tool
No full textRESEARCH QUESTION
How can speculative UX design and visual media be used to explore the future possibility of creativity support?
Sub-questions
● What kind of assistance can we get from creativity support tools in the creative process?
● How might we facilitate creativity through an assisted creation system?
● What implications will a future creativity support tool have on society?
ABSTRACT
This practice-based research is an investigation of how to get visual creativity support by collaborating with technological advancements such as artificial intelligence connected to the user through a brain-computer interface. It explores the potential and possibilities of a creativity support tool to facilitate visualization and ideation to unleash the potential for visual creativity. This project is positioned in the field of speculative design, focusing on imagining a future creativity support tool for visual creation. This design practice involves developing a video of the designed artefact as a storytelling device to effectively explain the implications of my work and encourage a broader conversation around the future of human creativity and technology. The idea and design of speculation, including the application of technology, interaction, and function of the designed artefact will be discussed in this exegesis. It is hoped that the result of this research serves the purpose of enabling audiences to think about future scenarios on using emerging technologies to enhance human visual creativity
Youth homelessness in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand: A scoping report prepared for Manaaki Rangatahi ki Tāmaki Makaurau Youth Homelessness Collective
No full textThis scoping report draws attention to youth homelessness in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand, and has been prepared for Manaaki Rangatahi ki Tāmaki Makaurau Youth Homelessness Collective. The report adopts a kaupapa Māori approach that has been undertaken ‘by rangatahi, for rangatahi’ and is offered as a means to contribute to and support the advocacy work of Manaaki Rangatahi to end youth homelessness.
This scoping report is also part of a broader research programme, ‘Urban Intergenerational Kāinga Innovations,’ funded by the National Science Challenge: Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities. The research programme is based in the Tāmaki Makaurau region. It recognises the dire need for innovative solutions to deliver safe, secure and affordable housing through socially cohesive processes that support the development of more robust and resilient Māori communities. This scope of work aligns explicitly with the description ‘He tātaiwhetu ki te rangi, he rangatahi ki te kāinga: Rangathi pathways to safe, secure and affordable homes, a rangatahi Māori-led research project.’
Homelessness is on the rise in Aotearoa New Zealand, with half of those experiencing homelessness under the age of 25. Internationally, youth homelessness is well documented, but the local context lacks data and literature. In order to contribute to the growing body of knowledge about youth housing and youth homelessness in Aotearoa, this report analyses relevant academic and policy literature. The report examines key definitions of homelessness and raises some concerns about the current measures and definitions related to youth. It is also important to note the particular intersectional complexities of youth homelessness for Māori and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) communities.
Homelessness for Māori is attributed to colonisation and historical events that have destabilised Māori systems and kinship structures. The research finds that Māori young people and children are experiencing some of the worst housing deprivation in Aotearoa and there is no doubt that homelessness is a result of structural issues. Many factors influence why young people are experiencing homelessness, therefore we need to become more aware of these factors in order to understand the problem better. Such factors may include housing stress, insufficient government support, lack of public understanding and awareness, and discrimination and racism. Young people also find the social-support systems that are available quite challenging to navigate.
This scoping report gives a brief insight into the realities and needs of young people living in homelessness. The report also highlights three innovative housing initiatives from community-based programmes, followed by six key recommendations to respond to varying issues at the systems level
Wetback research: Thermodynamic flow characteristics of passive thermosyphon energy transfer from independent heat source to remote storage using both direct and indirect systems
No full textThe method of heating water by means of a water jacket installed in the firebox of a solid-fuel burner, connected by pipes to a hot-water cylinder (HWC), was once commonplace in New Zealand, but has become less so in recent years. These systems, known as wetbacks, are covered by Building Code Clause G12, but considerable confusion has been caused by conflicting rules specified in the two main compliance documents, G12/AS1 and AS/NZS 3500.4 (hot water). In both compliance documents, wetback systems are defined as ‘uncontrolled heat sources’ with specific rules and limitations that stipulate how they are to be installed, and to keep them safe. However, other than common safety rules, each has entirely different ‘mandatory’ installation rules that affect the efficiency of the systems.
They couldn’t both be right, but they could both be wrong.
This is further confused by another standard, NZS 4603:1985, being mentioned in G12 as ‘another acceptable solution’ and differing from and contradicting both of the above. This standard is often quoted by manufacturers in their instructions.
One driver of this research, from a regulatory view, was to determine which of the two main compliance documents was correct, if either.
By building a wetback heater with measurable and constant inputs, and measuring the results using a state-of-the-art data logger, we were able to measure and record the efficacy of different pipe configurations and different systems.
A series of practical tests was conducted over a two-year period, to determine the effect different pipe configurations (pipe diameter, length, gradient, etc.) had on water circulation, and thus the efficacy of different installations
Biculturalism, belonging, and vocal pedagogy: Experiments in embedding mātauranga Māori into the voice curriculum at a New Zealand acting school
No full textOUTLINE
Who am I? Who are my students?
Why is belonging important for an actor?
How does belonging link to the idea of biculturalism at Unitec?
What is mātauranga Māori?
Why should I embed mātauranga Māori into the voice curriculum at Unitec?
Key question: How can I embed mātauranga Māori into the voice curriculum at Unitec
The legitimisation of street art in visual arts education: Exploring the perspectives of five artists in New Zealand
No full textOver the past decade, the phenomena known as ‘street art’ has flourished in the art world and become a prominent international art movement. This article extrapolates the fin dings from Hung’s PhD thesis from 2020, Hitting the street: The Legitimation of ‘street art’ in visual arts education in New Zealand Insights about street art are articulated through the perspectives of five street artists, including Hung as a participant researcher, from data collected via interviews and observations. These encounters have led to understandings about how street art is produced, the social contexts that underpin its production, and the on going challenges and implications of its legiti macy as an artform. Positioned within a qualitative realist methodology, Hung examines possible causes, processes, and contexts that are often invisible to the phenomenon being investigated. Lucy Green’s (2005) theory of musical meaning and experience is u sed as a theoretical framework to understand the artistic qualities of creating street art (inherent meanings) and the social contexts framing its reception (delineated meanings). This article concludes with a discussion of possibilities and achievable str ategies for teaching street art in visual arts education at secondary schools and tertiary institutions
Auranga Abodo Seating Pavilion
No full textSustainability within the built environment has become a significant issue with the design and fabrication of architecture. Construction waste is just one of many issues that need to be resolved. To tackle this problem, Unitec’s School of Architecture’s fabrication classes have integrated an approach to work with industry partners such as Abodo Wood and Made Group to design and deliver architectural products made out of construction waste. The results of the programme have led to students designing and producing a pavilion for the Auranga community in South Auckland. To ensure the most appropriate architectural outcome was produced, students worked with community representatives to design a functional structure that met the requirements of their selected site
Covid-19 and motel supply-chain resilience
No full textRESEARCH OBJECTIVES
1. What are the major supply chain coordination and bottleneck issues in hotel supply chains?
2. Understanding response and recovery strategies with supply chain resilience -agility, adaptability and alignment.
Scope of this study: Hotels are important nodes
•Accommodation to the customers
•Sub networks within larger tourism supply network (Al-Aomar& Hussain, 2017; Fredendall & Hill, 2000)
•Critical node in the case of Covid-1
Mā te huruhuru, ka rere te manu: Gaining insights into the experiences of postgraduate tauira Māori within vocational education
No full textWhy this study?
Our research
Research focus: We aim to:
•Identify key challenges faced by tauira Māori undertaking postgraduate work particularly in relation to thesis writing process
•Identify key factors that contributed to their success
•From these insights we seek to identify approaches that can strengthen supervisory practice of postgraduate tauira Maori
He whenu - the challenge of expertise
An emerging theme: Students as 'experts'
Next steps in the research
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Tākapu (Australasian gannets) in the Hauraki Gulf
No full textObjectives
• i) to describe diet of gannets and underpinning trophic interactions upon which gannets depend
• Inner Huaraki Gulf • Outer Huaraki Gulf
• ii) to test if and how the gannet in the Gulf might partition the food resources of the Gulf (are inner Gulf birds sampling inner gulf and outer Gulf birds sampling the outer gulf