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Multiscale wind power generation prediction
No full textOBJECTIVE:
• To come up with good forecast model for Wind Power Generation for hour and day ahead .
• As NZ is looking at increasing the share of wind power from 5% towards 20%.
• The increase towards 20% will cause problems for grid and electricity market, due to its variable nature.
• Good forecasting model is very important to address above issues and enable to operate more efficiently [17].
• The prices for electricity also depend on the wind power share, as forecasted wind power will be major factor.
• Help to reduce the use of hydro power and keep water for use when there is no wind [11
School of art and architecture: Interface between space and light in the school of art and architecture
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How can the integration of space and light help to form a building typology for a combined school of art and architecture?
ABSTRACT
The shapes present in the architecture of an academic building present unique psychological indications. These shapes can be natural, geometric, or abstract. Light and shadow form a contrast and interrelate with conditions which augment dramatic tensions to a space giving a powerful artistic impact to its architecture. The light used can influence students in terms of their sense of space by providing prominence to textures of architectural material. The presentation of the natural colour of materials and light in various ways can create a soothing multi-dimensional effect in a building. Similarly, shadows can change visual effects, which enriches a narrow space by overlapping light and darkness. Shadows are, therefore, another form of light in space
The architectural impact of the school on the overall process of learning is vast. When the built-in structure is integrated well with nature, it gives a mental boost to the student and enhances the learning process. The students feel more connected when allowed to interact with nature or when the building promotes the natural phenomena around the students and classrooms; the narrow and dark classrooms can bound students' mental capacities to feel less comfortable and disconnected from their surroundings. Proper light and windows with ventilation and trees around the classroom provide a calming sensation and mental boost.
This research explores creating interconnected, diverse learning spaces in an Art and Architecture school building to enhance the practicality of learning. The design also looks at connected areas with natural light for Art and Architecture students to broaden the learning circle and students' vision into interdisciplinary. The collaborative environment created in these interdisciplinary spaces enhances the communication skills of the students. These interdisciplinary spaces may also prevent students' hesitation and foster them with some tested confidence
Formative vs summative quizzes as regular feedback on Moodle in computer science courses: Which do students prefer?
No full textDeferred feedback on summative assessments can demotivate students and affect their overall learning performance, and it can change their study routines. The aim of this study is to compare and analyse students’ perceptions about summative and formative regular feedback: whether they are better motivated by being given marks, or by regular feedback without any marks. All participants were students from a Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) degree at a New Zealand tertiary institute. Three courses were selected across three different levels of the BCS, and the sample group included 272 students from five different semesters. Summative (with marks) and formative (with feedback only) weekly quizzes were introduced in 2017, with the aim of providing early, regular feedback to students. Participants in the study were divided into two groups: students who were doing formative, and those who were doing summative quizzes
One degree to rule them all : responding to the opportunity of Te Pukenga
Get PDFProductivity and performance
Management capabilities
A Business degree for the ITP sector
Productivity in Aotearoa –New Zealand
Factors contributing to low productivity
People management is our weakness (2010 global benchmarking project)
Business education responds
The changing context (2000 –2020)
Can we build management capabilities?
Top competencies, pūkenga
So what is missing?
Organisational success rests with people
Te Pūkenga opportunit
Saving St James
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How can the abandoned St James Church in Mt Eden be preserved through adaptive reuse for a new, community-based programme?
ABSTRACT
The St James Church has stood proudly on the corner of Esplanade and View Rd in Mt Eden for the last one-hundred and twenty years. Built in 1900, the church has been a feature of the community’s history and development. Tragically in 2018, the adjacent heritage Sunday School Hall built in 1885 was burnt down by arson and since then, the church building has remained vacant and neglected due to structural unsoundness. The site has been the subject of debate within the community, many of whom were scandalised by the suspicious fire causing the loss of the hall. It is a valued and meaningful heritage building which is part of the Mt Eden area’s identity.
After being sold several times and passed between developers, the St James Church remains neglected and vacant. Zoned for ‘Mixed Housing Urban’ in Auckland’s Unitary Plan, there have been propositions made by developers to convert it into luxury apartments with a new apartment block in the rear area of the site. The local community were rather critical of this plan and appear to believe that the conversion to luxury apartments and an apartment block would ruin the heritage value.
Consequently, there was an opportunity to develop an alternate solution for the St James Church building and site. Through the repurposing of the church building and a new architectural response where the historic hall once stood, the site could be utilised for a community-based public programme once again. Using conservation principles, the palimpsest theory, and literature by heritage and conservation theorists as a guide, such as Salvador Munoz Vinas’ theory regarding minimum intervention; this project aimed to develop an appropriate programme as determined through the research to find the most suitable proposition to ‘save St James’
Apentimento
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I started this masters project (like most painters I believe) because I needed a studio. I like to have a studio because I value time away from people and because I enjoy the challenge of painting. Painting is a way of coping with the human condition, an answer to an existential problem. But then what painting does is present bigger existential problems
In it to lose it
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How can architecture assist in promoting everyday physical activity and thus contribute to the population’s general physical health?
ABSTRACT
As technology continuously improves to accommodate our fast-paced lifestyle, our lives become more convenient. We continuously look for the fastest and easiest way to do things to maximise productivity. Although technology has made it easier to connect with people and maximise work productivity, it has created an attitude against physical activity. Our downtime is spent watching television or on our phone, work commutes are primarily spent in our vehicles, work hours are mostly spent sitting down on our desks, choosing elevators and escalators over stairs, and ordering fast-food through drive throughs and delivery services. These behaviour habits all contribute to living sedentary lifestyles, and if not addressed or prevented, can lead to us becoming obese, which may lead to premature death.
Obesity is a medical term used to define an excessively high amount of body fat in relation to lean body mass. It is related to multiple health issues such as high blood pressure, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease (Atherosclerosis), joint diseases such as osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, and reproductive abnormalities
Through architectural design, this thesis proposes a way architects and designers can integrate and increase physical activity within a building to counteract sedentary behaviours. It intends to design a community centre that consists of facilities supporting a healthy lifestyle through education, exercise, and community support.
Architects and designers have a major role on the impacts our physical environment has on our health. It is time to focus less on convenience, and more on prioritising the decrease in time people will spend sedentary.
SITE: Bert Henham Reserve, Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, New Zealan
Enhancing Mahurangi West: A vernacular techtonically interpreted for contemporary intervention
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How can architectonics enhance a community space in Mahurangi West?
ABSTRACT
The Mahurangi West community Hall is potentially the oldest school in Northland, built by the local farmers in 1885. It was repurposed as a hall in 1979 and then restored in 2014 by the local community. It is also a category B heritage building. Activities ranging from table tennis to yoga and occasionally weddings take place here. The community of Mahurangi West is tightly knitted, with strong ties to the land. The population is mainly farmers, artists and people who work in urban environments but enjoy the re-energising effects of nature.
Living in rural environments often comes with the potential for isolation due to the often large distance neighbours are from each other. A connection, even just visual, is vital to feeling safe and at home in one’s community. The current Hall cannot facilitate the activities needed to create and maintain connections within the community, as it is composed of only one main space with an adjacent kitchen and a block of toilets separate from the Hall. There is also a lack of parking which would enable the site to host more significant events.
This lack of flexible spaces presented an opportunity for developing a new community centre with higher functionality. As the current Hall was built in the 1800s and has not changed to facilitate its everyday use, there is an opportunity for providing more buildings that do this. This project aims to develop a series of buildings that tie in with the site’s history but bring a contemporary touch to the community centre. The site must have at least a few interventions that function and look like they are built in the current period, as it will visually represent its relevancy. Providing buildings that respect the site and enhance it will allow the community centre to cherish its past and facilitate events in the present time. This intervention aimed to enhance the local community by providing new, highly functional and detailed buildings relevant to contemporary architecture. The architectonic expression of the design was the primary focus for enhancing the community centre. By focusing on details, structure and materiality, the proposed new buildings will help facilitate the requirements for a community centre and ground them in the context of the 21st Century. The intervention aimed to provide spaces for various functions, with a focus on facilitating community interaction. The design had a solid connection to its local context, which helps to create an environment where people feel at home in their community.
This project focused on an appropriate development for the site of the Mahurangi West Hall that responds to its heritage status. This new intervention relates to the site and the local community through its architectural expression and provides a higher level of functionality, creating the opportunity for an enhanced community experience
"I'll be happy and smiling all the time” - The impact of relational and safety learning for 9-12-year-old children.
Get PDFThis paper evaluates the impact of Jade Speaks Up (JSU), a safety and relational learning programme run for 1300 children in years 5-8 in eight New Zealand primary and intermediate schools. This is the first year of a 3-year pilot funded by ACC who view the programme as a violence prevention initiative that will reduce claims for compensation for acts of violence in the future and want to see it, if successful, rolled out across New Zealand. The programme is designed to run in weekly lessons over a 6-8 week period. JSU involves one-day teacher training; a manual of lesson plans and activities; and resources, including a dynamic a 7-minute NZ made animation on how children can take action against things that frighten them like bullying and domestic violence. The evaluation involved control and experimental groups; pre, post and follow-up tests; assessment batteries that had measures of wellbeing, emotional literacy, trust, use of safety skills, classroom environment, change and value in questionnaires for children and teachers; and interviews with teachers and school managers. We found that children made significant progress in wellbeing (11% drop in the number of at risk children), emotional literacy and the use safety skills. Teachers said that there were significant changes in the classroom environment, particularly in the areas that were of most concern to them and felt that the programme was helpful or very helpful in these areas. 81% of the children felt that the programme was useful, 76% made positive comments about programme outcomes and those that were negative, neutral or no comment improved significantly at follow-up in their appreciation of safety skills and outcomes of their use. Teachers were even more positive at follow-up than at post-test