Projects & Research
Te aroha ki ngā hononga - Connections are so important
Heritage Setting
A stimulating small project on the history of the setting of a humble heritage building, the research has moved from planting analysis and ‘borrowed landscape’ to the Turnbull Library and an interview with a retired resident of the site. This may be a story of settlers and connections but also of practices, cultures, materials, garden fashions, and parks management. A story of change…..
Chinese-English Dictionary of Landscape Architecture
Published by the China Architecture and Building Press, and written by Professor Xiaoming Liu and his father, this 1718-page English- Chinese Dictionary of Landscape Architecture took many years of research and was finally printed in 2023. It was a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to contribute to international landscape architecture as a director of the Copyediting Committee. The dictionary includes nearly 90,000 words and terms of landscape architecture and related fields, including nature, society, science, culture, production and planning, design, research, education, construction, maintenance and management, and extends to other areas.
Generation Kāinga
Generation Kāinga is a four-year Endeavour Grant funded research project to enable rangatahi Māori to promote and develop housing and kāinga. The research looks at, “How do we facilitate and nurture a generation of rangatahi to reimagine and rebuild resilient and regenerative kāinga”. The project has partnered with vibrant rangatahi in a tuakana teina relationship. The whenua ora team have submitted their first paper (on climate activism), and are preparing for mentoring, interviewing and an exciting 2024.
Construction 4.0
In 2023 an ambitious project to transform Aotearoa New Zealand’s construction sector to one enriched in terms of social justice, sustainability, quality, affordability, and productivity, by integrating technologies into the construction value chain. The research led by the Heavy Engineering Research Institute (HERA) and funded by MBIE via their Endeavour Fund aims to benefit Māori communities. This year the technology transfer team will be holding wānanga and focus groups to generate ideas and identify barriers in the industry.
Curiosity, discovery, testing, finding new ways to plan, design, manage, understand and nurture our world, are drivers of research. We work together to share our ideas and transfer experience and knowledge for future generations.
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