favicon-32x32.png

Welcome to Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation student work showcase. This site showcases our student's best architecture and design work in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation student work showcase

This project was focused on the redesign of the Newtown Public Library. The main design driver for my project revolved around the introduction of the public park and natural lighting.

ARCI 212 Joji_Shashwath_ARCI212_A3_p16-pages-16-1-2.png

large_ARCI 212 Joji_Shashwath_ARCI212_A3_p16-pages-16-1-2.png

medium_ARCI 212 Joji_Shashwath_ARCI212_A3_p16-pages-16-1-2.png

small_ARCI 212 Joji_Shashwath_ARCI212_A3_p16-pages-16-1-2.png

thumbnail_ARCI 212 Joji_Shashwath_ARCI212_A3_p16-pages-16-1-2.png

ARCH212 

Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.37.27 AM.png

large_Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.37.27 AM.png

medium_Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.37.27 AM.png

small_Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.37.27 AM.png

thumbnail_Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.37.27 AM.png

Binge Culture Website

Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.32.58 AM.png

large_Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.32.58 AM.png

medium_Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.32.58 AM.png

small_Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.32.58 AM.png

thumbnail_Screen Shot 2022-11-29 at 11.32.58 AM.png

Lost Souls

Within a Eurocentric perspective, the built environment is predominantly conceived to safeguard us from the outside natural environment. The mātauranga Māori worldview, in contrast, offers a more fluid understanding of our relationship with the wider contextual environment and one another. It avoids notions of separation, offering instead a blurring of boundaries between our built (inside), natural (outside), and cultural (within) 
environments.

This thesis' research began with two preliminary design sites being explored: urban Te Aro Pā, Wellington and rural Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne — sites representing Māori heritage in direct opposition, reflected in their urban versus rural environments and the inhabitant population. These sites offer critical terrain where inhabiting a mātauranga Māori worldview was explored through the contextual relationships, implied dynamics of cause and effect, and opposing dialogues represented by each site. The developed design site is situated at Ngāpuwaiwaha Marae, Taumarunui, the author’s marae. It is 
representative of an architectural context defined by the emotional and physical use of the immersive, interactive and habitable characteristics within pūrākau.

This design-led research investigation addresses the cultural reconnection of Māori youth by adopting an allegorical architecture framework that positions pūrākau at the forefront. 

To access the full thesis:
https://tewaharoa.victoria.ac.nz/permalink/64VUW_INST/k63216/alma99179830910202386

Adam_Clark_Te Whare Atapō-The House Before Dawn_WSOA_page-0001 (1).jpg

Joji Shashwath

Major

ARCH212

Overview:

Student:

Course:

Published:

Other Projects

Binge Culture Website

Lost Souls

Te Whare Atapō | The House Before Dawn

Other Projects

Binge Culture Website

Lost Souls

Te Whare Atapō | The House Before Dawn