Future Neighbourhoods and Multispecies Postgraduate Research Lab

By creatively reimagining and adapting the existing fabric of buildings, streetscapes, public spaces, and urban systems in response to urgent contemporary challenges, we develop design propositions that embrace life-cycle thinking, resourcefulness, and holistic systems thinking.

Master of Architecture (Professional) (Andrew Burgess, Priscila Besen, Stacy Vallis)

• 2025 – Ongoing. Circular Architecture, An Investigation of a Circular Economy within Architecture through Deconstruction Strategies
• 2025 – Ongoing. Urban Regeneration: Exploring adaptive reuse and retrofit of heritage buildings with a Vernacular approach
• 2025 – Ongoing. Adaptive Reuse for Healing Architecture: Transforming Historic Buildings into Therapeutic Community Housing
• 2025 - Ongoing. (Re)Inhabitation: Restoring Auckland’s architectural landscape through a minimal approach to building adaptation
• 2025 – Ongoing. Designing a Resilient Urban Future: Integrating Walkable Urbanism with Regenerative urban design strategies into Tāmaki Makaurau
• 2025 – Ongoing. Designing the 400-Year Home: Strategies for Long-Term Relevance, Adaptable Renovation, and Timeless Design
• 2025 – Ongoing. Reimagining urban design and transport in Auckland: Exploring how Auckland’s urban design was informed by past transport technologies, and how it can be shaped by future transport systems.
• 2025 – Ongoing. Entropy in Architecture: An Analytical Exploration of Objective Form, Variation, and Performance in the Built Environment
• 2025 – Ongoing. Regenerating Urban Voids into Ma: Exploring Architectural Methodology Using Kigumi Structure

Master of Engineering Project Management (Imelda Piri)

• Cost Benefit Analysis of Drone vs Ground Topographic Surveys: Touk Meas Limestone Quarry, Cambodia – Chhaiyuth Chhel, June 2025 to June 2026, Supervisor/Mentor
• Strategic Planning for Flood Risk in New Zealand Urban Land Use – Megan Huang, June 2025 to June 2026, Supervisor/Mentor
• Whole of Life Embodied Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment: A Systematic Review – Nunnapat Jiratheepmahathaya, June 2025 to June 2026, Supervisor/Mentor
• Smart Steel: Integrating BIM and Digital Twin for FPSO Structural Fabrication – Francisco Paloma Jr, June 2025 to June 2026, Supervisor/Mentor
• Evaluation of Co firing Fabric Cut Waste in Fire tube Biomass Boilers for Steam Generation – Osanda Gayan Shantha, June 2025 to June 2026, Supervisor/Mentor

PhD (Imelda Piri)

• Developing a Sourcing Business Model for SMEs to Improve Relational Buyer Seller Performance – Achintha Ekanayake, Feb 2024 to Jan 2027, Second Supervisor
• Blueprinting Sustainability: Developing a Project Procurement Maturity Model for Construction SMEs Aligned with ISO 20400:2017 – Abiramy Sivakumar, Feb 2024 to Jan 2027, Co Supervisor
• Developing a QS Based Embodied Carbon Cost Metric for Project Delivery Decision Making in New Zealand – Akinsanmi Sheriff Akindeinde, Oct 2025 to Sept 2028, Primary Supervisor

PhD (Priscila Besen)

• Enhancing Ageing in Place for Older People with Reduced Mobility in Suburban Walking Environments in Auckland – Ongoing, Co-Supervisor
• A Framework for Implementing Self-Sufficiency in Buildings Through Regenerative Architecture, 2025 – Ongoing, Co-Supervisor

PhD (Stacy Vallis)

• Mathematical Optimisation Models for Climate-Resilient Transport Infrastructure of Flood-Prone Areas of Aotearoa New Zealand, 2025 – Ongoing, Co-Supervisor
• A Framework for Implementing Self-Sufficiency in Buildings Through Regenerative Architecture, 2025 – Ongoing, Co-Supervisor
• Enhancing Ageing in Place for Older People with Reduced Mobility in Suburban Walking Environments in Auckland – Ongoing, Co-Supervisor