We are Aotearoa New Zealand’s prominent Urban Design researchers and educators striving to shape our urban landscape with visionary and creative design solutions.
We work across a range of different spatial scales, to research and create urban forms that are resilient, equitable, diverse, green, healthy, inclusive, and responsive.
Our Latest Work
Urban Park Spatial Characteristics Influence on Visiting Pattern
Urban Park Spatial Characteristics influence on visiting pattern: A geo-located social media approachThis study applies statistical analysis methods to geo-located social media data (Twitter) to inspect 643 urban parks in Singapore. This study not only focuses on the...
Urban Morphology and Process Typology: Strengthening Research and Practice
Urban Morphology and Process Typology: Strengthening Research and Practice A Cross-cultural Conception of Historical Urban Landscapes Despite the increasing interest in the exploration of the links between geographical urban morphology and architectural typology, the...
Spatial Justice and Planning: Reshaping Public Housing Communities in a Neoliberal World
Spatial Justice and Planning: Reshaping Public Housing Communities in a Neoliberal WorldThe question of how just societies and cities can be organised and achieved has long been central to planning. Spatial justice presents an integrative and unifying theory...