EARTHQUAKE PRONE BUILDINGS: HOW READY ARE WE?
New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
Technical Conference and AGM
MARCH 26 – 28, 2010 | WELLINGTON

Conference Website

Conference Location: Te Papa Tongarewa
Architects: 80 CPD points

Presentation topics
- Pathways to Earthquake Resilience
- Lessons from Earthquakes through Time
- Mitigating the Social and Economic Impacts of Earthquakes
- Advances in Hazards Definition
- Advances in Earthquake Engineering Practice
- Planning for Earthquake Response and Recovery
- Recent Practical Projects

‘Kiwi Prefab’ Workshop: Prefabricated Housing in New Zealand
for more details, refer to http://architecture.org.nz/2010/01/18/kiwi-prefab-workshop/
Thursday 25 February 2010
School of Architecture and Design
Victoria University of Wellington
139 Vivian Street, Wellington
Please RSVP by February 1st 2010
Pamela Bell
pam_bell at xtra.co.nz

‘Kiwi Prefab’ Workshop: Prefabricated Housing in New Zealand
Thursday 25 February 2010
School of Architecture and Design - Victoria University of Wellington

The prefabricated housing industry in New Zealand consists of businesses designing, manufacturing and distributing a range of housing product types, including components, panels, modules and complete buildings. There is great potential for businesses to work together and gain advantages from increased cohesiveness. This industry has been studied in depth by Pamela Bell through a two-year Master of Architecture research program and thesis ‘Kiwi Prefab: Prefabricated Housing in New Zealand’. The resulting outcomes and recommendations form the basis for this ‘Kiwi Prefab’ workshop.

This workshop is an opportunity to formally recognise the wider prefabricated housing industry and potentially develop a holistic outlook for the future. It is also a chance to share successes and challenges, and to learn of new development and marketing opportunities at both domestic and international levels. Please join us to hear the latest research findings, learn more about other members of our industry and discuss how we can work together to increase the uptake of prefabricated housing in New Zealand.
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If you wanted to see the latest Pecha Kucha night in Wellington, then : apologies, because you’ve just missed it. I presume that you know what I’m on about? If not, then go here and discover all about it. A global phenomenom by now, running periodically in 248 cities now, it was Wellington’s turn tonight (and a mix of San Jose, Maastrict, Norrkoping, Orange County, San Diego, Aalen, Columbia and Denver tomorrow night, and Beirut, Charleston, Ghent and Nelson the next night). That’s possibly the only thing that Beirut, Charleston, Ghent and Nelson have in common. Yes, they have PK in Nelson now - apparently even in Hamilton. There truly are no limits now.

But tonight was special - of course - because it was in Wellington. Pecha Kucha, known for its egaliterian treatment of all and sundry, with 20 seconds for each of 20 slides, treats every one and every image the same. The line-up tonight was Read the rest of this entry »

Architectural Conference, AASA 2009, will be held in Wellington on 4th and 5th September. Guest speakers include Xing Ruan, Brenda and Robert Vale, and Studio Pacific. Refer here for further details.

Date: Friday 5th December 2008
Venue: School of Architecture, Victoria University, Wellington

There will be a screening of films of NZ 1940s architecture at the NZ Film Archive on the evening of Thursday 4th December.  In addition, on Saturday 6th there will be a Docomomo(NZ) meeting organised by Julia Gatley.  For more information about the Docomomo(NZ) meeting please contact Julia Gatley at Auckland University, julia.gatley@auckland.ac.nz.