Revitalising the City
REVITALISING THE CITY
The Design and Arts College of New Zealand’s (D&A) Architectural Design students are currently preparing for their graduating exhibition, Revitalising the City set to open on 17 June 2010. D&A would like to extend an invitation for you to attend this unique event along with key industry members, family and friends.
Third year students were given a brief for which they were to utilise one of three existing gap sites in the City Centre. They were to design a building to respond to the cities needs and draw people back into the centre to create a vibrant, bustling metropolis.
“The council’s revitalisation plans aim to create diversity in the city centre and identifies mixed-use buildings as key. Students were to design a hybrid building which combined a 21st century workspace and an event space for up to 300 people” explains Leo Harris, Architectural Design and Technology Programme Coordinator.
D&A’s Architectural Design course educates students in both the technical groundings of building and construction, as well as an understanding of architecture and urban design. The course once again produced top results last year with 100% of graduates gaining work in the industry or moving on to higher education.
Revitalising the City runs from opening night Thursday 17 June (5.30pm-7pm) until Wednesday 7 July, 9am-5pm Monday to Friday at D&A, 116 Worcester Street, Christchurch. Wine and nibbles provided.
For more information please contact:
Emma Gray
Marketing Coordinator
Design and Arts College of New Zealand (D&A)
116 Worcester Street
Christchurch 8011
Phone: 03 365 1578
Fax: 03 379 2310
Website: www.dac.ac.nz
Ground Floor Gallery
Design & Arts College
116 Worcester St
Chirstchurch
This is a free event, open to the public
Emma Gray
Marketing Coordinator
Design and Arts College of New Zealand (D&A)
116 Worcester Street
Christchurch 8011
Phone: 03 365 1578
Fax: 03 379 2310
Website: www.dac.ac.nz
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Design and Arts College of New ZealandThe Design and Arts College of New Zealand is the South Island’s only tertiary institute dedicated to design and arts education. D&A is New Zealand government funded (TEC) and registered (NZQA).
D&A bring around 400 students from New Zealand, the Pacific, Asia, Europe and the Americas together with over 70 professionals to create a community of people passionate about design and arts. D&A offers over 14 qualifications across seven disciplines that are: Fine Arts, Photography, Graphic Design, Architectural Design, Interior Design, Fashion Design and Makeup Design and Production.
D&A courses are designed and taught by industry professionals, to ensure student success in the creative industries. As student time is valuable, all D&A courses have an accelerated pathway to work or higher education that ensures what you learn is relevant and moves you into industry in a fast and efficient way.
Thousands of D&A graduates are now working as professionals in their field in New Zealand and around the world.
