Abstract
M.Tech. (Architectural Technology)
Johannesburg has a spacial condition of
an infill city which has created a condition of
‘non place’, allowing for forgotten beauties
within this disjunct urban fabric. In the author’s
opinion, this condition of ‘non place’ allows
for new exciting opportunities to connect this
isolated landscape with its urban surrounds,
manifesting a new urban layer.
It is within this urban archipelago that an
architectural intervention will be realised.
Commenting on the hypotheses, the
architecture should become a space within
which nature can grow and become part of
systemic exchange, creating a new urban
ecology. When architecture and nature are
fused, a new hybrid emerges, re-scripting
the site of terrain vague into catalyst for socio
ecological remediation.
The architecture will not only attempt to rescript
the third landscape, but also become a
platform for exchange where knowledge can
be obtained and shared through the tracing
and recording of the landscape and climate
influence.
This dissertation explores architecture in a
manner which will incorporate nature and
remediation as a generator of the architecture
of the terrain vague. By introducing biometics
and technology, the architecture becomes an
instrument of the site, in this way the architecture
will respond to site and climate conditions,
resulting in a systemic symbioses with nature.
The architecture will respond to environmental
conditions; expanding, contracting, moving
and adapting, creating a different experience
for the user on a daily basis.