Social condenser : proposal for the new catalytic space connecting Braamfontein and Newtown
- Authors: Badenhorst, Dewald
- Date: 2014-01-14
- Subjects: City planning - South Africa - Johannesburg , Space (Architecture) - South Africa - Johannesburg , Public spaces - South Africa - Johannesburg , Braamfontein (South Africa) , Newtown (South Africa)
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:7905 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8796
- Description: M.Tech. (Architectural Technology) , This dissertation explores the opportunity and necessity of a connection between Braamfontein and Newtown Johannesburg's landscape developed as a result of decades of socio-economic and geographic fragmentation where planning policies etched permanent boundaries of exclusion. The focus is to form a more integrated city fabric in the area to allow for a cross-pollination of people and activities between Braamfontein and Newtown At the same time the proposal aims to create a more socially Inclusive space that connects the urban users to each other and to the city as a whole...
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- Authors: Badenhorst, Dewald
- Date: 2014-01-14
- Subjects: City planning - South Africa - Johannesburg , Space (Architecture) - South Africa - Johannesburg , Public spaces - South Africa - Johannesburg , Braamfontein (South Africa) , Newtown (South Africa)
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:7905 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8796
- Description: M.Tech. (Architectural Technology) , This dissertation explores the opportunity and necessity of a connection between Braamfontein and Newtown Johannesburg's landscape developed as a result of decades of socio-economic and geographic fragmentation where planning policies etched permanent boundaries of exclusion. The focus is to form a more integrated city fabric in the area to allow for a cross-pollination of people and activities between Braamfontein and Newtown At the same time the proposal aims to create a more socially Inclusive space that connects the urban users to each other and to the city as a whole...
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Language, identity and the role of architecture as across- cultural mediator
- Authors: Millar, Matthew
- Date: 2014-01-28
- Subjects: Architecture - Language , Space (Architecture) - South Africa - Johannesburg , Architecture - Environmental aspects - South Africa - Johannesburg , City planning - South Africa - Johannesburg , Urban parks - South Africa , Constitutional Hill (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:7966 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8885
- Description: M.Tech. (Architectural Technology) , This thesis deals with the reappropriation of an existing parking garage into a language institute at Constitution Hill. Through the generation of a flu id conversation between architecture and people this thesis aims to address the underlying social miscommunication present within South African society through a socially motivated architectural manifestation. The underlining aim of this thesis will be the generation of a socially orientated architectural platform that allows and encourages cross-pollination. This architectural platform will revolve around and investigate the many opportunities that language offers asa social mediator and how these opportunities can aid in the democratization of identity generation. This new approach will be more representative of the complex multicultural society that is present within South Africa and as a result will end up being more democratic in nature.
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- Authors: Millar, Matthew
- Date: 2014-01-28
- Subjects: Architecture - Language , Space (Architecture) - South Africa - Johannesburg , Architecture - Environmental aspects - South Africa - Johannesburg , City planning - South Africa - Johannesburg , Urban parks - South Africa , Constitutional Hill (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:7966 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8885
- Description: M.Tech. (Architectural Technology) , This thesis deals with the reappropriation of an existing parking garage into a language institute at Constitution Hill. Through the generation of a flu id conversation between architecture and people this thesis aims to address the underlying social miscommunication present within South African society through a socially motivated architectural manifestation. The underlining aim of this thesis will be the generation of a socially orientated architectural platform that allows and encourages cross-pollination. This architectural platform will revolve around and investigate the many opportunities that language offers asa social mediator and how these opportunities can aid in the democratization of identity generation. This new approach will be more representative of the complex multicultural society that is present within South Africa and as a result will end up being more democratic in nature.
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