Browsing by Author "Da Costa, Mary-Anne"

Browsing by Author "Da Costa, Mary-Anne"

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  • Space as ritual : rethinking spatial strategies in the African city 
    Van Rensburg, Rudolf Johannes; Da Costa, Mary-Anne (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2008)
    In this paper it is argued that contemporary architectural and urban space has become impoverished through the hegemony of a formalistic approach in architecture and urban design, and Modernism’s separation of subject and ...
  • Space as ritual: contesting the fixed interpretation of space in the African city 
    Van Rensburg, Rudolf Johannes; Da Costa, Mary-Anne (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2008)
    Drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s quotidian theories, space making is explored as an expression of a society’s collective mind. Spatial understanding is a function of culture. Spatial ability is the capacity to interpret knowledge ...
  • Surfaces&services : a public space for information, communication and discussion 
    Da Costa, Mary-Anne (University of Pretoria, 2008-04-17)
    The role of architecture, public space and a valid architectural expression in the African City were all issues that were explored in the dissertation. It is a speculative work that proposes strategies and tactics and looks ...