• Citizen science beyond science : a collaborative approach for transformative sustainable development 

  Pasgaard, Maya; Breed, Christina A.; Heins, Maria; Knudsen, Linette; Brom, Peta; Schmidt, Astrid; Engemann, Kristine (Ubiquity Press, 2023-06-27)

  In this paper, we lean on experiences from South Africa as a point of departure for discussing the unrealized potentials and complications of applying collaborative, transformative citizen science (CS). We first show the ...
• Heat stress : adaptation measures in South African informal settlements 

  Hugo, Jan Marais (Ubiquity Press, 2023-01-12)

  Globally extreme weather events are experienced most acutely in cities. While formal settlements can respond to such events, informal settlements are often vulnerable and illprepared. Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly ...
• A decision support tool for green infrastructure planning in the face of rapid urbanization 

  Brom, Peta; Engemann, Kristine; Breed, Christina A.; Pasgaard, Maya; Onaolapo, Titilope; Svenning, Jens-Christian (MDPI, 2023-02-04)

  Multifunctional green infrastructure, a key component of compact sustainable cities, is challenged by the pressures associated with rapid urbanization. In this paper, we present a method that uses remote sensing, GIS ...
• Capturing landscape identity in the context of urban renewal : the case of Kisumu City, Kenya 

  K'oyoo, Edwin Oluoch; Breed, Christina A. (University of the Free State, 2023-12)

  Urban renewal is undertaken to respond to the physical deterioration of built forms in postcolonial Africa, with renewal works affecting current cities’ identities. Globalisation trends have cities striving to be unique, ...
• Use of photo-elicitation interviews to explore urban landscape identity in the context of urban renewal changes, a case of Kisumu City, Kenya 

  K'oyoo, Edwin Oluoch (University of Free State, 2023-12)

  Photo-elicitation interviews (PEIs) have been used in landscape studies with the aim of eliciting participant opinions through memories and feelings associated with images. PEI was used in this study to identify and ...
• Ground-level documentation of heat stress exposure and response strategies in informal settlements in Tshwane, South Africa 

  Hugo, Jan; Sonnendecker, Paul Walter (Emerald, 2024)

  PURPOSE – The adverse impacts of climate change coupled with rapid informal urbanization in the Southern African region are increasing the vulnerability of already sensitive population groups. Consequently, these urban ...
• The vitality of native grassland plants in current urban climatic conditions in Gauteng, South Africa 

  Van der Walt, Martine; Berner, Jacques M.; Breed, Christina A. (Elsevier, 2024-01)

  Plants are essential components of urban microclimates, as they can help mitigate some of the adverse effects of urbanisation, enhance environmental quality, and thus contribute to overall species well-being and the ...
• Moving green infrastructure planning from theory to practice in sub-Saharan African cities requires collaborative operationalization 

  Breed, Christina A.; Du Plessis, Tania; Engemann, Kristine; Pauleit, Stephan; Pasgaard, Maya (Elsevier, 2023-11)

  Researchers increasingly consider the systematic integration of green infrastructure (GI) concepts in urban planning as an essential approach to tackle significant current and future challenges. Cities in sub-Saharan ...
• A transdisciplinary multiscaled approach to engage with green infrastructure planning, restoration and use in sub-Saharan Africa 

  Breed, Christina A.; Engemann, Kristine; Pasgaard, Maya (Springer, 2024)

  The systematic integration of green infrastructure (GI) concepts in urban planning shows promise to reduce environmental hazards; while creating sociocultural benefits. However, cities in sub-Saharan Africa face rapid ...
• Disease and design in twentieth-century South Africa: exploring the consequences of the 1918–19 Spanish Flu pandemic through contributions of émigré Dutch architects 

  Clarke, Nicholas J. (UCL Press, 2023)

  The architectural history of healthcare in South Africa remains greatly understudied, as do the consequences of the 1918–19 Spanish Flu, which ravaged its population. Yet that pandemic had great consequences for South ...
• Evolution of the boundary : theories of threshold, and stereotomic design, and their manifestation in the work of Henri Comrie 

  Barker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson); Louw, Michael (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2022-12)

  The design of boundaries in architecture has a rich history that provides intellectual nourishment for a reconsideration of the relationships between city and nature, city street and building and the transitions within ...
• Impact of urban renewal changes on urban landscape identity : case study of Kisum City, Kenya 

  K'oyoo, Edwin Oluoch (University of the Free State, 2023-06-27)

  Urban renewal undertaken to respond to physical deterioration and decay within cities resulted in various changes. The changes can impact on physical, socio-economic, and meaning aspects attached to various features, thus ...
• The act of refuge 

  Jordaan, Wian Schalk (3SMedia, 2022)

  Showcasing excellence, University of Pretoria final-year architecture student Wian Jordaan has been declared a regional winner in the 2022 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards, in addition to winning the Best Use of Clay ...
• Social housing as a catalyst towards net-zero carbon building in the mitigation of climate change in South Africa 

  Vawda, Zakiyyah; Hugo, Jan (University of the Free State, 2022-12)

  Since low-income and social housing are among the most vulnerable built environments to climate change, this article evaluates the energy performance of social housing in the context of enabling net-zero carbon social ...
• Coromandel Boutique Hotel - developing an authentic language for design 

  Jooste, Ben Stefan (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This dissertation focuses on the question of intervening in a beautiful and untouched landscape, and the steps to ensure authenticity in design through the development of a lexicon of spatial experiences and forms, revealing ...
• Identifying and preserving urban landscape identity through public participation in the context of urban renewal : a case study of Kisumu City, Kenya 

  Kibirah, Edwin Oluoch K'oyoo (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Urban renewal responds to physical deterioration within cities to improve the quality of urban life. Urban renewal in Africa is undertaken in once colonial societies with their existing spatial built forms undergoing changes ...
• End spaces : cremation and the architectural meaning of death in Johannesburg 

  Rodokanakis, Alexey (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  The dissertation explored the spatial and architectural parameters that create meaningful interactions within ritual and sacred spaces, focussing on the Braamfontein Crematorium as a site primed for re-ritualisation ...
• Urban riverscape : the city and river in tension 

  Smit, Carel Nicolaas (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  The river was first an element of attraction for early settlements. Riverscapes were established due to the potential use of the river as a resource or industrial driver. However, over time, riverscapes, as we see them ...
• A narrated emergence : a complex urban Integration of an informal settlement in Moreleta Park, Pretoria with its surrounding context 

  Meij, Ryan Dylan (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  In communities stigmatized by economic inequality, citizens who fall within the lower income bracket tend to migrate to the city, seeking the opportunity of gaining financial independence (Njwambe et al. 2019); they are ...
• Environment as a cognitive prosthesis : an architecture of interdependence that reimagines the traditional sources of social solidarity for the New Agers in Danville 

  Van Loggerenberg, Melicia (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This mini-dissertation highlights the lack of age-inclusive interventions in public and social environments, specifically pertaining to the growing elderly demographic. A further critique of geriatric care architecture ...

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