The porous city as a model for urban renewal

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dc.contributor.author Mare, Estelle Alma
dc.date.accessioned 2009-05-27T06:27:17Z
dc.date.available 2009-05-27T06:27:17Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description.abstract In 1924 Walter Benjamin and Asja Lacis described the environs and architecture of Naples as “porous”, explaining that its built environment resists any fixed or designated functionality. Their description reminds one of the Vitruvian directions for a stage design of the city in both the “comic” and the “tragic” modes, as depicted by Luciano Laurana. Benjamin and Lacis also applied the metaphor of porousness to the Zulu kraal. Porousness is furthermore exemplified by the Oriental bazaar. On the basis of these examples it is proposed that, on a modest scale, this concept could become a model for urban renewal in post-apartheid South Africa. en_US
dc.description.abstract Walter Benjamin en Asja Lacis het in 1924 die omgewing en argitektuur van Napels as “poreus” beskryf, waarmee hulle bedoel het dat die beboude omgewing weerstand bied teen enige vaste of toegewysde funksionaliteit. Hulle beskrywing roep die Vitruviaanse voorskrif vir ’n toneelontwerp van ’n stad in sowel die “komiese” as die “tragiese” modus in gedagte, soos deur Luciano Laurana afgebeeld. Benjamin en Lacis het ook die metafoor van poreusheid op die Zoeloekraal toegepas. Poreusheid is ook die uitmuntende kenmerk van die Oosterse basaar. Op grond van hierdie voorbeelde word voorgestel dat hierdie konsep op ’n beskeie skaal ’n model vir stedelike vernuwing in post-apartheid Suid-Afrika kan word. afr
dc.identifier.citation Maré, EA 2008, 'The porous city as a model for urban renewal', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 23, no.1, pp. 203-213. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-3542
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10156
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.rights Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.subject Comic mode en_US
dc.subject Tragic mode en_US
dc.subject Benjamin, Walter en_US
dc.subject Porous city en_US
dc.subject African kraal en_US
dc.subject Oriental bazaar en_US
dc.subject Post-apartheid city en_US
dc.subject Lacis, Asja en_US
dc.subject Naples en
dc.subject Zulu kraal en
dc.subject Porousness en
dc.subject.lcsh Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation en
dc.subject.lcsh Lācis, Anna, 1891- -- Criticism and interpretation en
dc.subject.lcsh Urban renewal en
dc.subject.lcsh Porosity en
dc.subject.lcsh Post-apartheid era -- South Africa en
dc.title The porous city as a model for urban renewal en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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