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Theses and Dissertations (Architecture): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The study explores the possibility that a transition zone can become a ‘filter’ that surrounds an urban core. As a filter, the transition zone can regulate and rehabilitate ecosystem services to support human well-being. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)In the South African context, the number of informal settlements are increasing. A problem arises when one observes the conditions that informal settlers are forced to live in, which are diminishing livelihoods and do ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-02-15)Democracy, post the apartheid era promised a better life for native Black Africans in South Africa, better living conditions for all and especially those living in townships and rural areas. Fast forward into 2020, a lack ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The spatial legacy in South Africa has resulted in fragmented urban environments and development in peri-urban areas, such as Mamelodi, is often implemented with a top-down approach. The focus of development tends to be ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Self-reliant communities allow for the stimulus of local economies, employment opportunity, and poverty alleviation. They also encourage the sustainable use of natural resources, energy harvesting and generation, and climate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Recent statistics have shown that Violence Against Women (VAW) affects one in three women worldwide. Not only is the issue prevalent at a global scale, it is embedded in the societal fabric of South Africa. Women and girls ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Situated within the Wonderboom Poort on the banks of the Apies River, this architectural manifestation is a culmination of the exploration of how the forgotten or left over urban spaces can be revived to contribute to the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Current city growth patterns are largely influenced by the practices and theories of the past, particularly functionalist theory. New intentions and proposals are constantly confronted with this legacy of the past, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This dissertation seeks to explore the legacy of coloniality inherent in the built environment of South African cities today, especially the City of Tshwane (Pretoria), and propose strategies to rewrite a more inclusive ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This dissertation aims to investigate how architecture can improve water literacy and, thus, water conservation and security, by bringing the user closer to the building’s water processes and systems. The programmatic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This document serves as a mini dissertation in the professional Master of Architecture degree in the Department of Architecture at the University of Pretoria. It focuses on the educational ecosystem within the context of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Compact Habitat Adapt looks towards an urban development, which can re-establish relevance into the core of cities, through functionality and holistic sustainability. Cities in South Africa share a complex history, one ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The following study situates itself within the Post-Modern, post-positivist epistemological paradigm that seeks to approach urban informality (and more appropriately, a-formality) within the South African township landscape, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-12)This dissertation explores the impact of providing platforms for school learners to positively express themselves through multiple educational activities, in turn, developing a collective identity through performance. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This dissertation focuses on the development of the site in and around Rovos Rail. Rovos Rail is a unique train travel company cut off from the public view. The project context is located in Capital Park adjacent to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-02-04)“Adaptively re-using waste landscapes has become one of the twenty-first century’s great infrastructural design challenges” - Alan Berger The study of this dissertation aims to understand how the principles of landscape ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1994)Why Goedehoop as a case for urban renewal? Since the first black location, Skoolplaaz was established in 1875. The so-called area 'Goedehoop' has remained "frozen", unaffected by the bustling growth of Pretoria in an ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1997)English: The provision of primary and secondary schools for Black People in the Republic of South Africa (excluding the then Independent States and Homelands), by the Department of Education and Training during the years ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study aimed to investigate the possible means of mitigating noise disturbance in naturally ventilated classrooms that are exposed to road-traffic noise. Specifically, the efficacy of façade design, building orientation, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This study is based on research undertaken in the context of a democratic, Post-Apartheid South Africa, over 20 years into democracy. At the dawn of democracy, the nation was seeking a new identity and for many South ...
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