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Theses and Dissertations (Architecture): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Mamelodi still remains captive in the spatial legacy of Apartheid. With long travel times and virtually no employment opportunities in Mamelodi, the status quo is difficult for inhabitants to deal with. Economic theory ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Social media, mainstream media and the predominance of visual engagement is contributing to a culture that is increasingly intolerant and lacking in empathy. “The hegemonic eye seeks domination over all fi elds of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Throughout human history, people have migrated from one area to another for many reasons, including searching for better economic, political or other conditions that are assumed to improve the human standard of living ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018-05-07)In this study a critical assessment is undertaken of the methods employed for the selection of beginner students for purposes of admission to studies in architecture. The study employs mixed methodologies that include ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)ABSTRACT This is a concerted effort at understanding the contemporary utopian processes and systems of the formation and spatial narratives of the people it is designed for. Locality and nostalgia is the essence of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Natural areas in proximity to urban environments are constantly under pressure from development. Conservation is not high on the list of priorities, mostly because the general public do not experience the benefits of nature ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Architecture without Land postulates the role of architecture without the promise of the ownership of land. It investigates the provision of land, secured with land tenure, as a development strategy in critical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The dissertation offers a contribution to contemporary discourse which is greatly concerned with the environmental impact of the built environment. It grapples with issues of man’s identity, a reading of place and the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The area of investigation for this study falls within a small urban island called Westbury. Situated 7km to the West of Johannesburg’s CBD, it is isolated from the adjacent urban fabric as a result of its historical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)“Building processes seem best evoked in terms of various forms of endemic uncertainty which, in turn, define an essentially turbulent industrial environment. The pursuit of stability is re-interpreted as ‘unstable equilibrium’ ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Mining has a lasting effect on our communities and urban environments and is especially visible in the City of Johannesburg. The industrial processes that formed the gold mine tailings sites and the natural processes ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)A lack in infrastructure and skills, in an inherited Apartheid spatial legacy, leaves a critical opening for much needed added spatial value. By investigating and supporting existing networks and contributing to existing ...
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Architectural Hybridity In Democracy : Reactivating Pretoria City Hall as a political civic center (University of Pretoria, 2018)In this paper commentary is offered on the role of architecture in a democratic society, as manifested in its use as a tool in the creation of spaces through which the public has equal opportunities for expression and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018-04)Nature reserves in the City of Tshwane are under threat from ecological and historically significant decay due to the less defined nature of these landscapes. Architecture in form, function and technology can be developed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The appropriation of open space is a common and organic process that is constantly taking place in the contemporary South African city. The tabula rasa approach of Apartheid and modernist planning had little consideration ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Many buildings in Pretoria’s central business district stand empty and bandoned. These buildings are being looted, stripped and vandalised, resulting in a great deal of damage that eventually leads to their destruction. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Hidden, 12 km from Middelburg, lies the historic mission village Botshabelo. Named Botshabelo, meaning “place of refuge” in the Pedi language as a symbol of a place that became a refuge for the people who fled from Sekhukhune ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Outdoor green spaces are necessary for cognitive development. Many mentally challenged children in South Africa lack proper treatment and access to green spaces, as well as basic social interaction. This dissertation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The Johannesburg, Cottesloe, Gas Works is located within the Witwatersrand zone of integration, between the University of Johannesburg and Witwatersrand. According to the Johannesburg Metropolitan Open Space System ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Since the establishment of Pretoria in the 1840s, the city has expanded significantly. Businesses started to sprout which created a number of job opportunities within the city CBD. Mamelodi was established to the east of ...
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