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The scientist, the collector, & the treasure hunter : a knowledge centre for the cradle of humankind (University of Pretoria, 2016)The Cradle of Humankind, famous for its abundance of hominid fossils, has been preserved as a pristine landscape throughout the modern era, thanks to the establishment of the site as a natural and cultural World Heritage ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This dissertation addresses the intensifying global issue of food insecurity within our country and the contributing factors thereof. It investigates the role architecture can play as a systemic tool (in the form of a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The dissertation focuses on regenerating and adapting a part of the Prinshof Medical District. The site is identified as an abandoned, left-over space which is located adjacent to the Apies River in Pretoria's urban context. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The hand thinks while it builds. Only by physically grappling with a material does one truly understand what it wants to become. In c o n t e m p o r a r y l a n d s c a p e architecture, there is typically a separation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The township in the South African context is a unique consequence of Apartheid spatial planning. Envisaged as settlements for black labourers on the outskirts of the city, they have become home to many South Africans. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This dissertation follows two complementary areas of investigation. First, the study explores place making in the industrial area of Pretoria West. Second, investigating Pilditch Stadium and the adjacent Tshwane ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The 'Beyond' as Bhaba1 (1994:1) conceives it, is "neither a new horizon, nor a leaving behind of the past"; rather it is the borders to the present. These boundaries of the present are the "that from which something ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Read abstract in the document
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)During 2015 South Africa, a single country with far fewer resources than the EU, had to provide refuge for approximately 72,000 asylum seekers. This global infl ux of people has been classifi ed as a crisis, placing ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Recent social and political movements beginning with #RhodesMustFall and the following numerous #MustFall campaigns have shone the light on deeplying sentiments. It is believed that these sentiments have been covered ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This dissertation is rooted in the theory of time and place and it considers the built environment through the lens of past, present and projected future evolution. The project examines various themes of dualistic study ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Nature and humans are intrinsic parts of the same system, called a social-ecological system (SES), wherein freshwater ecosystems form one of the important bases of the survival of all life. Human activities, such as land ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)As an interdependent global society enters an era of unprecedented change, resulting from unforeseen natural and social disasters and vulnerabilities, the resilience of global cities to survive is a pressing concern. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)In South Africa there are many informal settlements experiencing worsening socio-economic living conditions, along with associated environmental and urban open space degradation. These socio-spatial problems have ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation originated from a lifetime of museum visits and thus a passion for museum design. The site is the Ditsong: National Museum of Cultural History located in Pretoria. The dissertation will argue that the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The author argues the imperative of the regional landscape and the benefits of preserving experience of regional identity. The author identifies the freeway landscape as the optimal territory for one s experience of a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Recognising food security as a subset of the broader health debate surrounding life-style disease within South Africa s burgeoning informal settlements lead to an investigation into the designed landscape s ability to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Pretoria has a complex history; a contested social legacy and a rich physical context. It was severely modernised in the 1960s, destroying and discarding many of these narratives. The consequences of those decisions left ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The increasing demand and pollution of natural water systems caused by the constant growth in population has placed maximum strain on the resources upon which people depend. The presence of water sources has ensured the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Botanic gardens have always been about plants. The design of botanic gardens offers a unique window into how we humans have used and valued plants over the past several centuries. Man s relationship with, and attitude ...
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