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Theses and Dissertations (Architecture): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Currently textiles are mostly employed within the interior in a very traditional and conventional way. The discipline of Interior design does not exploit the uniqueness of the material nor does it fully explore its ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation is an effort towards a better understanding of public open space within Pretoria [Tshwane]. The author identified a lack of freedom of expression within the Pretoria parks and that people actually have a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)November of 2014 saw the approval and commission of Tshwane's 2055 vision for the city (Tshwane municipality, 2013: 6). It seeks the restructuring and rejuvenation of the inner city in an attempt to remedy a state of stasis ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)A Political Theatre, Think Tank and School of Representation at the Union Buildings are created in response to questions regarding identity, authenticity and authority within post-1994 South African Architecture. The design ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The natural world consists of incredibly complex and integrated systems. Ecosystems and biodiversity all work cohesively to sustainably maintain the basis of our very existence on the planet. These interrelationships form ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)At the root of this dissertation is the African girl child, abundant in innate potential but lacking in affirmative girl friendly spaces that are suited to her African heritage. The study considers the design of an ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)More and more, consumers are buying products online as a convenient alternative to traditional shopping. This massive shift means that brick-and-mortar retail stores could eventually become obsolete (Walker, 2014). Although ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation is rooted in the premise of stitching together and creating relationships between components and conditions that define a place and its essence. Through architecture, the project focuses on the creation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation approaches the concept of city as object as experimental ground for exploring, understanding and expressing an architectural process that might define and delineate the reading of place as conductor of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation will investigate Marabastad's resilience and how its loose urban fabric and informality has enabled it to survive despite the continuous strain placed on it by physical, social, economic and cultural ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Behind the Curtains is an exploration into the introverted and indeterminate space as a place of activity. The dissertation investigates and compares the spectacle of the everyday and reality by means of a theatre ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Cities attract large numbers of people because of economic opportunity. Inner city housing demands increases and the lack of affordable housing leaves the urban poor to live in slums on the periphery of the city, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The potential of the Apies River Corridor, and the identified site s relegation to the engineering demands of modernisation, has resulted in layers of water, built fabric, transport and energy infrastructure that presently ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The urban environment resembles a non-static circuit that continuously records, processes and transmits information governed by human needs (Griffin & Kittler, 1996:720). This transfer of information may be compared to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation documents an investigation of an architecture of the Feminine. It is not possible to give definite examples of the feminine and masculine in architecture. These are abstract concepts and it must be ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The dissertation investigates the design of a Youth Enterprise Hub on the east periphery of Mamelodi, east of the Pretoria s Central Business district. It aims to explore the potential for the restoration of social ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Place and identity are bound to one another. The places we grow up in and the places we inhabit in the city shape us and construct our identities. When humans are displaced from original habitat and into another, a change ...
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