Environment as a cognitive prosthesis : an architecture of interdependence that reimagines the traditional sources of social solidarity for the New Agers in Danville

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dc.contributor.advisor Barker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson)
dc.contributor.postgraduate Van Loggerenberg, Melicia
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-06T08:52:42Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-06T08:52:42Z
dc.date.created 2023-05-03
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.description Mini Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2022. en_US
dc.description.abstract This mini-dissertation highlights the lack of age-inclusive interventions in public and social environments, specifically pertaining to the growing elderly demographic. A further critique of geriatric care architecture provides insight into the gaps in the discourse of which our failure to consider cognitive dependencies is the biggest shortcoming. The world is going through a seismic demographic shift and as curators of spatial interactions we need to step back into the driving seat for social change. A more holistic research and design approach yielded spatial implementation strategies tested and iterated on the project site in Danville, Pretoria West. The intangibles of cognitive changes had tangible triggers which allowed for physical implementation. The results of this mini-dissertation can serve as a guideline for future projects advocating against our ageist urban environments, contributing to a knowledge source that we will soon not be able to design without. en_US
dc.description.availability Unrestricted en_US
dc.description.degree MArch (Prof) en_US
dc.description.department Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.citation * en_US
dc.identifier.other A2023
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89158
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Pretoria
dc.rights © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.subject Legacy and identity en_US
dc.subject Social environments en_US
dc.subject Urban environments en_US
dc.subject Elderly demographics en_US
dc.subject South Africa en_US
dc.title Environment as a cognitive prosthesis : an architecture of interdependence that reimagines the traditional sources of social solidarity for the New Agers in Danville en_US
dc.type Mini Dissertation en_US


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