Adaptiveve [re]use is a process that makes use of the principles of [re]duce, [re]use and [re]cycle, often giving products an extended lifespan not initially associated with the original function. Environmentally adaptive ...

The relation between industrial enclosures and their environments change in the post-industrial state, which causes a loss of orientation and identification of place. While the inherent character of such a place does not ...

In attempt to bring symbolic and spatial restitution to the post-apartheid city, city-makers have introduced spatial gestures of compensation within the depraved landscapes to serve as symbols of the reformed city. Although ...

This study explores the potential of using Henri Lefebvre’s spatial triad as a qualitative decoding tool for architect-designed residential interior spaces. Five selected residential case studies by South African ...

This thesis focuses on the active dialogue between the visual storefront/building edge and the adjacent public space. Pretoria's inner city arcades are the public spaces of the city. However, the current design of most of ...

This dissertation explores the interface between people, horses and architecture as an edge, which allows it the opportunity to facilitate relationships and accommodate multiple users. City edges currently present themselves ...

Previously, people elsewhere in the world laboured under the misconception that animals in Africa wandered freely across the vast open spaces of the African plains. However, in reality, as humans (elephants' greatest ...

The cannabis industry is developing rapidly worldwide, and in the context of recent legal developments South Africa is on the brink of exploiting it as a new local industry on a large scale. With the biggest potential for ...

Individuals are inherently different and so are their spatial needs related to learning. Unfortunately the current dominant learning space typology disregards this, opting for ‘one size fits all’ learning spaces that ...

In an urban context, architecture and landscape architecture co-exist as part of the structure of the city. In the same manner, interior architecture exists as part of an architectural envelope, and product design as an ...