• Citizen science beyond science : a collaborative approach for transformative sustainable development 

  Pasgaard, Maya; Breed, Christina A.; Heins, Maria; Knudsen, Linette; Brom, Peta; Schmidt, Astrid; Engemann, Kristine (Ubiquity Press, 2023-06-27)

  In this paper, we lean on experiences from South Africa as a point of departure for discussing the unrealized potentials and complications of applying collaborative, transformative citizen science (CS). We first show the ...
• Heat stress : adaptation measures in South African informal settlements 

  Hugo, Jan Marais (Ubiquity Press, 2023-01-12)

  Globally extreme weather events are experienced most acutely in cities. While formal settlements can respond to such events, informal settlements are often vulnerable and illprepared. Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly ...
• A decision support tool for green infrastructure planning in the face of rapid urbanization 

  Brom, Peta; Engemann, Kristine; Breed, Christina A.; Pasgaard, Maya; Onaolapo, Titilope; Svenning, Jens-Christian (MDPI, 2023-02-04)

  Multifunctional green infrastructure, a key component of compact sustainable cities, is challenged by the pressures associated with rapid urbanization. In this paper, we present a method that uses remote sensing, GIS ...
• Capturing landscape identity in the context of urban renewal : the case of Kisumu City, Kenya 

  K'oyoo, Edwin Oluoch; Breed, Christina A. (University of the Free State, 2023-12)

  Urban renewal is undertaken to respond to the physical deterioration of built forms in postcolonial Africa, with renewal works affecting current cities’ identities. Globalisation trends have cities striving to be unique, ...
• Use of photo-elicitation interviews to explore urban landscape identity in the context of urban renewal changes, a case of Kisumu City, Kenya 

  K'oyoo, Edwin Oluoch (University of Free State, 2023-12)

  Photo-elicitation interviews (PEIs) have been used in landscape studies with the aim of eliciting participant opinions through memories and feelings associated with images. PEI was used in this study to identify and ...
• Ground-level documentation of heat stress exposure and response strategies in informal settlements in Tshwane, South Africa 

  Hugo, Jan; Sonnendecker, Paul Walter (Emerald, 2024)

  PURPOSE – The adverse impacts of climate change coupled with rapid informal urbanization in the Southern African region are increasing the vulnerability of already sensitive population groups. Consequently, these urban ...
• The vitality of native grassland plants in current urban climatic conditions in Gauteng, South Africa 

  Van der Walt, Martine; Berner, Jacques M.; Breed, Christina A. (Elsevier, 2024-01)

  Plants are essential components of urban microclimates, as they can help mitigate some of the adverse effects of urbanisation, enhance environmental quality, and thus contribute to overall species well-being and the ...
• Moving green infrastructure planning from theory to practice in sub-Saharan African cities requires collaborative operationalization 

  Breed, Christina A.; Du Plessis, Tania; Engemann, Kristine; Pauleit, Stephan; Pasgaard, Maya (Elsevier, 2023-11)

  Researchers increasingly consider the systematic integration of green infrastructure (GI) concepts in urban planning as an essential approach to tackle significant current and future challenges. Cities in sub-Saharan ...
• A transdisciplinary multiscaled approach to engage with green infrastructure planning, restoration and use in sub-Saharan Africa 

  Breed, Christina A.; Engemann, Kristine; Pasgaard, Maya (Springer, 2024)

  The systematic integration of green infrastructure (GI) concepts in urban planning shows promise to reduce environmental hazards; while creating sociocultural benefits. However, cities in sub-Saharan Africa face rapid ...
• Disease and design in twentieth-century South Africa: exploring the consequences of the 1918–19 Spanish Flu pandemic through contributions of émigré Dutch architects 

  Clarke, Nicholas J. (UCL Press, 2023)

  The architectural history of healthcare in South Africa remains greatly understudied, as do the consequences of the 1918–19 Spanish Flu, which ravaged its population. Yet that pandemic had great consequences for South ...
• Evolution of the boundary : theories of threshold, and stereotomic design, and their manifestation in the work of Henri Comrie 

  Barker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson); Louw, Michael (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2022-12)

  The design of boundaries in architecture has a rich history that provides intellectual nourishment for a reconsideration of the relationships between city and nature, city street and building and the transitions within ...
• Impact of urban renewal changes on urban landscape identity : case study of Kisum City, Kenya 

  K'oyoo, Edwin Oluoch (University of the Free State, 2023-06-27)

  Urban renewal undertaken to respond to physical deterioration and decay within cities resulted in various changes. The changes can impact on physical, socio-economic, and meaning aspects attached to various features, thus ...
• The act of refuge 

  Jordaan, Wian Schalk (3SMedia, 2022)

  Showcasing excellence, University of Pretoria final-year architecture student Wian Jordaan has been declared a regional winner in the 2022 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards, in addition to winning the Best Use of Clay ...
• Social housing as a catalyst towards net-zero carbon building in the mitigation of climate change in South Africa 

  Vawda, Zakiyyah; Hugo, Jan (University of the Free State, 2022-12)

  Since low-income and social housing are among the most vulnerable built environments to climate change, this article evaluates the energy performance of social housing in the context of enabling net-zero carbon social ...
• Relational authenticity : a critical review of approaches to authenticity in a selected range of the architectural conservation work of Gawie Fagan (1925-2020) and Gwen Fagan (1924-) 

  Barker, Arthur Adrian Johnson (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2021-01-01)

  Gawie Fagan and his wife, Gwen, have had an illustrious career in the field of architectural heritage practice, spanning a period of over 50 years. They have run the full gamut of responses to architectural heritage, from ...
• Classical topomythopoiesis : the origins of some spatial types 

  Prinsloo, Johan Nel (Routledge, 2021)

  No abstract available.
• The Hanoak House as a flexible and adaptable vernacular precedent for modern architecture 

  Hugo, Jan Marais (International Information and Engineering Technology Association, 2021-08)

  Globally the adverse effects of climate change necessitate the implementation of resilient systems that respond to escalating weather fluctuations and increased urban vulnerability. This requires a shift from the traditional ...
• Outdoor living wall systems in a developing economy : a prospect for supplementary urban food production? 

  Botes, Karen; Breed, Christina A. (University of Free State, 2021-12)

  Green wall systems have greatly advanced over the past few decades and hold important potential for the future in light of predicted urban population growth, densification, and climate change. This article provides a brief ...
• Experiential e-learning : a creative prospect for education in the built environment? 

  Botes, Karen; Botha, Adriana Johanna Maria (Springer, 2021-11)

  A novel e-learning initiative improved learning and cognitive understanding of learning outcomes in the Department of Architecture, within the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at ...
• Co-design in the architectural process 

  Combrinck, Carin; Porter, Caitlin Jane (Emerald, 2021-10)

  PURPOSE : Despite the proven importance of co-design as a way of improving the social relevance of architecture, there is a lack of opportunity for meaningful co-design processes in the current professional Master of ...

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