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 by the
multi-coloured paint of the rainbow-nation
discourse and yet old tensions seem to
flare up. The tensions range from historic
privilege to disinheritance from current
discourse, to racial discrimination and a
perceived threat to identity.
So it is clear that the reconciliation and
the nation-building process that started
in 1994 is far from finished and thus a
renewed look at our approach to heritage
is warranted.
The vehicle of this study will be the Pretoria
Magistrate's Court, which was constructed
in 1941 and in 2010 suffered heavy
damage during a fire. This dissertation
investigation is specifically focused on
the inherent dissonance in the heritage of
the court, which is identified firstly in the
classical nature of the building, but also
the creation and functioning of judicial
spaces. These heritage elements are
identified and engaged with according to
dissonant heritage principles (Tunbridge &
Ashworth 1997).
Furthermore, this study investigated
current heritage engagement strategies and
how those engagements can be redefined.
This was not only done in order to mitigate
the negative effects of dissonant heritage elements, but also to instil contemporary
significance.
Finally, this study applies the heritage and
adaptive reuse principles identified and
formulated, to engage the existing building
in removing built fabric, redefining spaces
and adding new spaces. This will be done
in order to re-establish the existing function
of a civil magistrate's court. Through this
engagement, dissonant heritage elements
are extracted or mitigated, while new
contemporary value and meaning is
instilled in order to re-establish significance
for future generations.
Onlangse sosiale en politiese bewegings,
wat begin het met #RhodesMustFall,
en die opvolgende verskeie #MustFall
veldtogte, het onderliggende gevoelens na
tevore gebring. Dit was geglo dat hierdie
onderliggende sentimente suksesvol
gedek is met die veelkleurige verf van
die re?nboognasie en tog bly ou spanning
opvlam. Die spanning strek van historiese
bevoorregting en onterfenis van die
huidige diskoers tot rassediskriminasie en
die gevoel van bedreiging van identiteite.
Dit is duidelik dat versoening en die
nasiebouproses wat in 1994 begin is, v?r
van klaar is, en dus hersiening op ons
erfenisbenaderinge vereis.
Die middel vir hierdie studie is die Pretoria
Landroshof wat gebou is en 1941 en sleg
beskadig is deur 'n brand in 2010. Die
ondersoek van hierdie verhandeling fokus
op die inherente dissonante in die erfenis
van die hof, wat eerstens ge?dentifiseer
is in die klassieke aard van die gebou,
maar ook in die skepping en werking
van regsruimtes. Hierdie erfeniselemente
word ge?dentifiseer en benader volgens die
Dissonante Erfenis beginsels (Tunbridge
& Ashworth 1997).
Verder ondersoek hierdie studie die
huidige erfenisbenaderingsstrategie? en
hoe daardie benaderinge herdefinieer
kan word. Dit word nie net gedoen om
dissonansie in erfenis te versag nie, maar
ook om eietydse betekenis by te voeg. Laastens pas hierdie studie erfenis en
aanpassende hergebruik beginsels, wat
ge?dentifiseer en geformuleer is, toe om
boumateriaal van die bestaande gebou
te verwyder, ruimtes te herdefinieer
en nuwe ruimtes by te voeg. Dit word
gedoen met die doel om die bestaande
funksie van die siviele landdroshof weer
te vestig. Met hierdie benadering word
dissonante erfeniselemente ontgin of
versag, terwyl nuwe eietydse waardes en
betekenis bygevoeg word. Sodoende word
nuwe waardes vir toekomstige generasies
geskep.
