Browsing Architecture by Supervisor "Peres, Edna"

Browsing Architecture by Supervisor "Peres, Edna"

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  • A brewery in Marabastad - The liquid network 
    Cronje, Marie Lenette (University of Pretoria, 2014-04)
    How can architecture positively impact on the development of integrated economic, social and ecological systems in an urban precinct? This dissertation is about the role that architecture can play as a systemic tool in the ...
  • The everyday and the event : re-imagining the urban industrial event space of Pilditch stadium 
    Labuschagne, Danielle (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    This dissertation follows two complementary areas of investigation. First, the study explores place making in the industrial area of Pretoria West. Second, investigating Pilditch Stadium and the adjacent Tshwane ...
  • The Garden Is Us 
    Van der Merwe, Johannes Marthinus (University of Pretoria, 2013-12-09)
    Poetic dwelling, both as the perception of and engagement with the environment, has predominantly been lost in contemporary society. As a result, the earth had become an ‘inexhaustible inventory’ in the eyes of the dweller, ...
  • Latent potential : a post-industrial artefact : re[ge]nerating resources from a depleted quarry : architecture as interface of exchange between people and resources 
    Büchner, Ingmar Christoff (University of Pretoria, 2013-12-09)
    The continuing industrialisation of global society, specifically in developing countries, has resulted in the ongoing extraction of the earth's resources to feed the ever increasing demand for economic growth. What will ...
  • Machinarium 
    Van Eeden, Heidi (University of Pretoria, 2013-12-09)
    Machinarium is an exploration of industrial bio-mechanical hybridity as part of the 21st Century paradigm. The dissertation investigates the potential of industry as urban catalyst - a mechanism with which to regenerate ...
  • New Era Ceramics : a solvent for the industrial boundary 
    Taljaard, Carla Christine (University of Pretoria, 2013)
    The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the legacy of industrial spaces, the effect of this legacy on the surroundings, and how these spaces then become disconnected and isolated after industrial activity is ...
  • Regenerative biohistoric waterscapes 
    Mavrakis, Andreas (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    The dissertation focuses on regenerating and adapting a part of the Prinshof Medical District. The site is identified as an abandoned, left-over space which is located adjacent to the Apies River in Pretoria's urban context. ...
  • Restoring reciprocity between man and nature through architecture as the mediating device 
    Crous, Gardiol (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    In the quest for achieving a modern civilization, the interconnected relationship between nature and humankind has changed to one of disconnection. This disconnection does not only compromise the natural environment but ...
  • Revealing the hidden : the cradle of humankind 
    Swanepoel, Marli (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    Within our current society, humankind often separates 'human place' from 'natural place'. This alienation from nature leads human beings to believe that activities outside of protected natural areas have no effect on ...
  • A story of re-integration of the people and place of Marabastad 
    Patrick, Nicola C. (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    This dissertation comprises an investigative narrative that approaches the real world issue of drug addiction, which represents only a small part of the complex issue of homelessness. The story looks at the transformative ...
  • Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo 
    Deacon, Catherine D. (University of Pretoria, 2011)
    The chosen project stems from the broader context of Maputo as waterfront city. Increased industrial privatisation of the harbour strip adjacent to the city’s historic Baixa district led to the relocation of public functions, ...