Browsing Architecture by Supervisor "Crafford, Abre"

Browsing Architecture by Supervisor "Crafford, Abre"

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  • Active regeneration : Re-activating Johannesburg's mining belt through a contextual regenerative theory 
    Pillay, Danvir (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    This dissertation investigates the latent potential of the mining belt in Johannesburg through a regenerative theory, by placing a catalytic intervention which respects the heritage of the mining belt, with a focus on ...
  • The Building as Eco-Urban Filter: Reconnecting Man To Earth 
    Minnaar, Cosette-Mari (University of Pretoria, 2020)
    The study explores the possibility that a transition zone can become a ‘filter’ that surrounds an urban core. As a filter, the transition zone can regulate and rehabilitate ecosystem services to support human well-being. The ...
  • The communal commute 
    Van Renssen, Bernhard (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    Since the establishment of Pretoria in the 1840s, the city has expanded significantly. Businesses started to sprout which created a number of job opportunities within the city CBD. Mamelodi was established to the east of ...
  • The Community Makery 
    Bhana, Dipna (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    Humankind has over the years borrowed ideas from, and also taken from, nature. What was in the beginning an intention to survive eventually morphed into humankind striving for superiority. In recent centuries humans have ...
  • The game of diminishing returns : Architecture as a regenerative agent of man and nature 
    Kritzinger, Jacob Johannes (University of Pretoria, 2018-04)
    Mining related activities are more expansive than ever before, with population growth data showing an exponential increase. These societies form part of the world consumer market in which people are constantly buying ...
  • Mediating the urban boundaries of Marabastad: towards sustainability through architectural regionalism 
    Piek, Rinus (University of Pretoria, 2021-02)
    How can the architecture of an urban living room, in the form of a regenerative performed arts and market intervention, stimulate the sustainable development of urban communities in Pretoria? This dissertation investigates ...
  • Most Alive, Most Dead 
    Himmel, Heiko Erich (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    Finding spatial solutions to insularity, space shortage and loss of value in a rapidly changing urban cemetery and context by investigating new relationships between the sacred and profane
  • Particulate : an education and research workshop for off-site manufacturing 
    Van Rooyen, Jan-Adriaan (University of Pretoria, 2019-12-10)
    This dissertation deals with the makings of a multidisciplinary off-site manufacturing(OSM) education and research facility, focused on the development and use of Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) and Computer Aided ...
  • Re-forging industry : post-mining landscapes 
    Harrison, Peter Carlton (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    English: The aim of this research is to explore the possibilities of the reuse and re-adaption of historical mining sites and towns in a postmining scenario. The threat of mine closure looms over South Africa and because ...
  • A Renaissance of Agri-(Culture): An investigation into peri-urban agriculture as a catalyst for sustainable development through the integration of human behavious, natural processes and technology 
    Newton, Brittany Storm (University of Pretoria, 2020)
    Self-reliant communities allow for the stimulus of local economies, employment opportunity, and poverty alleviation. They also encourage the sustainable use of natural resources, energy harvesting and generation, and climate ...
  • A reservoir urban living room - increasing water relatedness in Marabastad 
    Mphaka, Mamofella (University of Pretoria, 2020)
    This dissertation aims to investigate how architecture can improve water literacy and, thus, water conservation and security, by bringing the user closer to the building’s water processes and systems. The programmatic ...
  • Returning through the origin 
    De Wet, Roan (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    A long-standing problem has been that humans have removed themselves from the natural lifecycle and are, therefore, acting in a dominant role, allowing the anthropogenic to overshadow the ecological. The lost relationship ...