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Browsing Architecture by Supervisor "Prinsloo, Johan Nel"
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The satisfaction of immediate needs, such as thirst and a need for shelter, often becomes the driving force of one’s movements when walking. The location of places of this nature often plays a key role in where people ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Creating sanctuary within an inhospitable world is one of man’s inherent needs. Even in the desert, Man’s sole means of survival is determined by whether he can find oasis: a fertile place within the vast expanse of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This dissertation focuses on the re-conceptualization of Pretoria Central Business District (CBD), grounding the hypothesis within Paul Kruger Street. The author aims to provide a newfound approach to this historical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Recognising food security as a subset of the broader health debate surrounding life-style disease within South Africa s burgeoning informal settlements lead to an investigation into the designed landscape s ability to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Nearly 400 years ago during the Late Iron Age, a farming community called the Koni’s, lived on the escarpment in Mpumalanga who practiced cattle farming and crop cultivation by using stone. They migrated north in a linear ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-03-03)Everyone wants to live in a healthy environment, an idea that has always been closely associated with the healthy landscape. Pretoria CBD is no longer a place that offers such a landscape; it is congested, fragmented and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The hand thinks while it builds. Only by physically grappling with a material does one truly understand what it wants to become. In c o n t e m p o r a r y l a n d s c a p e architecture, there is typically a separation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation focuses on the redevelopment of the No. II Shaft Cullinan Compound, which lies in ruins. The compound is located at the Cullinan Diamond Mine, 40km east of the Pretoria CBD. The No. II Shaft Compound was ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)How does one appropriately design a selfsufficient building in the existing urban fabric without damaging historical urban centres? The role of architecture is to adapt, to not only serve and support people but, also to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Aesthetics were the main passion of early century landscape architects. A focus on the concern with ecology followed, while the late twentieth century landscape architecture developed towards a concentration on restoration ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This dissertation is an effort to understand the processes and systems housed within the infrastructure of a dynamic urban environment. Jeppestown, or Jeppe, as it is known by its inhabitants, is a post-industrial wasteland ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This project aims to discover the role of landscape architecture in the conservation of landscapes in 2018. The Magaliesberg mountain in The City Of Tshwane is currently an active cultural landscape on an urban edge. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This dissertation explores wastelands on two levels: an urban planning level and a poetic spatial level. As a real world problem, people move to suburbs (notably in the form of low density housing estates) in search of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The Berlin Mission Station, Botshabelo, situated nearby the town of Middelburg in Mpumalanga presents a multi-cultural landscape that is emblematic of the complex questions facing heritage sites in South Africa ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The dissertation investigated community connection to rivers in urban regions and the environmental design of a multi-functional river landscape. It is about the investigation of community connection, use, and appreciation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Protests, often violent have become a major talking point in South African politics. This dissertation focuses on three matters: decolonisation of public spaces in South Africa, the notion of landscape narratives in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This dissertation explores the potential of new public landscapes developed in small scale lost, or latent spaces within the urban fabric of Pretoria, in order to change the CBD into a living city that encourages urban ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The increasing demand and pollution of natural water systems caused by the constant growth in population has placed maximum strain on the resources upon which people depend. The presence of water sources has ensured the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Many urban poor are living lifestyles prescient of a future with little to no accessible fossil fuels, a future lacking easy access to electricity, flowing water, and food security. Scientists such as David Holmgren warn ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The site for this dissertation is Pretoria Works, an industrial site in Pretoria West managed by Arcelor- Mittal. The competition amongst international steel manufacturers, as well as the move to end protectionist trade ...
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