The Construct of an Urban Toolhouse

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dc.contributor.advisor Bothma, Cobus
dc.contributor.postgraduate Bissett, Petrus Lafras (Fras) Uys
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-09T08:54:06Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-09T08:54:06Z
dc.date.created 2020
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.description Mini Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2019. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract This dissertation responds to the current economic issues in Mamelodi West within the South African economic climate and how it is enforced by the respective spatial legacies. Currently the informal trade sector contributes to approximately half of the GDP of the South African economy (Fioramonti, 2017). Through the investment of social infrastructure on an urban scale, these entrepreneurial activities that have recently been recognised by the South African government could be nurtured into reliable enterprises. The dissertation will investigate how architecture could function as catalyst for economic growth in public spaces. Therefore the relationships of public space to include production spaces that is focussed on skills development in a sustainable manner. In general the extension of existing networks play a vital role. How can an architectural intervention generate sufficient appropriation of public space that would encourage economic growth? On an urban scale the architecture could provide permanence to Mamelodi West and counter the effects of dormitory migration. But also create the opportunity to harness one of humanities greatest resource of all time that is creativity. Creativity can be seen in the everyday appropriation by traders who currently occupy the public, green and open spaces in Mamelodi. en_ZA
dc.description.availability Unrestricted en_ZA
dc.description.degree MArch (Prof) en_ZA
dc.description.department Architecture en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Bissett, PL(U 2019, The Construct of an Urban Toolhouse, MArch (Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72544> en_ZA
dc.identifier.other A2020 en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72544
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher University of Pretoria
dc.rights © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subject UCTD en_ZA
dc.subject DIT 801 en_ZA
dc.subject CPD 810 en_ZA
dc.subject DPD 801 en_ZA
dc.title The Construct of an Urban Toolhouse en_ZA
dc.type Mini Dissertation en_ZA


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