The Eventuality of Space : Adaptability and Incrementality in the Suburban Hinterland of Mamelodi

dc.contributor.advisorHugo, Jan
dc.contributor.emailmeg.d.cochrane@gmail.comen_ZA
dc.contributor.postgraduateCochrane, Megan
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T12:11:58Z
dc.date.available2018-01-22T12:11:58Z
dc.date.created2018
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2018.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe appropriation of open space is a common and organic process that is constantly taking place in the contemporary South African city. The tabula rasa approach of Apartheid and modernist planning had little consideration for these natural spatial patterns. This dissertation argues for a democratic approach to architecture and space-making in the contemporary South African city, one that embraces diversity, multifunctionality, and the eventuality of incremental development. Drawing from theories such as Control of Complexity (Habraken 1987), Space as Ritual (van Rensburg & da Costa 2008), and Safe-to-Fail (Ahern 2011), the research explores the possibilities of designing for emergent and adaptable space as a tool for enablement in the context of Mamelodi. The inherited Apartheid spatial legacy of Mamelodi has led to the prevalence of monofunctional, medium density development that has limited economic opportunity and encouraged pendulum migration in search of employment. This presents the opportunity to introduce new scales of urbanity to the context, whilst still being sensitive and encouraging existing spatial functions and patterns.en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_ZA
dc.description.degreeMArch(Prof)en_ZA
dc.description.departmentArchitectureen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCochrane, M 2018, The Eventuality of Space : Adaptability and Incrementality in the Suburban Hinterland of Mamelodi, MArch(Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63671>en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherA2018en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/63671
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2018 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.subjectAdaptabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectIncremental developmenten_ZA
dc.subjectCentextualen_ZA
dc.subjectResilienceen_ZA
dc.subjectCommunityen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.titleThe Eventuality of Space : Adaptability and Incrementality in the Suburban Hinterland of Mamelodien_ZA
dc.typeMini Dissertationen_ZA

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