The Third Retort

dc.contributor.advisorBarker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson)
dc.contributor.emaildiedeleff@gmail.comen_ZA
dc.contributor.postgraduateVan Aswegen, Jan Diedeleff
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-18T12:09:52Z
dc.date.available2018-01-18T12:09:52Z
dc.date.created2018
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2018.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWe do not see, to learn effectively from our past mistakes and, similarly, we do not seem to learn from the opportunities that architecture, beyond its utility, presents. The old Johannesburg gasworks site expresses the development of a city that originated from industrial sprawl. The massive post-industrial edifices of Johannesburg are canvases that portray years of production processes and reflect the Avant-garde of the time. However, the mono-functionality of the architecture of the Gasworks precinct, used for capital gain, has now left the site deserted after decommissioning in the late 1990’s. The site is an empty frame, privately bounded with no interaction with the surrounding context, or the city beyond. It is now a wasteland encroached by nature, infused with the remnants of human-made pollutants. But the critically located site oozes latent potential that, if managed appropriately, can transform the critical Empire Perth corridor, which stretches through the city of Johannesburg, a critical urban framework for the future development of the city. It is time that we learn from our past mistakes, using the memories of place, to produce an expressive and didactic architecture, educating people through a non-linear non-destructive space. This expressive architecture will create new memories and ideas, through encouraged dialogue. Where this architecture and process coincide in the urban context, it will deal with immediate environmental issues in spaces where constructive engagement with the public is encouraged.en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_ZA
dc.description.degreeMArch(Prof)en_ZA
dc.description.departmentArchitectureen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Aswegen, JD 2018, The Third Retort, MArch(Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63623>en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherA2018en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/63623
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.subjectDidacticismen_ZA
dc.subjectPost-Industrialen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTDen_ZA
dc.subjectHeritageen_ZA
dc.subjectJohannesburgen_ZA
dc.titleThe Third Retorten_ZA
dc.typeMini Dissertationen_ZA

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