Environment as a cognitive prosthesis : an architecture of interdependence that reimagines the traditional sources of social solidarity for the New Agers in Danville

dc.contributor.advisorBarker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson)
dc.contributor.emailmeliciavl98@gmail.comen_US
dc.contributor.postgraduateVan Loggerenberg, Melicia
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-06T08:52:42Z
dc.date.available2023-02-06T08:52:42Z
dc.date.created2023-05-03
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2022.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis mini-dissertation highlights the lack of age-inclusive interventions in public and social environments, specifically pertaining to the growing elderly demographic. A further critique of geriatric care architecture provides insight into the gaps in the discourse of which our failure to consider cognitive dependencies is the biggest shortcoming. The world is going through a seismic demographic shift and as curators of spatial interactions we need to step back into the driving seat for social change. A more holistic research and design approach yielded spatial implementation strategies tested and iterated on the project site in Danville, Pretoria West. The intangibles of cognitive changes had tangible triggers which allowed for physical implementation. The results of this mini-dissertation can serve as a guideline for future projects advocating against our ageist urban environments, contributing to a knowledge source that we will soon not be able to design without.en_US
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_US
dc.description.degreeMArch (Prof)en_US
dc.description.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.identifier.citation*en_US
dc.identifier.otherA2023
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89158
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2022 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.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectLegacy and identityen_US
dc.subjectSocial environmentsen_US
dc.subjectUrban environmentsen_US
dc.subjectElderly demographicsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleEnvironment as a cognitive prosthesis : an architecture of interdependence that reimagines the traditional sources of social solidarity for the New Agers in Danvilleen_US
dc.typeMini Dissertationen_US

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