Bionic evolution

dc.contributor.advisorBarker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson)
dc.contributor.postgraduateEdwards, Nikita
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-26T08:46:37Z
dc.date.available2015-05-26T08:46:37Z
dc.date.created2014
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionDissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractCurrent toxic interactions between the systems of man, nature and machine in the diamond mining town of Cullinan are volatile and cannot be sustained. When the mine and the main economic system regress, how can the remaining dependent cultural and biophysical systems be sustained and what can Cullinan become after the demise of the machine? Impending deindustrialisation could mean that Cullinan will be silenced and its associated meaning and memory lost. The architecture of the Age of the Machine represents contemporary interactions between the biotic and bionic where industrial buildings, and the introverted town, reflect the dominance of the machine over nature. The objective of this dissertation is to set a precedent for place-responsive regenerative architecture within a post-mining context that is inspired by local nature and culture. An architecture that expresses a new co-evolving mutualistic relationship between the existing town and landscape (cultural and natural systems) will be considered. Programme: A local food hub The intention of this dissertation is to address the future shift of human communities and economic activities back to the alignment and synergy with life processes. A bionic evolution from the Age of the Machine, to the Age of Life is explored.en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_ZA
dc.description.degreeMArch(Prof)
dc.description.departmentArchitectureen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEdwards, N 2014, Bionic evolution, MArch(Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45285>
dc.identifier.otherA2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/45285
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2015 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.en_ZA
dc.subjectRegenerationen_ZA
dc.subjectPost-industrialen_ZA
dc.subjectResilienceen_ZA
dc.subjectPlaceen_ZA
dc.subjectMiningen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.titleBionic evolutionen_ZA
dc.typeMini Dissertationen_ZA

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