Design as instrument in transformation : settlement as empowerment opportunity for socio-economic development.

dc.contributor.authorLow, Iain
dc.contributor.otherIAHS World Congress on Housing (33rd : 2005 : Pretoria, South Africa)
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T12:45:40Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T12:45:40Z
dc.date.issued2005-09
dc.descriptionAuthors of papers in the proceedings and CD-ROM ceded copyright to the IAHS and UP. Authors furthermore declare that papers are their original work, not previously published and take responsibility for copyrighted excerpts from other works, included in their papers with due acknowledgment in the written manuscript. Furthermore, that papers describe genuine research or review work, contain no defamatory or unlawful statements and do not infringe the rights of others. The IAHS and UP may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this agreement.en_US
dc.description.abstractPaper presented at the XXXIII IAHS World Congress on Housing, 27-30 September 2005,"Transforming Housing Environments through Design", University of Pretoria.en_US
dc.description.abstractAs the physical manifestation of a set of power relations, space represents perhaps, the greatest legacy of the apartheid state. The Afrikaner nationalist government's policy of 'setting apart' contributed in constructing a built environment that was characterised by both segregation and a concomitant absence of diversity. State agencies, such as the [NBRI] National Building Research Institute, produced impoverished dwelling environments which conflicted with the culture and practices of local/black people. Originating in a desire for justice and democracy, the 9th statement of the Freedom Charter, 'there shall be housing, security and comfort'; aspires toward a more equitable society in which difference comfortably co-exists. Despite the claims embedded in various policy driven initiatives of the post apartheid African National Congress government, the current delivery of housing in South Africa remains a quantitative and reductive endeavour. The approach privileges a policy driven, economic-quantitative housing model and realises impoverished living environments for poor communities. Currently, contemporary society is faced with multiple contradictions. Whereas globalisation elevates a singular purpose of economic utility, [re]claiming local practice may afford a basis for both a redress of past injustice and the reconstructing of civil society. As the imperative to deliver vast numbers of houses grows by the day, the interpretation of traditional values becomes increasingly threatened. Contemporary projects that mediate these pervasive extremes have enabled the design of hybrid housing solutions which simultaneously attend to the contingencies of local dwelling practice and the strictures of economic necessity. This paper will examine the enabling capacity of [architectural] design in attending to the conflicting rationalities of economic utilitarianism and the social practice[s] of dwelling. The research will critically examine selected ‘non-mainstream’ housing interventions where design has significantly contributed toward the production of socio-economic opportunity. Through an analysis of spatial configuration, it is intended to contribute knowledge to current debate on the role of design and experimentation, and broaden government’s agenda of constructing HOMES; 'human settlement' as opposed to HOUSES through delivery.en
dc.format.extentPresentation consists of 9 pages.en_US
dc.format.mediumThis paper was transformed from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material on the CD ROM was published using Adobe Acrobat technology.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLow, I 2005, 'Design as instrument in transformation : settlement as empowerment opportunity for socio-economic development.', paper presented at XXXIII IAHS World Congress on Housing 2005 - Transforming Housing Environments through Design (HUE), University of Pretoria.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn1-86854-627-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/10356
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIAHSen_US
dc.rightsCopyright shared by: International Association for Housing Science, Coral Gables/Miami, Florida 33134, USA University of Pretoria (UP), Hillcrest, Pretoria 0002, South Africaen_US
dc.subjectSpace and transformationen
dc.subjectDesign instrumentation agencyen
dc.subjectTransformationen
dc.subjectSocio-economic developmenten
dc.subjectImpoverished dwelling environmentsen
dc.subjectEquitable societyen
dc.subjectHybrid housing solutionsen
dc.subject.lcshHousing -- Design and construction -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshHouse construction -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture, Domestic -- Political aspects -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshSpace (Architecture) -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshDomestic space -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshPoverty -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshHome -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshSocial settlements -- Congressesen
dc.titleDesign as instrument in transformation : settlement as empowerment opportunity for socio-economic development.en_US
dc.typeEventen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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