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A Centre for Design: Catalyst for Urban Regeneration in Salt River, Cape Town
Our cities are plagued by "lost spaces," left over as a result of the modern movement and extensive mobility routes. These spaces result in negative areas of the city, and are associated with vagrants, pollution and crime, rendering the area and its surroundings unsafe and undesirable. This disserta...
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| author | Viljoen, Tanya |
| author2 | Noero, Jo |
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| description | Our cities are plagued by "lost spaces," left over as a result of the modern movement and extensive mobility routes. These spaces result in negative areas of the city, and are associated with vagrants, pollution and crime, rendering the area and its surroundings unsafe and undesirable. This dissertation shows how, by means of acknowledging, considering and reprogramming space these areas can be reconsidered to be positive places The aim of this dissertation is to address the architectural problem of neglected space and show how, through revitalisation and insertion of functions and programs which respond to site, historical context and culture, the inherent potential of a space can be unveiled. The design and research develops a theoretically informed and sustainable approach to regenerating"lost space" and convert it into a positive architectural experience of place. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/7515 A Centre for Design: Catalyst for Urban Regeneration in Salt River, Cape Town Viljoen, Tanya Noero, Jo Coetzer, Nic De Jager, Rob Carter, Francis Our cities are plagued by "lost spaces," left over as a result of the modern movement and extensive mobility routes. These spaces result in negative areas of the city, and are associated with vagrants, pollution and crime, rendering the area and its surroundings unsafe and undesirable. This dissertation shows how, by means of acknowledging, considering and reprogramming space these areas can be reconsidered to be positive places The aim of this dissertation is to address the architectural problem of neglected space and show how, through revitalisation and insertion of functions and programs which respond to site, historical context and culture, the inherent potential of a space can be unveiled. The design and research develops a theoretically informed and sustainable approach to regenerating"lost space" and convert it into a positive architectural experience of place. 2014-09-17T12:15:48Z 2014-09-17T12:15:48Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters M.Arch (Prof) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7515 eng application/pdf School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Viljoen, Tanya A Centre for Design: Catalyst for Urban Regeneration in Salt River, Cape Town |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A Centre for Design: Catalyst for Urban Regeneration in Salt River, Cape Town |
| title_full | A Centre for Design: Catalyst for Urban Regeneration in Salt River, Cape Town |
| title_fullStr | A Centre for Design: Catalyst for Urban Regeneration in Salt River, Cape Town |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Centre for Design: Catalyst for Urban Regeneration in Salt River, Cape Town |
| title_short | A Centre for Design: Catalyst for Urban Regeneration in Salt River, Cape Town |
| title_sort | centre for design catalyst for urban regeneration in salt river cape town |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7515 |
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