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INbetween
Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24781 INbetween Van Rensburg, Rudolf Johannes suesmalberger@yahoo.com Bakker, Karel Anthonie Smalberger, Suzanne Faded boundaries Threshold Dualism Hillbrow Youth Separation Integration UCTD Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2007. ‘The non-dialectical mean between which extremes are suspended constitutes something like an interface, which is the condition of the possibility and impossibility of seemingly seamless systems and structures. When radically conceived, this interface extends beyond every margin of difference to ‘contaminate’ opposites that once seemed fixed.’ (Taylor 1997: 269) The site is positioned at the juxtaposition of: poor opposite rich, inviting opposite closed, dense urban fabric opposite sprawling suburban, exclusive opposite inclusive. Therefore the question arise: when dealing with an island placed amidst these contradictions, how do you include and acknowledge all? By providing for the one inevitably leads to the exclusion of the other, yet again reinforcing the legacy apartheid left South African urban environments. Therefore, the search for the INbetween informs the merging of these realms by means of a public park and recreational youth facility at the juxtaposition of these contrasting realms. The merge creates a dynamic tension between public / private, rich / poor, active / contemplative, movement / rest and inside / outside which informs the design philosophy. The architecture investigates the fading of boundaries. The design problem is a youth facility with recreational, educational and counselling functions, for youth living within the inner city area of Hillbrow, Houghton, Berea and Parktown. It is part of the City of Johannesburg’s Child Friendly City Initiative (CFCI) and will be managed by Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) operating in the area. Therefore, the centre will be a facility of which youth can take ownership of. A platform for ‘accidental’ interaction between the people from these different communities. The centre needs to provide opportunities and facilities that would entice, intrigue and motivate in order to resist the attraction of street life and drugs, through the provision of recreational activities, entertainment, educational facilities in the form of skills and entrepreneurial training, counseling and medical assistance. Architecture unrestricted 2013-09-06T18:23:13Z 2006-08-25 2013-09-06T18:23:13Z 2005-11-29 2007-08-25 2005-05-18 Dissertation Smalberger, S 2005, INbetween, MArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24781 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24781 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05182005-112412/ © 2005, 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. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Faded boundaries Threshold Dualism Hillbrow Youth Separation Integration UCTD INbetween |
| title | INbetween |
| title_full | INbetween |
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| title_short | INbetween |
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| topic | Faded boundaries Threshold Dualism Hillbrow Youth Separation Integration UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24781 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05182005-112412/ |