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Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo

Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2011.

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Other Authors: Bakker, Karel Anthonie
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/29807 Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo Bakker, Karel Anthonie deaconcatherine@yahoo.com Laubscher, Jacques Peres, Edna Deacon, Catherine D. Awesomeness Public transport Maputo UCTD Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2011. The chosen project stems from the broader context of Maputo as waterfront city. Increased industrial privatisation of the harbour strip adjacent to the city’s historic Baixa district led to the relocation of public functions, away from the downtown water’s edge and so disconnecting city life from the water. The potential of the city reconnecting to the water is thus latent. The dissertation responds to this potential by reintroducing a public program to the waterfront site. The building integrates with a greater urban vision for the precinct, whereby the industrial waterfront strip is reprogrammed with a layer of mixed use functions. A water-borne public transport node is the architectural typology to be explored. The architectural study aims to investigate the consolidation of currently fragmented water transport modes in one facility and so promote integration between different users and the public. Exploration also includes investigation of dualities and contrasts. Interaction between formal and informal trade, water and land transport, and international trends versus local influences are explored. The projected growth of the city further necessitates the expansion and improvement of water transport infrastructure. The proposed interchange connects all public water -borne modes of transport in Maputo, additionally establishing the link between the city and the water, and subsequently the downtown area with satellite suburbs around Maputo Bay. The design acknowledges the historic nature of the site and context, and adds an additional layer whilst responding to the richness of the existing in an environmentally sensitive manner. The social context of Maputo as a capital city in a developing country is another important consideration. The informal, public, transient nature of the context informs the design, juxtaposed against a first world, international business and tourism centre. The facility will aid in the reintegration of the waterfront with the city, effectively connecting it to other modes of transport. Architecture unrestricted 2013-09-07T16:43:59Z 2012-06-18 2013-09-07T16:43:59Z 2012-04-25 2011 2011-11-25 Dissertation Deacon, C 2011, Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo, MArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29807> C12/4/81/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29807 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11252011-120903/ en © 2011, 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 University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Awesomeness
Public transport
Maputo
UCTD
Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo
title Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo
title_full Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo
title_fullStr Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo
title_full_unstemmed Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo
title_short Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo
title_sort threshold between land and sea new waterborne transport node for the city of maputo
topic Awesomeness
Public transport
Maputo
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29807
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11252011-120903/