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Servant core in support of multi-functional service facilities
Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30056 Servant core in support of multi-functional service facilities Laubscher, Jacques don@gwastudio.co.za Gottsmann, Donovan Steel Servant Catalyst Services Informal Settlements Modular Tensile UCTD Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2010. Architecture is never complete. The theoretical discourse of the thesis explored the need of a building to change. This change is unpredictable, though expected. The project proposal within the informal context of Phumolong, Mamelodi, aimed to address this unavoidable nature of architecture. The focus of the project was to provide improved services within an informal settlement, whilst generating social upliftment. The thesis investigated the current and future requirements of the informal dweller. It explored the possibility of generating public space through the establishment of a catalyst. The connection of services and public amenities has been exploited to generate an environment where the building acts as generator and it supports social interaction. Inevitably the servant core provides implicit reasoning as renewed stimulus to public gathering. The project proposal addressed the integration of the informal user with a building system through the architectural process. This is achieved through phased development, investigating assembly and use of civic programmes. A quantitative approach towards the research was initially undertaken. However, the fluid nature of the informal settlement enthused a more qualitative approach. The need and right of the informal dweller to be served, and have access to public services and amenities justified the design proposal. The changing fabric, user, programme and needs of the community contribute to the rate of change of a building. The changing context of Phumolong required a flexible and adaptable design intervention allowing for future interpretation. These variables influenced architecture as a cognitive process. The design as a product within the realm of architecture represents the process of learning from the past, reacting to the present and preparing for the future. Ultimately the design intervention exists as an ongoing process of progressive change. Copyright Architecture unrestricted 2013-09-07T17:47:28Z 2010-04-26 2013-09-07T17:47:28Z 2009-11-25 2010-04-26 2010-02-17 Dissertation Gottsmann, D 2009, Servant core in support of multi-functional service facilitiesMArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30056 > C10/82/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30056 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02172010-164233/ © 2009, 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 | Steel Servant Catalyst Services Informal Settlements Modular Tensile UCTD Servant core in support of multi-functional service facilities |
| title | Servant core in support of multi-functional service facilities |
| title_full | Servant core in support of multi-functional service facilities |
| title_fullStr | Servant core in support of multi-functional service facilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Servant core in support of multi-functional service facilities |
| title_short | Servant core in support of multi-functional service facilities |
| title_sort | servant core in support of multi functional service facilities |
| topic | Steel Servant Catalyst Services Informal Settlements Modular Tensile UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30056 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02172010-164233/ |