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Vitality square - creating a healthy environment in the Pretoria CBD
Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30204 Vitality square - creating a healthy environment in the Pretoria CBD Van Rensburg, Rudolf Johannes alet.verster@gmail.com White, G.T. (Gary) Verster, Alet Nature Pallasmaa Health Pretoria cbd Wellbeing Ando UCTD Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2010. This thesis deals with the creation of holistically healthy environments in an urban context. The Pretoria Central Business District (CBD) is the focus area, as this is where many people spend their working hours in offices. This thesis proposes a vitality centre where healthy environments and healthy lifestyles are made available to these workers. This should become an urban oasis which caters to the vitality of the mind, body and spirit. The hypothesis argues that the problems associated with unhealthy environments in buildings can be alleviated through the connection of people with nature and its forces. The focus is not only on the physical, but also on the metaphysical quality of architecture and its influence on the user. The four elements of nature (light, air, earth and water) are invited into the building. Their associative qualities are exploited to create an awareness of the presence of nature, even in an urban context. On a physical level, this association implies the use of natural light, natural ventilation and contact with nature in the built environment. Architecture unrestricted 2013-09-07T18:17:33Z 2010-07-16 2013-09-07T18:17:33Z 2010-04-23 2010-07-16 2009-12-07 Dissertation Verster, A 2009, Vitality square - creating a healthy environment in the Pretoria CBD, MArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30204 > C10/105/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30204 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12072009-234316/ © 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 application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Nature Pallasmaa Health Pretoria cbd Wellbeing Ando UCTD Vitality square - creating a healthy environment in the Pretoria CBD |
| title | Vitality square - creating a healthy environment in the Pretoria CBD |
| title_full | Vitality square - creating a healthy environment in the Pretoria CBD |
| title_fullStr | Vitality square - creating a healthy environment in the Pretoria CBD |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vitality square - creating a healthy environment in the Pretoria CBD |
| title_short | Vitality square - creating a healthy environment in the Pretoria CBD |
| title_sort | vitality square creating a healthy environment in the pretoria cbd |
| topic | Nature Pallasmaa Health Pretoria cbd Wellbeing Ando UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30204 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12072009-234316/ |