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An Urban Place of Education
Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/32778 An Urban Place of Education Botes, Nico Barker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson) Visagie, Linelle Educational building Mixed use Adaptive reuse Urban building Thresholds and transitions Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014. How do we introduce new buildings in complex urban environments? Urbanist Jan Gehl (2010:97) argues that rapid developments in building technologies, social and economical sciences have resulted in an unprecedented amount of urban areas transforming into stand alone buildings. This phenomenon describes the shifting focus of architectural ideals from masterfully detailed buildings nested in an urban context to monstrous rapidly-erected ‘visionary’ districts. The voids of the city, generally disregarded and under appreciated in the greater context of Pretoria CBD, are taken as the containers of contextually relevant informants which can be extracted and utilised in a contextual response to site. Due to the vague nature of these empty spaces, they provide opportunities for new processes to unfold. By treating unprogrammed and ancillary space with the same importance as programmed space, the architecture does not stand alone, but exists in a symbiotic relationship with its surroundings, achieving a truly contextual response. The objective of the thesis is to identify the emergent processes which are occurring on the site on the corner of Paul Kruger and Struben Street - a void rooted in the gaps of existing institutions. Once identified, these processes are then extrapolated and transformed to be utilised as tools for catalytic changes, resisting a strategic approach to regeneration. The result of the contextual understanding is realised in the design of an urban place of education, borrowing from existing processes and providing an enriching layer to the urban environment. Architecture Unrestricted 2013-12-10T08:41:19Z 2013-12-10T08:41:19Z 2014-04 2014-04 Dissertation Visagie, L 2013, An Urban Place of Education, MArch(Prof) Mini dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32778> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32778 en © 2014 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 University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Educational building Mixed use Adaptive reuse Urban building Thresholds and transitions An Urban Place of Education |
| title | An Urban Place of Education |
| title_full | An Urban Place of Education |
| title_fullStr | An Urban Place of Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Urban Place of Education |
| title_short | An Urban Place of Education |
| title_sort | urban place of education |
| topic | Educational building Mixed use Adaptive reuse Urban building Thresholds and transitions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32778 |