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Bionic evolution
Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45285 Bionic evolution Barker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson) Edwards, Nikita Regeneration Post-industrial Resilience Place Mining UCTD Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014. Current toxic interactions between the systems of man, nature and machine in the diamond mining town of Cullinan are volatile and cannot be sustained. When the mine and the main economic system regress, how can the remaining dependent cultural and biophysical systems be sustained and what can Cullinan become after the demise of the machine? Impending deindustrialisation could mean that Cullinan will be silenced and its associated meaning and memory lost. The architecture of the Age of the Machine represents contemporary interactions between the biotic and bionic where industrial buildings, and the introverted town, reflect the dominance of the machine over nature. The objective of this dissertation is to set a precedent for place-responsive regenerative architecture within a post-mining context that is inspired by local nature and culture. An architecture that expresses a new co-evolving mutualistic relationship between the existing town and landscape (cultural and natural systems) will be considered. Programme: A local food hub The intention of this dissertation is to address the future shift of human communities and economic activities back to the alignment and synergy with life processes. A bionic evolution from the Age of the Machine, to the Age of Life is explored. Architecture MArch(Prof) Unrestricted 2015-05-26T08:46:37Z 2015-05-26T08:46:37Z 2014 2014 Mini Dissertation Edwards, N 2014, Bionic evolution, MArch(Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45285> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45285 en © 2015 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 University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Regeneration Post-industrial Resilience Place Mining UCTD Bionic evolution |
| title | Bionic evolution |
| title_full | Bionic evolution |
| title_fullStr | Bionic evolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bionic evolution |
| title_short | Bionic evolution |
| title_sort | bionic evolution |
| topic | Regeneration Post-industrial Resilience Place Mining UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45285 |