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A spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion : an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist Pretoria
Mini Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/53352 A spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion : an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist Pretoria Botes, Nico Burger, Marlette UCTD spatial insurgent Urban cohesion Panacea Megalomania Modernist Pretoria Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-16 Mini Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2015. Pretoria has a complex history; a contested social legacy and a rich physical context. It was severely modernised in the 1960s, destroying and discarding many of these narratives. The consequences of those decisions left us with a city devoid of a healthy street life; a city lacking comfortable public spaces; a city for buildings, not a city for people. The city belongs to however has power, whether political or financial. It does not belong to the dweller. The city became a means to exert power. As hegemonies change its pendulum effect can be seen in the city. Building projects are used to strengthen the ideologies of each regime. It this battle of who owns the city the rich narrative of Pretoria is lost. This project interrogates the site physically, historically and socially to get to the essence of what makes this place unique; to get to the basic elements that make it A place and not just ANY place. It also looks at theoretical approaches and precedents that give evidence of similar urban challenges and their appropriate responses. The essential site conditions are clearly demarcated and became the design drivers. Th e design drivers are: Th e site in its physical and historical context; the existing programmes; as well as systems needed for a sustainable intervention. Through a process of analysis and design the concept originated from the meeting of two conditions on site. The one condition is the built fabric and the other condition is the urban forest. The meeting of the two become the threshold not only between the two conditions but also between the inside and the outside of the new public square. The structure acts as a stoep into the city, a structure that is both a wall and an entrance. This concept is taken through to the detail level. It aims to not only connect the urban and the built conditions but also the myriad of loosely scattered programmes in the vicinity. It intends to bring them together through the augmentation of the existing programmes into an identifiable, cohesive public space. tm2016 mi2025 Architecture MArch(Prof) Unrestricted SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2016-06-22T13:55:33Z 2016-06-22T13:55:33Z 2015 Mini Dissertation Burger, M 2015, A spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion : an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist Pretoria, MArch(Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53352> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53352 en © 2016 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 | UCTD spatial insurgent Urban cohesion Panacea Megalomania Modernist Pretoria Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-16 A spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion : an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist Pretoria |
| title | A spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion : an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist Pretoria |
| title_full | A spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion : an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist Pretoria |
| title_fullStr | A spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion : an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist Pretoria |
| title_full_unstemmed | A spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion : an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist Pretoria |
| title_short | A spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion : an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist Pretoria |
| title_sort | spatial insurgent as device for urban cohesion an opportunistic panacea against the megalomania of modernist pretoria |
| topic | UCTD spatial insurgent Urban cohesion Panacea Megalomania Modernist Pretoria Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53352 |