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The Purification Works

Mini Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2018.

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Other Authors: Vosloo, Pieter Tobias
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Language:English
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/63619 The Purification Works Vosloo, Pieter Tobias janpaul.duplessis@gmail.com Du Plessis, Jan-Paul Post-industrial Aquaculture Pollution UCTD Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-15 Mini Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2018. This dissertation aims to propose an appropriate architectural intervention within a site that requires both ecological restitution and the commemoration of industrial heritage. The Johannesburg Gasworks site serves as a clear example of how the Industrial Revolution and subsequent industrial technologies have both damaged the natural environment and left blighted legacies within ever developing urban conditions.The project aims to uphold the general significance of Industrial heritage as proposed by charters such as the Nizhny Tagil charter prepared by The International Council for the Commemoration of Industrial Heritage as well as the unique heritage significance of the Gasworks site. An appropriate theoretical framework and precedents are explored that reconcile the two seemingly opposing requirements of post-industrial sites - that of commemoration and ecological restitution. In post-industrial sites scarred by water, soil and air pollution, as well as dangerous or inaccessible places, maintaining an appreciation of heritage whilst employing the various rehabilitative actions required need to be balanced to ensure both. The project undertaken forms part of four schemes proposed for the site that aim to maintain the iconic identity of the Johannesburg Gasworks by proposing ecologically sensitive industries. These industries and interventions within the site aim to bring about urban resilience, site specific environmental rehabilitation as well as integration with the surrounding urban context. The proposed project for the site draws its program from global ecological issues as well as site specific heritage factors. The aim of scripting a new layer of intervention onto the Gas Works site is to make a legible reading between the site’s history and its ecologically resilient future legacy. mi2025 Architecture MArch(Prof) Unrestricted SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production SDG-15: Life on land 2018-01-18T12:09:09Z 2018-01-18T12:09:09Z 2018 2018 Mini Dissertation du Plessis, J 2018, The Purification Works, MArch(Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63619> A2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63619 en © 2018 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 Post-industrial
Aquaculture
Pollution
UCTD
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-15
The Purification Works
title The Purification Works
title_full The Purification Works
title_fullStr The Purification Works
title_full_unstemmed The Purification Works
title_short The Purification Works
title_sort purification works
topic Post-industrial
Aquaculture
Pollution
UCTD
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-15
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63619