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Incremental Co-housing for the community of Mamelodi west

Mini Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2019.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/72578 Incremental Co-housing for the community of Mamelodi west Abre, Crafford u13090292@tuks.co.za Schmidt, Dirk Edward UCTD Co-housing Social housing Appropriation Intensification Incrementality Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-01 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 Mini Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2019. This dissertation questions the relevance of social housing in tradition-rich and low-income areas of South Africa. The aim is to analyse the appropriate way social housing should accommodate traditions and flexibility within its context while allowing for intensification without densification within the area. The current paradigm of social housing within South Africa will be analysed for its success and downfalls within similar existing housing projects in order to formulate a theoretical premise around the possibilities of South African intensification in the realm of housing. Some success can be seen in some of the ‘Hostels to homes’, but there is still little integration of semipublic facilitation and amenities (Joubert, 2009). Mamelodi West is the point of origin of the whole of Mamelodi and has a robust spatial legacy through its creation during the Apartheid era’s segregation housing strategies. The legacy has left Mamelodi west in a state of growth, decay and appropriation within the single suburb, with the suburban homes being privately upgraded and filled, the social housing being left to deteriorate and the open spaces allowing for economic appropriation. There is economic interest in the area and potential to prevent pendulum migration by making Mamelodi into an independent town, decentralised from Pretoria and other outer regions (The Social Housing Foundation, 2005:4-5). The dissertation intends to provide a social housing typology that offers a spectrum of spaces and places between the public realm and the private housing space that can accommodate existing critical interactions, trade and adaptable spaces. The focus of this proposal will be on the spatial conditions of the social, economic and cultural elements of the local context. Through theoretical and contextual enquiry, the study provides an understanding of the more profound roles that social housing should fulfil within its context and its potential to accommodate the contexts’ of community. mi2026 Architecture MArch (Prof) Unrestricted SDG-01: No poverty SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities 2019-12-10T09:25:35Z 2019-12-10T09:25:35Z 2020 2019 Mini Dissertation Schmidt, DE 2019, Incremental Co-housing for the community of Mamelodi west, MArch (Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72578> A2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72578 en © 2019 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 UCTD
Co-housing
Social housing
Appropriation
Intensification
Incrementality
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-01
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11
Incremental Co-housing for the community of Mamelodi west
title Incremental Co-housing for the community of Mamelodi west
title_full Incremental Co-housing for the community of Mamelodi west
title_fullStr Incremental Co-housing for the community of Mamelodi west
title_full_unstemmed Incremental Co-housing for the community of Mamelodi west
title_short Incremental Co-housing for the community of Mamelodi west
title_sort incremental co housing for the community of mamelodi west
topic UCTD
Co-housing
Social housing
Appropriation
Intensification
Incrementality
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-01
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72578