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Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City
Mini Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/78605 Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City Combrinck, Carin u15042482@tuks.co.za Muller, Gustav Du Bois, Morné UCTD Informal Urbanism Primary and Secondary structural systems Envelope Available Materials Hid- den Exposed Recycled materials Interactive materials. 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, 2020. Informal settlements sit at the transition between numerous dimensions of globalisation and political decisions. Although poverty plays a big role in the manifestations of informal settlements, it is more complex due to the human tendency to find resolution with living in the city. The problem when looking at the “solution” for informal settlements is by blaming the growth of it on simplistic “problems” because of political and civil state tendencies. Global governance promotes human rights yet on the other side of the spectrum aim to decrease informality and poverty causing a stigma of unworthiness towards people living in these settlements (Huchzermeyer 2011). Thus, this project aims to investigate the impact architecture has on informal urbanism and the legal boundaries surrounding it. Plastic View, an informal settlement situated amid the affluent eastern suburbs of Pretoria, South Africa, is presented as an example of how these policies that have been misinterpreted over a span of more than a decade, with little to no evidence of architectural engagement. Civil disobedience tests the statute and forms part of constitutionalism moving towards the process of effecting and affecting the law through any extra-legal action. The division between interior and exterior law is the foundations of all law (Finchett-Maddock & Lambert 2013). Architecture can be the best expression of the law and its organized system. Expression through urban development and spatial planning of informal settlements that will reconfigure the law by putting these settlements on the grid of property rights (Finchett-Maddock & Lambert 2013). Architecture becomes the physical embodiment of law (Karim 2018). Acting as the private realm the adjacent Moreleta NG church has initiated various socially engaged programmes which aims to uplift the community of Plastic view. Through the use of various design principles this project's architectural intentions is to activate the South Eastern boundary through seaming together both the private and public realm. Through the use of intimate and open public spaces, permeable inclusive spatial layouts allow for new opportunities for civil discourse between various social realms. By activating and occupying these various spaces, exclusive socio-legal and socio-spatial boundaries can be broken down. mi2026 Architecture MArch (Prof) Unrestricted SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2021-02-15T09:14:59Z 2021-02-15T09:14:59Z 2021-04 2020 Mini Dissertation Du Bois, M 2020, Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City, MArch (Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78605> A2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78605 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 Informal Urbanism Primary and Secondary structural systems Envelope Available Materials Hid- den Exposed Recycled materials Interactive materials. 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 Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City |
| title | Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City |
| title_full | Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City |
| title_fullStr | Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City |
| title_short | Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City |
| title_sort | towards an architecture of civil disobedience to reclaim informal settlements right to the city |
| topic | UCTD Informal Urbanism Primary and Secondary structural systems Envelope Available Materials Hid- den Exposed Recycled materials Interactive materials. 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/2263/78605 |