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Negotiating the future city: cataloguing consequential spontaneity in the static city

Mini Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2021

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/83339 Negotiating the future city: cataloguing consequential spontaneity in the static city Devenish, Paul delanikriek@gmail.com Combrink, Carin Kriek, Delani architecture urban design urbanism spatial justice home affairs post office plastic view moreleta park pretoria spontaneous urban settlements migrant settling SLOAP (Space(s) Left Over After Planning) City of Tshwane city planning suburbia future cities kinetic cities kinetic urban currents rapid urbanisation system D Participatory Action Research (PAR) hyper-densification urban press disturbance circular material flow alternative urbanism consequential geography urban acupuncture UCTD 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, 2021 The exclusionary landscape of Moreleta Park is defined by SLOAP (Space(s) Left Over After Planning) and can be viewed as a hyper-densified trope of South Africa’s tense suburban state – and of its possible future (Creswell 2013). Empty pockets of land (aiding in the increasing emergence of spontaneous urban settlements) create barriers between isolated developments and the only planned attempt at stitching these suburban islands together exists in the form of wide roadways (City of Tshwane 2018). The main objectives of this study are to address root issues instead of symptoms of root problems, recognise the legitimacy of kinetic urban currents and ultimately, mitigate spatial injustice in suburbia through decentralised, prototypical built forms (Roy 2005; Mehrotra 2008 and Hamdi 2010). In response to these objectives, the role of the architect in this study, is one of facilitator, anticipator and technifier - working alongside community members to valorise local skills, materials and knowledge systems in order to enable a self-sustaining urban future. It is argued that the multi-scaler spatial response proposed by this study has the ability to articulate the dialogue between the static and kinetic cities – revealing spatial connections and other means of mitigation. This study visualises that it is crucial for the static city to engage with kinetic urbanism and absorb crucial parts of the kinetic city, so that essential socio-economic principles can be shared between the formal and informal city, expanding networks and connections to increase the overall resilience of Moreleta Park. The kinetic city shows the importance of a needed systemic shift, from consumption driven development to the creation of value and value chain based networks (Meagher 2018). Architecture as a method of articulation provides, through its immersive design process and outcomes, a platform for mitigation - whereby negotiations between polarised users can be facilitated. Through this method it is revealed that collective and accretive knowledge systems have the potential to translate theory to structure - and eventual syntax of design. UP Postgraduate Bursary for Masters and Doctoral students mi2026 Architecture MArch (Prof) Unrestricted SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities 2022-01-18T07:50:33Z 2022-01-18T07:50:33Z 2022 2021 Mini Dissertation * A2022 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83339 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 architecture
urban design
urbanism
spatial justice
home affairs
post office
plastic view
moreleta park
pretoria
spontaneous urban settlements
migrant settling
SLOAP (Space(s) Left Over After Planning)
City of Tshwane
city planning
suburbia
future cities
kinetic cities
kinetic urban currents
rapid urbanisation
system D
Participatory Action Research (PAR)
hyper-densification
urban press disturbance
circular material flow
alternative urbanism
consequential geography
urban acupuncture
UCTD
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11
Negotiating the future city: cataloguing consequential spontaneity in the static city
title Negotiating the future city: cataloguing consequential spontaneity in the static city
title_full Negotiating the future city: cataloguing consequential spontaneity in the static city
title_fullStr Negotiating the future city: cataloguing consequential spontaneity in the static city
title_full_unstemmed Negotiating the future city: cataloguing consequential spontaneity in the static city
title_short Negotiating the future city: cataloguing consequential spontaneity in the static city
title_sort negotiating the future city cataloguing consequential spontaneity in the static city
topic architecture
urban design
urbanism
spatial justice
home affairs
post office
plastic view
moreleta park
pretoria
spontaneous urban settlements
migrant settling
SLOAP (Space(s) Left Over After Planning)
City of Tshwane
city planning
suburbia
future cities
kinetic cities
kinetic urban currents
rapid urbanisation
system D
Participatory Action Research (PAR)
hyper-densification
urban press disturbance
circular material flow
alternative urbanism
consequential geography
urban acupuncture
UCTD
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10
Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83339