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Stitching the disconnect: How light infrastructure can become a connecting bridge to the fragmented village of Mpaka
Mini-Dissertation (MArch)-University of Pretoria 2021
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/83354 Stitching the disconnect: How light infrastructure can become a connecting bridge to the fragmented village of Mpaka Qaqamba, Makula u12074561@tuks.co.za Arthur, Baker Mkhabela, Sifiso CPD Continuing practice development 810 UCTD Agrarian urbanism Light infrastructure Development framework Local vernacular Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 Mini-Dissertation (MArch)-University of Pretoria 2021 It is projected that by the year 2050, over 60% of the world’s population will be living in cities . General studies have shown that rural-urban migration leads to urban gentrification. Such issues, in turn, cause urban sprawl, as low-income earners – due to increasing living expenses – drift towards urban fringes. The idea of densifying urban centres in a bid to create sustainable cities therefore remains a topic for debate. This presented study, thus, begins with a literature review on Frank Lloyd Wright’s broad acre city, based on agrarian urbanism, in order to critique the current urban densification, as per Gray. The study then builds a case for a sustainable socio-economic development framework, situated in a rural setting, through light and regenerative infrastructure. A mixed-methods approach (i.e., the use of both qualitative and quantitative research methods) is adopted to both measure and analyse data collected at Mpaka Village, located in the Kingdom of Eswatini, so as to identify key factors that cause urban migration. Since Mpaka is cultured in subsistence farming, the idea of agrarian urbanism is investigated in an attempt to create a circular economy that can, over time, grow into large-scale commercial farming. The research further investigates, through secondary sources, the motifs of traditional and cultural knowledge systems (i.e., spatial meanings, spatial hierarchies, thresholds, structural expressions, and envelopes) that could potentially drive form and place-making in the creation of sustainable socio-spatial conditions, in line with Nkambule. In all, this study aims to adapt the noted principles as a means to create interconnections that stitch together the fragmented Mpaka community . mi2026 Architecture MArch Unrestricted SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities 2022-01-18T08:03:38Z 2022-01-18T08:03:38Z 2022-05-18 2021 Mini Dissertation * S2021 A2022 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83354 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 application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | CPD Continuing practice development 810 UCTD Agrarian urbanism Light infrastructure Development framework Local vernacular Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 Stitching the disconnect: How light infrastructure can become a connecting bridge to the fragmented village of Mpaka |
| title | Stitching the disconnect: How light infrastructure can become a connecting bridge to the fragmented village of Mpaka |
| title_full | Stitching the disconnect: How light infrastructure can become a connecting bridge to the fragmented village of Mpaka |
| title_fullStr | Stitching the disconnect: How light infrastructure can become a connecting bridge to the fragmented village of Mpaka |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stitching the disconnect: How light infrastructure can become a connecting bridge to the fragmented village of Mpaka |
| title_short | Stitching the disconnect: How light infrastructure can become a connecting bridge to the fragmented village of Mpaka |
| title_sort | stitching the disconnect how light infrastructure can become a connecting bridge to the fragmented village of mpaka |
| topic | CPD Continuing practice development 810 UCTD Agrarian urbanism Light infrastructure Development framework Local vernacular Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83354 |