Space & event in contested territories: Public assembly through place-making tradition exploring tectonics and materials of the circular economy by Nunkoo, Abhinav

“…This design dissertation explores 'concept-form' by Tschumi (2010, pp. 15-19) who argues it is a generator of new conditions to freely inform or locate activities to generate events. Concept-form reflects a specific moment in a thought process when an architectural strategy becomes the generator for making buildings, Concept-form is about designing conditions rather than conditioning designs. …”
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Corporeal routes: climbing towards culture by Goodrich, Andre

“…Drawing on conversations with, and participant observation of rock climbers throughout 2003, I propose a model of spatial knowledge anchored in corporeal simulation rather than mental representation, and demonstrate the necessity of this conceptual shift by arguing that one's perception of the environment proceeds from the culturally inscribed and extended body, just as the body is imaginatively extended and inscribed in order to meet the requirements of effective and acceptable functioning in the context of a particular located activity.…”
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The repurposing of the Bellville Marshalling Yard: Achieving an spatially efficient and equitable Metropolitan Cape Town by Majoos, Dylan

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Plastic shrinkage cracking and other evaporation-related impairments in 3D printed and cast concrete by Moelich, Gerrit Marius

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