- Title
- Investigating the Buddhist Monastery as Type through The Design of a Vihara in Pinelands, Cape Town
- Creator
- Van Zyl, Adam
- Subject
- Buddhist monasteries -- Pinelands -- Cape Town
- Subject
- Buddhist architecture -- Pinelands -- Cape Town
- Date Issued
- 2020-09
- Date
- 2020-09
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/59160
- Identifier
- vital:60269
- Description
- This treatise begins with an interest in the architectural typology of the Vihara - the Buddhist monastery. Through an investigation of the monastery type, an appropriate theoretical lens is identified. The core architectural function of the monastery is the creation of sacred space. Four constituent elements of sacred space are identified and are taken throughout the treatise as a set of values through which investigation is directed and design decisions are made. Through investigation of the typical monastery context, it becomes possible to identify an appropriate site. An urban farmland in Cape Town, in the heart of the South African Buddhist community is identified. Design drivers emerge through researching mapping and visiting the site. It is through a synthesis of all the information learned, that a single, core gesture is developed. The aim is to design a building to serve the local monastic Buddhist community.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment, and Technology, 2020
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (150 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment, and Technology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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