- Title
- The design of a forensic psychiatric facility in George, Western Cape
- Creator
- Swanpoel, Keila
- Subject
- Mental health facilities -- South Africa -- Designs and plans
- Subject
- Mental health facilities-- South Africa--Designs and plans
- Date Issued
- 2021-12
- Date
- 2021-12
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/58585
- Identifier
- vital:59934
- Description
- This study proposes a 21st-century asylum for the criminally insane where the aim of the study is to investigate the interface between mental health and the criminal justice system sectors and how architectural design can have an influence on the psychological reaction of patients in the built environment. The problem faced with criminally insane people is that they do not al - ways have the ideal environment to go to when they seek help. Criminally insane patients used to be housed in asylums with inhumane living con - ditions. Basic research is done to achieve a theoretical solution for the problem being faced and applied research is conducted to solve the problem on a practical level by developing techniques to initiate a project on a technical and practical level. Through the design, a safe sanctuary and an ideal environment for the mentally placeless in society for long-term stay, should be achieved. These patients who cannot live a normal daily life on their own without help and treatment, while there is a need for a form of incarceration on a humane level, where they can feel part of society and that their built environment can make a difference.
- Description
- Thesis (MArch)-- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Technology, School of Architecture, 2021
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (50 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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