A rehabilitation centre for Soweto designing the social reintegration of ex-convicts
- Authors: Siziba, Billy
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Rehabilitation centers -- South Africa -- Soweto -- Designs and plans
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39087 , vital:35041
- Description: The aim of this study is to design a rehabilitation centre for parolees which will address the issues pertaining to the re-integration of ex-inmates into society reducing the chances of recidivism. It challenges the current methods and strategies implemented in correctional facilities in South Africa, their insufficiencies in rehabilitating criminals and preparing them for a return to society. A new solution to this social problem of crime and recidivism Is explored through this architectural thesis. This is achieved through providing an infrastructure with consistent methodologies that cater for unit operations using boot-camp rehabilitation, healthcare and vocational training provided all as a collaborative effort with the correctional services, municipal healthcare services and private N.G.O’s. An adaptive approach both in the program and architecture contributes to the objective of meaningful social re-integration. The research methodology implemented is a qualitative investigation, through the Interpretation of contemporary situations, various site visits, Interpretative sketches of existing structures, Technical analysis from firms. Interpretive and case study research is also used, as a background to the research body.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Siziba, Billy
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Rehabilitation centers -- South Africa -- Soweto -- Designs and plans
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39087 , vital:35041
- Description: The aim of this study is to design a rehabilitation centre for parolees which will address the issues pertaining to the re-integration of ex-inmates into society reducing the chances of recidivism. It challenges the current methods and strategies implemented in correctional facilities in South Africa, their insufficiencies in rehabilitating criminals and preparing them for a return to society. A new solution to this social problem of crime and recidivism Is explored through this architectural thesis. This is achieved through providing an infrastructure with consistent methodologies that cater for unit operations using boot-camp rehabilitation, healthcare and vocational training provided all as a collaborative effort with the correctional services, municipal healthcare services and private N.G.O’s. An adaptive approach both in the program and architecture contributes to the objective of meaningful social re-integration. The research methodology implemented is a qualitative investigation, through the Interpretation of contemporary situations, various site visits, Interpretative sketches of existing structures, Technical analysis from firms. Interpretive and case study research is also used, as a background to the research body.
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- Date Issued: 2017
The design of a new muncipal council chamber in central Port Elizabeth
- Authors: Cizek, Judy Ann
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Municipal buildings -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans , Architecture -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plan , Architecture -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39315 , vital:35078
- Description: The student protests in South Africa in 2015 and 2016 that called for ‘decolonisation’ sparked an interest in the contested heritage of a multi-cultural society. In the South African context, there are different experiences and perceptions of the past that have resulted in contested narratives that compete for dominance in the collective memory of society today. Colonialism and its ideologies have shaped the South African built environment, as well as the social construct. Colonialism may not still be an active agent today, but its legacy continues to filter into the lives of South Africans. Apartheid was an extreme extension of colonialist ideology. Since the dawn of South Africa’s democracy, the country has been in a state of post-regime hangover and faced with the task of building a new national identity. This treatise explores the notions of memory and identity to position the indigenous cultures of Southern Africa next to the dominance of colonial culture and to create a dialogue between the legacy of colonial built heritage and post-colonial national identity. Port Elizabeth is the ideal context in which to explore the realm of post-colonial identity in architecture, as it was the first major British settler town and formed the heart of British colonialism. The Old Post Office building complex in Port Elizabeth offers an opportunity for the explorations of postcolonial theory, as it is undoubtedly a colonial building and needs drastic intervention, which could allow more room for adaptation than a building that is in better condition. The building programme for the adaptive reuse of the Old Post Office building complex will be a new municipal council chamber and offices which will act as an extension to the Port Elizabeth city hall. The aim of this treatise is to design an appropriate architectural intervention for the Old Post Office building in Central Port Elizabeth. This architectural intervention must acknowledge and respect the colonial heritage but focus on being a post-colonial building of the future by becoming a useful and relevant place for the people of Central Port Elizabeth. This is achieved through understanding what it means to be postcolonial and what this means for architecture by understanding the spatial implications of colonial planning in Port Elizabeth, the spatial planning of indigenous South African statement patterns and the heritage laws and conservation principles. This will be done through literature reviews, spatial studies, interviews and precedent studies in order to find a strategy for designing a new municipal council chamber in for the Old Post Office building complex in Port Elizabeth.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Cizek, Judy Ann
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Municipal buildings -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans , Architecture -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plan , Architecture -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39315 , vital:35078
- Description: The student protests in South Africa in 2015 and 2016 that called for ‘decolonisation’ sparked an interest in the contested heritage of a multi-cultural society. In the South African context, there are different experiences and perceptions of the past that have resulted in contested narratives that compete for dominance in the collective memory of society today. Colonialism and its ideologies have shaped the South African built environment, as well as the social construct. Colonialism may not still be an active agent today, but its legacy continues to filter into the lives of South Africans. Apartheid was an extreme extension of colonialist ideology. Since the dawn of South Africa’s democracy, the country has been in a state of post-regime hangover and faced with the task of building a new national identity. This treatise explores the notions of memory and identity to position the indigenous cultures of Southern Africa next to the dominance of colonial culture and to create a dialogue between the legacy of colonial built heritage and post-colonial national identity. Port Elizabeth is the ideal context in which to explore the realm of post-colonial identity in architecture, as it was the first major British settler town and formed the heart of British colonialism. The Old Post Office building complex in Port Elizabeth offers an opportunity for the explorations of postcolonial theory, as it is undoubtedly a colonial building and needs drastic intervention, which could allow more room for adaptation than a building that is in better condition. The building programme for the adaptive reuse of the Old Post Office building complex will be a new municipal council chamber and offices which will act as an extension to the Port Elizabeth city hall. The aim of this treatise is to design an appropriate architectural intervention for the Old Post Office building in Central Port Elizabeth. This architectural intervention must acknowledge and respect the colonial heritage but focus on being a post-colonial building of the future by becoming a useful and relevant place for the people of Central Port Elizabeth. This is achieved through understanding what it means to be postcolonial and what this means for architecture by understanding the spatial implications of colonial planning in Port Elizabeth, the spatial planning of indigenous South African statement patterns and the heritage laws and conservation principles. This will be done through literature reviews, spatial studies, interviews and precedent studies in order to find a strategy for designing a new municipal council chamber in for the Old Post Office building complex in Port Elizabeth.
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- Date Issued: 2017
The design of a new school of architecture for Nelson Mandela University: resurrecting the desolated architecture student
- Authors: Meyer, Mareli
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: College buildings -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plan , Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University -- Buildings , Architecture -- Study and teaching -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39326 , vital:35082
- Description: The Nelson Mandela University (NMU) School of Architecture (SoA) has been operating on the top two floors of the Library building on the NMU South Campus for the past 40 years. Since 2005 Architectural technology and Interior Design have also been operating in the same space. It has become a concern that the space in which these three disciplines operate is not big enough for future growth. As a result, student intake is being capped and the plan to add an Urban and Regional Planning course cannot be executed because there is not enough space to expand. (Dark,2010) (Addendum A & B) This current situation has provided the foundations for the design of a new School of Architecture Building, which will provide adequate space for the future growth of the Department. Further investigation into the current facilities also raise issues of public integration, which becomes a driving idea behind the design of the new school. The research focuses on 1. A critique on architectural education and how spaces can be arranged and articulated to provide a vibrant studio based educational facility that is 2. Integrated into the public realm of a university campus. A Case Study on the existing School of architecture shows that the school has many good features that can be used to design the new school. It suggests that lecture halls can be used as a catalyst for public integration in architecture schools and the large flexible studio space that forms the heart of the school, creates a vibrant interactive learning space in which ideas and art is generated. A precedent study on existing architecture schools is used to establish what the nature of an architecture school is and how the architects have attempted to create well-functioning architecture schools. An Urban Master plan is presented to address the issue of dis-connectivity between the North and South campus of the university. The master plan proposes better connectivity between North and South Campus through a pedestrian boulevard that connects a new forecourt on North Campus to a forecourt on South Campus. The layout and zoning within the urban master plan suggests possible sites for the new structure, based on public activity and accessibility to address the issue of public integration. The SoA will form part of a new forecourt on North Campus which will be an agglomeration of building enclosing a public courtyard of which the Architecture department will form part in becoming the arts precinct on the University Campus. The space in which the current SoA is operating will be used for library facilities, this was the purpose of the space before it was allocated to the Architecture Department for “temporary use.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Meyer, Mareli
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: College buildings -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plan , Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University -- Buildings , Architecture -- Study and teaching -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39326 , vital:35082
- Description: The Nelson Mandela University (NMU) School of Architecture (SoA) has been operating on the top two floors of the Library building on the NMU South Campus for the past 40 years. Since 2005 Architectural technology and Interior Design have also been operating in the same space. It has become a concern that the space in which these three disciplines operate is not big enough for future growth. As a result, student intake is being capped and the plan to add an Urban and Regional Planning course cannot be executed because there is not enough space to expand. (Dark,2010) (Addendum A & B) This current situation has provided the foundations for the design of a new School of Architecture Building, which will provide adequate space for the future growth of the Department. Further investigation into the current facilities also raise issues of public integration, which becomes a driving idea behind the design of the new school. The research focuses on 1. A critique on architectural education and how spaces can be arranged and articulated to provide a vibrant studio based educational facility that is 2. Integrated into the public realm of a university campus. A Case Study on the existing School of architecture shows that the school has many good features that can be used to design the new school. It suggests that lecture halls can be used as a catalyst for public integration in architecture schools and the large flexible studio space that forms the heart of the school, creates a vibrant interactive learning space in which ideas and art is generated. A precedent study on existing architecture schools is used to establish what the nature of an architecture school is and how the architects have attempted to create well-functioning architecture schools. An Urban Master plan is presented to address the issue of dis-connectivity between the North and South campus of the university. The master plan proposes better connectivity between North and South Campus through a pedestrian boulevard that connects a new forecourt on North Campus to a forecourt on South Campus. The layout and zoning within the urban master plan suggests possible sites for the new structure, based on public activity and accessibility to address the issue of public integration. The SoA will form part of a new forecourt on North Campus which will be an agglomeration of building enclosing a public courtyard of which the Architecture department will form part in becoming the arts precinct on the University Campus. The space in which the current SoA is operating will be used for library facilities, this was the purpose of the space before it was allocated to the Architecture Department for “temporary use.
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- Date Issued: 2017
The design of international convention centre in Swakopmund, Namibia
- Authors: Zwart, Hendrikus Johannes
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Convention facilities -- Namibia -- Swakopmund -- Designs and plans Exhibition buildings -- Namibia -- Swakopmund -- Designs and plans
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39348 , vital:35133
- Description: This treatise is a study that concerns itself with the exploration into an international convention and exhibition centre for Namibia and the appropriate architectural response in terms of its program and context. Typically convention centres tend to be large introverted buildings, lacking an engagement with its surroundings and a true sense of place. The study will aim to capture the unique essence, identity, and the spirit of place, which will be key to the development of the brief and expression of the building. The investigation and analysis will bring about a design proposal that aims to respond to the relevant issues and topic of the treatise in a meaningful, sensible, and appropriate architectural manner.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Zwart, Hendrikus Johannes
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Convention facilities -- Namibia -- Swakopmund -- Designs and plans Exhibition buildings -- Namibia -- Swakopmund -- Designs and plans
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39348 , vital:35133
- Description: This treatise is a study that concerns itself with the exploration into an international convention and exhibition centre for Namibia and the appropriate architectural response in terms of its program and context. Typically convention centres tend to be large introverted buildings, lacking an engagement with its surroundings and a true sense of place. The study will aim to capture the unique essence, identity, and the spirit of place, which will be key to the development of the brief and expression of the building. The investigation and analysis will bring about a design proposal that aims to respond to the relevant issues and topic of the treatise in a meaningful, sensible, and appropriate architectural manner.
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- Date Issued: 2017
The design of a community health centre for Bethelsdorp
- Authors: Marais, Mariska
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Medical centers -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans Health facilities -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38841 , vital:35006
- Description: This treatise was inspired by concern about the well-being of the less fortunate and their poor living conditions in township environments in South Africa. The proposal is a design of a community health centre in the township of Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth. The intervention will act as a safe space between home and large-scale hospitals while creating a positive urban space within a monotonous environment. The treatise engages with the issues and methods related to the design of a community health centre in the township environment to inform the final design proposal. It starts with an investigation into the theories of urban structure and public spaces in South African townships, after which it explores the building type. The building type is investigated in terms of the healthcare system in South Africa (with its emphasis on Port Elizabeth) , and the interrogation of community health centres by means of analysing carefully chosen precedents. Lastly, the nature of townships and township architecture is explored to apply this to the context of Bethelsdorp and the direct area the centre will affect. The architectural design is the response based on the interrogation. The centre intends to help as many citizens as it can, by providing a variety of services in an area that it will help to be the official heart of Bethelsdorp.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Marais, Mariska
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Medical centers -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans Health facilities -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38841 , vital:35006
- Description: This treatise was inspired by concern about the well-being of the less fortunate and their poor living conditions in township environments in South Africa. The proposal is a design of a community health centre in the township of Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth. The intervention will act as a safe space between home and large-scale hospitals while creating a positive urban space within a monotonous environment. The treatise engages with the issues and methods related to the design of a community health centre in the township environment to inform the final design proposal. It starts with an investigation into the theories of urban structure and public spaces in South African townships, after which it explores the building type. The building type is investigated in terms of the healthcare system in South Africa (with its emphasis on Port Elizabeth) , and the interrogation of community health centres by means of analysing carefully chosen precedents. Lastly, the nature of townships and township architecture is explored to apply this to the context of Bethelsdorp and the direct area the centre will affect. The architectural design is the response based on the interrogation. The centre intends to help as many citizens as it can, by providing a variety of services in an area that it will help to be the official heart of Bethelsdorp.
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- Date Issued: 2017
The design of a student-resource centre in Central, Port Elizabeth
- Authors: Harmse, Kim
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Student unions -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans Architecture -- Designs and plans
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39065 , vital:35032
- Description: This study investigates the making of a Student-Resource Centre in Central, Port Elizabeth. The project evolved from the situation in Central, where there is an increase in the student demographic, due to the increase in registered students at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). This has resulted in a shortage of student housing on campus; and therefore many students are living in the inner city where housing is more affordable but transport to campus is still accessible. These students are decentralised from the main University Campus; and they do not share the same 24-hour access to NMMU facilities, as do those living on-campus, or in Summerstrand. This treatise proposes a student resource centre within Central, located near the highest density of students, to provide study facilities, off-campus student health services, off-campus computer facil-ities, student-connection spaces, as well as a link to the broader community through student-oriented retail/commercial facilities, such as printing/copy centres, food markets, laundry facilities et al., as well as providing additional student accommoda¬tion in the form of student flats. The primary design aim of this treatise, is to design a student resource centre that provides the decen¬tralised students in the inner city with equal access to the same standard of facilities as the students that reside on-campus and within the more expen¬sive area of Summerstrand, through the study and implementation of contemporary learning space theories that are relevant to the 21st Century Stu¬dent. Qualitative research methodologies were used, using both primary and secondary sources, in the methods, as laid out herein.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Harmse, Kim
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Student unions -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans Architecture -- Designs and plans
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39065 , vital:35032
- Description: This study investigates the making of a Student-Resource Centre in Central, Port Elizabeth. The project evolved from the situation in Central, where there is an increase in the student demographic, due to the increase in registered students at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). This has resulted in a shortage of student housing on campus; and therefore many students are living in the inner city where housing is more affordable but transport to campus is still accessible. These students are decentralised from the main University Campus; and they do not share the same 24-hour access to NMMU facilities, as do those living on-campus, or in Summerstrand. This treatise proposes a student resource centre within Central, located near the highest density of students, to provide study facilities, off-campus student health services, off-campus computer facil-ities, student-connection spaces, as well as a link to the broader community through student-oriented retail/commercial facilities, such as printing/copy centres, food markets, laundry facilities et al., as well as providing additional student accommoda¬tion in the form of student flats. The primary design aim of this treatise, is to design a student resource centre that provides the decen¬tralised students in the inner city with equal access to the same standard of facilities as the students that reside on-campus and within the more expen¬sive area of Summerstrand, through the study and implementation of contemporary learning space theories that are relevant to the 21st Century Stu¬dent. Qualitative research methodologies were used, using both primary and secondary sources, in the methods, as laid out herein.
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- Date Issued: 2017
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