- Title
- The design of a digital resource centre in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth
- Creator
- Bursey, Rowan
- Subject
- Community centers -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans Community centers -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Date Issued
- 2016
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MArch
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38874
- Identifier
- vital:35009
- Description
- This treatise is centered on the design of a digital resource centre in the township of Motherwell, Port Elizabeth. The building is concerned with providing a civic space which promotes access to and effective use of digital information and communication technologies. The treatise explores the issues and methods involved in the design of a public digital resource centre. The research starts with an investigation into the nature of public space and civic facilities within a South African township context before exploring the development of the library typology and its evolution in the digital age, while exploring the issues and processes involved in the design of a civic building in a township environment. The architectural design is seen as an appropriate response to the identified architectural issues. Relevant precedents are chosen based on the nature of these issues and the context in which they are situated. The buildings are analyzed in terms of these key issues and will thereby provide an understanding of the architectural identity of the civic building archetype. An understanding of the architectural typology and an analysis of relevant precedents leads to the identification of a set of site selection criteria which can be used to select an appropriate site within the Motherwell precinct. The nature of Motherwell and the identified issues related to the selected site are then investigated in order to develop a set of informants and constraints. Specific elements which are unique to the selected site are then investigated individually while using relevant precedents to establish an appropriate response to the issues involved. An appropriate architectural response is then developed through an understanding of the physical and spatial qualities of the building typology while also responding to the specific issues related to the site.
- Format
- viii, 141 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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