- Title
- Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Pretoria
- Creator
- Smith, Jan-Willem Christiaan
- Subject
- Embassy buildings -- South Africa -- Pretoria -- Design Architecture, Modern -- 21st century
- Subject
- Historic buildings -- South Africa --Pretoria
- Date Issued
- 2016
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/15400
- Identifier
- vital:28239
- Description
- This treatise aims to demonstrate an understanding of the complexities involved in the design of a German Embassy in Pretoria, in terms of technicality and identity. Programmatic requirements will be considered, with an emphasis on creating the maximum level of security against any reasonable threat. The identity of the embassy will also be considered through the lens of a symbolic aesthetic that must be reconciled with the embassy’s physical and symbolic context. At a time of increasing cultural homogenisation and growing sameness within an ever more interconnected world, this treatise will explore the problem of creating a unique physical expression of German cultural and political identity. This aim exists in tension with the growing fluidity and porosity of cultural identity at the present moment, and the research herein therefore seeks to articulate a new vision of cultural identity that can coexist with globalisation without losing its own specificity. In essence, an attempt will be made to give a concrete expression to cultural identity and move beyond preconceptions of this idea.
- Format
- xii, 76 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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