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Portfolio of original compositions

  • Authors: Nabal, Ruhan
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Composition (Music) , Music -- South Africa , Piano music , Marimba music
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/45569 , vital:38671
  • Description: This Orchestral Suite was inspired by the art illustrations fromBrian Froud’s book ‘Good Faeries Bad Faeries’, where each piece in the suite represents a drawing from his book, portraying three good faeries and three bad and is in many ways a tone poem. Each piece calls for different orchestration to create individual colour to make each piece unique. Permission was not consented to include the drawings. The line-up is as follows: I. Waters of Wisdom – Overture to the faerie realm (good) II. The Thoughts of the Melancholic Faerie – She contemplates of past and present (bad) III. A Banshee Passing – the idea of death as coming unknowingly and going quietly (bad) IV. Introduction to Faerie Lilu – clearing the mist V. The Faerie Lilu – the provocateur of restlessness – she inspires wild dreams, lost fantasies and gives artists their sparks of genius (bad) VI. A Cluster of Hedgerow Pixies – They are very mischievous – in a (good) way. VII. The Dance of the Oboe Faerie – a Finale (good). While he dances, he also sings of the faerie realm. A number of composers inspired me to pursue such a work, and firstly G. Holst has left his mark on me. The first and sixth movement was inspired by the ‘Planets’. The fifth movement is actually in homage to the French composer Frank Martin with the composition ‘Petite symphonie’ where he displays the piano and harpsichord – as I have done. The second and third movements are attempts to portray film music, such as composers H. Zimmerman and D.Elfman. The last movement has many neo-classical elements displayed and I. Stravinsky had a notable influence on this piece. All the composers mentioned here have contributed in more than one piece at some point in time. The theme of the work, the magical theme, always makes me reminisce my childhood where I would in amazement wonder about my grandmothers glorious garden in search of all that is magical, and composing this took me back to that time of innocent, child-like wonder
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Portfolio of original compositions

  • Authors: Nabal, Ruhan
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Composition (Music) Music -- South Africa Suites (Orchestra , Piano music Marimba music
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23858 , vital:30630
  • Description: This Orchestral Suite was inspired by the art illustrations from Brian Froud’s book ‘Good Faeries Bad Faeries’, where each piece in the suite represents a drawing from his book, portraying three good faeries and three bad and is in many ways a tone poem. Each pieces calls for different orchestration to create individual colour to make each piece unique. Permission was not consented to include the drawings. The line-up is as follows:I. Waters of Wisdom – Overture to the faerie realm (good)II. The Thoughts of the Melancholic Faerie – She contemplates ofpast and present (bad)III. A Banshee Passing – the idea of death as coming unknowingly and going quietly (bad)IV. Introduction to Faerie Lilu – clearing the mist V. The Faerie Lilu – the provocateur of restlessness – she inspires wild dreams, lost fantasies and gives artists their sparks of genius (bad) VI. A Cluster of Hedgerow Pixies – They are very mischievous – in a (good) way.VII. The Dance of the Oboe Faerie – a Finale (good). While he dances, he also sings of the faerie realm.A number of composers inspired me to pursue such a work, and firstly G. Holst has left his mark on me. The first and sixth movement was inspired by the ‘Planets’. The fifth movement is actually in homage to the French composer Frank Martin with the composition ‘Petite symphonie’ where he displays the piano and harpsichord – as I have done. The second and third movements are attempts to portray film music, such as composers H. Zimmerman and D.Elfman. The last movement has many neo-classical elements displayed and I. Stravinsky had a notable influence on this piece. All the composers mentioned here have contributed in more than one piece at some point in time.The theme of the work, the magical theme, always makes me reminisce my childhood where I would in amazement wonder about my grandmothers glorious garden in search of all that is magical, and composing this took me back to that time of innocent, child-like wonder.
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Problems of competence and equivalence in the translation of Sesotho home language workbooks for the intermediate phase in the Department of Basic Education

  • Authors: Hlapisi, Kefuoe Cricolia
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Sotho language -- Study and teaching (Primary) Sotho language --Grammar Sotho language
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/22321 , vital:29943
  • Description: The objective of this research is to investigate the problems of competence and equivalence in the translation of Sesotho Home Language (SHL) workbooks for the Intermediate Phase in the South African Department of Basic Education (SADBE). Their main objective is to develop leaners’ language skills. These workbooks were originally in English Home Language and were translated into SHL. However, the flouting of Sesotho language grammatical rules, errors and mistakes in these SHL workbooks are failing to fulfil the main objective of “language skills development”. This study uses the qualitative research method and has done a random collection of data from Terms 1 and 2, all referred to as Book 1. The random collection is meant to enhance the reliability and validity of the data that is further enhanced by an analysis of similar data collected from each Book 1 of Grades 4 to 6. Some of the findings include language errors and mistakes that include the use of a foreign language, non-equivalence between the source language and the target language, failure to understand the context in which lexical items are used and evidence of linguistic incompetence in Sesotho. Suggestions are made on how to improve this situation in order to fulfill the objectives that are envisaged by the SADBE. KAKARETSO Sepheo sa dipatlisiso tsena ke ho etsa diphuputso tse tebileng ka boiphihlelo ba ho fana ka phetolelo ya dibuka tsa tshebetso tsa Puo ya Lapeng ya Sesotho (PLS) le ho fana ka moelelo o tshwanang wa phetolelo Mokgahlelong wa ba Hare, Lefapheng la Thuto ya Motheo Afrika la Borwa (LTMA). Sepheo sa tsona se ka sehlohong ke ho ntlafatsa bokgoni ba baithuti puong. Dibuka tsena sethathong di ne di ngotswe ka Puo ya Sekgowa ya Lapeng mme tsa fetolelwa ho PLS. Leha ho le jwalo, ho kwekwetla melao ya kerama ya Sesotho le diphoso tse dibukeng tsena tsa tshebetso tsa PLS di entse hore di hlolehe ho phethahatsa morero wa ho “ntlafatsa bokgoni ba ntlafatso ya puo”. Thuto ena ya dipatlisiso e sebedisitse dipatlisiso tse sebetsang ka boleng mme ho bile ho sebedisitswe le pokeletso ya dintlha ka mokgwa o sa lateleng tsela e ikgethileng dibukeng tsa Kotara ya 1 le Tsohle di tsebahaditswe e le Buka ya Kgetho ena ya dintlha ka mokgwa o sa lateleng tsela e ikgethileng, e etseditswe ho matlafatsa botshepehi le bonnete ba dintlha mme ya boela ya matlafatswa ke tshekatsheko ya dintlha tse tshwanang tse bokeletsweng Bukeng ka nngwe ya 1 Kereiting ya. ho isa ho Tse ding tsa tse fumanehileng dipatlisisong di kenyeletsa diphoso tse amang tshebediso ya pou ya baditjhaba, ho fapana ha moelelo pakeng tsa puo e fetolelwang le eo ho fetolelwang ho yona, ho hloka bokgoni ba kutlwisiso ya boemo boo mantswe a sebedisitsweng ho bona le bopaki ba tlhokeho ya bokgoni ba kutlwisiso e tebileng ya puo ya Sesotho. Ditlhahiso di entswe ka moo ho ka ntlafatswang maemo ana e le ho phethahatsa sepheo se neng se reruwe ke LTMA.
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Staff perceptions of workplace bullying in a South African higher education institution

  • Authors: Adesemowo, Bosede Olaitan
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Bullying in the workplace , Harassment Work environment
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23404 , vital:30539
  • Description: During the past decade bullying has received growing attention in organizational research. Workplace bullying is a complex phenomenon with a variety of situational, dispositional and systemic influences and it has been defined as “status-blind interpersonal hostility that is deliberate, repeated and sufficiently severe as to harm the targeted person's health or economic status” (Namie, 2003:3). A literature overview revealed the destructive consequences of bullying, such as trauma, suicide, depression, anxiety, stress, lowered self-esteem, anger and a lessening of productivity for both the individuals and the organizations concerned. This study presents the perceptions of staff members, in the form of recognized trade union representatives, of workplace bullying at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. The theoretical framework that informed the study comprised the dispositional and the ecological model that emphasised Ubuntu and the cultural values of the University. The research approach was carried out through qualitative and exploratory methods. Through primary and secondary data collection, a purposive sample of semi-structured interviews was collected in the context of the aim and the objectives of the study. It analysed the importance of an anti-bullying policy, management styles, power imbalances, the impact of bullying on staff and institution health and explored the existing supportive systems that deal with grievances procedures. This study concludes with concrete evidence that workplace bullying existed in Nelson Mandela University and there were no policies to effect control over perpetrators’ acts. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations are made regarding a strategy on how management can effectively address bullying complaints without prejudice and discrimination, such as an anti-bullying policy, and creating continuous awareness of the phenomenon.
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Tanzania’s mediation process in the conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi parties in Burundi 1993 -2005: a mediation perspective

  • Authors: Kanuwa, Juma Mabasa
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Mediation -- Tanzania , Mediation -- Burundi Conflict management -- Tanzania Conflict management -- Burundi Hutu (African people) -- Burundi
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , DPhil
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/30671 , vital:31011
  • Description: The goal of this research was to examine Tanzania’s mediation process in the conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi parties in Burundi from 1993 to 2005, from a mediation theoretical perspective. To achieve this, a critical paradigm was used as the way to view the mediation process in the Great Lakes Region. The study also aimed at attaining a grounded theoretical understanding of the topic under study, including an in depth understanding of Tanzania’s history in conflict resolution, the historical causes of Burundi’s deep-rooted social conflict, theories of conflict and conflict resolution, third party intervention and mediation theories and perspectives. This study is underpinned by Bercovitch’s Mediation Framework and its quest for problem-solving. It is a qualitative study that used documentary review, individual interviews and focus group interviews as data-gathering instruments. The selection of the study sample was carried out according to a purposive approach. The data was collected from minutes of meetings, verbatim reports, letters, journals, books, individual interviews and focus group interviews. The findings of the study culminated in three major findings which are: the finding of the first research question on Tanzania’s mediation process that Tanzania’s motivation for mediating stemmed from its traditional foreign policy, the effectiveness of the intervention stemmed from its sound understanding of the root causes of the conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi and because the parties retained ownership of the mediation process. Other success factors were due to the third-party collaboration with International Organizations, and the use of a transformative mediation approach. The finding in respect of the second research question comparing Tanzania’s mediation process with the mediation perspectives of Bercovitch and Burton was that there were similarities which were based on their assumptions in respect of social conflict, responses to conflict, the objectives of mediation, the role of mediator, the mediation action itself, the focus of mediator, timing of mediation and the success of mediation. With regards to the third question, the findings proposed improvements in respect of vii professionalism of the mediator, a change of mediation culture and attitude, the personality of mediators, diplomatic support for mediation and the institutionalisation and consolidation of conflict management. The study concluded by proposing a Professional Integration Mediation Practice (PIMP) framework. The PIMP framework was developed, based on the findings of the study, and anticipates the provision of guidance to mediators and facilitators on the use of a more Professional Integration Mediation Practice approach to facilitate a positive mediation process. The PIMP framework further provides a range of advantages in the process of conflict resolution with respect to deep–rooted social conflict. However, there is a need for agreement of international organizations on the use of professional mediators and facilitators in a mediation process. The PIMP framework can go a long way to effectively resolve deep–rooted social conflicts with the appropriate support of international organisations, and the international community as a whole.
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The child support grant on mother’s labour market participation: a case of New Brighton and Kwazakhele townships

  • Authors: Maqubela, Vuyokazi
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Child support -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Income maintenance programs -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth Women in development -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth Blacks -- Women -- Employment -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MPA
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/22640 , vital:30042
  • Description: The study examined the impact of non-labour income, in the form of the Child Support Grant, on a mother's labour market participation. The key question aimed to determine whether the Child Support Grant had a positive or negative impact on grant beneficiaries in accessing paid work and income. The primary focus of this study is on the impact that cash transfers have on recipients’ labour market participation. The focus is on these women, mainly to identify the causal effect of receiving a child support grant on their labour market participation. Location of focus was the New Brighton and Kwa Zakhele townships, since they have the highest number of social grant beneficiaries in Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality. An analysis of 101 questionnaires reveals that most of the grant recipients are either unemployed or underemployed. These beneficiaries do understand that the grant is meant to provide for the needs of the child concerned; however, because of their socioeconomic circumstances, the beneficiaries utilize the grant for other household purposes. Many of the respondents are actively job seeking but do not utilize the money for job seeking purposes; they mostly utilize it for household expenditure like groceries and electricity. The descriptive method was used to analyze the data and to find responses to the research questions and objectives. The results showed that the determinants of labour market participation by this group are multiple: for example, behavioral, loss of hope of ever finding a job, skills shortage or lack of work experience, lack of qualifications, and so on. Secondly, lack of government support for those who are keen to start self-generating projects leads to further despondency among those trying to find ways and means of generating income.
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The design of a 21st century headquarters for the Transnet National Ports Authority in the port of East London

  • Authors: Ramjee, Neche'
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Harbors -- South Africa -- East London -- Design and construction Marine terminals -- Design and construction National Ports Authority of South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23801 , vital:30621
  • Description: Ports form part of an international global network that facilitates trade and economic growth. This thesis is born out of interest in communicating economic prosperity and corporate identity in a modern South African society through the design of a headquarters for the state owned company (parastatal), Transnet National Ports Authority. This paper unpacks and the reviews the strategies, methods and tools when interpreting corporate identity into corporate architecture as well as the issues and challenges when establishing a corporate identity for a parastatal company in connection with the potential role and impact that ports have on urban development in the 21st Century. Qualitative research has been conducted to investigate and understand what corporate identity is in order to establish the key symbolic components which signify a brand, within its national context, to its users, clients and the public. Furthermore theory relating to place is used in order to establish the relationship between man and nature has also been investigated in order to appropriate principles of wellness and sustainability within a corporate environment which are site specific. This provides a platform for an architectural intervention which responds to the ecological and urban issues of the site, as harbours have a dominant land use in a city they have significant implications for the physical and environmental features thereof. The findings will lead to an appropriate brief which will arrive at a design response which is an authentic architectural expression of the company’s corporate identity. An office building typology will be investigated and implemented onto the site to successfully communicate the brand and contextual identity. Urban strategies which seek to marry the rigid industrial processes with its active public interface will be investigated in order to contribute to promote trade on the East London waterfront.
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The design of a 3D printing facility in Central, Port Elizabeth

  • Authors: Huiskens, Riaan
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Architecture and technology -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23739 , vital:30615
  • Description: High-tech architecture is moving towards a paradigm shift with the development and incorporation of digital fabrication technology. This interest is extended into the discussion of recycling existing infrastructure. In this treatise, a topic which ties into both the heritage and ecological discourse. It recognises the significance of historical urban elements and the finite quality of heritage resources within the city. A historical building used as a host for the design of a 3D printing facility invites a dialogue between the architecture of the old and the expression of the new. The Premier Mill Building is identified as an historical urban artefact and the proposed programme complements the historical background of the building, which was a granary. A building from another time, now caught in a post-industrial age. The primary architectural exploration focuses on the possibilities offered by 3D printing in the making and expression of architecture. Therefore research is focused on the types and processes of 3D printing and there products. Secondly, the treatise employs an urban artefact as a vehicle of expression for a new programme, which requires an understanding of the topic of marrying present and past architecture. In the treatise the city, is understood through the work of Aldo Rossi’s conceptual perspective of the city. Further, the topic of digital tectonic is explored in order to establish an expression of digital fabrication. Heritage and conservation principles are investigated to complete a theoretical understanding of the project. This treatise document is a record of the design process from start to finish. The document unpacks the treatise through its various stages of growth: project background; research; design strategies and final design.
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The design of a boxing academy and event arena in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape

  • Authors: McGregor, David
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Physical fitness centers -- Design and Plans Sport facilities -- South Africa -- Mdantsane -- Designs and Plans Recreation centers -- South Africa -- Mdantsane
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , M Arch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23812 , vital:30622
  • Description: This treatise is preoccupied with Mdantsane as a particular place and community, with Mdantsane’s communal identity centred around their phenomenal boxing culture. This treatise investigates how public architecture can be constructed to acknowledge and promote a community’s culture and identity, and ultimately engender a sense of place within a settlement. To this end, architectural theories concerning a sense of place will be scrutinised, and the correlations between architecture and community, culture and identity will be investigated in order to extrapolate design principles and strategies that will assist in informing the design proposal.Mdantsane, a large informal settlement in the Eastern Cape, has been bestowed with the title of the South African ‘Mecca of Boxing’, having produced 1/3 of all international champions originating from South Africa. however, the ‘Mecca of Boxing’ has no ‘home’ in the community. The dilapidated boxing gyms operate as individual entities, and there is no explicit boxing arena in the community, rendering Mdantsane ineligible to host national and provincial boxing tournaments. Furthermore, without available quality training facilities in the Eastern Cape, the promising talent is relocating elsewhere.This treatise proposes the design of a Boxing Arena and Academy in the Central Business District of Mdantsane, in the Eastern Cape. In order to understand the nature of an arena and sporting academy, pertinent precedent studies were undertaken to deduce principal findings about the nature of the building typology. The principle aim of the architecture is to bring the Arena back to the public, constructed as a place for the community to gather and celebrate their cultural identity. Furthermore, the architecture seeks to overcome the ‘placelessness’ of the typical arena typology, through the management of an architecture that responds to the particular contextual conditions of the community.
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The design of a eucalyptus furniture manufacturing facility in Hogsback, Eastern Cape

  • Authors: Yspeert, Hymie
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Furniture industry and trade -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23727 , vital:30614
  • Description: The purpose of this research is to investigate the tectonic poten¬tial of Eucalyptus. This is done by using the design of a furniture manufacturing facility in Hogsback as a scenario through which the tectonic potential of Eucalyptus can be explored. Eucalyptus as a material for investigation was chosen because, in the context of South Africa, Eucalyptus is listed as an invasive alien species which poses certain ecological problems to our ecosystems. Yet it is known as a versatile building material. The research is qualitative and empirical in nature and takes the form of pure research. The research was done by conducting site visits and through exploratory artworks and tectonic models (sculptures), as well as by reviewing relevant literature and conducting precedent studies based thereon. It was found that the tectonic potential of Eucalyptus rests in the ma¬terial’s great structural strength, compared to its weight. The factory type proved to be suitable building type through which to investigate the tectonics of Eucalyptus given its functional and architectural concern regarding structure and tectonics. The context of Hogsback added depth to the architectural challenge in requiring a response to climatic conditions, which can vary with vast extremes and can change within a short period of time. The practical implication of this research is that Eucalyptus has great potential in the making of architecture. It therefore warrants further investigation into the material’s structural properties which, thus far, has not been widely researched. This has become more of a necessity due to the fact that it is increasingly becoming more popular as an alternative to commercial species such as pine or other wood species used in the building construction.
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The design of a high performance sailing centre

  • Authors: Dealtry, Thomas
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Sports facilities -- South Africa -- Design and construction Architecture and recreation -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23695 , vital:30601
  • Description: This treatise addresses the architectural challenge of designing a High Performance Centre (HPC), serving South African Sailing (SAS), to be located in Port Elizabeth’s harbour. Designing a facility which caters speciffically to the functional requirements of sailing racing and recreation will cater to the needs of SAS, whilst upgrading the state of Port Elizabeth’s oceanic recreational facilities, thereby boosting the local tourism sector by establishing Port Elizabeth as South Africa’s watersport capital. The current status of the harbour as an area undergoing a redevelopment from a heavy industrial focus to a recreational and commercial waterfront provides the opportunity for an architectural intervention which spearheads this shift, whilst addressing the postindustrial landscape which remains. A study of the nature of the sport of sailing is conducted in order to determine the requirements of facilities catering for sailing racing and recreation, and to supplement an investigation of the typology of the HPC which, through the study of precedents, clarifies its specific nature and characteristics. This results in the development of a set of site selection criteria, which inform the best possible location for such an intervention within the harbour. In depth contextual analysis is conducted in order to determine role of the harbour within PE’s urban, ecological and historical fabrics, from which the current development plans of the Nelson Mandela Bay Development Agency and Transnet are outlined so as to understand the direction in which the future of the PE harbour is headed, and to align an architectural response with this vision. This analysis sets up a number of contextual constraints and informants which, with the aid of phenomenological concepts of place-making and materiality, the principles architectural responses to post-industrial landscapes, and the nature of the relationship between architecture and water, guide the design process, ensuring an appropriate response to the site.
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The design of a honey processing plant and mead brewery for Menno apiary

  • Authors: Jatoo, Anupam
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Farm buildings -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Farm buildings -- Design and construction Ecology in art
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/18244 , vital:28609
  • Description: This treatise was born out of an ecological concern for the decline in the bee population witnessed by beekeepers since the late 1990’s. This sudden decline in the bee population has a direct impact on one third of the food we consume which leads to a decrease in food production and an unbalanced ecosystem. The distinct biomes in the Eastern Cape of farming and nature reserves, provides a foundation for an investigation into an architectural intervention of a remedial nature to help the bees breed and restore the natural pollination services. A qualitative research approach has been conducted to focus on the relationship between man and nature and how man-made structures can successfully integrate into the natural process of bee breeding and honey production. This provided a platform to develop an architectural intervention that responded to the ecological issues of the dying bee population. This Paper unpacks the issues which contribute to the bee population in decline and the different types of systems and stages that are required in beekeeping and its by-products. The findings lead to the process of developing an appropriate brief and arriving at a design response which will allow sustainable ways of achieving radical increases in resource efficiency. As a result, the breeding process will provide natural product as well as educate the public and farmers of the region, about the bees. A site specific and factory archetype of architecture will be investigated to facilitate the transformation of site into a bee friendly environment, which will contribute to the rehabilitation of the pollination process in the Eastern Cape.
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The design of a hospital for the treatment of DR-TB in Ibhayi, Port Elizabeth

  • Authors: Johnson, Devon
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Hospital buiidings -- design and construction -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth Hospital architecture hospitals -- Disinfection
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , M Arch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23824 , vital:30623
  • Description: Tuberculosis, and more specifically drug resistant tuberculosis, is a growing epidemic in South Africa. Yet many of the existing specialised tuberculosis facilities have been designed in a way that do not incorporate biophillic elements necessary to create a healing environment with spaces conducive to the wellness of its users. This treatise responds to these issues through the design of a hospital that utilises biophillic principles with highly inclusive spaces providing a dignified sense of place for drug-resistant tuberculosis patients where the architecture offers more than a functional space. It induces healing.
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The design of a juvenile detention centre for Port Elizabeth

  • Authors: Adams, Eduan
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Youth centers -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans , Juvenile detention homes -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23969 , vital:30650
  • Description: Out of a total of 236 active correctional centres across South Africa, only 5.5% of these cater to the needs of juvenile offenders, and none of these are located within the immediate Port Elizabeth area. This means that in their already fragile state, children from Port Elizabeth and the immediate surrounding areas are sent away from their families and support base to serve their sentence. Therefore, a need for a Juvenile Detention Centre within the Port Elizabeth area was realized. In this treatise an investigative study of existing Juvenile Detention Centres was carried out to which an understanding of the building typology, nature of the site and technical requirements was formulated. The site selected in Schauderville conforms to the site selection criteria established, and enhances the link to Nerina One Stop Child Justice Centre. The primary focus of the study was to design a building to provide secure residential care for juvenile offenders, offering a range of programmes to assist their rehabilitation back into society. The outcome, is presented as a set of architectural drawings and a model(s).
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The design of a Memorial Park and a Promatorium complex in Humewood Extention, Port Elizabeth

  • Authors: Cochrane, Camryn
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Terrain vague -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23750 , vital:30616
  • Description: This treatise is the result of an initial interest in the concept of ‘terrain vague’, the phenomenon of disconnected spaces that are internal to the city yet exist outside the effective and functioning networks of the urban system (Sola-Morales 1995, 120). The notion of terrain vague informs the theoretical preoccupation of this study and sets the basis on which the contextual and programmatic concerns are considered and explored. The harbour precinct of Port Elizabeth was selected as the focus area for the study, in which the characteristics of the terrain vague were uncovered through a series of maps, diagrams and photographs. The role of the cemetery as a type of terrain vague in the urban fabric is simultanelously investigated. The study refers to Richard Weller’s interpretation of the nature of the contemporary city and principles of landscape urbanism as a basis for developing ways of approaching the city and it’s spaces of terrain vague.Through this, the study is situated predominantly in the ecological discourse. The use of precedant studies as a means of exploring the application of the theoretical principles discussed in this study is key to providing the reader with a contextual understanding and clarity. The architectural intervention proposes a memorial park in the harbour precinct. This aims to generate a spatial awakening of the terrian vague. By reclaiming the denatured landscape (oil tank farm) and re-scripting it as a culturally significant area that is re-integrated into the public realm, the opportunity to rehabilitate the ecological flows of the city is realised. The design of a promatorium complex within the proposed memorial Park aims to re-introduce the funerary landscape into the city and in doing so challenges the threat of cemetries remaining as spaces of terrain vague. The promatorium complex is seen as a facility that supports the functions of the memorial park as a commemorative landscape in the 21st century. In all this intervention aims to transform a disregarded wasteland into an operational landscape. The aim is to enhance the ecological systems of the city and by extension to reconcile the interface between man and nature.
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The design of a municipal administration centre for Mount Fletcher, Eastern Cape

  • Authors: Ndzeleni, Phakama
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Municipal buildings -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Designs and plans , Office buildings -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Designs and plans Architecture, Modern -- 21st century
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/42716 , vital:36684
  • Description: The premise behind this treatise is that poor infrastructure dampens the economic potential of rural areas, as a result, increase migration to urban areas. this in turn puts more pressure on urban infrastructure and rapidly grows townships and squatter camps in the periphery of large cities. this research originates from the experience of having lived in both rural and urban areas, therefore having seen the widening economic disparity between the two settlements. small towns in previously self-governed homelands are remnants of Apartheid separate development policies. these areas are characterized by ill structured monotonous low scale environments lacking sense of place.Mount Fletcher is a centre serving numerous rural communities however the planning, or lack thereof, abides by the minimum standards and most basic provision of services with a lack of quality public infrastructure. The existing public buildings which should be major structuring elements are dispersed within the built environment which results in a lack of a structural ordering system. The issue identified above create an opportunity for architecture to serve as a catalyst towards creating positive urban environments which can then build a sense of dignity and pride for the community.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

The design of a passenger transport interchange terminal in East London, South Africa

  • Authors: Mbulawa, Mpumzi
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Transportation buildings -- South Africa -- East London -- Designs and plans , Terminals (Transportation) -- South Africa -- East London -- Designs and plans Commuting -- South Africa -- East London
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/18255 , vital:28610
  • Description: The purpose of this document is to look into the concept of Transport Orientated Development through the design of a Passenger Transit Intermodal in East London in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This concept of urban design and development is one which the focus of mixed use development is centered on maximizing access to public transportation. This paper also looks into the discourse around public transportation as an important tool in the integration of cities in post-apartheid South Africa. The aim of this paper is to engage with the architectural challenges of designing an intermodal transportation hub. This paper also aims and engaging the issue of public transportation in a democratic South Africa and its integration in all its forms, which previously may have served only particular demographics of the country i.e. the mini-bus taxi as a solution to the problem of transportation in the townships and its infiltration into the city environment. Through literature, scientific and peer reviewed journals, desktop research, photographs, informal interviews such as analysis, precedence and other qualitative studies, it will be demonstrated, through interpretation of the that there is a need for the integration of public transportation and this can be best achieved through the design of an intermodal passenger transport facility. The finding of this paper is that there is a need to integrate the public transportation sectors in South Africa. The taxi industry, for example, has developed independently of the other means of public transportation i.e. the train and bus systems; and has led to a public transport system that often duplicates or triplicates its functions. In conclusion, public transportation, i.e. trains, buses and minibus axis provide an essential service to the public, especially low income groups as they service a greater portion of this population, offering several benefits such as accessibility ,cost, reduced travel time, etc. Through the design of a transit intermodal, the integration of all forms of public transportation will be shown as being an essential cornerstone to the development of more integrated South African cities in a democratic dispensation.
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The design of an archive and memorial park in South End, Port Elizabeth: an interactive community educational project

  • Authors: Struwig, Arno
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Community centers -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans , Community development -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans Parks -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning Municipal archives -- Designs and plans
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23716 , vital:30604
  • Description: This treatise addresses the current lack in concern for acknowledging and preserving the memories and historical elements of a once thriving place: South End, Port Elizabeth (fig. 11, p. 20). The Group Areas Act of 19501 (Y. Agherdien, A. C George, S. Hendricks, 1997) resulted in expropriation of land and the demolision of buildings and roads which started to take place in South End during the 1970’s, forcefully removing the residents from their home neighbourhood and home. The treatise focuses on the traces of what is left of South End (fig. 02, in red) and how these elements can be acknowledged and preserved for the future generations. Theories on the discourse of memory, specifically collective memory, are investigated to establish an understanding on different methods to capture, record and preserve these traces and memories of South End. This investigation will be followed by principle explorations to establish how these theories can be implemented and manifested in the historical landscape. It is proposed to design an archive next to St. Peter’s Church, above St. Mary’s Cemetery in South End and a memorial park on the “triangular site” across from the cemetery, addressing the existing conditions of the landscape and the memories of the ex-residents of South End (figs. 16-18, p. 24). The archive will consist of a conventional archive (static element) housing the maps and documentation related to the city of Port Elizabeth, and an oral archive (dynamic element) consisting of a recording studio that collects and records the stories of the ex-residents of South End, constantly changing and adding to the archive. The memorial park will resemble a “living archive” which constantly changes and re-evokes the memories of the original inhabitants of South End. The proposed project is intended to act as an educative catalyst to the visitors, citizens of Nelson Mandela Bay and the future generations.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

The design of an Islamic Sufi lodge in Oudekraal nature reserve, Cape Town

  • Authors: Mcnaught,Nicholas
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Islamic architecture -- Cape Town sufism Nature conservation -- South Africa -- Cape Town
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23790 , vital:30620
  • Description: Humans have an innate psychological and emotional affinity to the sacred natural world, however with increasing urbanization nature and the natural world is under threat, presenting a situation which is likely to have physical and emotional consequences for society. This treatise grapples with issues pertaining to the interface between man and nature and its relation to the sacred. It examines how the architecture concerning a building type, the Sufi Lodge, found within traditional Islamic architecture can be translated into the 21st century to strengthen the sense of culture, meaning and spirituality for the Islamic Sufi community that exists within South Africa. The challenge is firmly rooted in notions of place making as well as this interface between man and nature. Emile Durkheim’s dichotomy of sacred and profane is used as a starting point to build a discussion around issues that come with the creation of sacred place in the artificial and natural. Architectures role in this, in its nature as a mediator between realms, is analysed, particularly focussing on Thomas Barrie’s principles of sacred place creation. These principles are then overlaid with the specific Islamic formal belief system to create an approach which embraces community, culture and the sensitivities of making in a natural landscape.In all this treatise seeks to understand the principles in order to develop a proposal for an Islamic Sufi Lodge for the Islamic Sufi community in Cape Town South Africa. This facility looks to serve as a vessel for interactions within a greater social network creating a space for pilgrims and residents, allowing for ritual gathering and learning as well as providing a liminal place for solitude and deep spiritual connection to nature.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

The design of an urban resources centre in Korsten, Port Elizabeth

  • Authors: Boliter, Laura
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Community centers -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MArch
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23761 , vital:30617
  • Description: The adoption of a critical spatial perspective is imperative, if social justice is to be performed in urban environments, according the urban theorist Edward Soja. From this perspective of a socio-spatial dialectic, understood using Lefebvre’s ideas around the social production of space and the right to the city, the current spatial conditions of Port Elizabeth are seen as perpetuating past constructions of inequity. In these constructions of inequity large, systematically oppressed groups of the public are forced to traverse across segregating urban barriers to access the opportunity and advantages of living in an urban system. This condition continues to disadvantage those it was historically set up to undermine, on economic and social terms. This condition subverts these urban nomads, who are those forced into transience to access urban opportunity. Korsten is investigated as a key transition space in the Port Elizabeth area, straddling the impoverished north and wealthy south, as one of the key spaces where the urban nomad moves through to access better resourced parts of the city. The space of Korsten is understood to be a key domain for the urban nomad in Port Elizabeth and is thereby an appropriate place for intervention to intensify the city and improve urban quality, thus dignifying and enriching the lives of citizens and improving equity in the city. The notion of opportunity is focused on as the catalytic vehicle for urban quality to be improved, ultimately resulting in the design of Korsten as an urban resources centre with new educational and economic resources as a central structuring element in a re-scripted field of resources. The architectural design is produced within the paradigm of field conditions. This results in a design product which integrates as a part of a field condition of public resources in Korsten. A qualitative methodology is adopted within the critical research paradigm and will use methods of desktop surveys, literature reviews and participant observation to collect data.
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  • Date Issued: 2018
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