The design of a cultural resource centre in the lower Khuiseb river valley, Namibia: a collective project

Title: The design of a cultural resource centre in the lower Khuiseb river valley, Namibia: a collective project
Creator: Niedermeier, Inka
Subject: Community centers -- Namibia -- Designs and plans Community centers -- Namibia
Date Issued: 2016
Date: 2016
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MArch
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38830
Identifier: vital:35004
Description: The treatise focuses on how to design built space that is ‘place-specific’ and captures the ‘spirit’ of the Namib Desert landscape through the experience of architecture. The project specifically focuses on tourism developments in natural and cultural environments. An investigation and analysis are done of the nature of the physical, spatial and cultural context of the ephemeral Khuiseb river of Namibia. By inductive and deductive reasoning, an argument is presented regarding the appropriate architectural approach of a luxury eco-lodge in a proposed eco-tourism precinct, that captures the Zeitgeist of the context while responding to the socio-economic conditions to encourage an autonomous community in a selfsufficient and sustainable way.
Format: 177 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Publisher: Faculty of Arts
Language: English
Rights: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

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