The world according to Graaff

Master Thesis

2013

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Bowen, Robert
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Noero, Jo
Coetzer, Nic
De Jager, Rob
Carter, Francis
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University of Cape Town

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School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics
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Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
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This design dissertation report describes the narrative approach to the design of a district cooling facility for the Cape Town foreshore. The project attempts to grapple with architectural ideas around the re-scripting of buildings. The role buildings play in the constructing of narratives and particularly the fictionalisation of ruins is a central theme to the investigation. The project also experiments with cross-programming, Neil Leach’s theories on assimilation and Victorian industry. The building is situated at the Cape Town waterfront and occupies the site once held by the Amsterdam Battery.
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Bowen, R. 2013. The world according to Graaff. University of Cape Town.

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