Browsing by Author "Japha, Derek Andrew"

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    Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings, with special reference to Cape Town
    (2000) Quaghebeur, Hadewig; Japha, Derek Andrew
    Internationally the need for the conservation of industrial heritage is well established. The factors affecting the success of such conservation ventures have been extensively documented. as well as the changed uses likely to produce the best results in different types of industrial buildings. Many projects have been executed, demonstrating different approaches to the typical planning. design and funding issues that arise when industrial buildings are conserved. Industrial conservation is much less well established in South Africa and to date. there have been few studies concentrating specifically on issues arising from the conservation of the local industrial heritage. This dissertation focuses on the adaptive reuse of conservation-worthy industrial buildings in Cape Town. South Africa. Issues addressed in this study range from conservation and design attitudes towards the buildings. to the impact of location on possibilities for adaptive reuse. new functional opportunities offered by typical structural and building forms and spaces, and the economical viability of projects. This study will relate South African industrial conservation issues to international precedents, and, by analysing three case studies of successful reuse projects in the Cape Town area. the study will demonstrate that this heritage can indeed be reused effectively and successfully. It will also show that the ultimate success of industrial conservation projects depends on careful consideration of economic potentials and constraints. as well as on an appreciation of the specific building's cultural significance.
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    Development rights and conservation constraints: urban conservation-oriented controls in the City of Cape Town
    (2003) Townsend, Stephen S; Japha, Derek Andrew; Watson, Vanessa
    The primary intention of this study is to analyse the imposition of urban conservation-oriented controls in the city centre of Cape Town during the period 1986-2000 and to evaluate their efficacy; the secondary, but directly related endeavour, is to explore the effect of these mechanisms on development rights. In brief, the study set out to explore the themes "conservation constraints" and "development rights" and their relationship so that, ultimately, conclusions regarding the efficacy of the conservation-oriented controls can be drawn.
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    The imperial landscape at Cape Town's gardens
    (2001) Murray, Noëleen, 1968-; Japha, Derek Andrew; Bunn, David
    Bibliography: leaves 123-127.
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    Primary health care facilities for street children : a study of the street children's requirements in designing community hospitals in Angola
    (1997) Cavota, João Joaquim Gunza; Prinsloo, I C; Japha, Derek Andrew
    This dissertation studies the delivery of health care to street children. ft investigates the existing street children's facilities and the health system in Ang of a in order to determine an appropriate type of health facilities for the special health needs of these children. The study was based on a review of bibliographic material on street children and related subjects. The findings from this review were tested through a series of interviews with professionals working with street children in Angola and with ~treet children randomly selected from shelters and on the streets in Luanda. The questionnaires were designed for evaluation of the street children's facilities, the health system and to determine street children's preferences and attitudes towards formal institutions in a context where th'e main cause of family disintegration was war. The study concluded that street children's health needs in Angola would be better catered for through independent primary health centres provided with partial in-patient services (temporary sf eeping and eating facilities for children under medical care). These centres would serve mainly children with no access to shelters and those living in shelters without health centres. The study formulates guidelines and presents a design example of the type offacifity proposed.
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    A study of the relationship between built form and culture : the Bulawayo executive Mayor's residence and its environment
    (2001) Mthethwa, Majahamahle Nene; Japha, Derek Andrew
    Bibliography: leaves 277-286.