Living on the edge : Nature & Society - Re-imagining architecture through Thirdspace

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dc.contributor.advisorNoero, Joen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCoetzer, Nicen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorDe Jager, Roben_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCarter, Francisen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorArtz, Pimen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-17T12:16:01Z
dc.date.available2014-09-17T12:16:01Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis design dissertation report investigates the paradigm of Thirdspace theory through explorations within the tensions between nature and society, directing the focus of site towards Cape Town's city bowl urban edge. Thirdspace is adopted throughout the development of this dissertation and investigated at different architectural scales within the design process: from the initial conceptualised stage through to spatial programming towards realisation of the construction process and materiality. Nature is under attack by urbanism, where architecture may act as a mediator by providing a platform for a new kind of urban form to manifest through coexistence. Where a neglected firebreak periphery once enforced a disconnected nature from society, it now presents an opportunity for a productive firebreak strategy integrated into an architectural layer, merging public space into the natural landscape. Designing opportunity for crossprogramming in the realms of residential architecture, generates a mixed use matrix, a space where cultures and traditions merge together to form a neutral social framework, where in the urban edge condition, an architecture coexists between the realms of nature and that of the city.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationArtz, P. (2013). <i>Living on the edge : Nature & Society - Re-imagining architecture through Thirdspace</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7520en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationArtz, Pim. <i>"Living on the edge : Nature & Society - Re-imagining architecture through Thirdspace."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7520en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationArtz, P. 2013. Living on the edge : Nature & Society - Re-imagining architecture through Thirdspace. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Artz, Pim AB - This design dissertation report investigates the paradigm of Thirdspace theory through explorations within the tensions between nature and society, directing the focus of site towards Cape Town's city bowl urban edge. Thirdspace is adopted throughout the development of this dissertation and investigated at different architectural scales within the design process: from the initial conceptualised stage through to spatial programming towards realisation of the construction process and materiality. Nature is under attack by urbanism, where architecture may act as a mediator by providing a platform for a new kind of urban form to manifest through coexistence. Where a neglected firebreak periphery once enforced a disconnected nature from society, it now presents an opportunity for a productive firebreak strategy integrated into an architectural layer, merging public space into the natural landscape. Designing opportunity for crossprogramming in the realms of residential architecture, generates a mixed use matrix, a space where cultures and traditions merge together to form a neutral social framework, where in the urban edge condition, an architecture coexists between the realms of nature and that of the city. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Living on the edge : Nature & Society - Re-imagining architecture through Thirdspace TI - Living on the edge : Nature & Society - Re-imagining architecture through Thirdspace UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7520 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7520
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationArtz P. Living on the edge : Nature & Society - Re-imagining architecture through Thirdspace. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7520en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Architecture, Planning and Geomaticsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleLiving on the edge : Nature & Society - Re-imagining architecture through Thirdspaceen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMArch (Prof)en_ZA
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