OpuntiaGenesis: The hybrid generating plant

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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.authorAquadro, Gabriellleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-17T12:15:31Z
dc.date.available2014-09-17T12:15:31Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis design dissertation explores the possibility of creating a piece of architecture from a singular biological parameter (the Opuntia ficus-indica/Prickly pear), that is both the fuel and the generator of the architectural programme, materiality, spatiality and structure. The main intention of this architectural investigation is to explore a range of alternative processes, strategies and facilities that can be used to uplift the community of Sutherland as well as the greater Hoogland municipality. The key programmatic feature is a result of the viable and celebrated capacity of the Opuntia species to be used as the main digester feed during anaerobic decomposition (biogas generation). This characteristic of the Opuntia species has informed the development of a sustainable closed-loop programmatic system that consist of the production of biogas as well as the generation of all the Opuntia by-products, including; medicinal, food, liqueur and alternative building materials. Whilst the programme is driven by the physical attributes of the Opuntia species, the architectural interrogation is a result of a series of biomimetic, parametric and materialecological investigations of both the Opuntia species as well as the site at a macro and micro scale. With this in mind the product of such a system hopes to become an Energy Lab that is not only based on the production of energy, but a lab that’s very layout, fabric and structure is fuelled by the animation and optimisation of Opuntia matter. Moreover it is essential to recognise that Opuntia matter is a product of ambient energy, making the treatment of light the essential tool in the development of this architectural design dissertation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAquadro, G. (2013). <i>OpuntiaGenesis: The hybrid generating plant</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7509en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAquadro, Gabriellle. <i>"OpuntiaGenesis: The hybrid generating plant."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7509en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAquadro, G. 2013. OpuntiaGenesis: The hybrid generating plant. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Aquadro, Gabriellle AB - This design dissertation explores the possibility of creating a piece of architecture from a singular biological parameter (the Opuntia ficus-indica/Prickly pear), that is both the fuel and the generator of the architectural programme, materiality, spatiality and structure. The main intention of this architectural investigation is to explore a range of alternative processes, strategies and facilities that can be used to uplift the community of Sutherland as well as the greater Hoogland municipality. The key programmatic feature is a result of the viable and celebrated capacity of the Opuntia species to be used as the main digester feed during anaerobic decomposition (biogas generation). This characteristic of the Opuntia species has informed the development of a sustainable closed-loop programmatic system that consist of the production of biogas as well as the generation of all the Opuntia by-products, including; medicinal, food, liqueur and alternative building materials. Whilst the programme is driven by the physical attributes of the Opuntia species, the architectural interrogation is a result of a series of biomimetic, parametric and materialecological investigations of both the Opuntia species as well as the site at a macro and micro scale. With this in mind the product of such a system hopes to become an Energy Lab that is not only based on the production of energy, but a lab that’s very layout, fabric and structure is fuelled by the animation and optimisation of Opuntia matter. Moreover it is essential to recognise that Opuntia matter is a product of ambient energy, making the treatment of light the essential tool in the development of this architectural design dissertation. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - OpuntiaGenesis: The hybrid generating plant TI - OpuntiaGenesis: The hybrid generating plant UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7509 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAquadro G. OpuntiaGenesis: The hybrid generating plant. [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/11427/7509en_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.titleOpuntiaGenesis: The hybrid generating planten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMArch (Prof)en_ZA
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