Resourceful urbanism: revisions of typology a network of resource 'add-ons' for a population of 400 000 in down-town Johannesburg

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dc.contributor.advisorSilverman, Melindaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAllie, Irshaad Ahmeden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-23T11:49:15Z
dc.date.available2016-03-23T11:49:15Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical referencesen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation emerged from a fascination with the current changing urban condition of downtown Johannesburg from a purely corporate work environment to a setting for living in and how the existing, decayed building stock has been reused and transformed accordingly by its 400 000 new residents. This 90% increase in population density and occupancy rates has to function in underserviced buildings and an under-resourced public environment that has to support life in a city that was not designed to be lived in 60 years ago. In this sense, the development of the city has exceeded that of the architecture, however its new residents are viewed as making the city productive again by offering resourceful ways of 'making do' in this urban environment. This dissertation attempts to understand the potential that the relationship between scales of city uses and building typology has for meeting the new demands and making the productive again. While the existing high-rise building stock offers value that removes it from being demolished and rebuilt, it also offers an existing capacity through a space economy characterised by generic, flexible floor area that can be utilised for multiple uses. It does, however, need to be increased and serviced to meet the new growing demand for space. This dissertation is therefore a speculation on a different type of architectural intervention that can transform the existing 1960's modernist office typology into a self-sufficient urban resource by tactically 'bulking up' the existing podium level to expand its carry capacity, inserting resource programmes and creating a city-wide resource network that can support its residents and contribute back to the city by regenerating it from the bottom up. Through this effort it sets up a different type of urbanism where life unfolds around these 'add-ons' to create a resourceful urbanism. This dissertation attempts to cover, as a narrative, the process of unpacking ideas that informed the existing modernist typology to redefining what it means to live in proximity to these resource 'add-ons'.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAllie, I. A. (2015). <i>Resourceful urbanism: revisions of typology a network of resource 'add-ons' for a population of 400 000 in down-town Johannesburg</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18198en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAllie, Irshaad Ahmed. <i>"Resourceful urbanism: revisions of typology a network of resource 'add-ons' for a population of 400 000 in down-town Johannesburg."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18198en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAllie, I. 2015. Resourceful urbanism: revisions of typology a network of resource 'add-ons' for a population of 400 000 in down-town Johannesburg. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Allie, Irshaad Ahmed AB - This dissertation emerged from a fascination with the current changing urban condition of downtown Johannesburg from a purely corporate work environment to a setting for living in and how the existing, decayed building stock has been reused and transformed accordingly by its 400 000 new residents. This 90% increase in population density and occupancy rates has to function in underserviced buildings and an under-resourced public environment that has to support life in a city that was not designed to be lived in 60 years ago. In this sense, the development of the city has exceeded that of the architecture, however its new residents are viewed as making the city productive again by offering resourceful ways of 'making do' in this urban environment. This dissertation attempts to understand the potential that the relationship between scales of city uses and building typology has for meeting the new demands and making the productive again. While the existing high-rise building stock offers value that removes it from being demolished and rebuilt, it also offers an existing capacity through a space economy characterised by generic, flexible floor area that can be utilised for multiple uses. It does, however, need to be increased and serviced to meet the new growing demand for space. This dissertation is therefore a speculation on a different type of architectural intervention that can transform the existing 1960's modernist office typology into a self-sufficient urban resource by tactically 'bulking up' the existing podium level to expand its carry capacity, inserting resource programmes and creating a city-wide resource network that can support its residents and contribute back to the city by regenerating it from the bottom up. Through this effort it sets up a different type of urbanism where life unfolds around these 'add-ons' to create a resourceful urbanism. This dissertation attempts to cover, as a narrative, the process of unpacking ideas that informed the existing modernist typology to redefining what it means to live in proximity to these resource 'add-ons'. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Resourceful urbanism: revisions of typology a network of resource 'add-ons' for a population of 400 000 in down-town Johannesburg TI - Resourceful urbanism: revisions of typology a network of resource 'add-ons' for a population of 400 000 in down-town Johannesburg UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18198 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/18198
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAllie IA. Resourceful urbanism: revisions of typology a network of resource 'add-ons' for a population of 400 000 in down-town Johannesburg. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18198en_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.subject.otherArchitecture, Planning and Geomaticsen_ZA
dc.titleResourceful urbanism: revisions of typology a network of resource 'add-ons' for a population of 400 000 in down-town Johannesburgen_ZA
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dc.type.qualificationnameMArch (Prof)en_ZA
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