[Urban] anchoring of Retreat Road: The contribution of a [transverse connector] into an urban development corridor

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dc.contributor.advisorComrie, Henrien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBeetul, Sajjiv Ashvinden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-17T12:16:50Z
dc.date.available2014-09-17T12:16:50Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation investigates the urban anchoring of Retreat Road in the Southern Suburbs as a potential transverse connector for the metropolitan urban corridor around Main Road linking Central Cape Town and the Southern Suburbs in the Western Cape of South Africa. Its close proximity to Main Road makes it into a potential transverse connector providing energy and life to that portion of the metropolitan urban corridor. Even though showing great promise as a possible localised activity strip, the development of Retreat Road seems to have been frozen in time. The awkward geometry of the connection of Retreat Road to Main Road is one of the main causes of this stagnation. To facilitate the flow of energy, this dissertation proposes the realignment of Retreat Road, thus giving birth to a New Retreat Road while at the same time keeping the Old Retreat Road. This new simple geometry also provides the possibility of creating a gateway for Retreat Road on Main Road. Urban anchoring of Retreat Road is investigated through an urban design strategy of a properly structured public realm. Theory along the lines of Dynamic City, The Capital Web and Neo-Rationalism was very useful in understanding the incremental, catalytic and complex nature of urbanism and subsequently the notion of public anchoring. Various case studies and precedents, local ones as far as possible, were consulted with a view to understand the practical application of theory. A significant conclusion drawn from this investigation is that a transverse connector is very crucial in aiming to achieve integration between an urban corridor and the surrounding tissue falling short of the corridor. Transverse connectors are usually associated with nodes or cores of high energy in a corridor. Usually, these cores situate themselves around or next to a transport interchange as an urban anchoring element.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBeetul, S. A. (2009). <i>[Urban] anchoring of Retreat Road: The contribution of a [transverse connector] into an urban development corridor</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7532en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBeetul, Sajjiv Ashvind. <i>"[Urban] anchoring of Retreat Road: The contribution of a [transverse connector] into an urban development corridor."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7532en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBeetul, S. 2009. [Urban] anchoring of Retreat Road: The contribution of a [transverse connector] into an urban development corridor. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Beetul, Sajjiv Ashvind AB - This dissertation investigates the urban anchoring of Retreat Road in the Southern Suburbs as a potential transverse connector for the metropolitan urban corridor around Main Road linking Central Cape Town and the Southern Suburbs in the Western Cape of South Africa. Its close proximity to Main Road makes it into a potential transverse connector providing energy and life to that portion of the metropolitan urban corridor. Even though showing great promise as a possible localised activity strip, the development of Retreat Road seems to have been frozen in time. The awkward geometry of the connection of Retreat Road to Main Road is one of the main causes of this stagnation. To facilitate the flow of energy, this dissertation proposes the realignment of Retreat Road, thus giving birth to a New Retreat Road while at the same time keeping the Old Retreat Road. This new simple geometry also provides the possibility of creating a gateway for Retreat Road on Main Road. Urban anchoring of Retreat Road is investigated through an urban design strategy of a properly structured public realm. Theory along the lines of Dynamic City, The Capital Web and Neo-Rationalism was very useful in understanding the incremental, catalytic and complex nature of urbanism and subsequently the notion of public anchoring. Various case studies and precedents, local ones as far as possible, were consulted with a view to understand the practical application of theory. A significant conclusion drawn from this investigation is that a transverse connector is very crucial in aiming to achieve integration between an urban corridor and the surrounding tissue falling short of the corridor. Transverse connectors are usually associated with nodes or cores of high energy in a corridor. Usually, these cores situate themselves around or next to a transport interchange as an urban anchoring element. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - [Urban] anchoring of Retreat Road: The contribution of a [transverse connector] into an urban development corridor TI - [Urban] anchoring of Retreat Road: The contribution of a [transverse connector] into an urban development corridor UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7532 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7532
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBeetul SA. [Urban] anchoring of Retreat Road: The contribution of a [transverse connector] into an urban development corridor. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7532en_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.title[Urban] anchoring of Retreat Road: The contribution of a [transverse connector] into an urban development corridoren_ZA
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