Morphogenesis and ecology as a process of architecture : sea sand management strategies at Hout Bay

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dc.contributor.advisorCoetzer, Nicen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSilverman, Melindaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorWentworth, Gemmaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorYamawaki, Ryuyaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T08:36:23Z
dc.date.available2015-07-02T08:36:23Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation seeks to understand the boundary between nature and architecture and proposes that architecture has the potential to become a correlation point between man and nature. I would argue that the barriers between man and nature arise from a metaphorical and visual separation of the two components. I have investigated these boundaries through a theoretical desk study, contrasting the morphological, geological, and ecological aspect of nature to the norms and fanatics of architecture. The study found that most manmade objects are created through Euclidean geometry, where form is derived and simplified through a mathematic process, whereas nature develops from adaptation and natural forces that has no limitation and is formed in an immensely complex manner. These two different processes create a geometric boundary between the two resultant forms. As a result of this study I have proposed that we rethink architecture as building in opposition to nature and rather move towards an architecture that facilitates the processes of the natural environment and allows for the interaction between man and nature. This process will allow architecture to act as part of nature, and a point where people can interact with nature, instead of an individual object separate from the natural environment.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationYamawaki, R. (2014). <i>Morphogenesis and ecology as a process of architecture : sea sand management strategies at Hout Bay</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13283en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationYamawaki, Ryuya. <i>"Morphogenesis and ecology as a process of architecture : sea sand management strategies at Hout Bay."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13283en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationYamawaki, R. 2014. Morphogenesis and ecology as a process of architecture : sea sand management strategies at Hout Bay. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Yamawaki, Ryuya AB - This dissertation seeks to understand the boundary between nature and architecture and proposes that architecture has the potential to become a correlation point between man and nature. I would argue that the barriers between man and nature arise from a metaphorical and visual separation of the two components. I have investigated these boundaries through a theoretical desk study, contrasting the morphological, geological, and ecological aspect of nature to the norms and fanatics of architecture. The study found that most manmade objects are created through Euclidean geometry, where form is derived and simplified through a mathematic process, whereas nature develops from adaptation and natural forces that has no limitation and is formed in an immensely complex manner. These two different processes create a geometric boundary between the two resultant forms. As a result of this study I have proposed that we rethink architecture as building in opposition to nature and rather move towards an architecture that facilitates the processes of the natural environment and allows for the interaction between man and nature. This process will allow architecture to act as part of nature, and a point where people can interact with nature, instead of an individual object separate from the natural environment. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Morphogenesis and ecology as a process of architecture : sea sand management strategies at Hout Bay TI - Morphogenesis and ecology as a process of architecture : sea sand management strategies at Hout Bay UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13283 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13283
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationYamawaki R. Morphogenesis and ecology as a process of architecture : sea sand management strategies at Hout Bay. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13283en_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.otherArchitectureen_ZA
dc.titleMorphogenesis and ecology as a process of architecture : sea sand management strategies at Hout Bayen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMArch (Prof)en_ZA
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