Engaging vestiges of negative social memory: from an order of segregation to linkage

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dc.contributor.advisorPapanicolaou, Stellaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorLouw, Mikeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWren-Sargent, Tomasen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-25T07:46:09Z
dc.date.available2018-05-25T07:46:09Z
dc.date.issued2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe theme of this project is the architectural opportunities of spaces of negative social memory. The issue that the work focuses on specifically is the case of the former Non-White Main Line Concourse building, located on the flyover of the Cape Town Train Station precinct. The building has slowly deteriorated since the end of apartheid when its function was made redundant. Today it stands as a squalid remnant of the segregated society it was built to serve. Damaged and decaying, it provides an opportunity for powerful architectural transformation. This project establishes a value in the negative social memory that the building holds, presenting an opportunity to transform the site into a powerful architecture that encourages society to learn from the injustices the building enforced. Through understanding the spatial potentials of the building, a design intention of integration emerges, able to subvert the segregated nature of the existing. The paper locates itself as a research piece on the opportunities presented by remnants of socially and politically challenging histories.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWren-Sargent, T. (2018). <i>Engaging vestiges of negative social memory: from an order of segregation to linkage</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28138en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWren-Sargent, Tomas. <i>"Engaging vestiges of negative social memory: from an order of segregation to linkage."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28138en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWren-Sargent, T. 2018. Engaging vestiges of negative social memory: from an order of segregation to linkage. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wren-Sargent, Tomas AB - The theme of this project is the architectural opportunities of spaces of negative social memory. The issue that the work focuses on specifically is the case of the former Non-White Main Line Concourse building, located on the flyover of the Cape Town Train Station precinct. The building has slowly deteriorated since the end of apartheid when its function was made redundant. Today it stands as a squalid remnant of the segregated society it was built to serve. Damaged and decaying, it provides an opportunity for powerful architectural transformation. This project establishes a value in the negative social memory that the building holds, presenting an opportunity to transform the site into a powerful architecture that encourages society to learn from the injustices the building enforced. Through understanding the spatial potentials of the building, a design intention of integration emerges, able to subvert the segregated nature of the existing. The paper locates itself as a research piece on the opportunities presented by remnants of socially and politically challenging histories. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Engaging vestiges of negative social memory: from an order of segregation to linkage TI - Engaging vestiges of negative social memory: from an order of segregation to linkage UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28138 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/28138
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWren-Sargent T. Engaging vestiges of negative social memory: from an order of segregation to linkage. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28138en_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.titleEngaging vestiges of negative social memory: from an order of segregation to linkageen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMArch (Prof)en_ZA
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