Steel boxes of the everyday: in search of the (extra) ordinary

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dc.contributor.advisorNoero, Joen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCoetzer, Nicen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSteenkamp, Altaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGoldblatt, Charlen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T11:38:04Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T11:38:04Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractWith this in mind, the underlying notion of my thesis is that of the everyday and the extraordinary, and how within the ordinary, the (extra)ordinary may be revealed. A part of my personal everyday experience and one that is shared by many Capetonians traveling to and from the Cape Town CBO on a daily basis is the image and presence of the Cape Town Harbour which has become an everyday backdrop and like our majestic Table Mountain, often goes unnoticed. In particular, an aspect of my everyday harbour experience which stands out is the image of the shipping containers at the container terminal. When seen as individual objects, the shipping containers appear quite ordinary - a corrugated steel box. However, when combined and stacked vertically and positioned side by side, the multitude of colours an d configurations of the seemingly ordinary steel boxes begin to reveal intriguing forms and spatial qualities and I often found myself envisioning the spaces which may be revealed within and around the containers. With the notion of the shipping container as a spatial object of an ordinary, everyday nature, my architectural proposal intends to explore the making of an extraordinary space utilising these ordinary steel boxes of the everyday. As the shipping containers are standardised and modular, and therefore the space within the box is essentially a given, the focus of my thesis is not constrained to the space within the box, but instead it is more an investigation into the spatial qualities which can be created between and around the boxes and how one deals with the making of these (extra)ordinary spaces.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGoldblatt, C. (2012). <i>Steel boxes of the everyday: in search of the (extra) ordinary</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5598en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGoldblatt, Charl. <i>"Steel boxes of the everyday: in search of the (extra) ordinary."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5598en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGoldblatt, C. 2012. Steel boxes of the everyday: in search of the (extra) ordinary. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Goldblatt, Charl AB - With this in mind, the underlying notion of my thesis is that of the everyday and the extraordinary, and how within the ordinary, the (extra)ordinary may be revealed. A part of my personal everyday experience and one that is shared by many Capetonians traveling to and from the Cape Town CBO on a daily basis is the image and presence of the Cape Town Harbour which has become an everyday backdrop and like our majestic Table Mountain, often goes unnoticed. In particular, an aspect of my everyday harbour experience which stands out is the image of the shipping containers at the container terminal. When seen as individual objects, the shipping containers appear quite ordinary - a corrugated steel box. However, when combined and stacked vertically and positioned side by side, the multitude of colours an d configurations of the seemingly ordinary steel boxes begin to reveal intriguing forms and spatial qualities and I often found myself envisioning the spaces which may be revealed within and around the containers. With the notion of the shipping container as a spatial object of an ordinary, everyday nature, my architectural proposal intends to explore the making of an extraordinary space utilising these ordinary steel boxes of the everyday. As the shipping containers are standardised and modular, and therefore the space within the box is essentially a given, the focus of my thesis is not constrained to the space within the box, but instead it is more an investigation into the spatial qualities which can be created between and around the boxes and how one deals with the making of these (extra)ordinary spaces. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Steel boxes of the everyday: in search of the (extra) ordinary TI - Steel boxes of the everyday: in search of the (extra) ordinary UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5598 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5598
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGoldblatt C. Steel boxes of the everyday: in search of the (extra) ordinary. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5598en_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.titleSteel boxes of the everyday: in search of the (extra) ordinaryen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMArchen_ZA
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