DesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projects

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dc.contributor.advisorLow, Iainen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSplaingard, Danielen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-28T12:18:30Z
dc.date.available2016-07-28T12:18:30Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIncreasingly in South Africa, architects are requested to design buildings that meet the job-creation and training goals of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), a government-led poverty relief initiative. In so doing, they have a mandate both to design buildings and to design work for the poorest of the poor. This unique context of architectural practice is herein termed DesignWork, and the links between these designs and their measurable work outcomes will be the focus of this Case Study Research. Architects can be key agents in shaping economic empowerment for participants and architectural quality within these projects. This thesis investigated how architects addressed three key goals of increasing wage transfer through labour-intensive construction, enabling skill development through relevant in-situ technical training, and creating quality assets. With the 2030 National Development Plan anticipating the growth of the EPWP in the coming decades, the development of effective architectural strategies within this context is of great significance. Evidence from semi-structured interviews, site visits, archival documents, direct observation, and data collection were used to interrogate the architectural design strategies and work outcomes within two select projects. What emerges is a focused view of the central challenges of achieving the EPWP programme goals, baseline data for future research, and an understanding of the foreseeable challenges for architects designing in this context.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSplaingard, D. (2016). <i>DesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projects</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20954en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSplaingard, Daniel. <i>"DesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projects."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20954en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSplaingard, D. 2016. DesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projects. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Splaingard, Daniel AB - Increasingly in South Africa, architects are requested to design buildings that meet the job-creation and training goals of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), a government-led poverty relief initiative. In so doing, they have a mandate both to design buildings and to design work for the poorest of the poor. This unique context of architectural practice is herein termed DesignWork, and the links between these designs and their measurable work outcomes will be the focus of this Case Study Research. Architects can be key agents in shaping economic empowerment for participants and architectural quality within these projects. This thesis investigated how architects addressed three key goals of increasing wage transfer through labour-intensive construction, enabling skill development through relevant in-situ technical training, and creating quality assets. With the 2030 National Development Plan anticipating the growth of the EPWP in the coming decades, the development of effective architectural strategies within this context is of great significance. Evidence from semi-structured interviews, site visits, archival documents, direct observation, and data collection were used to interrogate the architectural design strategies and work outcomes within two select projects. What emerges is a focused view of the central challenges of achieving the EPWP programme goals, baseline data for future research, and an understanding of the foreseeable challenges for architects designing in this context. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - DesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projects TI - DesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projects UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20954 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20954
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSplaingard D. DesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projects. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20954en_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.titleDesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projectsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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