A kreol coastal confluence in Mahebourg, Mauritius

dc.contributor.advisorPapanicolaou, Stiliani
dc.contributor.authorAuckloo, Rahul Raj
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-02T10:08:19Z
dc.date.available2024-07-02T10:08:19Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.updated2024-06-19T12:59:27Z
dc.description.abstractThe personal interest of the author and Mauritian cultural dissolution concentre in this architectural research – in the cerebration of a Kreol Coastal Confluence. This design inquiry presents an architecture of mediation as key, which focalises the divergent spheres into the same space - artisanal fishing as the vernacular culture and the contemporary ‘development'. The architectural stance manifests as a re-imagination of an existing artisanal fish landing station in Mahebourg [debarcader]. The proposition is to demolish the current building footprint, retaining vertical structural elements where neccessary, crafting a scheme spatially more efficient and tailored for the existing process stages of artisanal fishing. To draw focus and enrichment into the localized fishing sphere and facilitate a contemporary growth of the community, the intersection of design and making spaces aim to extend the reach of practical, embodied skills and knowledge from the local cohort through to the younger generation. This frames a concentrated incentivised condition that has the capacity to rejuvenate the site's praxis and socio-spatial character. Proposed, is an architectural continuation of this [fishingdesign] intersection - the integration of the community's analogue practices of netting, boat building and processing, serve to influence the tectonic language and making of the building - seeking to prompt a sense of belonging between architecture and people. This architectural proposal is a system that operates between land and sea. The author seeks for a threshold, a new line between land and water amplifying the landscape with the ebb and flow of the ocean - inserting program amidst this change. This broadening of the threshold provides those on land with a smooth transition into the fishing waters, and provides those within, a phased and gradual disembarkment to land.
dc.identifier.apacitationAuckloo, R. R. (2024). <i>A kreol coastal confluence in Mahebourg, Mauritius</i>. (). ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40168en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAuckloo, Rahul Raj. <i>"A kreol coastal confluence in Mahebourg, Mauritius."</i> ., ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40168en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAuckloo, R.R. 2024. A kreol coastal confluence in Mahebourg, Mauritius. . ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40168en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Auckloo, Rahul Raj AB - The personal interest of the author and Mauritian cultural dissolution concentre in this architectural research – in the cerebration of a Kreol Coastal Confluence. This design inquiry presents an architecture of mediation as key, which focalises the divergent spheres into the same space - artisanal fishing as the vernacular culture and the contemporary ‘development'. The architectural stance manifests as a re-imagination of an existing artisanal fish landing station in Mahebourg [debarcader]. The proposition is to demolish the current building footprint, retaining vertical structural elements where neccessary, crafting a scheme spatially more efficient and tailored for the existing process stages of artisanal fishing. To draw focus and enrichment into the localized fishing sphere and facilitate a contemporary growth of the community, the intersection of design and making spaces aim to extend the reach of practical, embodied skills and knowledge from the local cohort through to the younger generation. This frames a concentrated incentivised condition that has the capacity to rejuvenate the site's praxis and socio-spatial character. Proposed, is an architectural continuation of this [fishingdesign] intersection - the integration of the community's analogue practices of netting, boat building and processing, serve to influence the tectonic language and making of the building - seeking to prompt a sense of belonging between architecture and people. This architectural proposal is a system that operates between land and sea. The author seeks for a threshold, a new line between land and water amplifying the landscape with the ebb and flow of the ocean - inserting program amidst this change. This broadening of the threshold provides those on land with a smooth transition into the fishing waters, and provides those within, a phased and gradual disembarkment to land. DA - 2024 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Architecture, Planning and Geomatics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2024 T1 - A kreol coastal confluence in Mahebourg, Mauritius TI - A kreol coastal confluence in Mahebourg, Mauritius UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40168 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/40168
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAuckloo RR. A kreol coastal confluence in Mahebourg, Mauritius. []. ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2024 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40168en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066Eng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.subjectArchitecture, Planning and Geomatics
dc.titleA kreol coastal confluence in Mahebourg, Mauritius
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
thesis_ebe_2024_auckloo rahul raj.pdf
Size:
100.58 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.72 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Collections