Bridging urban discontent

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dc.contributor.advisorFraschini, Matteoen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis, Devinen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-12T14:26:51Z
dc.date.available2018-06-12T14:26:51Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThere exists an incoherence in many contemporary cities between built architectural, urban fabric and the main transport arteries that feed the city. This incoherence leads to dangerous and disused space in the city which leads to disconnected parts owing to the untraversable nature of these left-over spaces. While there are large engineering solutions to such problems, this project seeks architectural solutions. Contemporary tools can be used to analyse and handle the problem; leading to a healthier city with happier people. The current tools at an architect's disposal allow him/ her to respond to a variety of contextual geometries of varying complexity. These tools present themselves in the form of algorithm based software. The concepts of the project seek to create flows through the city by making spaces that show movement and interrelation and encourage constant activation. To do this a specific city has been used as a case study and a particular site selected for a hypothetical architectural project to be designed. This design grapples with the aforementioned issues and solves the challenges firstly by trying to understand why the dead spaces exist and accepting that the transport elements which led to the disconnect cannot necessarily change. This is a positive project seeking to uplift the city.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDu Plessis, D. (2015). <i>Bridging urban discontent</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28252en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDu Plessis, Devin. <i>"Bridging urban discontent."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28252en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDu Plessis, D. 2015. Bridging urban discontent. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Du Plessis, Devin AB - There exists an incoherence in many contemporary cities between built architectural, urban fabric and the main transport arteries that feed the city. This incoherence leads to dangerous and disused space in the city which leads to disconnected parts owing to the untraversable nature of these left-over spaces. While there are large engineering solutions to such problems, this project seeks architectural solutions. Contemporary tools can be used to analyse and handle the problem; leading to a healthier city with happier people. The current tools at an architect's disposal allow him/ her to respond to a variety of contextual geometries of varying complexity. These tools present themselves in the form of algorithm based software. The concepts of the project seek to create flows through the city by making spaces that show movement and interrelation and encourage constant activation. To do this a specific city has been used as a case study and a particular site selected for a hypothetical architectural project to be designed. This design grapples with the aforementioned issues and solves the challenges firstly by trying to understand why the dead spaces exist and accepting that the transport elements which led to the disconnect cannot necessarily change. This is a positive project seeking to uplift the city. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Bridging urban discontent TI - Bridging urban discontent UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28252 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/28252
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDu Plessis D. Bridging urban discontent. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28252en_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.titleBridging urban discontenten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMArch (Prof)en_ZA
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