Rituals of health : new healing spaces for Khayelitsha district hospital

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dc.contributor.advisorCarter, Francisen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCoetzer, Nicen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorNoero, Joen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSteenkamp, Altaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGray, Zaraen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-18T12:20:12Z
dc.date.available2016-02-18T12:20:12Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe intention of this thesis was to challenge how we, as architects are appropriating new formations of space within the city. The research began as an exploration into how a contemporary African city space could be envisioned, a future trajectory of design thinking that challenges normative systems of design. The diverse nature of South African cities should have an architecture that responds to its lived reality and one that reflects cultural difference. This exploration was narrowed down to view a need that ran across cultural lines. I chose to do this through looking at various health systems that prevail in our current society. The challenge was to critically seek out new ways that one could accommodate for various cultural beliefs while viewing these various health practices. These explorations were carried out in two sections - the first section looks at our current condition and what the prevailing health systems are in our society, as well as the challenges these various views on health pose. The second section focuses on a spatial understanding of how these systems are carried out in our city and seeks to analyse the various spatiality's of healing practices. The idea is to search for how new spaces of healthcare could be realised that reflect cultural difference, rituals and practices and which respond to a South African condition.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGray, Z. (2010). <i>Rituals of health : new healing spaces for Khayelitsha district hospital</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17127en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGray, Zara. <i>"Rituals of health : new healing spaces for Khayelitsha district hospital."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17127en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGray, Z. 2010. Rituals of health : new healing spaces for Khayelitsha district hospital. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gray, Zara AB - The intention of this thesis was to challenge how we, as architects are appropriating new formations of space within the city. The research began as an exploration into how a contemporary African city space could be envisioned, a future trajectory of design thinking that challenges normative systems of design. The diverse nature of South African cities should have an architecture that responds to its lived reality and one that reflects cultural difference. This exploration was narrowed down to view a need that ran across cultural lines. I chose to do this through looking at various health systems that prevail in our current society. The challenge was to critically seek out new ways that one could accommodate for various cultural beliefs while viewing these various health practices. These explorations were carried out in two sections - the first section looks at our current condition and what the prevailing health systems are in our society, as well as the challenges these various views on health pose. The second section focuses on a spatial understanding of how these systems are carried out in our city and seeks to analyse the various spatiality's of healing practices. The idea is to search for how new spaces of healthcare could be realised that reflect cultural difference, rituals and practices and which respond to a South African condition. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Rituals of health : new healing spaces for Khayelitsha district hospital TI - Rituals of health : new healing spaces for Khayelitsha district hospital UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17127 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17127
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGray Z. Rituals of health : new healing spaces for Khayelitsha district hospital. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17127en_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.titleRituals of health : new healing spaces for Khayelitsha district hospitalen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMArch (Professional)en_ZA
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