Creative housing : from provision to enablement : contexting housing policy through the investigation of support structures

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dc.contributor.advisorSteenkamp, Altaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorNoero, Joen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCarter, Francisen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRichardson, Robert Richarden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-12T11:21:10Z
dc.date.available2016-01-12T11:21:10Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn South Africa, the pressure on the infrastructure and facilities of the city - designed for a privileged few and now accessible to a growing populace - has resulted in two generic conditions. Urban economic centres have either relocated to areas outside of the city- exacerbating sprawl and destroying our urban legacy, or, as in the case of Cape Town, as a result of topography; the racial and political boundaries constructed by the colonial and apartheid state have been replaced by social and economic divisions. The coincidence of the natural topographic assets of Cape Town and the resultant eccentric focus of the city constructed by such topography has created a reversal of the normal population densities of the city. The most densely populated suburbs occur on the periphery while the economic opportunities still exist mainly in the centre. The resultant daily migration to and from work, creates huge pressure on public transportation and infrastructure. The desire for urbanization and the scarcity of affordable resources creates numerable urban pathologies which manifest themselves on the boundary between the periphery and interior. Rapid urbanization and the incapacity of the state to cope in the provision of accessible and affordable housing has resulted in the development of resilient self-aided local typologies which can accommodate the realities of the South African condition• It is my thesis that these local types form a necessary context through which housing design and urban policy should be informed, in order to create an alternative approach to housing in our country.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRichardson, R. R. (2009). <i>Creative housing : from provision to enablement : contexting housing policy through the investigation of support structures</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16356en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRichardson, Robert Richard. <i>"Creative housing : from provision to enablement : contexting housing policy through the investigation of support structures."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16356en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRichardson, R. 2009. Creative housing : from provision to enablement : contexting housing policy through the investigation of support structures. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Richardson, Robert Richard AB - In South Africa, the pressure on the infrastructure and facilities of the city - designed for a privileged few and now accessible to a growing populace - has resulted in two generic conditions. Urban economic centres have either relocated to areas outside of the city- exacerbating sprawl and destroying our urban legacy, or, as in the case of Cape Town, as a result of topography; the racial and political boundaries constructed by the colonial and apartheid state have been replaced by social and economic divisions. The coincidence of the natural topographic assets of Cape Town and the resultant eccentric focus of the city constructed by such topography has created a reversal of the normal population densities of the city. The most densely populated suburbs occur on the periphery while the economic opportunities still exist mainly in the centre. The resultant daily migration to and from work, creates huge pressure on public transportation and infrastructure. The desire for urbanization and the scarcity of affordable resources creates numerable urban pathologies which manifest themselves on the boundary between the periphery and interior. Rapid urbanization and the incapacity of the state to cope in the provision of accessible and affordable housing has resulted in the development of resilient self-aided local typologies which can accommodate the realities of the South African condition• It is my thesis that these local types form a necessary context through which housing design and urban policy should be informed, in order to create an alternative approach to housing in our country. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Creative housing : from provision to enablement : contexting housing policy through the investigation of support structures TI - Creative housing : from provision to enablement : contexting housing policy through the investigation of support structures UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16356 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16356
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRichardson RR. Creative housing : from provision to enablement : contexting housing policy through the investigation of support structures. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16356en_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.titleCreative housing : from provision to enablement : contexting housing policy through the investigation of support structuresen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMArch (Professional)en_ZA
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