M. Tech. Architecture (Professional) / The aim of this research is to design a trauma centre for abused women and children in the Mamelodi area, which will aid their recovery from extremely distressful and traumatic events. The current system focuses on the immediate effects of abuse and rape. Very few resources are avalable in terms of supporting the survivor's long term emotional and psychological wellbeing. The objectives of the proposed facility will focus on psychological and emotional care as well as addressing the lack of psychologigal facilities and spatial quality in healing spaces.

M. Tech. Architecture (Professional) / Herbalism has been practised by various cultures in various countries around the world, including China, India and Africa for thousands of years. South Africa is home to a rich variety of medicinal plant species. Our natural resources and existing knowledge of traditional medicines and treatments form part of our heritage and should be protected, studied, documented and further researched to ensure the safe and effective use of herbal remedies for the public and future generations. Current issues that we are facing in South Africa are the informality of traditional medicines and the concern that the industry is unregulated, misunderstood by many and that the survival of our natural plant resources is under threat as a result of overexploitation. In response, this dissertation addresses these issues through the design of a consulting healthcare and research facility for natural medicine within Hatfield, Pretoria. The facility is intended to reach and educate the urban community in an attempt to bridge the gap between formal and informal medical fields. Urban agriculture will aim to form the foundation of the learning experience by promoting public awareness for natural medicine and the conservation of our natural resources regarding medicinal plants in a practical, experimental and experiential way. The proposed facility sets out to formalise indigenous traditional medicine in order to arrive at a sustainable commodity within the African urban environment. A further aim is to draw together various natural healing practices and processes experienced in the modern world, such as herbalism, homeopathy, osteopathy, naturopathy and chiropractic. This shared facility should create a symbiotic environment where these natural medicine modalities can operate within a controlled and regulated environment. In so doing, traditional practices may safely be commercialised as a proven alternative to allopathic medicine. The target user for this project will be the middle to high income urban groups that rely primarily on formal medical practices. Evidence based design principles informed the programme of the building relating to the creation of healing environments within healthcare centres.

M. Tech. Architecture (Professional) / The Old Jewish Synagogue on Paul Kruger Street in the centre of Pretoria is the foundation for this thesis project. This heritage building facilitated some of the most pivotal events in apartheid history - the Treason Trial of former president Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, and the Steve Biko Inquest. For decades restoration attempts have not been fruitful, due to the costs involved paired with impractical reuse functions for the building and the surrounding site. This thesis project aims to once again make the Old Synagogue accessible to the public, through suitable incorporation of the building, as well as its site, into the urban fabric. Therefore this document is structured chronologically - as information was acquired through the year, to reach a solution.

M. Tech. Architecture Professional / This thesis presents the argument that the concept of urban farming can help resolve the problem of the displacement of agriculture in distant locations from consumers, which either results in the escalation of food costs or the loss of the farmer's profit, which inevitably results in less food producers. The market place addresses the lack of formalised trading space, providing job opportunities for an increasing urban population, along a busy pedestrian route. The thesis concludes through the illustration of a design project from the resulting research, on a triangular city block on the periphery of Central Pretoria.

Nas últimas décadas, o rápido avanço do setor aeroportuário nacional decorrente do crescimento econômico e populacionais expos os gargalos de infraestrutura e da malha aeroviária brasileira ficando os aeroportos limitados a polos habitacionais mais estruturados. O aumento do fluxo de passageiros transportados no setor aéreo neste período tem compelido o planejamento e construção no setor público para a ampliação dos terminais aeroportuários de passageiros denominados no meio aeronáutico como TPS. A observação do impacto e interação entre as decisões do projeto arquitetônico, quantidade e dinâmica das informações, normas e legislação nacional e internacional, que estão constantemente sendo atualizadas e desbalanceadas, geram fatores determinantes no processo projetual e construtivo. A motivação na elaboração desta tese é preencher uma lacuna quanto a escassez de estudos no Brasil que enfoquem especificamente o processo de projeto arquitetônico nos TPS. Para realizar a pesquisa foi utilizado o método Design Science Research (DSR), visando auxiliar projetistas de arquitetura e coordenadores de projeto na gestão de projetos de terminais aeroportuários regionais de passageiros. O desenvolvimento da tese foi baseado na análise de terminais aeroportuários de passageiros domésticos e regionais brasileiros fruto da experiência do autor na área, na revisão bibliografia nacional e internacional deste tipo de edificação. Como resultado foi criado um termo de referência estruturado, para o planejamento do processo de projeto arquitetônico contemplando elementos para gestão de requisitos de programa, do fluxo de projeto, da coordenação e da compatibilização do projeto arquitetônico com os demais projetos específicos, legislações, normas, agentes, instituições, concessões e órgãos públicos fornecendo diretrizes básicas para o processo de projetos de TPS. / In the last decades, the rapid advancement of the national airport sector, due to the economic and population growth, exposed the infrastructure and the Brazilian air transportation route, making the airports limited to the housing poles with better structure. The increase in the transported passenger flow on the airline sector, in this moment, has compelled the planning and construction of the public sector for the expansion of the airport passenger terminals, named in the aeronautical environment as TPS. The observation of the impact and the interaction between the decisions of the architectural design, amount and dynamic of the informations, national and international rules and legislation, which are continually being updated and unbalanced, create determining factors in the design and constructive process. The motivation on the elaboration of this thesis is to fill the gap, regarding the scarcity of studies in Brazil which aim specifically the process of architectural design on the TPS. To make the research the Design Science Research (DSR) method was used, aiming to help architecture designers and design coordinators on the project management of regional airport passenger terminals. The thesis development has been based on the analysis of domestic and Brazilian regional airport passenger terminals, which is a result of the author expertise on the area, on the national and international literature review of this sort of building. A structured terms of reference was created as a result, for the planning of the process of architectural design contemplating elements for the management of program requirements, design flow, coordination and compatibility of the architectural design with the other specific designs, legislation, rules, agents, institutions, concessions, and public agencies, providing basic guidelines for the process of TPS design.

Centro de Difusión Cultural de Lima Norte, es un proyecto localizado en el distrito de Carabayllo; cuya finalidad es difundir y concientizar al usuario con su historia y cultura, ayudando a reconstruir la identidad perdida de los pobladores y la preservación del patrimonio cultural existente. El proyecto se emplaza en la Av. José Saco Rojas, que conecta a los distritos de Puente Piedra y Carabayllo. Además se escoge este terreno debido a la cercanía de ambientes históricos del distrito, como lo son la Plaza de San Pedro de Carabayllo, la iglesia de San Pedro de Carabayllo, y la Casa Hacienda “El Fortín”; lo cual ayuda a reforzar la idea de “identidad” en la población. Está dirigido al público en general, de todas las edades, pero con un énfasis en el rango de edad entre 1- 30 años, ya que éstos son los que conforman con mayor porcentaje la población del distrito. El programa arquitectónico responde a las necesidades de la problemática identificada, usuario, y tipo de edificio que se plantea; por esta razón se ha dividido en 10 paquetes funcionales a los diferentes ambientes planteados. Para el diseño del proyecto se han tomado en cuentas diversas condicionantes que se han ido identificando a lo largo del trabajo de investigación, como las necesidades y características del lugar y el usuario. / Center of Cultural Difussion of North Lima, is a project located at the district of Carabayllo; whose purpose is to disseminate and raise awareness among the user with its history and culture, helping to reconstruct the lost identity of the inhabitants and the preservation of the existing cultural heritage. The project is located at Av. José Saco Rojas, which connects the districts of Puente Piedra and Carabayllo. In addition this land is chosen due to the proximity of the district's historical environments, such as the Plaza de San Pedro de Carabayllo, the church of San Pedro de Carabayllo, and the Hacienda "The Fortín"; which helps to reinforce the idea of "identity" in the population. It is aimed at the general public, of all ages, but with an emphasis on the age range between 1-30 years, since these are the ones that make up the population of the district with the highest percentage. The architectural program responds to the needs of the identified problem, user, and type of building that suggested; for this reason it has been divided into 10 functional packages to the different areas proposed. For the design of the project, several factors that have been identified during the research work have been taken into account, such as the needs and characteristics of the place and the user. / Tesis

M. Tech. Architecture / The design of a digital, genealogical archival repository in Pretoria West for the preservation of South African family histories, that will inter alia, provide free public access to such archived material, is proposed. Oppression brought about by colonialism and apartheid in South Africa ultimately led to domination by one racial group, resulting in the inadequate documentation of the personal histories of the majority of the population; an omission which may be remediated by the archiving of family histories. Archival buildings are custodians of the valuable items of heritage for future generations. However, due to the strenuous and time intensive nature of the genealogical research process, the National Archives and Records Service does not, currently, effectively address this lack, which has led to this field of research being privately practiced. An archive of family history to be housed in Pretoria West, an industrial area characterised by vacant and abandoned buildings in need of intervention, is proposed. The design seeks to adapt a grain silo which forms a part of an old flour mill complex on Charlotte Maxeke Street. An exploration into the building's past as a place which stores, secures and protects the contents within it, led to its selection as a suitable host for an archive which will utilise the preservative functional logic of the silo as a place of storage and security.

Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-06-23T17:49:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 IvanaOliveira.pdf: 2640003 bytes, checksum: 9d8db6b179f97c205f4440e522a58001 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-23T17:49:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IvanaOliveira.pdf: 2640003 bytes, checksum: 9d8db6b179f97c205f4440e522a58001 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-23 / Demographic revolution experienced worldwide resulting from considerable growth of elderly population in various countries brings with it a growing concern with life quality of the older population. It is known that it is extremely important to adapt residential environments to new conditions and limitations of elderly in order to preserve their autonomy and prevent accidents. Thus, it is noticeable the importance of activities done by Architecture and Interior Design professionals next to this audience, which raises the issue of communication difficulties between the professional and the client, considering that the graphic language used is not dominated by the layman who often just does not understand what is being proposed in the project. Therefore, this research aims to evaluate three projects presentation media: humanized technical drawings in 2D, static prospects for the environment in 3D, and digital simulation of a "virtual tour" through the planned environment, in order to verify which one establishes more effective communication with the public in question, by providing them with a greater understanding of information contained within the projects. For this, we used a qualitative approach with emphasis on a case study, in which fifteen elderly were submitted to presentations followed by open standardized interviews, which enabled the evaluation regarding the understanding and preference of each one of them. At the end, one can see that technical drawings, even if presented in a humanized way, do not allow proper understanding for the elderly, not being considered a proper tool for submitting projects to the public. The static prospects for the environment in 3D promote greater understanding when it was compared to the first media, however, the virtual ride simulation was the media which enabled greater understanding by the respondents, but then it was realized the existence of variables that can influence this result, such as the sex and age of the participants. Thus, architects and interior designers need to pay attention to the various existing forms of project communication in order to choose appropriate ways to the context in which communication will be inserted, considering the peculiarities of the target audience. / A revolução demográfica vivenciada em todo o mundo, resultante do considerável crescimento da população idosa nos mais diversos países, acarreta uma preocupação crescente com a qualidade de vida na terceira idade. Sabe-se que é de extrema relevância a adaptação dos ambientes residenciais às novas condições e limitações do idoso, a fim de preservar a sua autonomia e prevenir acidentes. Sendo assim, constata-se a importância da atuação dos profissionais de Arquitetura e Design de Interiores junto à esse público e levanta-se a questão da dificuldade de comunicação entre o profissional e o cliente, tendo em vista que a linguagem gráfica utilizada não é dominada pelo leigo, que acaba, muitas vezes, por não entender o que está sendo proposto no projeto. Diante disso, esta pesquisa tem por objetivo, avaliar três mídias de apresentação de projetos: desenhos técnicos humanizados em 2D, perspectivas estáticas do ambiente em 3D e a simulação digital de "passeio virtual" pelo ambiente planejado, a fim de verificar qual delas estabelece uma comunicação mais eficaz com o público em questão, proporcionando-lhes uma maior compreensão das informações contidas nos projetos. Para isso, utilizou-se de uma abordagem qualitativa com ênfase em um estudo de caso, em que quinze idosos foram submetidos às apresentações seguidas de entrevistas padronizadas abertas, que viabilizavam a avaliação da compreensão e preferência de cada um deles. Ao fim, pode-se perceber que os desenhos técnicos, mesmo que apresentados de forma humanizada, não possibilitam a compreensão adequada do idoso, não sendo uma ferramenta indicada para a apresentação de projetos à esse público. As perspectivas estáticas em 3D promoveram uma maior compreensão quando comparada à primeira mídia, no entanto a simulação de passeio virtual foi a que possibilitou um maior entendimento por parte dos entrevistados, embora tenha-se percebido a existência de variáveis que podem influenciar neste resultado, como é o caso do sexo e faixa etária dos participantes. Sendo assim, arquitetos e designers de interiores precisam atentar-se as diversas formas existentes de comunicação do projeto para escolher os meios adequados ao contexto em que a comunicação estará inserida, considerando as peculiaridades do público em questão.

M. Tech. Architecture (Professional) / The National Research Foundation has recognized the zoo as a critical player towards the conservation of animal heritage in southern Africa. Yet, as we have seen, tantamount to having outstanding research methods, is having the needed facilities to deploy them effectively. In order for this to come to bare, the zoo requires a careful assessment of architectural concerns. This thesis presents exactly those. The wildlife medical centre here proposed precipitates out of a comprehensive study engaging the following issues of concern; zoo healthcare and rehabilitation, sub-nature and animal architecture. The proposed site location currently supports the out-dated hospital (built in 1969), which is on the zoo's south-eastern corner along Boom Street. Its facilities include a veterinary hospital, research laboratories, a bio-bank, temporary wards, and rehabilitation wards whose design derives not only from traditional matters of architectural concern but also the informed, first-hand knowledge of the animals' needs and preferences as understood by the zoo's staff. Additionally, the proposed design exposes and showcases the zoo's research facilities along its public interface in order to better serve its educational efforts. Thus, this proposal presents the means for promoting conservation awareness and, at the same time, empowers its dedicated staff.

M. Tech. Architecture (Professional) / South Africa has some way to go before it catches up to developed countries in terms of musical education and production. Since musical skills are expensive to develop, and not currently taught at school level, a lack of funding results in many impoverished individuals missing out on the opportunity to develop musical skills that could ultimately bring about multiple career opportunities. This dissertation involves the design of a music centre on the periphery of Sunnyside, for surrounding school pupils and local youths. The centre will function as a musical education facility and public meeting space, in an urban district. The development of this new facility would hopefully act as a catalyst for the rejuvenation of the pedestrian walkway next to the Walker Spruit; by integrating and redesigning the green space next to the proposed site