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1	The design of a civic building in Mamelodi Taljaard, Stehan. January 2012 (has links) Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture (Professional))--Tshwane University of Technology, 2012. / The location of Mamelodi in close approximate to new developments of the eastern part of Tshwane makes Mamelodi a very attractive place for persons from rural areas seeking a better life. Although this area formally designated as a 'black townships', public infrastructure and community services do exists but access to certain civic and educational services are restricted. The proposed intervention aims to provide the community with access to the currently inaccessible civic and educational services by the introduction of a new Mamelodi East Thusong Service Centre and Information Resource Centre at the existing Pienaarspoort Railway Station in Mamelodi East. The proposed intervention acknowledges public space in an African context; the market street as public space typology and the informal trader as urban and architectural client by providing facilities required for a self-sustaining community. The activity driven intervention aims to evoke a sense of belonging to its user by establishing a dynamic, meaningful and unifying experience. A place where public space becomes the foreground and buildings serves as a mere backdrop for human activity.
2	The design of an agricultural market centre at Eerste Fabrieke Station, Mamelodi. Jooste, Melanie. January 2011 (has links) Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2011. / The brief calls for a building that will provide facilities for the local community to wash, pack, and trade fresh produce which has either been grown in their backyards or in community gardens. The development should also provide facilities where the public can be educated in agriculture, communication, and business skills. The programme should incorporate a community hall together with facilities for social workers and government officials. Additional office space should be included for small businesses. The development should also provide facilities to empower the local community through education, and the opportunity to convert fresh produce into an economical benefit.
3	The design of a centre for resilient urban food systems in Sunnyside, Pretoria. Goussard, Marthinus Hermanus Johannes. January 2014 (has links) M. Tech. Architecture (Professional) / A substantial proportion of the African population is deprived of access to safe and reliable food. Many people in Tshwane currently live with long-term malnutrition, seeing that food insecurity is growing most rapidly in formal urban areas, referred to as food deserts, due to their limited access to food. Designing urban environments for local food security has become imperative. This dissertation presents the design of a research centre to promote a resilient urban food systems in Sunnyside, Pretoria. A combination of high- and low-intensity cultivation methods is integrated into the building to create a balance between optimised crop yield and community participation and education. The holistic integration of systems, people and the built environment aims to create a building that is not merely a machine for living, but a living machine. Green technology. Unbuilt architectural projects.
4	The design of a Centre for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage at the Old Synagogue in Pretoria. Mc Lellan, Vidette. January 2013 (has links) 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. Synagogues -- South Africa -- Pretoria.
5	The design of an urban farm and market in Central Pretoria. Müller, Ilse. January 2013 (has links) 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.
6	The design of an artisan training centre in Mamelodi, Pretoria. Pedro, Manuel Freitas. January 2013 (has links) M. Tech. Architecture (Professional) / Aims to investigate opportunities that could arise out of designing a facility of this nature to take advantage of the scarce skills shortage, and by placing the proposed facility within a township area will necessitate research into the dynamics of designing in such an area. Therefore the issues of concern which will be investigated will be: the shortage of skilled artisans ; community ownership; and the rehabilitation of a degraded site. Dissertations, Academic -- South Africa.
7	The Tshwane School of Music Campetti, Stefano Michele January 2009 (has links) Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture (Professional Design)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2009. / The aim of this thesis is to design a music school [in Tshwane, South Africa] that will contribute to the development of our rich and vibrant music culture, which will furthermore assist in the promotion of the often unrecognized and struggling music industry as a major player in the South African economy. The building will contain practice and recording studios, together with classrooms for teaching music as well as performing spaces and administration facilities. The design attempts to introduce the building as a fully integrated element in the urban fabric and social infrastructure of the city so as to promote music and the performing arts to the broader public and help to redefine this precinct as the cultural heart of the inner city. Central business districts. Community development, Urban.
8	The design of a neighbourhood justice centre in Mamelodi. Vermeulen, Abrie Johann. January 2011 (has links) Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture (Professional))--Tshwane University of Technology, 2011. / The Department of Justice has sanctioned regional courts to hear divorce cases which were traditionally only heard in the High Court. This address the accessibility to civil services. Four branch courts in Gauteng have been upgraded to full service courts, including Mamelodi. These law reforms will increase the case load for the already over-extended court in Mamelodi, and the dissertation will aim to resolve accommodation short comings and bring the facilities in alignment with full service court standards. As a society we all are affected by or benefit from the protection the law offers. The buildings that facilitate these legal processes are a particularly challenging type of civic complex. The aim is thus not to design a new type of complex merely replacing existing models for the sake of changing existing typologies into something more modern, but rather to offer a proposal motivated by sustainability and guided by the belief that a building which embodies social outcomes should be designed to be a regional response with sensitivity to current conditions. Courthouses -- South Africa -- Pretoria.
9	A reinterpretation of urban space in Pretoria Van der Klashorst, Elsa 2013 February 1900 (has links) Various potential modes of interpreting the urban space in the inner city of Pretoria is evaluated in this study with the purpose of expanding discourse around spatial production in the city. Production of meaning through formal and structural means produced a city that served as administrative capital and ideological base for Afrikaners until the arrival of a democracy in 1994. The contemporary urban space is produced by people through everyday life, as theorised by Henry Lefebvre, rather than through formal means such as name changes. This study evaluates the way that identity and belonging is created by referring to everyday life practices, rhythmanalysis and daily activities as performances. Urban space is evaluated from a phenomenological perspective through the eyes of an artist and resident and expressed in an art exhibition. The way artists Julie Mehretu and Franz Ackermann dealt with urban space in their art is also referenced. / Art History, Visual Arts & Musicology / Master of Visual Arts African city Afrikaner Art and city De Certeau Deleuze & Guattari Everyday life Lefebvre Performance Performativity Post-Apartheid city Post-colonial Pretoria Rhythmanalysis Social space Tshwane Urban geography Urban space 704.94468227 Public spaces in art Architecture -- South Africa -- Pretoria Cities and towns in art Pretoria (South Africa) -- In art Art, South African Pretoria (South Africa) -- In art
10	A reinterpretation of urban space in Pretoria Van der Klashorst, Elsa 02 1900 (has links) Various potential modes of interpreting the urban space in the inner city of Pretoria is evaluated in this study with the purpose of expanding discourse around spatial production in the city. Production of meaning through formal and structural means produced a city that served as administrative capital and ideological base for Afrikaners until the arrival of a democracy in 1994. The contemporary urban space is produced by people through everyday life, as theorised by Henry Lefebvre, rather than through formal means such as name changes. This study evaluates the way that identity and belonging is created by referring to everyday life practices, rhythmanalysis and daily activities as performances. Urban space is evaluated from a phenomenological perspective through the eyes of an artist and resident and expressed in an art exhibition. The way artists Julie Mehretu and Franz Ackermann dealt with urban space in their art is also referenced. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts) African city Afrikaner Art and city De Certeau Deleuze & Guattari Everyday life Lefebvre Performance Performativity Post-Apartheid city Post-colonial Pretoria Rhythmanalysis Social space Tshwane Urban geography Urban space 704.94468227 Public spaces in art Architecture -- South Africa -- Pretoria Cities and towns in art Pretoria (South Africa) -- In art Art, South African

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