Thesis (MA (English))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis interrogates the relationship between body, subjectivity and space in three antipastoral novels. The texts which I will be discussing, Karel Schoeman’s This Life, Anne Landsman’s The Devil’s Chimney and J.M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country, all foreground the female protagonist’s relationship to a specifically South African landscape in a colonial time-frame. The inter-relatedness between the body, subjectivity and space is explored in order to show that there is a shifting interaction between these registers in the novels. Arising from this interaction, the importance of perspective as a way of being in the world is foregrounded. The approach adopted in this study is based on the assumption that our experience depends upon how we make meaning of the world through our bodies as we encounter people, places and objects. The lived, embodied experience is always a subjective experience. The conceptual framework is derived broadly from psychoanalysis and phenomenology. My primary concern in this study is how marginal subject positions are explored in the space of the South African farm, which, traditionally, is an ideologically fraught locus of Afrikaner patriarchy and oppression. The novels are narrated by distinctive female voices, each speaking differently, but all having the effect of undermining and exposing the hegemony of the patriarchal farm space. In all three novels the question of genre is involved as forming the space of the text itself. The novels speak to the tradition of the plaasroman and the pastoral and, in doing so, open up a conversation with the past. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis word die verhouding tussen die liggaam, subjektiwiteit en ruimte ondersoek in drie romans wat teen die pastorale literêre tradisie spreek. Die betrokke romans is This Life deur Karel Schoeman, The Devil’s Chimney deur Anne Landsman en In the Heart of the Country deur J.M. Coetzee. Die romans speel af in ‘n koloniale tydperk waar die vroulike protagonis se verhouding met die Suid-Afrikaanse landskap op die voorgrond gestel word. Die verwantskap tussen die liggaam, subjektiwiteit en ruimte word ondersoek om die interaksie tussen hierdie drie konsepte ten toon te stel. Wat vanuit hierdie interaksie voortspruit is die ontologiese rol wat perspektief speel as wyse om met die wêreld te verkeer. Hierdie studie benader die romans vanuit die siening dat die mens se ervaring afhang van hoe hy/sy die wêreld verstaan deur die interaksie tussen die liggaam en ander mense, ruimtes en objekte. Die beliggaamde ervaring is dus ‘n subjektiewe ervaring. Die konsepsuele raamwerk van hierdie ondersoek is afgelei van psigoanalise en fenomenologie. Die kern van hierdie studie is om te ondersoek hoe die posisie van die randfiguur in die ruimte van die Suid-Afrikaanse plaas ten toon gestel word. Die plaas is tradisioneel ‘n ideologiese bestrede ruimte van Afrikaner patriargie en onderdrukking. Die romans word verhaal deur drie kenmerkende en verskillende vroulike stemme wat dien om die hegemonie van die patriargale opset op die plase te ondermyn en ontbloot. Die vraagstuk van genre is in al drie romans betrokke aangesien genre die ruimte van die teks self uitmaak. Die romans spreek teen die tradisie van die plaasroman en die pastorale roman en tree sodoende in gesprek met die verlede.

Main task of the diploma project is design of basic conversion strategy and revitalization of former textile factory area PERLA 01 in Ústí nad Orlicí. The architecture study itself deals with utilization of a part of the area with most valuable and characteristic attribute. The study links to previous urbanistic – architectural solution of the area. The area is surrounded by new or preserved objects which line of main roads. New public places are created inside of the area with calm pedestrian zones. Selected area is compose of more objects which creating individual diverse group with own character. The main idea was keeping industrial appearance of the building which reflecting important historical period for town, and harmonic connection with new structures or buildings as well. First part is creating by historical buildings nearby big chimney, with mainly administrative use, which are preserved and reconstructed. Together with reconstructed boiler house and engine house which where transform to social hall, was created small square around chimney with dominated steps which created representative entrance. Next part is creating by partly reconstructed or demolished and rebuilding old producers halls. These halls are used for craftsman´s workrooms or as gallery with shed roofing. In the end there is new building created with commercial charge, respecting surrounded buildings and addicting street line with cover arbour with columns . New structure are characterized by the industrial appearance especially by using final surfaced layer of exposed concrete or metal façade formed from aluminum perforated sheet as contrast to existing historical buildings.

Byggnader i Sverige står för en stor del av landets totala energianvändning och det är därför viktigt att man försöker hitta energieffektiviseringar kring detta område. Ibland kan det vara enklare än man tror att komma på billiga energibesparande lösningar. En självklar sak är att termodynamikens andra lag även gäller avlopp. Eftersom avlopp i hus är öppna system, exponerade mot bistra uteklimatet genom hål eller små skorstenar i taket och det kommunala avloppsystemet, så borde det rimligtvis försvinna värmeenergi från huset även där. Man kan tänka sig att det sker kallras på vintern eller ett luftflöde som drar igenom husets avloppssystem. Detta drag borde kyla ner avloppsystemet. Vi kunde konstatera med hjälp av luftflödesmätare att detta drag på grund av skorstenseffekter ofta är riktat så att det kommer in kall luft från det kommunala avloppssystemet och ut igenom avluftningen på taket. Durgo är ett företag som tillverkar avluftningsventiler. Avluftningsventilen fungerar som så att den bara tar in luft när det blir undertryck i avloppet. Därmed kommer det inte ut någon illaluktande luft från avloppet vilket gör att man kan ha avluftningen installerad inomhus exempelvis på en vind. Om man sätter en avluftningsventil istället för att ha en öppen genomföring via taket sätter man stopp för det drag som kommer från kommunens avloppsnät. Därmed blir det minskad avkylning vid kall väderlek i husets avloppsledningar. Avloppsledningar i hus kan ofta vara oisolerade, även om de kan befinna sig i mer eller mindre isolerade utrymmen så kyler de ner konstruktionen och närliggande rum. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att ta reda på om det går att spara energi med en avluftningsventil. Vi bygger en experimentanläggning för att simulera energiåtgången. Experimentanläggningen består av två isolerade tankar, en luftad med avluftningsventil, den andra med öppen skorsten. Sen gör vi två olika typer av experiment där vi mäter temperaturen i tankarna. Första sättet tittar vi på hur snabbt vatten avkyls i två isolerade tankar där ena tanken är ventilerad som om det vore ett traditionellt avluftat avloppssystem och den andra tanken är ventilerad med en avluftningsventil. Andra sättet jämför vi hur mycket energi det går att upprätthålla en viss temperatur i dessa isolerade tankar. På så sätt kan vi enkelt se om det finns skillnader mellan de olika systemen. Vårt förväntade resultat var att man skulle spara energi om man använde sig av en avluftningsventil. Efter att vi gjort våra experiment kunde man se att vår hypotes mycket väl stämde överens med verkligheten. Vårt experiment visar att ju kallare det är utomhus desto större energibesparing gör man med en avluftningsventil. Energibesparingen kan bli runt 13 kWh per meter avloppsrör och år vilket skulle kunna motsvara 1-2 % per år av den totala uppvärmningskostnaden i ett hus beroende på hur många meter man har. I ett flerbostadshus med 84 lägenheter med 45 % effektgrad av värmeåtervinningen från spillvatten blir energisbesparingen ca 10 000 kWh/år då spillvattentemperaturen höjs med en grad. En avluftningsventil är en mycket billig investering och har dessutom flera andra fördelar än att man sparar energi. Dock måste man tillse att den monteras på rätt sätt så den inte läcker ut avloppsgas. / Buildings in Sweden account for a large proportion of the country’s total energy consumption and it is therefore important to try and find energy efficiencies around this area. Sometimes it can be easier than you think to get cheap energy saving solutions. One obvious thing is that the second law of thermodynamics also applies for sewerage. Because the sewage in houses are open systems, exposed to the harsh outdoor climate through holes or small chimneys on the roof and the municipal sewer system, then it should be reasonable that heat energy disappears from the house too. One could imagine that there are cold drafts in the winter or an airflow that pulls through the building's drainage system. This flow should cool down the drains. We could conclude with the aid of an airflow meter that these flows because of the chimney effects often are directed so that cool air flows from the municipal sewage system and out through the vent on the roof. Durgo is a company that manufactures air admittance valves. This valve works so that it only takes in air when under pressure in the sewer system. Thus, it will not print any foul air from the sewer which means that you can have the vent installed indoors, for example in an attic. If you put an air admittance valve instead of having an opening through the roof you put a stop to this airflow. Thus it becomes reduced cooling during cold weather in sewer systems. Drainage pipes in houses are often uninsulated, although they can be in more or less isolated areas and could cool down the construction and nearby rooms. The purpose of this thesis is to find out if it is possible to save energy with an air admittance valve. We built an experimental facility to simulate the energy consumption. The experimental facility consists of two insulated tanks, aerated with an air admittance valve, the other with an open chimney. Then we make two different types of experiments in which we measure the temperature in the tanks. First way, we look at how quickly the water is cooled down in two insulated tanks where one tank is vented as if it were a traditional vented sewer system and the second tank is ventilated with an air admittance valve. Second way, we compare how much energy it is possible to maintain at a certain temperature in the insulated tanks. In this way, we can easily see if there are differences between the various systems. Our expected results were that youwould save energy if you used an air admittance valve. After we made our experiments we could see that our hypothesis very well matched reality. Our experiment shows that the colder it is outside, the greater energy savings you do with an air admittance valve. Energy savings can be around 13 kWh per meter sewer pipe and year, which could equate to 1-2% per year of the total heating cost of a house depending on how many meters you have. In an apartment building with 84 apartments with 45% power level of heat recovery from waste water, the energy saving will be about 10 000 kWh / year because the waste water temperature becomes one degree higher. An air admittance valve is a very cheap investment and it offers several benefits beyond saving energy. However, one must ensure that it is installed properly so it does not leak emission.

Diploma thesis deals with problematics of offtake of flue gasses. In experimental part there was measured compound of flue gasses by analyzator of flue gates. Aplication is a project of heating of object of The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Brno. Project solves design of heating system, flue and of source of heat. Heating area is created by floor convectors,towel rails and radiators. Source of heat is designed in two variants : as a cascade of condensation boilers and as a cascade of low-temperature boilers.

Žabovřesky Kominsky PARK TRUE PLACE: flood plain regulations shackled the river bed and the modern road odřezávající entire area from the surrounding severed the network of historic paths and create new relationships without deeper flooding as a regular fact immediate presence of water in the heavily built-up structure of CONCEPT: grab territory as a whole, intended for sports and relaxation activities respect for the flood in some initial layout surface structure determination of the primary network of roads, copying the edge PCB Layout definition of a strip along the highway, allowing the possible development of communication, service roads parallel to the parking lot, bike path and pedestrian traffic determination can be built-up edge on the edge of the strip network of secondary roads in the area as a walking trail winding along the river in the surface structure after a strict cross-linking the main line route green park adherence to the river with a gradual blending in the edges of the main roads possible space-based courses to přímkám routes linking the main routes vistas passing across the territory with a focus on the strongest dominating the valley SOCCER ACADEMY CONCEPT: location of the site into a suitable strip of water above the fifty maximum possible use of built-up edge house as a barrier against noise from the highway ARCHITECTURE: mass divided module, based on the minimum space requirements for the use of distribution of land mass divided into courses and by major thoroughfares possible mass in vista halls and places of employment corridor linking the northern and southern roofed facade Covered seating along the main matter - pier stands without roof DISPOSITION: above the water level importance of the courses, the content of the section object two blocks and changing rooms opposite the training pitches with artificial grass block administration, coaches, referees, specifying the main playground free playground area fill the background of coffee the block defined on the one hand, a closed area facilities - on the other hand, open cafe CONSTRUCTION: reinforced concrete walls based on micropiles ribbed ceiling with laminated wooden truss perimeter glazing insulating glass pier made of wooden beams based on the transverse steel balls SEASONAL CLOAKROOM CONCEPT: man as a regular item in the landscape minimum space requirements, minimum maintenance, maximum durability ARCHITECTURE: block with the cor-tenových sheets with holes burned center cabinets with stainless steel plate zohýbaného polished concrete floor screed CONSTRUCTION PROCESS: in the internal space spot welding cor-Tenova quarto fitting doors welding roof work installation of ballast instead of bringing water and waste dosypání circuit and concreting the interior of the building installation of prefab blocks of stainless steel cabinets

This thesis examines the experience of loss in Anne Landsman’s novels The Devil’s Chimney (1997) and The Rowing Lesson (2008), and Rachel Zadok’s Gem Squash Tokoloshe (2005). Positing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as an impetus for emerging literary traditions within contemporary South African fiction, the argument begins by evaluating the reasons for the TRC’s widespread impact, and considers the role that the individual author may play within a culture which is undergoing dramatic socio-political upheavals. Through theoretical explication, close reading, and textual comparison, the argument initiates a dialogue between psychoanalysis and literary analysis, differentiating between two primary modes of experiencing loss, namely traumatic and nostalgic memory. Out of these sets of concerns, the thesis seeks to understand the inextricability of body, memory and landscape, and interrogates the deployment of these tropes within the contexts of traumatic and nostalgic loss, examining each author’s nuanced invocation. A central tenet of the argument is a consideration, moreover, of how the dialogic imagination has shaped storytelling, and whether or not narrative may provide therapeutic affect for either author or reader. The study concludes with an interpretation of the changing shape of literary expression within South Africa.

Thesis is concerning urbanistic treatment of a chosen part of Zábrdovice, a catastral disctrict in the city of Brno. Analyses problems of the area, searches for causes and solutions of problems regarding living there or going through the area. Offers a possible solution to make the area passable for pedestrians, car and cyclists, and to improve its continuity to the center of Brno and make it more attractive.

The theme of this diploma thesis is to design heating of the flat house. The theoretical part of this diploma thesis is about exhaust gases paths. The calculation part of this diploma thesis contains the design of the heating system by panel heaters, floor convectors and underfloor heating system. The heat source is the system of cascade-connected gas condensing boilers. The rest of this part are the calculations of the preparation of hot water, design of hot water storage tank and another necessary equipment of the system. The part Project is about technical report and simulation of behaviour of underfloor heating system in various marginal conditions.

The Apollo Project investigates the recent establishment of numerous private educational institutions in the inner city of Pretoria. It identifies the need for adequate urban educational facilities and explores the use of existing buildings as schools. An existing educational cluster is identified at the eastern edge of the inner city, defined by Church, Du Toit and Pretorius Streets, and Nelson Mandela Drive. This city block and the ones surrounding it contain numerous primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions in a predominant industrial/automotive precinct. An urban design framework is proposed for the precinct. It is envisioned that the precinct may be developed as a mixed-use urban educational campus. Within the existing city block and the urban framework proposal, the Apollo Centre, located on the corner of Church-and Du Toit Street, is selected for an adaptive re-use intervention. The proposed use is an urban primary school. The Apollo project investigates current pedagogical trends, which informed a concept that is largely defined by the idea of contextual learning within a vertical structure. Transparency and integration of education with the urban environment is at the core of the proposal. The traditional notion of horizontal education is explored in a vertical manner. The existing structure is analyzed and a position taken regarding the adaptive re-use process that informs the design. Precedent Studies include existing schools within the inner city of Pretoria as well as local and international schools. The process of converting the Apollo Centre into a primary educational facility, that shares its resources on a cross-programming basis, is explored in a series of proposals. The numerous explorations are considered in their various aspects, as well as their relationship to the whole, which then leads to a final design proposal. Key areas of the proposed Apollo Primary School will finally be resolved technically. A conclusion summarizes the author’s thoughts on the result of the project. / Mini Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Architecture / unrestricted

Diploma thesis develops comprehensive documentation of the new building construction of residential house on the level of the implementation of the project construction. Proposal emphasizes layout of linked to ensure the technical design, structural, fire safety, protection against noise, energy saving, safety in use. Work is performed in an electronic format using AutoCAD and Microsoft Word (PDF Creator).