Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-102).

Urban relics, memories of bygone eras, sit desolate and disregarded on the Northern and Southern fringes of the City of Tshwane’s inner-city, also known as Pretoria. Flaking facades, uninviting margins and deflected gazes have resulted in forgotten city  narratives, narratives that are immortalised in these monuments.  These compositions of culture, and remnants of the past, have fallen prey to the swift progress of the city and have been left forgotten as they retreat into the shadows of their former grandeur. Dwarfed by the bustle of the city and it’s towering urban fabric, a generation unknowing pass these urban gems daily, unaware of their past splendour. Existing now only as  urban scars, these buildings become spectators to the continued advancing and changing cityscape, they become invisible remnants of the city’s cultural and historical landscape.  The dissertation aims to generate a landscape design proposal for the Old Staatsmuseum building as an attempt to reactivate one such urban relic, to return it to some of its historic grandeur, and imagining new ways for old buildings to inject meaning into the cityscape. Drawing inspiration from creative industries, such as art, media and functional creations, the project investigates landscape architecture’s potential to; regenerate and remodel buildings into creative sites, prevent their further decay, celebrate their inherent adaptive history and  make them accessible to the new generation of city dwellers and visitors. Furthermore, such an attempt also seeks to connect and enhance the otherwise fragmented urban nature within the City of Tshwane, by connecting the Old Staatsmusem, to its context of the National Zoological Gardens, and further afield to the grassland landscapes of Gauteng. Landscape architecture is therefore used to present an allusion of the “continuation of cultural phenomena through built infrastructure” (Wong 2017:30) and as a catalyst for urban regeneration in the Pretoria inner-city. / Mini Dissertation (ML (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Architecture / ML (Prof) / Unrestricted

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, 2006. / Principal faculty advisor: Rebecca J. Sheppard, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, 2007. / Principal faculty advisor: Rebecca J. Sheppard, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy. Includes bibliographical references.

The satisfaction of immediate needs, such as thirst and a need for shelter, often becomes the driving force of one’s movements when walking. The location of places of this nature often plays a key role in where people gather and spend most of their time. In the case of a small fishing town, such as Arniston in the Western Cape, spaces of this nature occur in isolation from key landmarks, disabling the opportunity to truly interact with the whole place, its heritage and its people. This dissertation deals with landscape heritage management and the challenge of identifying new strategies for achieving sustainable heritage tourism in cultural landscapes with “Living Heritage” (Court 2015). The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) claims that one such challenge is implementing strategies to ensure that cultural landscapes, that are still operational, remain and grow in operation, without losing its intrinsic value (Court 2015). In doing so, the method of heritage management must be adapted to accommodate current and possible future narratives. The spatial challenge of how touristic activities interact with heritage spaces and places in coastal fishing villages in South Africa will be highlighted. A specific focus will be placed on the spatial challenge of how one interacts with heritage artefacts, places and spaces along the route to the coastline in Arniston. Hypernaturalisation of the cultural landscape of Arniston in the Western Cape will be proposed in the form of a tourism movement sequence. This will guide interaction with Arniston’s landscape, its people and artefacts before and when one reaches the coastline. / Afrikaans: Die bevrediging van onmiddellike behoeftes, soos dors en 'n behoefte aan skuiling, word dikwels die dryfkrag van 'n mens se bewegings wanneer jy loop. Die ligging van plekke van hierdie aard speel dikwels 'n sleutelrol in waar mense bymekaarkom en die meeste van hul tyd spandeer. In die geval van 'n klein vissersdorpie, soos Arniston in die Wes-Kaap, kom ruimtes van hierdie aard afsonderlik van belangrike landmerke voor, wat die geleentheid het om werklik met die hele plek, sy erfenis en sy mense om te gaan, skakel. Hierdie proefskrif handel oor die bestuur van landskapserfenis en die uitdaging om nuwe strategieë te identifiseer vir die bereiking van volhoubare erfenistoerisme in kulturele landskappe met "Living Heritage" (Court 2015). Die Internasionale Sentrum vir die bestudering van die behoud en herstel van kulturele eiendom (ICCROM) beweer dat een so 'n uitdaging die implementering van strategieë is, om te verseker dat kulturele landskappe, wat nog steeds werksaam is, bly en groei, sonder om die intrinsieke waarde daarvan te verloor (Court 2015). Sodoende moet die metode van erfenisbestuur aangepas word om huidige en moontlike toekomstige vertellings te akkommodeer. Die ruimtelike uitdaging van hoe toeristiese aktiwiteite in wisselwerking is met erfenisruimtes en plekke in vissersdorpies aan die kus in Suid-Afrika, word belig. Daar sal spesifiek gefokus word op die ruimtelike uitdaging om te kommunikeer met erfenisvoorwerpe, plekke en ruimtes langs die roete na die kuslyn in Arniston. Hipnaturalisering van die kulturele landskap van Arniston in die Wes-Kaap word voorgestel in die vorm van 'n toerisme-bewegingsreeks. Dit sal interaksie met Arniston se landskap, sy mense en artefakte lei voor en wanneer 'n mens die kuslyn bereik. / Mini Dissertation (ML (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Architecture / ML (Prof) / Unrestricted

Nearly 400 years ago during the Late Iron Age, a farming community called the Koni’s, lived on the escarpment in Mpumalanga who practiced cattle farming and crop cultivation by using stone. They migrated north in a linear direction from the current day towns of Carolina towards Ohrigstad. This community left remarkable stone walls behind that represent farming traditions worthy of being preserved as a World Heritage site. However, their culture and heritage have been abandoned and forgotten by many South Africans since the 1830s. The lack of awareness and protection of the archaeological remnants lead to the destruction and demolition of many stone structures. Today the stone walls remain hidden behind grasses and bounded by private farming properties which fragments this archaeological landscape. In response to these problems, a pilgrimage route is proposed that cuts through private properties which allows for the movement of people and cattle. Movement in this sense refers to historic farming functions such as grazing which will be continued within the pilgrimage route by the community to revive and manage the nominated World Heritage site to become a living heritage. The dissertation aims to showcase how landscape systems such as grazing can manage and revive an abandoned archaeological landscape while creating an opportunity for landscape design interventions. / Mini Dissertation (ML (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Architecture / ML (Prof) / Unrestricted

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What is special about Broadcast Drive or “A Hill of Five Stations”? It is all about residential properties and some broadcasting stations! These are the statements I often heard when I told my friends of my research topic but cultural significance of a place is not subject to its age, form and size. Broadcast Drive, a ring road of about 1.1-kilometre long, was developed from a massif in the mid 1960s. Sitting on a slope in the northern part of Kowloon Peninsula, Broadcast Drive was selected for housing all four broadcasting stations, namely Radio Hong Kong (later the Radio Television Hong Kong), Redifussion Hong Kong (later the Asia Television), Television Broadcasts Limited and Commercial Radio Hong Kong in the 1960s, since then the road was informally known as “A Hill of Four Stations.” With the introduction of the fifth broadcasting station, Commercial Television, in 1975, Broadcast Drive was given a nickname, “A Hill of Five Station”. Without any comprehensive study on the street, many people in Hong Kong share a common false truth that the centralization of all broadcasting studios at Broadcast Drive was due to the riot of 1967, but the rich layers, unique characters and cultural significance of Broadcast Drive have been ignored. This paper is aimed at filling the research gap, revealing the history and development of the place, and more importantly, identifying the distinctive cultural characters and cultural significance of Broadcast Drive through gathering documentary evidence mainly from primary sources, such as government records and confidential correspondences among departments, newspapers, photos, plans and site surveys. This study also uncovers unexpectedly that the majority of the studios at Broadcast Drive are the works of representing local architectural firms, which adds values to this short ring road. At present, among the original six studios of the five stations at Broadcast Drive, only four remain standing. As an urban cultural site, it is vulnerable to development. To manage the potential challenges arising from the future plan of Radio Television Hong Kong and the current zoning of the studios, some recommendations have been made in this dissertation to uphold the cultural values of the place. Broadcast Drive is not just a street relating to show business, entertainment and information, it also has a close association with our cultural heritage. / published_or_final_version / Conservation / Master / Master of Science in Conservation

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The Berlin Mission Station, Botshabelo, situated nearby the town of Middelburg in Mpumalanga presents a multi-cultural landscape that is emblematic of the complex questions facing heritage sites in South Africa today. Botshabelo mission station is a historically, physically and culturally layered landscape with a shared heritage and an assemblage of narratives. The following dissertation examines the two cultures that influenced the establishment of the mission station, namely the local African cultures and the German missionaries of the 19th Century, and their relationship with the landscape. The embedded layers of meaning and heritage within Botshabelo’s landscape relating to these cultures were translated into a contemporary landscape design with the aim of reviving the neglected historic site. / Mini Dissertation ML(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2018. / Architecture / ML(Prof) / Unrestricted