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The dissertation considers contemporary theory with regards to unprogrammed space and the impact of such space on the urban environment. The intrinsic relationship between programmed and unprogrammed space is defined, resulting in a formal translation in terms of an architectural intervention. Lost space is the evidence of inept urban planning and this study attempts to reintegrate an entire city block into the urban fabric of the city. The exploration of a new programme into the area, takes the form of a sports and education facility in an urban park. The final proposal creates a place of relief in the city, with Pretoria's inherent vernacular used as a generator of form. The design unifies a disparate community by using sport as a bridge builder and providing a canvas for urban exchange. / Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Architecture / unrestricted

The city of Pretoria can be likened to a blanket stretched thin, where previously urban programs shift to the expanding periphery leaving gaps in the city fabric. It is essential to investigate ways in which these urban “left overs” can be re-imagined within the contemporary context. This complex urban condition is investigated with the focus on conservation of abandoned buildings of heritage significance. In South Africa, state funding cannot be relied upon for conservation of individual buildings. Thus the conservation of leftover and abandoned heritage buildings should happen not through singular museum projects but through the everyday usefulness of the building. The role of art and the artist has long been linked to the reuse of buildings which have become difficult to inhabit in conventional ways. Thus the introduction of cultural programs to derelict heritage sites and “left over” spaces is pertinent to their reuse. One such site is the Capitol theatre in the Pretoria CBD. It is undoubtedly a place of cultural richness and expression, having been a place of daily gathering as well as formal entertainment throughout its history. It is a natural point in which to reintroduce culture into an extended public realm at the heart of the city. Originally a space of introverted and exclusive cultural expression, curated cultural artifacts (films and occasional shows) were displayed to a limited audience in a highly internalised experience. However, it is proposed that this condition be inverted through external display of the processes of cultural production on the exterior of the theatre. The intention is to broaden the sphere of cultural influence into the public realm of the city and simultaneously invite the existing communities to engage with the building. Thus the focus shifts from internal event space to external production space which becomes part of the public everyday experience. Reviving the Capitol The Capitol Theatre complex was never completed and no exterior facade was ever design for the auditorium. This creates the opportunity for a new inhabitable facade to be designed which fulfills the role of both a supportive and expressive element. The new element incorporates spaces where people and processes of cultural production are expressed externally while curated cultural artifacts and events remain housed in the auditorium. Ultimately the concept is one of support. The physical support of a failing structure being the starting point which necessitates an intervention; the functional support which allows the building to become useful again in a contemporary context with new cultural meaning; and the social support of the everyday rituals which make up the daily cultural experiences through the extension of the sphere of cultural influence of the Capitol Theatre. / Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2014 / Architecture / MArch(Prof) / Unrestricted

Syfte: Det offentliga rummet består av ett flertal olika delar där gatan är en utav degrundläggande beståndsdelarna. En av de vitala aspekterna som avgör hur väl ettoffentligt rum är utformat är huruvida det uppfattas som levande eller förlorat. För attmänniskor ska vilja vistas i rummet behöver det vara något som lockar dem till platsen,något som gör den levande. Syftet med denna studie är att skapa en bättre förståelse förvad som skapar en levande miljö i det offentliga rummet samt hur förlorade ytor kanreduceras. Ett designförslag för Trädgårdsgatan kommer att gestaltas som sedanutvärderas med både användare och en projektledare för stadsutveckling på JönköpingsStadsbyggnadskontor för att klargöra hur offentliga gågator kan bidra till en merlevande stadsmiljö. Metod: Enkäter, observationer, intervjuer, litteratur- och dokumentstudier har använtsför att besvara undersökningens mål och frågeställningar samt skapa en grund fördesignförslaget. Enkäter har skickats ut till brukare av Trädgårdsgatan för insamling avåsikter och utvärdering. Observationer har genomförts på Trädgårdsgatan för att skapaen helhetsbild av gatans positiva och negativa aspekter i nuläget. En intervju med enprojektledare för stadsutveckling på Jönköpings Stadsbyggnadskontor har gjorts för fåen inblick i hur de arbetar med levande miljöer i staden. Slutligen har även endokumentstudie utförts med syfte att lyfta relevanta teorier. Resultat: Svaren insamlade från enkäten gav en djupare förståelse och bekräftelse avvad brukarna av Trädgårdsgatan önskar förbättras. Vidare har intervjun medprojektledaren givit en tydlig inblick i deras arbetssätt samt ökat förståelsen för hurarbetet med den offentliga miljön går till i Jönköping. Litteraturstudien har utvecklatkunskapen om attraktiva ytor, problem som ofta uppstår samt vad som behövs för attreducera de förlorade ytorna i staden. Ett designprogram skapades sedan baserat påenkätsvaren och litteraturstudien. Designprogrammet låg till grund för detdesignförslag som skapades för att visualisera de framtagna förbättringspunkterna. Konsekvenser: Stadsbyggnadskontoret arbetar aktivt med utformningen av levandemiljöer och vid skapandet av nya ytor finns det tydliga styrdokument som kanunderlätta både arbetet och utvärderingen av resultatet. Dock finns det många krav attuppfylla vilket kan göra det svårt att hitta en optimal lösning. Det finns många faktorersom bidrar till en levande miljö i gaturummet men det är samspelet mellan dem sombestämmer hur gatan upplevs. Därmed krävs en tydlig plan och tydliga metoder för hurstaden ska se ut i framtiden för att projektet ska lyckas. Begränsningar: Studien är begränsad till endast gaturum och diskuterar därför inteplatser och portaler. Vidare fokuserar studien även på perspektivet levande och attraktivmiljö och utesluter andra perspektiv. Covid-19-pandemin har påverkat och begränsatvalet av metoder då intervjuer med människor på Trädgårdsgatan inte längre varmöjligt. Nyckelord: urban space, levande stadsmiljö, gågator, förlorade ytor / Purpose: The urban space consist of many different components and the street is oneof the most basic components. One of the most vital aspects that determine how wellan urban space is designed is based on if it is perceived as a living or dead. Public placesneed something that attracts people something that makes it come alive. The aim of thisstudy is to create a better understanding of what creates compelling environments in theurban space and how lost spaces can be reduced. A design proposal of Trädgårdsgatanin Jönköping will be established and evaluated together with the inhabitants ofJönköping and the city planning office to clarify how pedestrian streets can contributeto a livelier city environment. Method: Surveys, observations, interviews, and a literature study has been used toanswer the goals and questions of the study. These will at the same time provide focalpoints for the design proposal. The survey has been sent out to users of Trädgårdsgatanto gather their opinion and for further evaluation. The aim of the observations was tocreate an overview of the current positive and negative aspects of Trädgårdsgatan. Aninterview with a project manager from the city planning office was done do get an insideview of how they work when creating compelling environments in the city. Lastly adocument study has been conducted with the goal of highlighting relevant theories. Findings: The answers generated from the survey has given a deeper understandingand confirmation of what the users of Trädgårdsgatan want to be improved.Furthermore, the interview with the city planning office has given an insight in howthey work with the urban space in Jönköping. The literature study has widened theknowledge about attractive areas, problems that often occur as well as what is neededto reduce lost space in the city. A design program was then created based on the answersfrom the survey together with the findings from the literature study. The design programwas the basis for the design proposal that was created to visualize the proposedimprovements. Implications: The city planning office is working actively with the creation ofcompelling environments and when making new areas there are clear guidelines theyfollow. These guidelines can both help during the creating of new areas and theevaluation of those areas. These guidelines contain many requirements which can makeit hard to find an optimal solution. There are many factors that contribute to a dynamicenvironment in the street, but it is the interplay between them that decide how the spaceis perceived. Therefore, it is necessary to have a plan for how the city will be designedin the future for the project to succeed. Limitations: The study is limited to city streets and will therefore not examine portalsor places. Furthermore, will the study be based on the perspective of livelyenvironments and will therefore not use other perspectives such as political andeconomic. The Covid-19-pandemic has affected and restricted the choices of methodsused for research because it was not possible anymore to interview people on the street. Keywords: urban space, living city environments, pedestrian streets, lost space

This dissertation explores the potential of new public landscapes developed in small scale lost, or latent spaces within the urban fabric of Pretoria, in order to change the CBD into a living city that encourages urban regeneration through tactical intervention. The urban voids of Pretoria will be mapped and a site developed using a series of tactical interventions. The exploration of current pop-up trends and guerilla urbanism as a vehicle for urban renewal provides the basis for the phasing process. C13/4/48 / Dissertation ML(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Architecture / ML(Prof) / Unrestricted

This thesis explores an alternative method of making Architecture based on ideas presented by Bruno Latour in “Give me a gun and I will make all buildings move” and concepts discussed by Peter Eisenman within “Diagram: An Original Scene of Writing.” The static nature of representation within Euclidian Space requires a re-evaluation of the generative qualities inherent within diagrams. Managed through an identified mechanism, the thesis investigates the excavation of potential within Pretoria Central’s lost spaces by generating programme, response and resolution from elements inherent in the diachronic context. / Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / Architecture / MArch(Prof) / Unrestricted

Introduction: This master thesis is written within the area building technology at Jönköpings Tekniska Högskola. It is made in collaboration with Arkitekthuset Jönköping AB. The study is supposed to be useful as a basis for the urban planning of growing cities to avoid lost spaces. The thesis will also include proposals for how lost spaces in Friaredalen could be developed. Method: The data collection has mainly been done through observations but also through interviews and a literature study. The people interviewed were professionally active within areas that are related to urban planning, lighting, and urban design in the municipality of Jönköping. Both quantitative and qualitative data has been studied in the thesis. Results: Only the interview answers that most clearly answer the research questions are presented under the title results. The full-length interviews are presented as appendices. The results of the observations are also presented under the same title. They were performed during days of sun, low wind velocity and without precipitation. Analysis: The analysis of the empirical indicates that parts of the park are used to a great extent. It also indicates that parts of the park are used to a small extent and have potential for development. The part that seems to be used to the least is the green areas in the north end of the park. The parts of the park that are frequently used can also be analyzed and eventually developed. Discussion: The case study shows that there are parts of Friaredalen that are lost spaces. One goal of this work was to bring forward suggestions for improvement, which has been made for the spaces that was shown to be lost. The observations made according to Gehl’s proven approach were successful in that they provided data showing that parts of the park have a lack of visitors. This data helps answer the report’s questions. The interviews also provided data that was useful for answering the questions. / Introduktion: Detta examensarbete skrivs inom Byggnadsteknik på Jönköpings Tekniska Högskola. Arbetet utförs i samarbete med Arkitekthuset Jönköping AB. Studien ska kunna användas som underlag i stadsplaneringen av växande städer för att undvika bristfälligt utnyttjade områden. Arbetet kommer även ge förbättringsförslag på hur outnyttjade och mindre bra planerade ytor i Friaredalen skulle kunna göras bättre. Metod: Datainsamlingen har i huvudsak skett genom observationer, men även genom intervjuer och en litteraturstudie. Intervjuerna har varit riktade till professionellt verksamma inom områden som rör stadsplanering, belysning och utformning i Jönköpings kommun. Både kvantitativa och kvalitativa data har studerats i arbetet. Resultat: Under rubriken resultat presenteras endast de intervjusvar som har tydligast koppling till frågeställningarna. De fullständiga intervjuerna finns att tillgå som bilagor. Under samma rubrik redovisas även resultat från observationerna. De är utförda under dagar med solsken, låga vindhastigheter och utan nederbörd. Analys: Analysen av empirin tyder på att delar av parken är använda i stor utsträckning. Den tyder även på att vissa delar av parken används i liten utsträckning och har potential för utveckling. Den del som verkar användas minst är gräsytorna i den norra delen av parken. Även de delarna av parken som är flitigt använda går att analysera och eventuellt utveckla. Diskussion: Fallstudien visar att det finns delar av Friaredalen som är bristfälligt utnyttjade. Ett mål i arbetet var att förbättringsförslag på Friaredalen skulle tas fram, vilket har gjorts på de delar som påvisats vara bristfälliga. Observationerna som utfördes enligt Gehls beprövade tillvägagångssätt var lyckade i det avseende att de gav data som visar att delar av parken har en avsaknad av besökare. Denna data hjälper till att svara på rapportens frågeställningar. Även intervjuerna gav data som var användbara för att besvara frågeställningarna.