Mozambique is a semi-arid area with unreliable rainfall distribution; therefore optimal planting dates are critical to ensure that maize is not stressed during critical stages. The objective of this research was to study the effect of sowing date and cultivar on maize (Zea mays L.) yields in Mozambique. A further objective was to establish whether the SWB model could be utilized to help select the optimum planting window for different maize cultivars and localities. An experiment was conducted during the 2007/08 season at the Chókwè Agricultural Research Station, Mozambique, in which a short (or early cultivar, Changalane) and long (or late) season maize cultivar (Tsangano) were sown on three different dates: 5 December 2007 (PD1), 25 December 2007 (PD2) and 15 January 2008 (PD3). Sowing date had a significant effect (p<0.05) on yield and yield components. The 25 December planting (PD2) out yielded (4.3 t ha-1) the 5 December (PD1) (2.5 t ha-1,) and 15 January (PD3) (1.5 t ha-1) plantings for cv. Changalane. However, for cv. Tsangano, PD1 (3.2 t ha-1) out yielded PD2 (2.3 t ha-1) and PD3 (0.7 t ha-1). Cultivars varied significantly in yield potential. The most responsive cultivar to water supply was Changalane, which when planted late in December (PD2), gave a water productivity (WP) of 17 kg ha-1 mm-1, while Tsangano, the late cultivar, performed better when planted early in December (PD1), with a WP of 8.5 kg ha-1 mm-1 The Soil Water Balance (SWB) model was calibrated on the data from one planting date per cultivar and successfully validated on independent data sets from the other two planting dates. Long-term historical weather data sets were obtained for Chókwè and Umbeluzi, two important dry land maize production areas in Mozambique. The calibrated SWB model was used to simulate maize yields for different planting dates to establish the best planting date for different cultivar x plant date x soil combinations. Simulation results for the two cultivars across three planting dates showed that the simulated grain yields per planting date varied substantially from year to year and between the two sites. The SWB scenario simulation results showed that for both Umbeluzii and Chókwè sites, in four out of five years, best yields can be achieved by planting Changalane late in December and Tsangano early in December. It can be concluded that the SWB model can be a very useful tool to help select the most suitable maize cultivars and planting dates for different localities, based on differences in plant water availability during the growing season. Copyright / Dissertation (MSc(Agric))--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Plant Production and Soil Science / unrestricted

Station buildings across the world have always been the epiphany of efficiency with the coldness associated with this building type. With the Gautrain Station, Hatfield, Pretoria, the efficiency of the machine is effectively combined with the humanity of nature - the abundance of the South African natural world is allowed to bleed into all spaces normally seen as the exclusive domain of steel and concrete. / Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2003. / Architecture / unrestricted

The intention and aim of this investigation is to pursue a coherent and cogent argument, as the architectural discipline exists as a profession of relationships, where nothing exists in isolation. Volume 1 is a vantage point from which to view and interpret the ensuing volumes. The project flowed from a personal belief and passion shared by both students. The project aims to allow each student to develop and situate their individual schemes around this central argument, responding to various inputs and effects that the volume offers. The approach to this project is rooted in an understanding of past, present and future, with particular focus on the future as a response to the past. The project is speculative in nature, and should be viewed, understood and interpreted as such. / Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014. / Architecture / MArch(Prof) / Unrestricted

Hidden, 12 km from Middelburg, lies the historic mission village Botshabelo. Named Botshabelo, meaning “place of refuge” in the Pedi language as a symbol of a place that became a refuge for the people who fled from Sekhukhune land because of their faith. Within 10 years of its establishment, Botshabelo was self sustainable and it served as a trading post throughout the surrounding farmlands. Education was also seen as one of the driving factors behind the success of Botshabelo, however, the education system was severely affected by the Bantu Education Act, implemented in the 1950s. The apartheid legislation had many negative effects on Botshabelo, whose population predominantly consisted of Bapedi and Bakopa people, and eventually led to the forced removal of 100 families from the site. The site was then turned into an open air museum. In 2005 the families who were forcibly removed won a land claim in relation to Botshabelo and since then the site has been unused and its future is still uncertain. This dissertation addresses the reintroduction of the Botshabelo Community Trust1 to the site, thereby creating a new narrative for the site, while evoking memories of the past. The intention of this project is to protect Botshabelo’s value for the future, while creating continuity of experience between the past, present and future by using its narrative as a research method. / Versteek 12km buite Middelburg lê die historiese sendingdorpie Botshabelo. Benoem “Botshabelo, plek van toevlug” ‘n simbool van ‘n plek van toevlug vir die mense wat van Sekhukhune-land gevlug het weens hul geloof oortuiging. Binne 10 jaar van sy vestiging was Botshabelo selfonderhoudend en het dit ‘n soort handelspos geword in die omliggende omgewing. Onderwys was ook gesien as een van die bestuursfaktore wat die sukses van Botshabelo behels, maar die onderwysstelsel is ernstig benadeel deur die Wet op Bantoe-onderwys, wat in die 1950’s geïmplementeer is. Die apartheidswetgewing het baie negatiewe gevolge vir Botshabelo gehad, waarvan die bevolking oorwegend bestaan uit die Bapedi- en Bakopa-mense, wat uiteindelik gelei het tot die gedwonge verwydering van 100 gesinne van die terrein. Die werf is daarna in ‘n opelugmuseum omskep, maar in 2005 het die gesinne wat tydens die Apartheid era verwyder is, ‘n grondeis in verband met Botshabelo gewen. Sedertdien is die terrein ongebruik en die toekoms daarvan is nog onseker. Hierdie proefskrif handel oor die hervestiging van die Botshabelo gemeenskap na die terrein, met die skep van ‘n nuwe narratief vir die terrein, wat herinneringe uit die verlede terugroep. Die bedoeling van hierdie projek is om Botshabelo se toekomstige waarde te beskerm. Deur gebruik te maak van n narratief navorsings metode is kontinuïteit van ervaring tussen die verlede, hede en toekoms geskep. / Mini Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2018. / Architecture / MArch(Prof) / Unrestricted

Social media, mainstream media and the predominance of visual engagement is contributing to a culture that is increasingly intolerant and lacking in empathy. “The hegemonic eye seeks domination over all fi elds of cultural production, and it seems to weaken our capacity for empathy, compassion and participation with the world.” Juhani Pallasmaa Recent political events and dialogue surrounding issues of identity, politics and culture in the South African media are seen as a testament to this. In response concepts of New Urbanism, Integral Urbanism and defi nitions for Civic Space are employed to create an architecture with spatial principles that encourage urban interaction and promote healthy engagement with one’s community thereby acting as a counterbalance to engagement on digital and visual platforms. The Pretoria Station site is investigated as a platform where a wide spectrum of networks can converge, thereby maximising the potential for dialogue and exchange between cultures, races, classes and with the city and the state. The proposed architectural design takes the form of a public space centred around the ‘Civic Knot”, itself a focal point of the folded landscape topology. The building is inclusive and seeks to balance urban requirements of daily needs, work and recreation by delivering a useful and fertile civic platform. / Mini Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2018. / Architecture / MArch (Prof) / Unrestricted

This Thesis project is going to be situated in my home town Östersund, 600 kilometers north from Stockholm.It´s a small town with 60 000 people and it is the only city of the region Jämtland in Norrland, Sweden.In the city centre of Östersund there is one existing bus terminal station where the buses arrive with people from the entire region.The task for this Thesis project is to rebuild the existing bus station in Östersund where the actual terminal building is going to be completely demolished and the entire block within the current bus stops is going to be rearranged.The topography of the terminal area is now dividing the regional buses that arrives on the upper level from the city buses that stops at the lower level. Therefore the main challenge of the new proposal is how one would strengthen the junction between these two flows of people and how a new architecture could enable the encounter between the countryside and the urban city. / Detta examensprojekt kommer att vara belägen i min hemstad Östersund, 600 kilometer norr om Stockholm. Det är en liten stad med 60 000 personer och det är den enda staden i regionen Jämtland, Norrland. I centrum av Östersund finns en befintlig bussterminalen där bussarna anländer med folk från hela regionen. Uppgiften för detta projekt är att bygga om den befintliga busstationen i Östersund topografin på terminalområdet i dagsläget separerar de regionala bussarna som anländer på den övre nivån från stadsbussarna som stannar på en lägre nivå. Den största utmaningen i det nya förslaget är hur man istället skulle kunna stärka förbindelsen mellan dessa två flöden av människor och hur en ny arkitektur kan möjliggöra mötet mellan glesbyggd och den urbana staden.

I Stockholm står idag kollektivtrafiken för mer än en tredjedel av resorna som sker i länet (Region Stockholm 2017, s. 6), att kollektivtrafikens olika delar ska fungera är därför väldigt viktigt. En stor del av resenärers resor spenderas på olika bytespunkter. Resecentrum är platser där stora mängder trafik och oskyddade trafikanter möts och på mer eller mindre sätt interagerar med varandra. Vid utformning av ett resecentrum är samspelet mellan trafikslag och de olika flödena på platsen viktiga faktorer att tänka på. Både för att enskilda resenärers resor ska vara smidiga och att trafiksäkerheten på platsen ska vara hög.  I det här arbetet har ett gestaltningsförslag på hur ett resecentrum skulle kunna se ut om det var grundat i empirin genomförts. Platsen har varit Spånga station och med hjälp av en kvalitativ textanalys och en platsanalys har en omgestaltning genomförts. Med prioritering på resenärer och smidiga flöden har Spånga station gått från en fungerande men bristfällig plats, till ett resecentrum där resenärer enkelt kan ta sig mellan olika funktioner på ett tryggt sätt.  Hur ett resecentrum generellt utformas på bästa sätt är svårt att svara på då det beror på både platsens förutsättningar och behov. I det här arbetet har olika delar av resecentrum separat diskuterats vilket gör att empirin går att använda på fler fall. Genom att plocka ut och implementera olika delar av empirin går det därför att skapa de bästa lösningarna vid utformning av olika resecentrum utifrån förutsättningar och behov.

Östertälje är ett växande område med mycket potential att utvecklas till en attraktiv stadsdel i Södertälje. Detta då den redan nu har väldigt många som använder sig av Östertälje station. Har bra förbindelser med Stockholm, 36 minuters pendeltågs färd. Finns nära natur och grönska, stråk längs med kanalen där det planeras att byggas 500 bostäder. Min avsikt är att möta detta växande område med en ny tågstation/resecentrum som kommer att kunna leva upp till det antal personer som i framtiden kommer att passera Östertälje station. Ett resecentrum så att både ungdomar och barn får en plats att känna sig identifierade med. En plats för både yngre och vuxna att umgås på ett roligt sätt.  En knutpunkt för att smidigt resa vidare. Allt som är nödvändigt inför, under och efter din resa skall finnas lättillgängligt. Inga mörka gångar eller tunnlar som får personer att känna sig otrygga. Det ska kopplas till ljust, växter och öppna ytor. Ha dubbelt användning kvällstid/helger. Det skulle till exempel kunna förvandlas till kultur utställning, konsthall, träningsplats, gymnastiksal, eller danslokal. / Östertälje is a growing area with a lot of potential to develop into an attractive district in Södertälje. This is because it already has very many who use Östertälje station. Has good connections with Stockholm, 36 minutes commuter train ride. Located close to nature and greenery, lanes along the canal where it is planned to build 500 homes. My intention is to meet this growing area with a new train station / travel center that will be able to live up to the number of people who in the future will pass Östertälje station. A travel center so that both young people and children have a place to feel identified with. A place for both younger and adults to socialize in a fun way. A hub for smooth travel. Everything that is necessary before, during and after your trip must be easily accessible. No dark passages or tunnels that make people feel insecure. It should be connected to light, plants and open areas. Have dual use evenings / weekends. It could for example be turned into a culture exhibition, art gallery, gym, or dance hall.

Reconstruction of the former freight station in Zizkov in Prague. Industrial atmosphere is surrounding every visitor of the area and it is worth to keep it this way.

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