This document is submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree: Master of Architecture [Professional] at
the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, in the year 2015. / This Thesis, Urban Active Junction: Connecting neighbourhoods with a NTM
fitness centre, is about movement and physical exercise in an urban environment.
In-between spaces are often underutilised, creating an opportunity for to connect
and integrate adjacent spaces. With the help of human activity these space can become
public environment with a social atmosphere, which can be enhanced through
design details. I then introduce non-motorised transport and the significant need
for an alternative mode of transport, due to increasing congestion in the city. This
is done through an analysis cycling and what is required to develop cycling as an
alternative mode of transport.
The relationship between body and building, illustrate their intertwined and inseparable
nature. Despite the wide range of movement that the body is capable of, architecture
has the ability to enhance a user’s experience of a space by stimulating a
sensory response to the building, while also manipulating the body into particular
movement patterns.
The programme of the building creates a dialogue between different the public space
and the building. A with a non-motorised transport interchange and a gymnasium
making up the bulk of the programme, serving to integrate the contrasting communities
of Bellevue and Yeoville with Houghton. The site is located on the corner
of Louis Botha Avenue and Cavendish Street on the border Bellevue, Yeoville and
Houghton. Through a thorough urban analysis and site analysis the site is understood
in greater detail, with precedent studies serving to give relevance to certain design
decisions. The design of the building opens to the urban context on the ground
floor, with movement routes informing positioning and functionality of space / GR 2017
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/22040 |
| Date | 30 October 2015 |
| Creators | Downes, Brandon |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | Online resource (193 pages), application/pdf |
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