A public interface for the infrastructure of
Hartbeespoort Dam
Water sustains all living things on this earth and has
a huge impact on the natural environment. Water is
the most valuable natural resource on this earth. It is
vital to humans' existence. It is why we have evolved to
the point that we are now and if we do not appreciate
it, it will be our demise. Water has the ability to adapt
and change as different natural systems interact with
it, it allows a constant balance to remain. Humans
have broken the delicate balance of water supply and
demand, detrimentally affecting the natural systems
that support us.
Since the start of the industrial era our cities have
grown at an exponential rate. The development of
cities has impacted negatively on natural systems.
This has led to a concomitant disconnection between
man and nature and has divorced humans from an
understanding of the role and importance of natural
water systems. . We have forgotten the positive effects
that we experience when directly engaging with water
as we live in environments often far from nature; rarely
experiencing it fully. Our physical control of natural
resources has led to a physical disconnection and
under appreciation of these precious resources.
This project aims to reconnect man and nature to
create a new paradigm where humans value our
natural resources and, in particular, water.
A re-appropriation of water infrastructure through an
architectural interface that fulfils cultural, social and
economic functions to create a positive recreational
space that celebrates water and its importance in
our h eritage. T he intention is to c reate a p roductive
infrastructure that facilitates exchanges between site,
existing infrastructure and the user. / n Publieke skeidingsvlak vir die infrastruktuur van die
Hartebeespoort Dam omgewing.
Water onderhou alle lewe op aarde en het 'n groot
impak op die natuurlike omgewing. Water is die
belangrikste natuurlike hulpbron op die aarde en is
van die uiterste belang vir die mens se voortbestaan.
Dit is hoekom ons die punt bereik het waar ons nou is.
Dit sal ons ondergang beteken as ons dit nie bewaar
en waardeer nie. Die mens het die delikate balans van
aanvraag en watervoorsiening versteur tot nadeel van
die natuurlike sisteme wat ons onderhou.
Sedert die begin van die industriele tydperk het ons
stede eksponensie?l vergroot. Die ontwikkeling van
stede het 'n negatiewe impak gehad op ons natuurlike
omgewing. Dit het gelei na 'n gepaardgaande
diskonneksie tussen mens en natuur en het die mens se
begrip van die rol en belang van natuurlike waterbronne
negatief be?nvloed. Omdat ons in omgewings woon v?r
verwyder van water en dikwels van die natuur kom ons
nie direk met water as lewensmiddel in ons omgewing
in kontak nie. Ons fisiese beheer van natuurlike bronne
het gelei tot die skeiding en onderwaardeering van
hierdie kosbare bronne.
Die doel van die projek is om mens en die natuur
bymekaar te bring en 'n nuwe paradigma te skep waar
die mens sy natuurlike bronne, en in die besonder
water, waardeer.
'n Nuwe benadering tot waterinfrastruktuur deur 'n
argitektonise wisselwerking wat kulturele, sosiale en
ekonomiese funksies bymekaar bring om 'n positiewe
onspanne ruimte te skep waar die belang van water as
'n erfenis vier, is nodig. Die doel is om 'n produktiewe
infrastruktuur te skep wat uitruiling tussen die terrein,
die huidige infrastruktuur en die gebruiker bymekaar
bring. / Mini Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2016. / Architecture / MArch (Prof) / Unrestricted
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60209 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Taylor, Ryan |
| Contributors | Barker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson), ryan.cf.taylor17@gmail.com |
| Publisher | University of Pretoria |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Mini Dissertation |
| Rights | © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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