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Connection : a Public Visual Information Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg

The Migrant Workers Hostel and the four Artisan Houses, situated on a corner site within the Newtown Cultural Precinct, holds untapped historic and cultural potential that no facility occupying that site has allowed it to reach. The desire to conceptualise a new role for these abandoned heritage buildings on this culturally significant site was the initial motivation for the intervention. The intended design intervention transforms the existing derelict site into one of opportunity, through a public education facility, allowing information to be accessed through the media film. Through the new interpretation of a safe study environment, 'Connection' allows everyone the opportunity of accessing information and furthering oneself. / Dissertation (MInt(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Architecture / unrestricted

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26894
Date31 July 2008
CreatorsHolliday, Bronwyn Doreen
ContributorsProf B P Jekot, bronholliday@yahoo.com
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Rights©University of Pretoria 2007 C77/

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