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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria) by Supervisor "Karusseit, Catherine"
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-02-10)This dissertation investigates the significant problem of abandoned buildings in the Pretoria Central Business District and, to a lesser extent, the lack of public exposure to art, architecture and design. For the purpose ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)This dissertation investigates the accessibility of public architecture. The aim is to illustrate the relevance of accessibility by establishing a theoretical premise and applying it in design. The theoretical analysis ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)This project investigates Interior Architecture as the design of space within established physical parameters. The concept of an Agora as a public meeting space generating memory forms the design platform from which the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-03-02)The Law Faculty precinct, located at the north-eastern edge of the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield Campus, is already one of great esteem to the University. The precinct consists of two buildings: the celebrated Law ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)At the root of this dissertation is the African girl child, abundant in innate potential but lacking in affirmative girl friendly spaces that are suited to her African heritage. The study considers the design of an ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-04-30)The Earwitness endeavours to explore the sonic qualities of the city, the spaces that sounds occupy and possibilities of how these spaces can be inhabited. The ability of sound to travel around corners and through walls ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This study focuses on creating optimal healing environments. It uses the healthcare sector as the vehicle for design, research and understanding of the negative experiences associated with healthcare environments. There ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Observation of Pretoria’s current urban condition has revealed a network of vacant automobile dealerships left in the wake of a national decline of new vehicle sales. Among which are two vacant dealerships that occupy ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-12-09)The workplace environment is intrinsically dynamic, yet architecturally it is treated as something that is fixed. Functional layouts specific to the thinking of the time (zeitgeist) are built into the structure leaving ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Early childhood development (ECD) centres in townships often face environmental challenges concerning the implementation of the rights of children with learning difficulties to receive an education at a school within their ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)This dissertation responds to the problem that intervention on historical architecture generally represents a loss of value to the existing building and new programme. It investigates the relationship between the alteration ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-02-20)The Groenkloof Nature Reserve to the immediate south of the city is potentially an environmental treasure on Pretoria’s doorstep. Apart from the indigenous flora and fauna and rich history of the reserve, there are existing ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Healthcare environments in South Africa are designed with the main focus of primarily receiving patient satisfaction and furthermore providing shorter healing processes (Life Healthcare Group, 2017). Medical centres are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-05-06)Victor Turner (in Dodds, 1992: 82) suggests to take every day elements and rearrange them in ways not experienced every day is to create a “monster”, which will achieve liminality in architecture. The titel of this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation originated from a lifetime of museum visits and thus a passion for museum design. The site is the Ditsong: National Museum of Cultural History located in Pretoria. The dissertation will argue that the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Performance art presents a unique way to transfer stories, educate the community, and function as an integral part of rituals in many cultures. The concept of theatre is much like reading a book. It provides an escape, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The number of single-family residences in the Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg- Maatschappij (NZASM) heritage area, to the east of the Pretoria Train Station, has decreased over recent years. Due to the pressures ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-05-05)A Rehabilitation centre for children with cerebral palsy is the proposed project undertaken in this dissertation. This theme was chosen after the author had been involved with New Hope School in fundraising projects for ...
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Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living (University of Pretoria, 2013-12-09)Places designed for the elderly tend be stigmatising, which is predicated in its medical engineering background. The institutional nature of these places accelerates decline as it negatively impacts on the health of its ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Recent statistics have shown that Violence Against Women (VAW) affects one in three women worldwide. Not only is the issue prevalent at a global scale, it is embedded in the societal fabric of South Africa. Women and girls ...
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