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Item Open Access Acoustic sanctuary: the South African Ayres sensory facility located on the foot of Naval Hill(University of the Free State, 2022) Coertz, Henry Reginald; Smit, J. D.; Jooste-Smit, P.; Bitzer, M.; Raubenheimer, H.; Auret, H. A.This project centres around repurposing a historical water reservoir and pumpstation located on the foot of Naval Hill, Bloemfontein into an alternative speech therapy centre, where architecture plays a critical role in speech therapy arguably equal to that of any professional pathologist. Apart from a reimagined speech pathologist office, the South African โ Ares Sensory facility (SA-AS Facility) also incorporates a sensory park. The impetus of this project is the sensory park and the freedom of therapy that it represents. Freedom to mend a speech disorder at the tempo of the patient, though neurologically stimulating garden structures. Similar to gymnasium equipment, these follies allow patients to exercise their neurological network of senses that all contribute to address speech disorder, hence the phonic gymnasium description of this SA-AS facility. This dissertation covers complex therapeutic and theoretical topics, and the information from each chapter contains the chronologically necessary information to understand the chapters that follow. Chapter one directly starts with what is known about speech sound disorders. Chapter two contains the reinterpretation of Frank Lloyd Wrightโs concepts of organic architecture in order to establish a physical form of the essence of this dissertation. From here, the discourse starts to question the communication process at an anatomical level and therefore translates the auditory defect of speech impairments to that of musical melodies and architectural rhythm. These phonic applications are then explored within architectural precedents while being related back into sound correction (Speech therapy) and mobility (occupational therapy). Chapter 3 clarifies and analysis the project goals and location within these mentioned ideals. While chapter 4 refines all the information provided into three conceptual models. These physical manifestations investigate the architectural application of scientific research and therapeutic discourse. The final chapters explain the design development and folly rationale before leading to the final design.Item Open Access Between skin and vine: a viticulture college at the old tannery on the outskirts of Wellington(University of the Free State, 2022) du Toit, Francois Stefan; Smit, J.; Smit, P.; Auret, H. A.; Raubenheimer, H.The aesthetic of disorder and sensuality of the wilderness has been lost to society for a long time; just one of the underlying effects caused by urbanisation and suburbia. Contemporary dwellers often feel the need to escape their artificial environment to recharge through a direct connection with their inner self and the divine that is only perceivable in nature. The region of the Val du Charon is known not only for its rich viticulture heritage but also for its picturesque landscapes. Instead of continuing to practice viticulture as another way in which nature has been dominated, recent trends in winemaking aim to recast agricultural cultivation as a mediator between people and nature, thereby opening the way for new (and more nuanced) relationships between dwellers and nature. Traditionally, viticulture depends on the domestication of nature, but the move toward โethical wineโ and โbiodynamic viticultureโ envisions a more reciprocal future. The proposed viticulture school aims to teach this new sensibility to the South African winemakers of the future; an โacademic reconnectionโ between cultivators and nature, serving as a catalyst for new kinds of caring relationships between the wine-drinking public, vineyards, and the natural landscape. The Old Tannery, abandoned since November 1999 has started to show the potential to illustrate architecturally these new kinds of relationships. Firstly, the decaying structure has created opportunities for nature to regain its foothold in unexpected ways, consequently contributing to a new type of beauty. Through adaptive reuse and by focusing on scripting the relationships between the different buildings in the ensemble the goal is to, sustainably and appropriately, find new relational assemblages. This thesis proposed the adaptive reuse of the existing framework of the Old Tannery as a viticulture college. The architectural approach will be influenced by three main considerations: first, the spatial organisation of the ensemble through the use of a promenade; second, the adaptation of the existing built โskinโ in line with the heritage prescriptions of the Burra Charter; third, the โrewildingโ of the site and the wine-making process. Ultimately, the goal is to architecturally interpret the principles ensconced in โethical wineโ and โbiodynamic viticultureโ in order to recast the old industrial complex, to question the way human cultivation used to imply the domestication of nature and to open the way for establishing new existential thresholds between dwellers and the vine.Item Open Access The Litterateurโs Citadel: fostering literary appreciation in-between the realms of reality-space and fantasy-place(University of the Free State, 2021-12) Le Roux, Altus; Auret, H. A.; Smit, J.; Smit, P.; Raubenheimer, H.; Noble, J.The term โliteratureโ is often approached as purely educational or academic. However, its origin as stories and tales illuminates a much more significant role of literature. Carried over from generation to generation, literature has the capacity to form a community identity and even an identity of self. Due to this social and cultural significance, literature is undoubtedly worthy of appreciation. The concept of literary appreciation, as well as the role of architecture within this act of appreciation, is investigated. Literature is appreciated when the reader โ or writer - is able to experience a part of their own reality within the world of fantasy and fiction in literature. As a result, a place for the appreciation of literature is dependent on both the reality of people and the fantasy of the literary world: a place in-between. In the development of a place for literary appreciation, The Litterateurโs Citadel, the architecture relies on this in-betweenness in order to foster a feeling of appreciation. Due to the similarities between literature and architecture, the Citadel as an in-between realm is predominantly informed by literature itself: the structuring of stories according to The Heroโs Journey is used as a model for literary appreciation through architecture; works of literature are investigated as precedents for the reality-fantasy relationship and the creation of the in-between realm; the act of writing and reading is translated into the notion of creating place. The architecture essentially becomes a piece of literature, a narrative created according to the structure of The Heroโs Journey, a journey through a realm in-between reality and fantasy, a Citadel for the appreciation of Literature.Item Open Access Mohale oa Masite: A ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ music school for the youth at the St. Barnabas Anglican mission, Lesotho(University of the Free State, 2023) Khobotlo, Setenane. M.; Auret, H. A.; Smit, J.; Smit, P.; Bitzer, M.๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ music is an important and popular music genre in Lesotho. Despite its traditional roots, contemporary ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ music has become mired in gang violence and organized crime. Masite Village, 20 Kilometers south of Maseru (Lesotho) is one amongst many villages in the country that have been terrorized by the escalating violence and killings amongst ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ music factions. How may the insights latent in ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ music inspire a critical regionalist architectural approach able to translate the creative cooperation between Basotho indigenous knowledge systems and Christian narratives into a ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ music school at the St. Barnabas Anglican mission (Masite)? The goal of this school is to attract local youth to the traditional richness of ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ music, without exposing them to the violence and social ills currently associated with this kind of music; a building able to act as a hero to the youth. The intention is to safeguard the liberating significance of ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ and free it from what it has become in the hands of criminals through the richness of an architectural approach that draws inspiration from tradition, without romanticizing indigenous architecture to such an extent that it ends up saddled with perceptions of primitivism. Simultaneously, this architectural approach needs to recognize the influences of the place and socio-economic status structure of the community. This will contribute to the long-term relevance of such buildings. Besides a stance shaped by critical regionalism, this study will focus on place, a venturesome unpacking of gifts from ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ music, and a detailed study of various architectural precedents. The proposed school will be embedded in place, time, and socio-economic reality while facilitating the respectful, yet visionary, cross-fertilization between two significant cultural forces in Lesotho.Item Open Access Vesselling the โPneuma-Qua: a water appreciation centre near the Baakens River mouth, Gqeberha(University of the Free State, 2023) Palmer, John-Gordon; Smit, J. D.; Noble, A. J.; Smit, P.; Auret, H. A.Water scarcity and pollution is one of the largest looming environmental disasters on earth. However, the nature of this crisis is often misunderstood. Instead of trying to create more efficient reticulation systems or build more dams, the challenge lies in the way people think about water. Somehow, we find ourselves in a time in which water has been demystified to the realm of resource. We take water for granted. In turn, people are stripped of their dwelling nature โ those who have evolved and are at home in a world dominated by water โ to become mere users of water. In order to combat this forgetting of water โ the unthinking way in which we use water โ it is essential to recast the way we think about water. This study proposes a community water appreciation centre as a first step in helping us cultivate ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ-๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ. It will be argued that a key aspect of this re-enchantment of water lies dormant in the indigenous knowledge systems that used to regulate the relationship between mankind and water. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ? Water is growing increasingly scarce in Gqeberha. Usually this scarcity is attributed to a lack of infrastructure, maintenance, and planning. Yet, if the argument above is to be believed, it might be that the route to a more robust water system can be found in re-animating ingenuous conservation knowledge and drawing on more inceptual forms of care for this vital substance. Through studying ancient rituals and narratives, and by drawing on the insights of experiential learning, a water appreciation centre is envisioned to aid the community to find their way back to noticing the importance and beauty of water. The goal of this study is to create effective, contextually sensitive, water appreciation and ritual spaces. These spaces can act as drivers for social change, by cultivating respect and appreciation for water within the community, allowing for water to be conserved, nature to flourish, and people to once more have a sustainable dwelling relationship with the ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ.