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Item Open Access Between Ville and Cité: a layered mixed-use creative commons in Woodstock, Cape Town(University of the Free State, 2023) Maree, Bernard; Bitzer, M.; Smit, J. D.; Smit, P.; Bosman, G.Urban users can be disconnected from space if place is disconnected from the urban landscape. The main research question considered is how can an investigation of the layers that constitute the urban palimpsest, through adaptive reuse inform a neo-industrial sensory and spatial experience between the ’Ville’ and the ‘Cité’, to preserve history and enhance identity in lower Woodstock, Cape Town? Other designers have attempted to address the problem of reusing previous industrial areas and buildings yet struggle with accommodating current users of the site and context. The proposed design focuses on finding the place between the larger urban landscape, ’Ville’, and a specific place in the urban landscape, ‘Cité’, through the means of investigating the urban palimpsest. Investigating precedent buildings with a focus on creative community engagement informs the composition of newly proposed structures between existing buildings. The proposal’s aim is to merge commercial economic success with aspects of community engagement to mitigate negative effects that urban renewal may bring, such as gentrification. The proposal aids designers to approach projects of an urban nature to create space of community and commerce as the between of ’Ville’ and ‘Cité’.Item Open Access Beyond borders: meeting 𝗶𝗻-𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 - a one stop border post celebrating the journey beyond the abyss(University of the Free State, 2024) Horn, Alicia; Smit, J. D.; Smit, P.; Bitzer, M.; Bosman, G.A border post sets the stage for a fleeting experience, designed purely for processing, a non-transactional event. It is common to perceive border posts as transitory spaces, primarily designed to facilitate efficient processing, and devoid of any transactional value. It exists as a non-place by ignoring the connections between the two nations it separates. The Lebombo Border, situated between South Africa and Mozambique in the Lebombo Mountains, serves as the case study for investigating the complexities and consequences of border dynamics. The main question is how an appreciation of the journey narrative could transform a non-place as a temporary abode to a place concerned with identity and history, and how to infuse a border post with a sense of purpose beyond its conventional duties. Most studies fail to pinpoint the deficiencies in conventional border post designs. This architectural study explores the transformative potential of border posts as meaningful, culturally sensitive spaces that foster spatial justice by going beyond conventional borders to find an alternative reaction. The reaction is rooted in the integration of narrative, events, and ritual elements composed as a one-stop border post. Integrating these elements enables the creation of spaces that honour history, context, and cultural identity. The main objective is to reveal the hidden poetic sensibility and challenge the normative and liminal design of a border. The proposal celebrates the meeting place between South Africa and Mozambique laden within the non-place of architectural transition spaces.Item Open Access Marine research and eco tourism centre: exploring notions of marine conservation, eco tourism, a social and educational intersect within the current temporal context(University of the Free State, 2022) Dien, Ebrahim; Smit, J. D.; Smit, P.; Bosman, G.Small rural coastal towns have unique shared experiences between humans and marine life The research question is How can a traditional Regional Coastal Vernacular form the social and educational Intersect, between industry (local fisherman and community) and oceanic life forms ( to support eco tourism in Struisbaai in the Overberg District Active. Active research in coastal Marine Protected Areas ( in the district is challenged with a lack of facilities to support the daily operations required for marine research, rehabilitation, and data collection. Traditional regional coastal (fig 01 industrial vernacular, study buildings and site context were investigated and synthesized to develop a symbiotic relationship into an architectural form to accommodate a Marine Research and Eco tourism Centre. Feedback from Marine Research experts and the fisherman community together with precedent study buildings established an interactive relevant symbiotic design. This dissertation provides solutions to address the marine conservation and eco tourism into a social and educational intersect to promote social cohesion and conservation in similar rural coastal communities.Item Open Access Re[de]fined: an Electronic Waste Recycling Plant and Jewellery Design School Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg(University of the Free State, 2023) du Toit, Lize-Marie; Smit, J. D.; Smit, P.; Bosman, G.; Noble, J.The reality of electronic device use, consumption, and production have increased dramatically over the past few decades, leading to an increase in the disposal of outdated technology. The aim is to explore an appropriate inner-city development that encourages e-waste recycling and material recovery to present an opportunity for economic benefit and community engagement. This begs the question of how architecture can act as a mediator to expand the sustainable processing of electronic waste (e-waste) by exposing the jewellery industry and addressing the rapid evolution of technology; able to express and take on an embodied entrepreneurial venture within the urban fabric of Maboneng in Johannesburg. Designers seldom address the challenge of creating a potential hub that provides entrepreneurs with an urban platform by approaching the city resources as a waste mine rather than sensitive ecological mining areas. The proposed design’s aim relies not only on the educational outcome of the jewellery design students but also on providing a prosperous and vibrant workforce through waste production methods to celebrate the secondary properties of the material. This is done by investigating waste control analysis to address the complex system of extraction methods, including the study of precedents contributing to the function, context, and building type. The urban renewal programme acts as an instrument to support other waste management investigations, offering education and active instruction in the city and redefining our response to the rampant concern of e-waste.Item Open Access The ripening: an architectural celebration of craft beer in Herold, George(University of the Free State, 2020-12) De Bruyn, Chenel; Smit, Jan; Smit, Petria; Raubenheimer, Hein; Bosman, G.The haptic engagement of brewing and drinking beer poses many similarities to the phenomenology of the landscape and architectural spaces. However, working with a vernacular architectural language within an existing building adds another experiential layer that needs to be handled carefully and thoughtfully by the architect. How can this multi-layered experience of landscape, beer and vernacular building be sensitively reinterpreted and narrated through means of built form, in order to contribute to the genius loci of Herold? The unique character of every site and its existing structure demands individual attention and a critical investigation into the genius loci. Investigating precedents such as Mariendahl Brewery or Walden Studios allows insight to the approach of another architect, from which design principles can be extracted. By introducing a craft brewery into the existing fabric and onto the site, a strong narrative is created through the proposed scheme, leading the dweller through moments of tension to the climatic ripening that is the celebration of the craft, landscape and existing narrative. Addressing the site-specific sensitivities, abstract concepts are distilled from the site and its elements, along with contextual analysis, which is implemented to meaningfully reinterpret the topology, morphology and typology that is introduced to the site. This investigation draws on meaningful place-making and the reimagining of craft breweries in the landscape.Item Open Access Untangled metamorphosis: a Silk Makery and Community Square for Leonardville, Namibia(University of the Free State, 2022) Tolmay, Lara Elgru; Smit, J. D.; Smit, P.; Bosman, G.Small communities find themselves tangled in their established routines, with socio-economic challenges in harsh, arid landscapes The research question asks how the mundane metamorphological cycles of a small community can construct an appropriate architectural language weaved as a makers square for cultural reconciliation in Leonardville, Namibia In reaction to desired lines on an open site between two historical parts of the settlement, the proposed design reacts as container to create new routines as an economic activator The proposed design includes a silk makery for the Kalahari Wild Silk Company supported by attachment, concealment and revelation as new routines for a community Precedents and explorations of the community, social and organism cycles were analysed in Leonardville establish an architectural metamorphosis The proposed design illustrates how mundane routines of organism and socio economics can establish an appropriate architectural language, to weave together rural communities.