• Straddling the line between creation and conservation - reclaiming Kamfers Dam 

  Sehere, Bonolo Tenderly (University of the Free State, 2022)

  Architecture ceases not to exist outside its context, every structure is sited among ever-changing climates and cultural conditions. It is shaped by its environment, natural forces, objects over systems, and formal ...

• Aequoreal mediation 

  Breytenbach, Mané (University of the Free State, 2022)

  There is something beautiful about the ocean, the intense blueness of it... so tranquil, gliding, and calming. The serene brutality, the sense of awe at the sight of it, the feeling of unknownness. For some, the ocean ...

• Songs in translation: a centre for indigenous music in Woodstock, Cape Town 

  Cloete, Rohan (University of the Free State, 2022)

  Indigenous music is in danger of extinction. The oral nature of carrying the knowledge over from one generation to another further complicates the conservation of the music. Minimal documentation of the music exists, and ...

• Biophilic placemaking: rooting aquaponics in the landscape of the Eastern Free State 

  Viljoen, Carissa (University of the Free State, 2021)

  How can we as architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? This thesis posits that it is possible by learning from nature. Biomimicry and permaculture look at nature as a catalogue of products that have undergone a ...

• Craft metamorphosis: a vocational craft college at the Old Tannery in Wellington Western Cape 

  Venter, Annerica (University of the Free State, 2021)

  This dissertation seeks to introduce digital fabricated crafts in South-Africa through the development of a craft college at The Old Tannery in Wellington Western Cape. With the investigation of a post-phenomenological ...

• Seed Bank for indigenous sub-Saharan plant & crop species 

  Du Preez, Phillip (University of the Free State, 2021-10)

  The proposed design aims to create a Seed Bank for indigenous sub-Saharan plant and crop species that will be located on the outskirts of Bloemfontein, Free State. This facility integrates on-site preservation processes ...

• The ripening: an architectural celebration of craft beer in Herold, George 

  De Bruyn, Chenel (University of the Free State, 2020-12)

  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 ...

• Salt Rock Lifesavers Club, architectural interface: a gateway to a temporary realm of play 

  Isaacs, Scott Patrick (University of the Free State, 2020)

  The proposed development seeks to pay homage to the temporary realm of play that is the beach. It intends to play on the user experience by utilizing thresholds to channel interactions with both the building and landscape ...

• Deceased Sentient: an Eternal Reefs Memorial Centre at the Cape Recife Lighthouse and nature reserve, Port Elizabeth 

  Hoft, Dennis (University of the Free State, 2020-10)

  Life and Death. An endless cycle we see devoured, held, controlled by time. Always similar but never the same, yet the means in which we memorialise never changed. Traditional burial has always held the most dignity in ...

• Poetics in the landscape 

  Louw, Christelle (University of the Free State, 2020-11)

  Climate change is a global issue and the main challenge regarding this predicament is the human being's lack in ability to protect our natural environments. This dissertation investigates how to overcome the conventional ...

• Aquatic Science Park: an interactive architecture in marine environment 

  Benzane, Karabo (University of the Free State, 2020)

  This dissertation is a design exploration for the development of an aquatic science park that is simultaneously functioning as a ferry terminal, at the water's edge of Maputo bay, in Mozambique. The project primarily seeks ...

• Future ruin for fynbos: Fynbos Interpretation and Regeneration Centre: Berg River Dam, Franschhoek 

  Meyer, Lodewyk (University of the Free State, 2021)

  The fynbos biome is a natural splendour in South Africa, however, not a lot of people are educated on the complexities of the biome and how to conserve it for future generations. A small farm school ruin situated between ...

• Discovering nature’s flux: a riparian research and discovery center along the Sabie River 

  Mukhtar, Mohammed F. A. (University of the Free State, 2021)

  This design dissertation investigates the proposal of a Riparian Research and Discovery Centre on the bank of the Sabie River neighbouring the Kruger National Park. Riparian zones do not function independently from other ...

• Portals between worlds: a place of accustomisation celebrating the Himba cultural identity through a critical regional dialogue between modernity and tradition in the Kunene region 

  Loots, Chrizelle (University of the Free State, 2021-10)

  This dissertation explores the beliefs, rituals, and vernacular morphology of the Himba culture to discover how architecture can create a place of meeting and accustomisation between the world of the Himba and tourists as ...

• Rural junction: architecture bridging the gap 

  Pretorius, Anchen (University of the Free State, 2021)

  Abstract not available

• A place of prostration: a Masjid complex in Bloemfontein 

  Patel, Amirah (University of the Free State, 2021-10)

  Salah is one of the most important duties in the life of a Muslim which is centred around the Masjid. Bloemfontein has a growing Muslim community consisting of a diverse demographic of people however, there is a lack of ...

• Reimagining terrain vague: the adaptive re-use of Makwassie’s Train Station as an agricultural centre 

  Rheeder, Eugenie (University of the Free State, 2021-10)

  Situated on the periphery of a small town in North-West a decaying train station stands idle. Between open veld and a small town where nothing has changed over the last 50 years lies potential for an architectural intervention. ...

• An Eco-Umuzi: Sodwana Bay 

  Roux, Danielle Elizabeth (University of the Free State, 2021)

  Sodwana Bay has been a tourist attraction since the late 1970’s. It is known for its sandy beaches and abundance of marine and wild life. This dissertation is proposing a multi-functional project which includes a crafts ...

• Pilot’s Hub: a contribution to the Pioneers of Aviation Museum 

  Swart, Jacenca (University of the Free State, 2021-10)

  Abstract not available

• Architecture and the people: a youth social centre for cultural exchange Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe 

  Muchingami, Omar (University of the Free State, 2022-01)

  The inaction of idleness is a terminal disease in the lives of young people all over Zimbabwe. This social crisis results mostly from the constantly and radically weakening economy, forcing a lot of people to barely survive ...

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