Indulgent prostithenai: ethical cacao-poiesis in the Old Castle Brewery, Woodstock
| dc.contributor.advisor | Smit, J. D. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Smit, P. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Raubenheimer, H. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Herbert, Anmari | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-07T09:29:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-07T09:29:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation (M.Arch. (Architecture))--University of the Free State, 2022 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Indulgent Prostithenai: Ethical cacao-poiesis refers to the ethically indulgent nature of a prosthetic architectural approach that introduces a chocolate factory that inspires the adaptive reuse of a historic building in Woodstock, Cape Town. It further refers to the investigation of the insights embedded in a venturesome architectural prosthetic to inspire radical urban renewal and reconnect the isolated site to the larger creative and diverse urban environment while preserving the contextual meaning of the historic building. The historic building in question, namely the Old Castle Brewery complex, is currently utilised as corporate rentable space. It is proposed that a more venturesome program, namely a chocolateria, will more readily be able to reintegrate the isolated location into the urban fabric of Woodstock comprising culinary and creative activities and functions. This approach encompasses the investigation of indulgence in cacao-poiesis, or chocolate-making, architecture and the 1964 novel by Roald Dahl, Charlie, and the Chocolate Factory. Thereby combining its findings with the principles of an Epicurean methodology to develop a contextual definition of ethical indulgence. It further explores ethics within an Epicurean approach, as three layers that lead to the development of radical urban renewal and venturesome prosthetics as derived from its medical origins. Ethical indulgence remains central to these explorations. Through investigating the negative associations attributed to indulgence and the possibilities of typological reinventions, moralised hedonism is questioned to revert indulgence to its humanitarian geneses. The amalgamation of the abovementioned concepts, investigations and explorations delivered the research question: How can the embedded wisdom of cacao-poiesis, coupled with the creative sensibilities of ethical indulgence, inspire an architecture of radical urban renewal, historically sensitive adaptive reuse, and prosthetic venturesomeness in a historic industrial building in Woodstock, Cape Town? | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/12485 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Indulgent prostithenai: ethical cacao-poiesis in the Old Castle Brewery, Woodstock | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Dissertation |
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