Blooming the obstinate: the remediation of an abandoned quarry in Garies through the establishment of a saffron farmstead and visitor attraction as a means of fostering a sense of harmony between people and the natural world

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dc.contributor.advisorVan Der Merve, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFrancis, Adelinen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-21T06:51:17Z
dc.date.available2024-05-21T06:51:17Z
dc.date.issued2023en_ZA
dc.descriptionDissertation (M.Arch. (Architecture))--University of the Free State, 2023en_ZA
dc.description.abstractHuman activities have a negative impact on our natural environment, especially in the case of post-industrial waste and destruction, such as global quarries, as well as the consequences encountered by a small community in Namaqualand. Can the blooming flowers in the old quarry at Stoffelsfontein farm be recovered by developing a saffron farmstead and visitors’ attraction, thereby remediating a wasteful and destroyed site in Garies, Namaqualand, and globally, investigating the potential for remediation and revitalisation and rehabilitation as a way of ecological empathy? Initiatives to address this problem have been made. Still, they have mainly concentrated on large-scale quarries or abandoned industrial sites, ignoring the effects on our smaller rural towns and farms harmed by trash dumping and quarry activities. To tackle this problem, I aim to remediate, revitalise, and rehabilitate a quarry that was once adorned, with an array of flowers by encouraging ecological awareness and empathy. By considering both human and natural influences, I propose the establishment of a saffron farm and visitors’ attraction that actively involves the local community and attracts the rest of South Africa and tourists, offering new work and leisureexperiences. This research draws upon a comparative analysis between man-made destruction and natural forces, incorporating relevant precedent studies. Remediating a destroyed site and its waste not only presents an opportunity for environmental rehabilitation but also offers a chance to reconcile human influences. It can stimulate the local economy by creating job opportunities and skills development.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/12528
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectSaffronen_ZA
dc.subjectquarriesen_ZA
dc.subjectgariesen_ZA
dc.subjectecological Awarenessen_ZA
dc.subjectempathyen_ZA
dc.subjectremediationen_ZA
dc.subjectrevitaliseen_ZA
dc.subjectrehabilitateen_ZA
dc.subjecthuman-natureen_ZA
dc.subjectvisitors’ attractionen_ZA
dc.subjectfarmsteaden_ZA
dc.subjectecological stewardshipen_ZA
dc.titleBlooming the obstinate: the remediation of an abandoned quarry in Garies through the establishment of a saffron farmstead and visitor attraction as a means of fostering a sense of harmony between people and the natural worlden_ZA
dc.typeDissertation
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