Weaving temporal threads: a wool processing at Houtkraal Railway Station in the Karoo, South Africa
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Date
2023
Authors
Adendorff, Maliza
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University of the Free State
Abstract
Many unused and abandoned railway stations are scattered throughout the Karoo, the site of Houtkraal Railway Station being one of them. The remaining buildings verge on ruin, and slow and deliberate decay has set in, mediating between present, future and past.
The main question is: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ?
Though the wool industry in South Africa is largely unstable due to outbreaks of cattle diseases, which limits the export of wool to other countries, the local processing of wool has yet to be established. Much research has been done on wool processing and its social, economic and environmental impact, though past research and precedent studies fail to address the possible architecture that may accommodate and balance both the hand-driven processes of wool processing and the industrial nature of a railway line in South Africa. Furthermore, the interpretation of patinas in architecture relies heavily on time, temporality and ruin theories. Along with the theory, investigations are done regarding materiality and promenades, which will attempt to make sense of the experience of passing time. The successful and realistic design and development of a wool-processing facility in the Karoo, next to a railway, may revitalise the railway and the local economy and may change onlookersโ perspectives on buildings laid waste over time.
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Dissertation (M.Arch.(Architecture))--University of the Free State, 2023