Pretorius, Marko2019-08-192019-08-192011http://hdl.handle.net/11660/10299The past decade has been witness to a resurgence of interest in ecologically sustainable thinking about the design and management of reclaimed, post-industrial landscapes. As a result, landscapes that were not previously considered fit for habitation, are now being rehabilitated and redeveloped for new uses. This project engages in a discourse about thoughts on landscape, and investigates techniques to the task of transforming out dated and disused post-extraction landscapes through design.enEcologically sustainable thinkingDesignReclaimed landscapesPost-industrial landscapesRedevelopmentTransformationPost-extractionDissertation (M.Arch. (Architecture))--University of the Free State, 2011A paradox of poisonous beauty: water desalination plant and urban wetland on Main Reef Road JohannesburgDissertationUniversity of the Free State