Olivier, J.Smit, J.Smit, P.du Plessis, Cara2024-05-212024-05-212023http://hdl.handle.net/11660/12537Dissertation (M.Arch. (Architecture))--University of the Free State, 2023There is potential magic within a hybrid “third space” of science and divination where the past omens and present practises can be tied together by string to aid the current flooding crisis. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 ree𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴? Past efforts to address the South African flooding crisis have led to many quantitative and scientific approaches that evaluate rainfall, water management and infrastructure but seldom approach the crisis by way of divination, through which a higher realm of information can be tapped into. This dissertation introduces a new way of approaching flooding by designing a Flood Control and Research Centre that highlights the potential within the intertwined relationship between science and divination in an attempt to respectfully articulate the two where the roles of divination and the roles of science meet and work together in a hermeneutic relationship. Further investigation included analyzing the existing context regarding the project theme, testing three different theoretical stances and studying appropriate precedents. This design approach is able to broaden and challenge the dweller’s perspective of seemingly opposite practices and provide a paradigm for future flood crisis approaches.enHybriditysciencedivinationfloodingomensDissertationUniversity of the Free State