Browsing Masters Degrees (Architecture) by Title
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Exploring mural art as a catalyst for indigent empowerment, urban revitalisation and a meaningful architecture : a proposed community art and assistance centre for the indigent in Durban, KZN.
(2014)Art for centuries has been a medium or a means for humans to communicate their views of the world and how we see ourselves in it. It is significant in the development of a society through the narratives we gain from the ... -
Exploring school learning environments through the integration of green spaces.
(2016)This study is focused on what architectural contribution can be made to existing learning environments by integrating green spaces within primary schools. In pursuit of quality education, alternative methods of teaching ... -
Exploring solar energy design systems in peri-urban settlements for responsive architecture: towards the design of a multipurpose upcycling skills centre in Cato Manor.
(2019)Presently, cities are faced with escalating global economic and social challenges in peri-urban settlements. Despite the severity of these challenges, there remains an urgent need to incorporate sustainable development ... -
Exploring the adaptive reuse of 'problem buildings', towards a multi-use building for urban regeneration in Durban.
(2017)The quality of our built environment effects the standard of our everyday life. This dissertation is interested in the phenomenon of problem buildings, as observed throughout the inner city of Durban. It is concerned with ... -
Exploring the architecture of cultural memory : design for the documentation and conveyance of history in Verulam.
(2011)It would seem that it is in times of change and transition, when identities are being re-assessed or rewritten, that society looks to the past for guidance hoping to gain knowledge of how to “go on in the world”; it is a ... -
Exploring the composition of restorative environments conducive to post traumatic report and recovery processes in young women : towards an inner city support centre for young women in Durban.
(2015)This dissertation argues that research in Restorative Environments should begin to analyse situations in which restoration is actively promoted to treat specific conditions. The trauma of rape, sexual assault and abuse ... -
Exploring the impact of the intellectually challenged demands through architecture:towards a training and living facility within the iLembe District.
(2018)In South Africa, those who are intellectually cognitive challenged are still a highly stigmatised group of people. However, the country has one of the highest numbers in Africa of people who have intellectual cognitive ... -
Exploring the importance of the creation of the cognitive image through architecture towards a new police headquarters for Durban.
(2013)Civic institutions such as the Police, the Judiciary and Governmental organizations rely heavily on a positive public perception in order to create a successful symbiotic working relationship. Although the public perception ... -
Exploring the integration of sustainable systems through Architecture: towards the design of a seafood market.
(2018)This research explores sustainable systems through architecture to create a positive environmental response. Such a response was then incorporated into the design of a seafood market located in the Durban Harbour. This ... -
Exploring the potential of architecture for ecological regeneration through the design of an eco-awareness and air recycling facility within the South Durban Basin.
(2019)Exploring the potential of architecture for ecological regeneration through the design of an eco-awareness and air recycling facility within the South Durban Basin. Durban South Basin is an environment in degradation. The ... -
Exploring the potential of bamboo as a didactic alternative construction material : "living school" for the community of Tongova Mews, Tongaat.
(2017)There is a current trend in architectural design of being conscious of the global environment and how this connects locally to a particular building site, especially in the selection of materials. Being a renewable and ... -
Exploring the role of healing spaces in the metaphysical and physical realm: towards a place for meditation in Durban.
(2017)Over the course of seventy years, the structure of global society has drastically changed following the trend of globalization. Factors such as stress and anxiety have becoming increasingly common, affecting nearly one ... -
An expression of an African Renaissance through architecture.
(2011)The concept of the African Renaissance has gained ground over the past couple of years since it was first introduce to the mass public in the mid 1990’s. It aims to address a variety of challenges that affect the African ... -
Finding a place in the city : a case study of Great Lakes region refugees in the eThekwini municipality.
(2011)Worldwide the experiences of refugees on place and their integration into host countries are understood differently. This study seeks to understand how asylum seekers and refugees found a place and settled in South Africa ... -
Freedom and unity in diversity : the role of architecture in the creation of an African Union centre.
(2006)Throughout the African continent several significant historical events occurred that partly influenced current problems in African societies. The Problems are economic underdevelopment, social crises, racism and internal ... -
"Go! Durban" as a catalyst for development, as means of integrating migrant workers and the city : a mixed use inter-modal transport hub for Durban.
(2016)This study stemmed from the high transport cost experienced by migrant workers who commute from the periphery to the city on a daily basis for work. This problem is a result of a combination of modern and apartheid city ... -
Government intervention and the use of the house for income generation in informal settlements : a case of Cato Crest, eThekwini Municipality.
(2011)This dissertation investigates how the upgrading of informal settlements impacts home-based enterprises (HBEs). De Soto’s ‘Mystery of Capital Theory’ suggests that the formalisation of tenure rights, through informal ... -
Great Zimbabwe : well of ancient wisdom : an examination of traditional Karanga mythology, symbolism and ritual towards an interpretation of spatial distribution and contextual meaning of symbolic structures and settlement dynamics of the royal settlement of Central Great Zimbabwe.
(2000)The intention of this thesis is to examine the possibility of seeing mythology and ritual as sources for understanding spiritual, symbolic and spatial structures in architecture. Mythology and ritual are used as sources ...