Masters Degrees (Architecture): Recent submissions
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Architectural response to environmental conflicts caused by pollution: towards a waste incineration and eco-educational facility in the South Durban Basin.
(2018)This research considers the South Durban Basin area in KwaZulu-Natal as an industrial city. It highlights the framework that moulds the city’s infrastructure, including changes that could be implemented from an ecological ... -
Exploring how the healing and reintegration of the physically disabled informs architectural design: towards a rehabilitation and special care centre in the city of Durban.
(2018)South Africa is a developing country with a rich heritage and a past etched in the lives of its people. The year 2018 marks 24 years into a new democracy yet the country still faces a multitude of challenges. One of these ... -
Exploring food security as a catalyst for the adaptive reuse of architecture towards an agricultural hub in the inner city of Durban.
(2019)Currently over half of South Africa’s population lives in urban areas and this number is projected to continually increase. As a result, cities are exploring sustainability and resilience as a method for future development. ... -
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 ... -
Synthesizing architecture and informality : the influence of informality in creating a responsive architecture towards the design of a resilience hub for the community of the Quarry Road informal settlement.
(2018)The world is currently facing rapid urbanization with the largest number of people moving from rural areas and countrysides to urban cores. This holds especially true in South Africa. However, as a result of a history of ... -
Sport architecture as a resource for social revitalization in an urban area: a multi-purpose sports complex in Durban.
(2018)This thesis explores how the lack of pubic social space contributes to social issues in the urban context. The research will investigate how social space within the urban context affects the social development of people, ... -
The role of architecture in promoting sustainability in the inner city: towards a skills development centre for street children in Durban (CBD)
(2018)For decades Apartheid has been a political and social regime that segregated South Africans. Despite the fall of this system in 1994, the city of Durban still suffers repercussions: spatial apartheid. This spatial ... -
The Influence of social resilience on architecture : toward the design of a multi-purpose centre for the senior citizen population in Durban.
(2018)The concept of resilience represents the social and spatial inequalities that exist among the senior citizen population and continues to grow everyday. The notion of resilience is as a result of the rapid global urbanisation ... -
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 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 ... -
A symbiosis of bio - diversity and architecture: towards a centre for awareness and research in the uMngeni precinct.
(2018)Rapid industrialization of the 20th and 21st centuries has pushed the envelope in developing goods and services for society, often inundating the biosphere’s energy and resources, leaving vital ecosystems and natural ... -
Rethinking the design for palliative care : exploring the concept of multigenerational living in Durban.
(2019)“Architecture creates the places where human time takes place” (Harrison,2012) The process of death and dying is an aspect of our society that greatly influences our social context. That being said, the terminally ill are ... -
Architecture as a driver for social change: towards the design of a self-sustainable community anchor in Kwa-Mashu.
(2018)The deterioration of our natural environment is proving to be the biggest threat to all life forms, and yet it is not given the necessary attention. This deterioration is as a result of continued human behaviour resulting ... -
Perception on public transportation infrastructure: a proposed transport interchange for the Pietermaritzburg railway station precinct.
(2018)In a world where travel is rapidly increasing, safer and efficient means of commuting become more pertinent. Citizens constantly endeavour to move about from place to place, be it from home to work or other destinations ... -
The role of architecture in providing physical & social wellbeing for the youth: a proposed youth centre in Wentworth Durban.
(2018)Youth Centres have been proven to promote physical and social wellbeing amongst modern youth. Previous research has proven the importance of architecture in community empowerment as mediator between user and surrounding ... -
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 ... -
A responsive architectural strategy for the generations of smart communities: an integrated tech hub in Welbedacht, Durban.
(2018)The social and economic development of peri-urban communities are often overlooked by government contributing to a centralized development approach. This approach encourages migration to areas with more opportunity, ... -
The suitability of contemporary church design for Christian gatherings and worship – a regional analysis.
(2018)The core of this thesis is seeking to find the most appropriate and successful architectural responses which best support the contemporary local church (the term ‘church’ defines a body of believers who meets regularly ... -
High temparature flue gas desulfurization: experiments and modelling.
(2017)As stringent environmental regulations regarding SO2 emissions have been enacted in many countries, the removal of SO2 from flue gas has become a necessity. Conventional methods for flue gas desulfurization (SO2 removal) ... -
Community and its influence on architecture: a proposed agriculture facility in Mariannhill, Kwazulu-Natal.
(2018)South Africa's political legacy of Apartheid has left the majority of its population living in urban and peri - urban communities characterized by extremely poor environmental conditions. Lack of infrastructure and resources ...