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Document Type

Master's Dissertation

Author

Hofmeyr, Andreas Murray

URN

etd-11252011-112646

Document Title

(Inter-) facing space : a forum-based theatre inside an indeterminate urban site

Degree

MArch(Prof)

Department

Architecture

Supervisor

Advisor Name	Title
Dr J Laubscher	Committee Chair

Keywords

urban culture
forum theatre
theatre
Augusto Boal
applied theatre
lost space
indeterminacy
cultural interface
Sammy Marks precinct

Date

2012-04-25

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

The study will investigate a design intervention that attempts to respond to the condition of spatial indeterminacy in the Sammy Marks precinct of Pretoria, where this condition is heavily pronounced in the form of disused public squares, inactive edges and inner-block voids. The study suggests that developing these spaces as cultural interfaces can provide a foothold for emergent city life and cultural activities. The specific project intervention will take the form of a theatrical interface that will serve as a platform for public interactive theatre events and a theatre school. The client is the State Theatre, in collaboration with the Department of Public Works. The site of the intervention is located in close proximity to the State Theatre. An investigation of the site and its surrounding context will generate opportunities for specific intervention.
Copyright © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria

Please cite as follows:

Hofmeyr, AM 2011, (Inter-) facing space : a forum-based theatre inside an indeterminate urban site, MArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11252011-112646 / >

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