Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Struwig, Dewald De Villiers
Email	dewaldstruwig@gmail.com
URN	etd-12092009-023605
Document Title	Stitch_ an architecture of connection
Degree	MArch(Prof)
Department	Architecture
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Mr R van Rensburg Committee Chair
Keywords	scientists agronomists agricultural research biotechnology urban agriculture community gardening micro-gardens transgenic plants hydroponics urban farmers greenhouse laboratories education
Date	2009-12-09
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The chosen project originated as a response to humanity’s need to eat, and the agricultural processes necessary to feed the global population. The proposed solution will investigate the connection of physically and meta-physically dissociated elements, in order to create responsive architecture. The aim is to steer away from a mono-functional building and design typologies and to strive towards creating architecture that will address the needs of the public. The chosen project investigates future and current solutions for the production of food in urban environments. The scales of investigation range from microscopic research to the implementation and monitoring of skills transferred into the community. The proposed facility is thus composed out of various different programs, each with its own specific requirements. The composition can broadly be divided into scientific research facilities, a greenhouse complex and a public exhibition centre. It is unnecessary for the pragmatic and complex nature of the building to undermine the spatial expression. In the proposed facility, pragmatic limitations informed the design process, but did not govern the outcome. Instead, the limitations fuelled alternative problem solving, which in turn produced creative solutions. Thus, the building accepts that it is pragmatic in program, and compensates accordingly in order to create inviting spaces for people using the facility on an everyday basis. Copyright © 2009, 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: Struwig, DD 2009, Stitch_ an architecture of connection , MArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12092009-023605/ > C10/46/gm
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