Masters Degrees (Architecture)
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Towards an architecture that facilitates an alternative urban agriculture within the city of Durban: a proposed mix use urban agricultural food production and research centre.
(2020)It is estimated that more than half of the world’s population currently lives in urban areas. As the urban population increases, numerous challenges have been documented with this rapid urban growth. For the urban poor who ... -
Exploring adaptive reuse architecture as a catalyst for community empowerment: towards an African artisan trade center.
(2020)This thesis proposes a possible solution to Durban’s underlying problem within the CBD region, The Point, The Esplanade, and South Beach. Since the ending of Apartheid Durban’s city saw an influx in marginalised non-whites ... -
Environmental rehabilitation through architecture: an eco-social sustainable Hub for Durban CBD.
(2019)Natural environments and eco-systems flourish on their own but man needs these environments in order to survive, yet nature is being destroyed faster than ever. Unprecedented changes need to take place in all parts of ... -
A contemporary African architectural response to maternal healthcare facilities: towards a maternity care centre for KwaMashu.
(2021)The built environment has always had the power to have a positive or negative impact on its users. Whether it is a home, office, or public space, the architecture articulates its intentions. Healthcare spaces specifically ... -
The influence of 21st century technology for the physically impaired in the built form: a proposed empowerment academy in Durban.
(2020)South Africa is a developing country with a strong history of segregation and discrimination that is engraved in the lives and memories of its’ people. 2020 celebrates 26 years of democracy yet, the country still faces ... -
Exploring the spatial needs of autistic individuals in the built environment: towards a learning centre for Durban.
(2020)This study looks at the neurological condition of autism which impairs an individual’s perception to interact with people and the built environment. Recently autism has become a frequent subject of study in various fields ... -
An architectural response to lost urban and contested post-apartheid spaces: a social housing scheme for Greyville.
(2020)Land is currently a hotly contested topic within South Africa, with the essential notion being that land is a right. However, within the South African context, due to the legacy of apartheid, land is not simply just a ... -
The impact of 21st-century pedagogic transformation on architecture: towards an interdisciplinary design school in Durban.
(2021)The study identified the impact of 21st - century pedagogic transformation on architecture towards an interdisciplinary school of design in Durban. The study aimed to investigate the advances in learning space design and ... -
The influence of crime prevention and policing on the built form: towards a community orientated policing station in Newlands.
(2020)Globally, societies are exposed to the scourge of crime and social deviance resulting in dysfunction with far reaching social consequences. History records that in order for society to function within a safe environment, ... -
Exploring the relationship between the natural ecosystem and the built form: towards an ecological conservation centre in Saint Lucia.
(2019)Natural ecosystems are essential for all life processes that take place on earth. They comprise living and non-living things that function as a whole while continually undergoing intense systematic processes (Yeang, ... -
Learning processs and its influence in built form: towards a proposed learning centre for youth development in Umlazi.
(2021)Previously colonized countries have had learning processes impacted, such as Sri Lanka in South Asia, because Sri Lanka experienced low literacy levels due to insufficient education facilities. In the Sub-Saharan ... -
The influence of the community on the architecture of learning spaces: the rethink of a rural primary school.
(2021)South Africa continues to face a skills paradox whereby there are extreme shortages of skills and high unemployment rates. It is argued that, in addition to weak government policies, poor finance, segregation, corruption ... -
Sustainable construction strategies and materials as a driver for built form: proposed skills development centre in KwaXimba, KZN.
(2020)In the past, people built their dwelling houses and surroundings with available materials from their residing regions. The materials were harvested locally, affordable and environmentally friendly, resulting in sustainable ... -
Ecosystem-based biomimicry as a potential informer of regenerative architecture: a proposed regenerative research centre on the docks of the Durban Bay.
(2020)The context of the 21st century is the epoch of the ‘Anthropocene’ which characterizes the contemporary geological age we have entered – one defined by causative human activity and its decisive influence on planetary ... -
Facilitating adult learning through responsive architecture: the design of a community education & training centre in Bridge city town centre, Durban.
(2021)The Department of Higher Education and Training (2017) affirms that many South African adults in townships lack primary formal education. They in-turn have fewer employment opportunities especially in this digital era, ... -
Exploration of indian social influence on civic architecture in post-colonial Durban: towards the design of an exhibition centre in Phoenix.
(2020)This research process has explored the impact of colonialism and apartheid on Indian civic space from a global perspective and then from a local perspective within the City of Durban. The justification for exploring Indian ... -
Healing and empowerment through architecture: towards an empowerment centre for abused women in Durban.
(2019)The aim of this dissertation is to understand and recognize the conditions and criteria that would inform a socially responsive architecture, towards the healing and empowerment of domestically abused women in South ... -
The growth and development of the Master Builders Association in the Cape Peninsula.
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The influence of child self-directed learning on the built environment: towards a primary school in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
(2020)The contemporary architecture of learning environments in the city of Lubumbashi still supports a system of education that has been proven to limit passion and creativity in children. This system emerged during the first ...
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