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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Urban Connections"”.
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Rogue urban connections: an ethnography of trust and social relations in Observatory, Cape Town
It is important for present and future urban research to take into account the subtle dynamics and social relations at work in the city. There are alternative and beneficial forms of living together in the supposedly 'disordered' urban space, which are mobilised in order to function in a difficult, …
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Urban Frame
From Structure to Urban Frames In the context of this thesis, the notion of frame is recognized as enclosing borders, or the outline of views, rather than as a load-bearing structural element. This thesis investigates how frames can build urban connections and, at the same time, structure sequences …
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An Urban Model
The goal of urbanism as a model is not to test the limits of density or push the boundaries of how socially removed or engaged an individual can be, but to bring order to the growing, malleable, and complex interactions of human life. This model is a hypothesis on different urban connections. A …
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Changing migrant spaces and livelihoods: Hostels as community residential units, Kwa-Mashu KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
… for the exploration of the redefinition of rural-urban connections in our society; connections which originate from the stubborn survival of migrancy as a key form of livelihoods procurement among large numbers of African working-class people.
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Revitalize the lost enclave : establishing guidelines for the Free Economic Zone in Shanghai
This thesis focuses on an emerging urban form: Free Economic Zone. As a special enclave with tax incentives and policy experimentation, the FEZ undertakes the mission to grow the economy and test new rules in developing countries. In this context, the Chinese government established its FEZ project …
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Aperture: An architecture to amplify aspects of competitive swimming
Architecture can amplify aspects of life. The proposal in this thesis is to present the nature of competitive swimming through four specifically defined architectural moments. The vehicle for the thesis is a natatorium with four specifically designed architectural apertures that present the …