AbstractsBiology & Animal Science

The plant project : an urban agricultural intervention in Marabastad

by O. Timothy Latim




Institution: University of Pretoria
Department:
Year: 2015
Keywords: Resilience; Urban agriculture; Marabastad; UCTD
Record ID: 1465977
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45291


Abstract

The dissertation investigates the notion of resilience in the urban environment. The potential for architecture to adapt to the changing contexts. The study focuses on regenerating decayed urban environments using a relationship between architecture and the landscape.