Palimpsest : derelict mines and architecture of archeology one hundred years from now
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2009.
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| author | Gora, Tsitsi Isabel |
| author2 | Adèle Naudé Santos. |
| author_facet | Adèle Naudé Santos. Gora, Tsitsi Isabel |
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| description | Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2009. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/474012019-04-10T15:53:14Z Palimpsest : derelict mines and architecture of archeology one hundred years from now Gora, Tsitsi Isabel Adèle Naudé Santos. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Architecture. Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103). The realities of the built past and the palimpsest-ic nature of activities on the African mining landscape is under critique. On a site where nature gives way to the man-made activity of platinum ore excavation and mineral extraction, the activity of mining essentially creates infrastructures of dust and filthy landscapes. Inserting a new architecture within this obliterated savannah landscape allows for a process of reclamation to take place. This project uses an abandoned mine site in Southern Africa and focuses on the environmental mitigation and civic development of the site adjacent to the existing mining town of 40,000 inhabitants. The derelict mineshafts serve as infrastructure for a new civic space of scenic agrarian routes and programmed enclosures: auction floors, warehouses, residential short-stay rooms, water purification systems, mineral baths, crop rotational schemes, research labs and a museum space. Tsitsi Isabel Gora. M.Arch. 2009-10-01T15:07:48Z 2009-10-01T15:07:48Z 2009 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47401 367601268 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 103 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Gora, Tsitsi Isabel Palimpsest : derelict mines and architecture of archeology one hundred years from now |
| title | Palimpsest : derelict mines and architecture of archeology one hundred years from now |
| title_full | Palimpsest : derelict mines and architecture of archeology one hundred years from now |
| title_fullStr | Palimpsest : derelict mines and architecture of archeology one hundred years from now |
| title_full_unstemmed | Palimpsest : derelict mines and architecture of archeology one hundred years from now |
| title_short | Palimpsest : derelict mines and architecture of archeology one hundred years from now |
| title_sort | palimpsest derelict mines and architecture of archeology one hundred years from now |
| topic | Architecture. |
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