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Thesis Proposal - Any comments would be appreciated
Hi all
I'm a student doing my masters in architecture in south africa (university of pretoria). Below is a short description of my thesis proposal. Any comments or references of architects or theory's that deal with tensions or transitions would be much appreciated.
My thesis proposal :
[Re]interpretation of spaces in tension.
The city of Pretoria post 1994(after apartheid) has had a large influx of people move into the city thus creating a terrain for a series of contradictions and conflicts. These tensions that exist are a result of inequality, tension and uncertainty within the society's social, economic and political paradigms. As a result of these tensions spatial reactions that are visible have occurred within the city.
My research involves in identifying spaces within the city that are in tension i.e. inside vs. outside , center vs. edge, enclosure vs. exclusion, self vs. other. My objective is to develop a series of ways of dealing with these tensions in order for them to co-exist.
Thx.
From what I understand you are trying to say, I think I would use a phrase like "opposing forces" or "opposing phenomena" to describe the conflicting "spatial reactions that are visible." And to make a point that they are emergent from the social and political systems at work. And instead of saying "ways of dealing with" use "reconcile."
Hi
I am a student beggining my masters thesis at victoria university in new zealand.
My masters thesis proposal looks at the relationship between 'race' and architecture and the events and elements that have shaped our environments to often cause experiential difference between social and racial classes within designed environments.
A book that i have found really helpful in beggining this proposal which you may also find interesting is called:
White Papers, Black Marks - edited by Lesley Naa Norle Lokko.
there are many references towards architecture and racial conditions specifically within Africa
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