Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School for the Built Environment
Department of Architecture
Selected Highlights from Research Findings
The research foci of the Department of Architecture are on environmental potential, housing and urban environments, and heritage and cultural studies. Contributions were made to an overview of architecture in a democratic South Africa, intangible heritage and community identity in post-apartheid South Africa, teaching architecture and building science, the use of photographic interviews to explore living space in the urban environment, the ex situ experience of landscape (architecture) in texts, a critical appraisal of legislation and the South African standard, part S, Design 100: the pedagogic structure of and syllabus for the generic studio. Housing and urban environments in South Africa were explored in terms of practice and education, educating for flexibility, and informality as legitimate energy in the city.
Contact person: Prof KA Bakker.
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