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    Devland: a multi-service station in Armadale, Devland.
    (2012-08-28) Goncalves, Kevin
    Fantastic Devland is an architectural thesis that explores the integrating potential of the Baragwanath Buffer Zone. I will investigate the nature and role of in-between spaces over time. Internationally, in-between spaces have received much attention in recent years, due to a broader understanding of ‘local’. The economic decision to unify Europe into the European Union, for instance, meant that previously obscure spaces provincially or nationally became very strategic when considered continentally and as a result, on a spatial level, certain territories gained importance while others lost it (Lootsma, 2002). In South Africa, the collapse of Apartheid in 1994 and the subsequent creation of the Republic of South Africa implied that, spatially (among other things), the buffer zone as a racially separating device became redundant. It also meant that previously exclusive spaces are to be integrated into inclusive neighbourhoods, accessible to all who are interested in being included. Fantastic Devland proposes another Armadale, by trying to connect diverse scales, programmes and contexts through the re-interpretation of existing petrol stations on the side of the road.
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    Eco-vital[c]ity: Ecological Regeneration of the Robinson Deep Landfill through Microclimate Superstructures and Phytoremediation
    (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2024-02) Leong, Keilun; Goncalves, Kevin
    Landfills are essential to our society for waste disposal. However, they have many negative impacts due to contaminants that are released, polluting the air and ground as leachate seeps into the soil and nearby water sources, affecting the health of surrounding communities and the environment. This research report aims to re-naturalize and repair the Robinson Deep Landfill, which bears scars of exploitative industrial use, and attempts to rehabilitate the environment while mitigating the effects on the community. This will be achieved through phytoremediation techniques, using Sunflowers grown in Hydroponic farms, housed within greenhouses. The design for these facilities will consist of superstructures, greenhouses, and a waste-to-energy plant (incinerator) within a closed loop system. Additionally, the report seeks to generate economic opportunities that promote tourism, entertainment, and education through a recreational centre which will incorporate Biophilic Design and Parametricism to create a public space that will be beneficial to the community.