Foraging for Earth: resurrecting the heritage of ochre through land reparation of an iron ore mine

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dc.contributor.authorO'Maker, Simone
dc.contributor.supervisorFelix, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-30T12:56:27Z
dc.date.available2024-06-30T12:56:27Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture (Professional). February 2024.
dc.description.abstractThis thesis aims to extract concepts, ideologies and theories viable to the rights of land. To rewrite a set of spatial relations that deeply grapple with the remnants of the Ngwenya mountain, in an iron-ore mine within the Kingdom of Eswatini, as an archaeological, cultural, ecological and geographical site. Foraging for Earth aims to mend its wounds that gives back the earth its dignity. It questions what architecture arises from seeing the land as a living being and to what extent it can form a relationship with a post-mined landscape. The concept of the design is derived from the site’s scar, a palimpsest of narratives rooted to memory, decay, healing and regeneration, and thereby interprets reparative strategies into a living archive that aims to reclaim what the landscape used to be. The program includes an earth reparation facility, a knowledge-sharing centre, an ochre sanctuary, craft studio and a sculpture garden. Constant visual and physical engagement encourages one to be aware of the land’s rich narrative.
dc.description.submitterMM2024
dc.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.identifier.citationO'Maker, Simone. (2023). Foraging for Earth: resurrecting the heritage of ochre through land reparation of an iron ore mine [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38785
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/38785
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolSchool of Architecture and Planning
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectEarth
dc.subjectEswatini
dc.subjectIron-ore
dc.subjectLiving Being
dc.subjectLand
dc.subjectMine
dc.subjectNgwenya iron-ore mine
dc.subjectOchre
dc.subjectPost-mined landscape
dc.subjectRights of land
dc.subjectReparation
dc.subjectSwaziland
dc.subjectSwati Culture
dc.subjectToxic Landscapes
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.otherSDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities
dc.titleForaging for Earth: resurrecting the heritage of ochre through land reparation of an iron ore mine
dc.typeDissertation
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