Desire Lines: Addressing the Pedestrian and their Access to the Jukskei River Through Public Interest Design

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dc.contributor.authorSmuts, Robyn
dc.contributor.supervisorFelix, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-02T16:21:40Z
dc.date.available2024-07-02T16:21:40Z
dc.date.issued2024-02
dc.descriptionThis document is submitted in partial fulfillment to the degree: Masters of Architecture (Professional) at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Architecture and Planning University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa in February 2024.
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, the propinquity of pockets defined between urban schemes of Dainfern and Diepsloot is explored. As well as the overlap zones of various networks of urban goers. The possibility of developing the prospective benefits of these pockets will be outlined through the principles of public interest design (PIB), placemaking, and adventure playgrounds. This reinforces the ideals of ‘rights to the city’ and creates a feeling of citizenship by focusing on the commonalities of the urban goers. To create a community between otherwise divided groups. The research methodology is site and context-centred, revealing where conflicts may lie, and opportunities sourced. Doing this through the exploration of the materiality and features of the Jukskei River site, and the desire line paths that weave through it. The proposed design develops a productive, shared space that instigates common curiosity and skill development through addressing the propinquity of various urban goers and utilizing the rubble and waste that has accumulated on the site.
dc.description.submitterMM2024
dc.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.identifier.citationSmuts, Robyn. (2024). Desire Lines: Addressing the Pedestrian and their Access to the Jukskei River Through Public Interest Design. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38817
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/38817
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2024 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolSchool of Architecture and Planning
dc.subjectPublic interest design
dc.subjectPlacemaking
dc.subjectAction playground
dc.subjectPost-Apartheid landscapes
dc.subjectDainfern
dc.subjectDiepsloot
dc.subjectGlenferness
dc.subjectJukskei River
dc.subjectAfrican Independent Churches
dc.subjectZionists
dc.subjectDesire lines
dc.subjectAqueduct
dc.subjectBarrel vaults
dc.subjectScale
dc.subjectPropinquity
dc.subjectPeri-urban
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.otherSDG-9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
dc.titleDesire Lines: Addressing the Pedestrian and their Access to the Jukskei River Through Public Interest Design
dc.typeDissertation
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