Wessel J Ebersohn

MArch(Prof)

Rethinking brickwork as a contemporary technology 

Project loaction: Inner City Pretoria, Old Mutual Printing Precinct, Cnr Bosman and Madiba Street
Project focus area: Memory, Legacy and Identity
Supervisor: Cobus Bothma

Project focus:


The focus of this dissertation is primarily a technological enquiry in which brickwork is reconsidered as a contemporary technology expressed tectonically, considering local specifi city. It is argued that this reconsideration positions the project within the ever–expanding discourse of craft. The rich brick tradition as evident in Pretoria, will also be contextualised as it infl uences how the design responds to the context.

 

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