A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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From Township to Townscape- Urban renewal in Galeshewe, South Africa ; Från kåkstad till stadslandskap- Stadsförnyelse i Galeshewe, Sydafrika
Galeshewe is a former township in South Africa that has been neglected for a long time. The economic activity is low and the design of the physical environment poor. The Urban Renewal Programme started in 1999 as an attempt to improve the situation in previously disadvan-taged areas in South Africa. This diploma work can be seen as one part of that program. In South Africa one way of strengthening the economic growth is to work with the development of economic activity clusters connected through different modes of transport. In the Integrated Development Plan of Sol Plaatje unicipality, the Galeshewe Activity Corridor was pointed out. Along the Corridor six economic activity nodes were identified. In this diploma work suggestions for development of the corridor and three of the nodes have been made. All three students have together prepared the Corridor proposal. For the nodes, studies and proposals in more detail have been done individually. The overall aim of our project is to strengthen the physical conditions for economic and social activities in a previously disadvantaged area. This will be done through proposals for physical development which are presented by means of illustrative material to picture how the area could look like in ten to fifteen years. The aim is to describe how the area functions and looks today, and based on that to create a comprehensive material about Galeshewe, with focus on the Galeshewe Activity Corridor. As a response to the overall aim, four guiding principles have been formulated: • Holistic planning (regarding the spatial context for new pro-posals) • Better balance between different modes of transport (a switch of focus from car to pedestrians, bicyclists and public trans-port) • Improve public spaces (create new squares to support eco-nomic and social activities) • Improve accessibility (mainly by handling the issue of security) The guiding principles together with a SWOT Analysis, Kevin Lynch’s City Structure Analysis and today’s situation in Galeshewe, have ruled the design ...
From Township to Townscape- Urban renewal in Galeshewe, South Africa ; Från kåkstad till stadslandskap- Stadsförnyelse i Galeshewe, Sydafrika
Galeshewe is a former township in South Africa that has been neglected for a long time. The economic activity is low and the design of the physical environment poor. The Urban Renewal Programme started in 1999 as an attempt to improve the situation in previously disadvan-taged areas in South Africa. This diploma work can be seen as one part of that program. In South Africa one way of strengthening the economic growth is to work with the development of economic activity clusters connected through different modes of transport. In the Integrated Development Plan of Sol Plaatje unicipality, the Galeshewe Activity Corridor was pointed out. Along the Corridor six economic activity nodes were identified. In this diploma work suggestions for development of the corridor and three of the nodes have been made. All three students have together prepared the Corridor proposal. For the nodes, studies and proposals in more detail have been done individually. The overall aim of our project is to strengthen the physical conditions for economic and social activities in a previously disadvantaged area. This will be done through proposals for physical development which are presented by means of illustrative material to picture how the area could look like in ten to fifteen years. The aim is to describe how the area functions and looks today, and based on that to create a comprehensive material about Galeshewe, with focus on the Galeshewe Activity Corridor. As a response to the overall aim, four guiding principles have been formulated: • Holistic planning (regarding the spatial context for new pro-posals) • Better balance between different modes of transport (a switch of focus from car to pedestrians, bicyclists and public trans-port) • Improve public spaces (create new squares to support eco-nomic and social activities) • Improve accessibility (mainly by handling the issue of security) The guiding principles together with a SWOT Analysis, Kevin Lynch’s City Structure Analysis and today’s situation in Galeshewe, have ruled the design ...
From Township to Townscape- Urban renewal in Galeshewe, South Africa ; Från kåkstad till stadslandskap- Stadsförnyelse i Galeshewe, Sydafrika
Eskilsson, Anneli (author) / Häggdahl, Lisa (author) / Örenfors, Maria (author)
2003-01-01
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Kåkstad , Township , Galeshewe , South Africa , Sydafrika , Economic node , node , aktivitetskorridor , Activity Corridor , nod , stadsförnyelse , urban renewal , Galeshewe Activity Corridor , Anneli Eskilsson , Lisa Häggdahl , Maria Örenfors , MFS , Construction Management , Byggprocess och förvaltning
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