Sunday 3 April 2016

GSA- Unit 14 UJ projects- PERSONAL UNIT REVIEW 1 REFLECTION

GSA-Unit 14  UJ      MY REFLECTION ON REVIEW 1  




MY REFLECTION:






The review came in right time: 
The time i needed to understand my rating with unit projects / tasks as an M2 student it have opened up and a reflected rather of what is expected from me. it reflected on issues i needed to improve and dress in order to excel and get ready for my final thesis project, and also to appropriate the unit course work to advance my major project in the end  




GSA-Unit 14  UJ    act 3. part 1 project   LEXICON  




UNDERSTANDING THE PREVIOUS & POST TRAUMA 1994 CONDITIONS OF 
VISITED SITES:

The Act 3 part 1 we have to work in a group of 3. We have to make a comparison conditions of previous & post trauma 1994 on different 5 sites we visited during our Johannesburg tour as a class.







GSA-Unit 14  UJ    act 3. part 3 project   IVORY  PARK  IMMERSION  


INVESTIGATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING IVORY PARK:






The Act 3 part III was a group of  5.  as a group we have to investigate and understand levels on agencies forming part in the enterprises and economical activities in Ivory park on the  August drive, spacial enterprises and how the area functions in Ivory park in general. The diagram above is the area were investigations happened from the beginning of August drive right through to 29th drive







As a group studying Ivory park as a settlement my task was to find out what it looked like before independence and after pre post independence 1994, the current reflection of economical activities and a future prediction of how it will look like in 30 years . the diagram above shows that Ivory park started in 1990 as farm land with few traditional huts and few gravel roads. 







3rd image is a reflection of the current condition in Ivory park. August drive is populated with street traders and self made manufacturers on both street edges.






The 4th image is the prediction of August drive in 30 years to come. cording to 12 interviews contacted during the site study people demonstrated that there is growth in August drive every day and business owner indicated that they want to trade and live on the street where the businesses is. The image is exaggerated based on the data and information on how fast the August drive is growing everyday that in 30 years it will probably look like the image above









Tuesday 1 March 2016

GSA- Unit 14 UJ projects- Act 2.2 MI CASA / SU CASA






GSA-Unit 14  UJ    act 2.2 project  MI CASA / SU CASA  



ASSERTING MY PARTNER'S HOUSE TO MY OWN DESIRE: 





The second part Mi Casa su Casa part 2.2 studio required that one take his / her partner’s home and assert his / her wildest dreams. One need to embrace or reject their history and make a case for it. And the idea of architecture as inherited infrastructure should be explored. Being that I grew up at the farm in a typical farm house and on the other hand left the city life during school and work I happened to choose a typical city / modern city house from my partner. I chose to compare his and my life style and unpacked common interests that we both similarly have, I have than realised we have similar life style and share common interests and this process allowed me to embrace his history and the case made resulted in a design that suit both of us, a house that serves / cater for both own career interests and more of a working conventional on both options.



























Tuesday 23 February 2016

GSA- Unit 14 UJ projects- Act 2.1 MI CASA / SU CASA



GSA-Unit 14  UJ    act 2 project  MI CASA / SU CASA  



THE PLACE I CALL HOME:      This was a two part project. purpose being to sensitize me to 
my own habit (that i am familiar with). Task was to observe, interpret and document it in a manner
that best communicates its value, operation and meaning and show how the space is occupied and 
and how it support life.



Image   01


Image   02


Images chosen are an interpretation of the important areas in my habitat / 
Oshiwambo traditional homestead. Taking care of life stock is my daily activities 
that forms part of the house. Eg image 01 the milking process that happens every 
day morning before cattle allowed for grassing than taken for drinking after 
grassing. A process done on a daily routine.  Image 02 is an illustration of the two 
most important areas within the homestead, the two places I spent most of my 
evening watching Tv and chatting to family members before sleep, while other 
place is where the guests of the house are received.

Also see video link bellow.
https://youtu.be/Ij_6YgrIvM0

Friday 19 February 2016

GSA- Unit 14 UJ projects- Act 1.1

GSA-Unit 14    act 1 project   



MY INTRODUCTION TO OTHERS:      The brief for project 1 required a form means of introduction
of our self to others. a request that trough this project we should be able to communicate where our core skills lay in terms of mediums and hint as to where our architectural (or personal ) interests lay. 
in addition we could use architectural optional fragments as part of our composition and it could form any source felt best captures best experience eg Facebook, Instagram etc.








The picture above is a collage form portraying my childhood -   a typical farm life. a life style that dominates in almost where i find my self, a life style to nature friendly and so to the ecosystem at large. with this kind of life style i came to have a natural concern towards architecture, questioning to why architects design without nature / or site specific concerns ?  In the end i positioned my self a farm boy appealing that architecture should be rather nature bound in order to sustain our environments.

Also see the video link      https://youtu.be/4iAPr7KbyEo