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Provoking Technophilia: The Umfundisi Tech Centre & Portable Fundi Labs
Includes bibliographical references.
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School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics
2015
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| author | Carelse, Brent |
| author2 | Coetzer, Nic |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13021 Provoking Technophilia: The Umfundisi Tech Centre & Portable Fundi Labs Carelse, Brent Coetzer, Nic Silverman, Melinda Beattie, Jennifer Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Includes bibliographical references. This thesis stemmed from the idea that we as a society find it harder and harder to understand even the everyday technologies around us. It is argued that despite the seemingly limitless opportunities for self-learning in the ‘information age’, an interest for the technological is still not fostered within our society. This dissertation is inspired by Cedric Price’s proposal that, “[...]every town should have a space at its disposal where the latest discoveries of engineering and science can provoke an environment for pleasure and discovery[...]”. 1 It started with the search for a spatial models through which people could learn about and experience the essence of technology. The initial research looked at different ways people have learned about technology 1 Stanley Matthews, From Agit-Prop to Free Space: The Architecture of Cedric Price (London: Black Dog Publishing, 2007), 66. throughout history, focusing particular on examples where education could successfully be combined with leisure or recreational activities. It was important that the model proposed, not only taught people, but also inspired a sense of marvel and wonder through engagement with technology . Based on principles gleaned from the research a project was proposed which would manifest itself in two different, but interrelated architectural explorations. The first is a sort of ‘headquarters’ or ‘mothership’ for a new model of the education of technology. It finds itself in the Woodstock industrial area, and would serve as a resource to the greater Cape Town. The second is a prototype for mobile, rail-based workshops that would be developed and manufactured within the headquarters. These units would act as ‘satellites’, spreading the spirit of this movement across the country to areas where the resources for such education may not exist. 2015-05-28T12:26:54Z 2015-05-28T12:26:54Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters MArch http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13021 eng application/pdf School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Carelse, Brent Provoking Technophilia: The Umfundisi Tech Centre & Portable Fundi Labs |
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| title | Provoking Technophilia: The Umfundisi Tech Centre & Portable Fundi Labs |
| title_full | Provoking Technophilia: The Umfundisi Tech Centre & Portable Fundi Labs |
| title_fullStr | Provoking Technophilia: The Umfundisi Tech Centre & Portable Fundi Labs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Provoking Technophilia: The Umfundisi Tech Centre & Portable Fundi Labs |
| title_short | Provoking Technophilia: The Umfundisi Tech Centre & Portable Fundi Labs |
| title_sort | provoking technophilia the umfundisi tech centre portable fundi labs |
| topic | Architecture, Planning and Geomatics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13021 |
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