Healing & Climate Adaptation
Student Project (Honours)
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Student – BArch(Hons)
Architecture - Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
Climate adaptation through Eco-mimicry
2020 – Quarter 3 & 4 design project
Melusi informal settlement to the west of Pretoria, Gauteng
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The project's brief was formulated within an existing project being developed in Melusi in relation to the Melusi clinic and research center being run by UP
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High resolution construction details can be found here
Jan Hugo
Climate adaptation and mitigation; Melusi, eco-mimicry, systems thinking, vulnerability mapping
Project Summary:
This project is a Healing and Knowledge Management Center and is intended to function as an extension to the Melusi Clinic. This project specifically focusses on the potential ways in which architectural planning and building strategies can emulate nature’s intrinsic logic while catering to the individual reactions of users. Subsequently there is a strong emphasis on both the environment and the individual experiences of users
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