24-Hour Culture
Can There Be a 24-Hour Culture within a Corner Office in Rosebank?
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Romario De Oliveira
BArch Hons 2022
Supervisors:
Unit Leader: Gregory Katz
Unit Tutor: Jaco Jonker
Unit Assistant: Senzo Mamba
UNIT 17
Making... A Difference 2022
There is value in having life exist outside of social norms, a society
operating for 24 hours. We look at the timeframes instituted by the
State of Emergency Act limiting our time to a set curfew which still
exists today as a hauntology. We live in a society, described by Robert
K. Merton, which practices Ritualism: to live by rejecting our cultural
goals which have been institutionalised yet we accept the institutional
means.
The aim is to seek a sense of romanticism and phenomenology. Prototyping idea of space and aid in resisting atrophy of the area through 24–hour culture which embodies the full human experience. To create a landmark which will act as a catalyst for change and speak to the character of Rosebank, a walkable city district filled with a sustainable nightlife.
Often when designing one must “hit a moving target” and within the context of the study we shall focus on intentions made to have the 24-hour working day estimated to begin in the next 5 – 10 years.
The aim is to seek a sense of romanticism and phenomenology. Prototyping idea of space and aid in resisting atrophy of the area through 24–hour culture which embodies the full human experience. To create a landmark which will act as a catalyst for change and speak to the character of Rosebank, a walkable city district filled with a sustainable nightlife.
Often when designing one must “hit a moving target” and within the context of the study we shall focus on intentions made to have the 24-hour working day estimated to begin in the next 5 – 10 years.
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![Graphic Novel 1 Nightlife and Rosebank, De Oliveira, R, Unit 17, 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8803d29e5bac1c3212c2a1b88c20a0aea2f7c86b51c65a21271465c1dd1fde4/2-Graphic-Novel-1-Nightlife-and-Rosebank--De-Oliveira--R--Unit-17--2022-min.jpg)
![Graphic Novel 2 Nightlife and Rosebank, De Oliveira, R, Unit 17, 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4bd9aed0de7cf4fb17da889886274648b4c8a58990c58a24717228a16b02221/3-Graphic-Novel-2-Nightlife-and-Rosebank--De-Oliveira--R--Unit-17--2022-min.jpg)
![Plans Proposal 24H-Culture, De Oliveira, R, Unit 17, 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6404c7fd2c353ce4bb4f023354652c67deaf446feed951fe4e572bee5fb7137a/4-Plans-Proposal-24H-Culture--De-Oliveira--R--Unit-17--2022-min.jpg)
![Character of Precinct Rosebank, De Oliveira, R, Unit 17, 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e9ffb07d1d2fb1ea3f2319422065123a18dd65182d3775cb64079025eaa6c9a/5-Character-of-Precinct-Rosebank--De-Oliveira--R--Unit-17--2022-min.jpg)
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Keywords:
24-hour Culture, Night Life, Nocturnal Architecture, Propositional, Boulevard, Material Essence, Social Ritualism, Robert K. Merton, Overton Landscapes
24-hour Culture, Night Life, Nocturnal Architecture, Propositional, Boulevard, Material Essence, Social Ritualism, Robert K. Merton, Overton Landscapes
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