Transcending Barriers:
Unveiling the resilience of way making by demolishing rigidity
Through my research I investigated ways of deconstructing the monolith, extracting certain parts and ideas, and introducing innovative ideas. Demolishing rigidity explores the transformative power of breaking through concrete as a metaphor for dismantling societal barriers and embracing fluidity in architecture upon entering a space. This allows for a deeper understanding of the societal impact and implications of my design choices, considering the social and environmental aspects.
As my primary intervention in Fredman Tower, I am proposing creating openings on the ground floor. Through cracking the concrete on the ground floor, I am not merely just creating new openings, I want to create a performance that all Johannesburg residents can participate in, using two easy methods.
As my second intervention on Fredman Tower, I plan to study and use the climate of Sandton to control the climate of the tower by using a series of atriums as well as openings to control the natural airflow into the building to passively heat and cool the building. Using this method each office space will be able to independently control the climate in their space. As Le Corbusier said, “a house is a machine for living in,” so why can an office not be a machine for working.
