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Vaughan Thayer btech
University projects
Sensory Farm
Prince Albert, Karoo
Year 3
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Materials: Low cost rammed earth constuction and sheet metal
Themes: Phenomenology, ecological restoration and material farming

Context

Site analysis

Design

Context
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Urban miner
Maboneg precinct, Johannesburg
Year 4
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Materials: Steel framed constuction, brick veneers and sheet metal
Themes: Idustrialization, Urban restoration and spatial farming

Mining for space in a city

Structural studies

Construction drawings

Mining for space in a city
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Accustic lyrical mechanism
Pretoria Central, Pretoria
Year 4
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Materials: Future systems / smart materials
Themes: Information can be transformed into sound and further into a visual experience

Sound visualised as connections

Standing wave form generator

Rendered section

Sound visualised as connections
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Heritage Architecture
Pretoria Central, Pretoria
Year 4
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Materials: Corten Steel layered constuction, brick infill
Themes: Erosion of historical layers through the influx of usage

City as a mountain

City as a canyon

Design development

City as a mountain
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