Architectural Portfolio by Dwane Derman

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DERMAN P O RT F O LI O

SHOWCASE 1 _ F I N A L E X E G E S I S 1 SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES 2017_curtin university_thesis

2 _ T R A N S P A R E N C Y 9 WA ARCHERY CENTRE 2016_curtin university_integrated studio

3 _ R E S I L I E N T C I T I E S URBAN INVESTIGATION 2017_curtin university_urban studio

FINAL EXEGESIS

PROJECT STATEMENT It would be easy to blame all the trauma that South Africa is facing on the apartheid regime, and you would be largely correct. Apartheid was single handedly responsible for the mass the relocation of nearly its entire population, the further segregation of a separated populace, and the ill treatment of cultural groups based on skin colour and origin. Apartheid however served as a spring board for the Republic of South Africa that was born in 1994 under the leadership of Nelson Mandela. We now had a basis, a criteria of everything we as humans oppose, and refuse to relive or cast upon our fellow country man and woman. Many issues plague the modern day South Africa. The wealth gap that was established during apartheid is still prevalent, the lack of basic services such as water and electricity impacts millions of people per day. We must however be sure to ground our opinions and perceptions; South Africa is not an isolated instance of injustice and mistreatment. The second world war saw over six million Jewish people lose their lives just because of their cultural heritage. In Rwanda the genocide of 1995 was responsible for over one million people being slaughtered in just under a month. South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past does not compare to these in terms of loss of life. But when discussing the time period or the continuation of these crimes, it supersedes both, over 80 years

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The start of the journey

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TRAUMA Issues plaguing survival

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Connections across Gauteng

RECOMPENSE Attoning for past wrongs

Mfecane

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LEGACY Future generations

Isolation

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RESEARCH

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R E C O N C I LIATI O N One nation

Mararankodi

3000 x 2500

SKETCHING

3000 x 2000

MULTIPLICITY The point of entry into the building

Versmoor

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2500 x 5000

MODELING

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S I N G U LAR I T Y The point of entry into the building

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APPENDIX

TRAUMA The project focuses specifically on the trauma aspect. the ability to subconsciously influence people into a reaction or thought, opens the possibility for learning based on that experience. The Trauma phase is the point of contact with the interior. It forms part of one of five other phases. As you descend into the first domain - called isolation, the first part of your journey commences. Each part within each domain has its own emotive palette, defining the intricacies which make each space unique. Materiality, lightness, mood, emotion and ambience are some of the defining differences between the spaces. Isolation is a space of loneliness, solitary and coldness. Light guides you throughout the space. Glimpses of the exterior bewilder you as a stark contrast from the experience within. Mfecane (Zulu - The Crushing) suffocates its inhabitants vertically with the space bearing down the deeper you go. Darkness surrounds you, and the senses are tested. Ezilahlekileyo (Xhosa - Lost) confuses and distorts perceptions. Overwhelming steel panels become formidable opponents as you negotiate and wade through past experiences and rewrite your own narrative. Mararankodi (Sotho â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Confusion) uses the senses to create a disharmony is what is being seen, and what is experienced. The boundaries of the interior space are challenged, and the exterior and interior are blended. Versmoor (Afrikaans â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Suffocate) draws its inhabitants in with clear blue reflections and lightness, before to long the insensitive weight above is realized. The need to escape is hampered by the nonlinear pathways which are intertwined. Movement throughout the spaces is one directional. Once you choose a path, left or right, you move into and inhabit the spaces you are in. Eventually surfacing at the end in the next phase, Recompense.

T R A N S PA R E N C Y

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By remaining true to the site and its users past and present, the honesty can be witnessed in the architecture, through transparency. The physical building does not need to be transparent, but the intent, the purpose and the construction methods do. The three implementation strategies led the building to its final form. Not only was the project transparent on a platonic level, but also on an emotional level. The site was augmented in such a way as to immerse the user entirely from the first step that is taken.

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DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION

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Part of the submission requirements were to prepare in full a Development Application to submit to the Council. Accompanied by this were a set of self detailed construction resolutions. The construction method was completely non standard, and hence many of the details that followed weren’t either.

ADJACENT USES 23

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Badminton Courts

Archery

Project: WA Archery Facility Drawn by: Dwane D. Derman

Drawing Number: D10.09

Detail CC Truss Section 21

Date: 04 / 11 / 2016

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Project: WA Archery Facility Drawn by: Dwane D. Derman Drawing Number: D10.08

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RE SILIENCE

‘the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness’ We are voyagers from another galaxy, our planet has suffered death by the cause of Resilience Deficiency. We are searching for a new home, the most resilient home to exist. After living on the earth for several months, we recount our subjective experience of living inside this experiment of ‘vertical village’ in the style of a diary. The Resilient City a collection of life stories all interconnected by their personal relation to the building, drawing the lines of a human map which allows the viewer to discover the city through an inner and intimate point of view.

FORGIVING AND ACCEPTING Walking in a field of green pastures, your hands glide through the wheat2. As the wind3 blows you feel a cool breeze break the warmth of the setting sun on your face. Relief. The wind stops blowing, the sun sets, and in the night, you know that change is coming. A man arrives4 on horse back. The trail behind him is empty as the grass withers and dies in his wake. His tongue is unfamiliar, and gets sharper and sharper. A sour scent can be detected in the air, the looming threat of danger takes hold.

He grows, bigger and bigger. He raises his hands to the sky, and in an instant the heavens begin to descend and you are engulfed by his wrath the air is thin and there is no escape as you struggle for air you feel yourself being submerged quicker and quicker a cold restraint grips your limbs rendering you immobile the struggle is over you are over5. Every choice, every thought, every connection, every memory all seems to fade to black. You are over. A gust of wind tears through the atmosphere, cutting it in half. Fresh air reaches your face and you take the biggest, deepest, most satisfying breath you have ever taken in your life. You are not over. The struggle is not over. Another gust6, and another like a wave of resolve crashing over you. You emerge from the depths of your darkest nightmare, still bound but alive. As the gail force wind rips through the atmosphere the man is revealed. Curled up and on the verge of drowning in his own sorrows, he reaches out for help. The only thing you want more than to help his is to be free, the man who brought you pain and sorrow is asking for your help. Every life is prescious7 you whisper to yourself, you reach out to him and in that second you are jettisoned from the talons that bound you and you grab his hand and bring him to his knees. As he kneels in front of you, you stare into his eyes8 and you glimpse his soul. Black as night as far as you can see, that’s when you spot it. You see a dim lit candle, so deep into his being it could be confused with a distant star in the vast solar system that is the human soul. A foul taste sits on your tongue and suddenly you realize, no matter how much darkness there is, it takes only one flickering candle to break it. You kneel in front of him and embrace him as if he is a brother. His tongue has changed, it is akin to yours and you are able to comprehend his emotion. Years go by and still you sit alongside on another, exchanging thoughts, beliefs, stories of being, the future as well as the past. The earth is no longer effected by his poison, it’s as if he is healed. Together you rise, and wander9 through the green pastures, till the end of time.

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Foot Notes Green pastures – Tongue – Wind – Wrath – Lit Candle – Darkness – Emotion – Wander –

context, earth, the city, home language, the ability to communicate clarity, life, second chances, love a disagreement, battle, conflict hope, ambition, dreams, desire, trust, influence, greed, hate, resentment thoughts, sense, aura, intent reconciliation, the ability to accept another perspective

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Resilience by definition is the ability to return to a previous state, following trauma. The ability to bounce back. Resilience in a personal capacity means flexibility, community, foresight, collaboration, reconciliation, connections and the ability to never die.

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The Rockefeller institution have developed a means for quantitatively and qualitatively measuring a cities resilience. Resilient city have seven qualities, these are traits that allow the city to adapt and bounce back following tough times, or grow during the good times. There are four dimensions within the framework, every aspect of resilience can be divided within these dimensions. Every dimension has three goals which subdivide the topics again, and eventually they fall within the 52 indicators.

FARMAX The main concept is to study the density problems of cities, regions and even the world, concepts are exaggerated in order to understand the implications on others. Every goal maximized and measured against the others, if one increases, another will decrease is effectiveness. These were explored and documented.

TOTA Through adapting the principles of the Resilient City Framework into a user friendly showcase, the TOTA were born. A collection of 5 sets with 12 pieces(each representing a principle and a numerical value), that when stacked form a resilient structure. The goal is to achieve points through creating and stacking to form a structure.

R E C O N C I LIATI O N primative infrastructure

undeveloped structures

advanced tecnologies

obilisk in memoriam

monument of commemoration

nature scape

chaos prevention method

grief, mourning, community

collaboration, team work, one goal

differentiated, but not dis-similar

community, sense of place

VERTICAL VILLAGE A Vertical Village achieving Resilience through the implementation of Reconciliation as a main driver.