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Case Study 1
Project: Freedom Park, Phase 1 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Architect/s: GAPP + Mashabane Rose Architects + MMA
Figure 14: Freedom Park analysis (adapted from GAPP = Mashabane Rose Architects + MMA, 2012) This precedent, a museum, showcases a form of architecture that deals with remembrance and celebration. The intervention takes the user on a journey using spatial sequencing, the intervention takes the user on a journey through, not only the apartheid history but also, the cultural history, which is seldom recorded. The intervention begins in open exterior spaces and slowly introduces built fabric using large walls and enclosures, ending in buildings with historical elements. On the journey, one often finds an African spiritual space (spaces of contemplation or divination) placed between two spaces of recollection, serving as a reminder and an opportunity to contemplate the memory to which they were exposed.
