Season's Greetings

Proposed New Gatehouse: ME Estate, Pretoria (dg architects)



Proposed Refurbishment

Adding a new solar screen and in the process a living breathing "lung".

 

"Grow-Wall"/lung concept section

 

 

 

 

Southdowns College, Irene

Project I Private College (Centurus Colleges)
Client I Centurus (Pty)Ltd
Architect I dg architects

Professional Team
Quantity Surveyor I LWA
Civil & Structural Engineering I Civil Concepts
Electrical Engineering I Plantech & Associates
Project Management I P3 Projects

Main Contractor I BoogertmanSmit & LC Projects

Tyger Valley College

Project I Private College (Centurus Colleges)
Client I Centurus (Pty)Ltd
Architect I dg architects

Professional Team
Quantity Surveyor I LWA
Civil & Structural Engineering I Civil Concepts
Electrical Engineering I Plantech & Associates
Project Management I P3 Projects

Main Contractor I LC Projects

Project I Private Residence, 2010
Architects I dg architects
Contractor I BPT Construction

Original article published in SA Home Owner I March 201
(Photography by Karl Rodgers)

Ampath Laboratory: Centurion

Project I Ampath NRL, Centurion Pretoria

Client I Ampath Trust

Architect & Principal Agent I dg architects

 

Professional Team

Quantity Surveyor I Davis Langdon (AECOM company)

Civil & Structural Engineering I Aurecon

Wet Services & Fire Safety I Aurecon

Mechanical Engineering I Whirlair

Electrical Engineering I Plantech

 

Contractor

LC Projects/Geneprop

 

 

 

 

Open Letter: representatives and citizens of Vietnam and China

SHOCKING and appalling, the audacity...."poachers fighting back"

An Open Letter to representatives and citizens of Vietnam and China   

On Saturday the 6^th of October, a group of us were walking the Olifants Trail in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. At about 07h15, we came across an adult white rhino cow, killed and dehorned.

We were told to keep our distance, as the poachers are ”fighting back” and booby trap the carcasses with Chinese hand grenades.

Being exposed to the subject of rhino poaching via the media, is upsetting, disturbing and angering. Seeing two tons of dead rhino first hand, is soul numbing, followed by uncontrollable rage and abject impotence . Blaming, catching or killing poachers is pointless -  there are simply thousands of desperate hungry wannabe poachers waiting to replace them. Throw in corrupt officials from SANparks employees, right through to the police and customs departments, and an unsolvable problem has arisen. The horns are simply too valuable.  The problem cannot be solved by force, policing or security measures.

Without you, the end user, this situation would not have arisen. You are the problem. Believing in the medicinal and aphrodisiac properties of a lump of compressed hair, is historically and genetically imprinted in your psyche – education over a period of generations might address this, but before then, you would have been the cause of the demise of the species.

Hopefully the authorities will allow captive breeding and harvesting of horns. Sure, it’s kind of infra dig, but at least poaching will be less attractive, ignorant Vietnamese and Chinese consumers will have a lump of useless hair, and the Rhino might stand a chance of survival. This is a desperate call for you to educate your people – before it’s too late.

Sure, it’s a pointless exercise, but I got it off my chest.

 

Sieg de Beer

 

4 days to Practical Completion

With an extension of time granted the new Practical Completion date is set for the 12th of October 2012.

Arcade Entrance - South

Norther Facade

Lift Lobby

Lake View from the Gautrain

 

 

Basic drawing skills Workshop

Thanks to all who have confirmed their attendance. Due to the overwhelming interest a second date will be set and made available.

Looking forward to a great day.


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Vintage Series

Mono prints - ink on glass (Shawn Scriven)

 

 

 

 

Volg die skape...



Volg die skape...

Lake View...2 weeks to go!

With only two weeks remaining on the contract the pressure (and excitement) has reached boiling point on site.

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Transformation

Breathing new life into a dark, cold and sun deprived living space.

"Before"

"After" (intervention - dg architects)

Lake View Progress (dg architects)

Art Classes

Explore and develop your creativity on "the other side" and celebrate self expression through the art of drawing. Practical instruction in the basics of drawing,  technique development and creative problem solving.

"The Other Side" offers instruction in mediums such as Pencil, Pen & Ink and Charcoal. Printmaking workshops and portfolio assistance/tutoring available on request. No formal training or prior training required to join a class.

Session availability varies. Please fee free to contact the studio at:
studiotheotherside@gmail.com

Street Art

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Resilience

Mono Print - Shawn Scriven

Resilience (Wikipedia):
"...the ability of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically, and release that energy upon unloading..."

Resilience (Psycology Today):
"...that ineffable quality that alows some people to be knocked down by life and come back stronger than ever."

VAWT - Zoetrope the "weel of life"

How ancient art inspires contemporary technology...

Researching alternative energy technology and a reduction in the carbon footprint of buildings, I came across a site offering an "open source" wind turbine by Applied Sciences. Not only open source (available to all ) but based on an invention, the zoetrope, created in China around 180AD.

Wikipedia describes a zoetrope as:
"a device that produces the illusion of motion from a rapid succession of static pictures. The term zoetrope is from the Greek words ζωή (zoe), meaning "alive, active", and τροπή (trope), meaning "turn", with "zoetrope" taken to mean "active turn" or "wheel of life".

The zoetrope consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. On the inner surface of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. As the cylinder spins, the user looks through the slits at the pictures across. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from simply blurring together, and the user sees a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion."


 
The VAWT or Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine is based on this ancient invention. Download the construction guide, dot it yourself, reduce your carbon footprint and become part of the self sustainable revolution.





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