PROBLEM STATEMENT

During the first lockdown period, residences were evacuated and students were required to return to their homes. Remote learning was put in place to prevent students from falling behind and ensure that the year’s curriculum was completed. Some universities supplied students with data bundles to allow them to connect to online classes. However, some students experienced a negative psychological impact from remote learning as some students experienced connectivity problems.

As time passed, universities implemented both mask-to-mask classes and remote learning. This allowed students to return to the residences. The residence focused on in this project is TUT’s Kollegehof student residence, which requires maintenance and renovations before students can re-enter the residences again.

This provides an opportunity to reshape the university residence allowing students to work and convene in a healthy building and further their studies.

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SITE AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS

CLIENT PROFILE SITE ANALYSIS EXISTING STRUCTURE

The proposed site is one location of many student residences, owned by Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), that is analysed in terms of location, context, and the buildings itself.

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Figure 5: Project client

Figure 6: Project location