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A Meeting Place in the edge

Part 1 Project 2004
Christo Van Der Westhuizen
Niamh Lincoln
 Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria | South Africa
The edge and edge-city lies within us.

Within our cities and within our minds.


We must re-conquer the inner city and allow it to sprawl over the edges and the land beyond. It must once again be a pleasant place to live in, where all exist, work and relax in synergetic harmony. It must be pulled back, stitched together.

Erase, soften the edges in our minds, edges that make us want to separate, whether by class, race, or age.

Use the common language of music.

‘Our ability to hear not in several languages but in several musics at once’
Nietzsche



This project elevated itself above the rest in the remarkable approach (at 3rd year level) the student took in solving a problem-statement that lent itself to a myriad of interpretations.

When the synthesis aspires towards a higher level of cognisance than simple form-giving to physical space, architecture attains and transmits meaning: which was the essence of this project.

Tutor(s)
Mr Florian Kossak
Prof Sarah Wigglesworth
2004
What is the language that is spoken by all people - irrespective of creed, race, culture?
...music - the medium that unifies all.
The city...existence without music.
The city...more vibrant with music.
The city...injected with physical elements which celebrate the progressiveness of music.
The city...the future...evolution and merging of the physical and unconscious.
Music will be solidified through the contexts of space, time and spirit.
Music pavilion placed along a specific route - the Strijdom Square, Pretoria - designed and ruled by an oppressive system - the original structure and government eventually collapsed.
The site was specifically chosen to re-inject energy into a previous monumental wasteland.
The building will transmit music, display images of the past, present and future - to remind people what was once, what still is and what will be beautiful.
The building will be a celebration of the freedom of humanity - unifying all by the common language of music.
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