http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2915 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:49:17 GMT 2013-05-18T18:49:17Z http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5807 Built with Sand, Rock and ‘Broeder Bond’? Brian Sandrock’s buildings for the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa. Brink, Basil The purpose of this preliminary document, a forthcoming article, is to contextualize, review and critique a selection of Brian Allen Theodor Sandrock’s numerous buildings at the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa in Pretoria. Possible reasons for Sandrock’s repeated appointments, e.g. his ability to satisfy clients’ wishes and requirements; his competence as a project manager, and his ties to the Afrikaner Broederbond, at a time when apartheid modernity demanded architectural expression, are explored. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5807 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5806 A survey of buildings designed by Brian Sandrock Architects for the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa Brink, Basil Many buildings in the extensive oeuvre of the architect Brian Allen Theodor Sandrock (1925-1990) and his ‘right hand man’ Alewyn Petrus Burger (1933-) are iconic symbols of apartheid modernity. Their Modern Movement buildings are located mainly on the campuses of the University of Pretoria (UP) and the University of South Africa (Unisa). To date, information on these buildings has not been collated in one document and more complete biographies of Sandrock and Burger have also not been compiled. The aim of this ‘work in progress’ survey is to begin to fill the information-vacuum on the development plans and buildings designed by Brian Sandrock Architects. The survey is a step towards the establishment of a comprehensive record of Sandrock and Burger’s work, as well as the compilation of their respective biographies. In conclusion, key aspects of buildings designed by Brian Sandrock Architects are identified and outlined, such as the firm’s love of tall buildings; its preference for elevating buildings on columns; its inconsistent approach to shielding windows from the sun’s rays, and the firm’s experimentation with the integration of Brutalism and the International Style at Unisa’s Muckleneuk campus. Further research, such as conducting interviews with former employees in the practice, taking additional photographs, and sourcing drawings and documents for archiving, is recommended to establish a more complete record of the processes and people who brought the projects of Brian Sandrock Architects to completion. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5806 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5805 Framing the role that South African architects played in supporting or opposing the apartheid state. Brink, Basil The covert role that the Afrikaner Broederbond (AB), a secret organisation with membership reserved for white Afrikaner males, played in the physical development of universities for the white Afrikaans-speaking section of South African society remains by and large hidden from history. From the early 1960s to the late 1980s, when the first all-inclusive democratic election was held in the country, members of the AB controlled the University of Pretoria (UP), the University of South Africa (Unisa), and the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), positions that made it possible for them to influence, veto or approve campus development decisions with major financial implications. AB members in executive positions could also ensure that the ‘modern monumental’ style, a style which sought to assert the power of the apartheid modernity project, was made manifest on the campuses under their control. Why did certain architects only benefit from lucrative commissions post 1948? Was it because they were members of the AB or had associates or close relatives who were? Were architects favoured with repeated appointments because of the quality of their work, or because they were ‘connected’ to AB members in a world under the AB’s clandestine control? Answers to these questions are explored by a closer examination firstly of the AB, an organisation that seems to have facilitated and approved architectural commissions at Afrikaans universities; and secondly of the monopoly that Brian Allan Theodor Sandrock (1925-1990) had on the provision of new buildings at the UP and Unisa campuses in Pretoria. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5805 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5804 Biography of R.S. Uytenbogaardt Architect and Urban Designer Brink, Basil Biography of Roelof Uytenbogaardt (1933-1998), Architect, Urban Designer and Professor at the University of Cape Town Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5804 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z