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PRECINCTS

CAMISSA 'the place of sweet waters', is the ancient Khoi name for Cape Town. Embedded, lost and obscured within the city's fabric this vital ecological and cultural link still exists....
LET US RECLAIM CAMISSA, TOGETHER.

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THIS SECTION IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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Soon you will be able to find visual; historical; and current information pertaining to each of the 7 Precincts under this section; including broad based proposals made for these geographical areas; information and guidelines for designers pertaining to the natural and urban systems - all of which unlock the potential to design a sequence of projects, which can be rolled out systematically; and which capture the full range of historical, cultural, heritage, social, ecological, economic, educational and place-making potentials associated with the city's water resource - in a holistic, integrated and coordinated manner.  

Meanwhile, for the purposes of understanding the systematic approach - we provide you herewith, a map as key to these 7 PRECINCTS. 

More to follow, shortly...

PRECINCTS

These "precincts" have been defined after spatially mapping the geographical area from the perspective of 'a city within its region'; and the local area within the metropolitan area, in accordance with its natural systems; urban systems; transportation routes; public amenities; economic generators; building typologies  - and then overlayed with a series of maps that examine how the city functions for its inhabitants and visitors, on a temporal spatial basis - i.e throughout the different seasons of Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn  - day or night.

What becomes evident, after many analysis maps, is this: 
There are seven distinct areas within the city bowl, that reflect the fundamental reason for the city's establishment - the ways in which water occurs; functioned previously; and could potentially function in the future of the city - if environmental principles are applied; and if we are to reclaim and use the water resources and their associated land parcels, to the benefit of the city and her inhabitants, optimally.

Within each of these 7 PRECINCTS are numerous options for project proposals - which you will soon be able to find under this page.
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 Map by Caron von Zeil.
LEGEND to the main 7 PRECINCTS along the spine of CAMISSA
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DIAGRAM: 7 PRECINCTS of CAMISSA.


PRECINCT 1: DOCKSIDE 


PRECINCT 2: NEW WATERSEDGE

PRECINCT 3: OLD CITY WATERWAYS

PRECINCT 4: CULTURAL HEART AND SEAT OF POWER

PRECINCT 5: WATER SUSTAINABILITY PARK

PRECINCT 6: CIVIC-HYDROLOGY PRECINCTS

PRECINCT 7: GATEWAY TO TABLE MOUNTAIN


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ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED by THE RECLAIM CAMISSA TRUST No. IT 2882/2010. 
The use of material on this page is permitted with acknowledgement of the source and prior written consent - contactable via info@reclaimcamissa.org
All research, spatial framework and proposals are the intellectual property of Caron von Zeil. 


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