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In 1976 the Alchemists built the Cape Cod Ark bioshelter and her sister The Prince Edward Island Ark. For the next 15 years the New Alchemy Institute studied and reported on the use of these prototype food producing ecosystems. A bioshelter (life-shelter) involves two fields of knowledge and design.
Diepkloof Rock Shelter is a rock shelter in Western Cape, South Africa in which has been found some of the earliest evidence of the human use of symbols, in the form of patterns engraved upon ostrich eggshell water containers. These date around 60,000 years ago.
Disa Park is one of the best-known pieces of architecture in the Vredehoek area of Cape Town, South Africa.The towers were built in response to a "white housing crisis" in the city and completed in 1969. [2]
This is a list of the heritage sites in Cape Town's CBD, the Waterfront, and the Bo-Kaap as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. [1] [2]For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, please see the entries at the end of the list.
The homestead and part of the farm was sold to the University of Cape Town in 1924 and the homestead was used as a hostel by South African College Schools. [6] Cape Town municipality purchased the property from the university in 1930. [6] They demolished the homestead and created public recreational fields on the land. [6]
Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary is a 10-hectare (25-acre) protected area in Cape Town, located on the Liesbeek river near the suburb of Observatory. The sanctuary consists of a section of the Liesbeek River , with parkland, trees, lawn and picnic sites.
They were brought to Noah's Ark, a nonprofit sanctuary for abused animals, in 2001. Now, Noah's Ark is home to the BLT: BLT as in Bear-Lion-Tiger, of course.
The New Alchemy Institute was in charge of the project, and had already commissioned one similar building, in a farmstead in Cape Code. The PEI Ark was an attempt to create a sustainable building (similar to the Cape Code Ark) in an environment known for having very harsh weather. [9]