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Close inspection of the Plan (Figure 6) illustrates the landscaping interpretation of the Forest Site
as a solid canopy with clearings, but a forest of two distinct types: one, which belongs to the
broader landscape and another, which serves a screening function from within Campus. This idea
is not expanded on and the implications are not clear.
Finally, it was suggested that a detailed landscape precinct plan for the “parkland” above Ring
Road on Upper Campus be prepared, the aim of which would be to address, amongst other,
problems of senescent trees and stone pine regeneration in consultation with SANParks.
Figure 6: Landscape Framework Plan, B Oberholzer Dec 2006
2.3.14 A Long Term Spatial Development Framework and Urban Design Concept for the
University of Cape Town (Dewar, Southworth and Louw, 2005)
This document gave guidance at the level of the whole campus – the upper, middle and lower
campus; focused on means of giving spatial clarity / legibility between the various precincts and
campuses; and, considered how growth can be managed. It was informed by heritage studies
done by Therold and Bauman who identified the site as part of a Grade 3A precinct. The land
outside of UCT is co-incidentally graded Grade 1.
The document cites sprawling edges, the threat of fire and a lack of surveillance - leading to crime
- as some of the dominant spatial problems associated to the site in question.
It suggests that the edges between the University - as a constructed landscape heritage precinct -
and the TMNP (of which the site is regarded as part) as a precinct with significant natural heritage
UCT Heritage Park Management Framework: Final Draft Report, July 2012