{"id":564,"date":"2021-04-15T15:28:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndltd.vt.domains\/?page_id=564"},"modified":"2022-01-06T16:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:30:20","slug":"jacques-orton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/ndltd-awards\/innovative-etd-awards\/jacques-orton\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacques Orton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2010 Innovative Learning through ETDs Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Master\u2019s in Architecture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Pretoria, South Africa\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Jacques&#8217; master\u2019s thesis explored the possibilities in shifting ecological, environmental and economic trends towards long-term sustainability in post-apartheid South Africa. \u00a0His plans to revitalize an aging urban center in the outskirts of Pretoria are now the talk of scholars and urban planners who are advocating for legislative policy change. \u00a0His vision presents the tremendous potential to turn-around the poverty ravaged areas of his home town and transform this region through micro-economic development and provide a model for others around the world including developers in far-away\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanfarming.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit, Michigan<\/a>\u00a0and many other gentrified urban centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Thesis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/upetd.up.ac.za\/thesis\/available\/etd-02022010-163309\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Agriculture. A Community Development Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Acceptance Video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"HVzIjinE0GxyfSq6vcJ7aLtYXd2wbWoMuZ8Os1gNDmU3CkBAlhKRrpeT9FPQ5\"><div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jacques Orton (University of Pretoria): winner of the 2010 Innovative Learning through ETDs Award\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dOxN4wHOUaY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2010 Innovative Learning through ETDs Award Master\u2019s in Architecture University of Pretoria, South Africa\u00a0 Jacques&#8217; master\u2019s thesis explored the possibilities in shifting ecological, environmental and economic trends towards long-term sustainability in post-apartheid South Africa. \u00a0His plans to revitalize an aging urban center &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Jacques Orton\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/ndltd-awards\/innovative-etd-awards\/jacques-orton\/#more-564\" aria-label=\"Read more about Jacques Orton\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":176,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-564","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jacques Orton - Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/ndltd-awards\/innovative-etd-awards\/jacques-orton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jacques Orton - Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2010 Innovative Learning through ETDs Award Master\u2019s in Architecture University of Pretoria, South Africa\u00a0 Jacques&#8217; master\u2019s thesis explored the possibilities in shifting ecological, environmental and economic trends towards long-term sustainability in post-apartheid South Africa. \u00a0His plans to revitalize an aging urban center ... 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