FUTURE CAPE TOWN | Why our city makes us fat and sick
“The city makes us fat and sick. The rising rates of obesity in South Africa mirror similar trends around the world.” The reality of a Thembisa mother, whose story features in the National Planning...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | South Africa’s hopes of planning better cities and...
‘we should introduce residential informality in the city. But I know that this will be perceived as madness’ Sizwe Mxobo has been awarded the Young National Planner of the year award in South Africa....
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN |Meet Alfredo Brillembourg of Urban-Think Tank
“…and because people are complicated, so are cities. They are the result of countless decisions, ideas, habits, and histories. “ Rashiq Fataar speaks with Alfredo Brillembourg, Venezuelan architect and...
View ArticleYoung Urbanists Film Night: Apartheid propaganda planning fims
On 15 April, Young Urbanists sat rapt in a beautiful setting (the Lower Cable Car Station) and watched four films that probably cannot be found anywhere online. Their cumulative impact was nearly...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | Why architects must do more to improve housing for the...
“This is not enough, we are not doing enough to diversify living conditions in our cities.” A view of Wednesday 13 May evening from Claire du Trevou a Young Urbanist, about the the public lecture:...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | After Eskom: How can South African cities power their future
“If Eskom was not experiencing such challenges why would anyone try to change it?” Almost 8 years after the last major loadshedding in South Africa, the Eskom debacle has once again dominated the...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | Ideas for Cape Town’s communities: From Amsterdam to Cape...
“The students identified a spatial challenge in the Cape Town metropolitan region and came up with a proposals for tackling these problems” Four architecture students from the Academy for Architecture...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | Why all cities should have a Department of Food
“We plan to provide policy recommendations to improve local food security by encouraging sustainable and economically viable food production” Swathes of US society are affected by a key oversight in...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | Meet the best mayors in Africa
“…the mayors, whose names did not even feature in the official press release save for a picture caption” The African Mayor Awards were awarded to three cities but little is known about the winning...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | Development Updates
09 June 2015 Building of the University of Cape Town’s exciting new Capex project – the New Lecture Theatre (NLT) – started in mid-November 2014. The new building, which is expected to be completed...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | The future of Woodstock: A review of the Change by Design...
“The question is not how to make Woodstock inclusive, it is how to keep it inclusive” Claire du Trevou reports from the ‘Change by design’ workshop hosted by Architects Sans Frontiers UK and...
View ArticleFUTURE GOLD COAST | How to build light rail in our cities without emptying...
“if we manage it well, this kind of partnership with private expertise can deliver beautiful cities” An exploration of the way forward for light rail reveals rail as pertinent to the future of urban...
View ArticleFUTURE LAGOS | Development Updates
Marriott Lagos Waterfront Hotel Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island will soon be christened ‘Hotel Row’, if developers have anything to do with it. This major Lagos thoroughfare already houses the...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | Can a game help plan the future of a township?
‘The participants move around small blocks that look like mini-buildings’ A group of local stakeholders in Cape Town, aim for collaborative solutions by engaging with design of the Khayelitsha...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | A vision for a new port precinct in Cape Town
‘It once was the gritty, bustling heart of this city’ A bold new vision for re-establishing part of the city’s links with the sea – will it be implemented, and if so, how will it work for all...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | Why architects must do more to improve housing for the...
“This is not enough, we are not doing enough to diversify living conditions in our cities.” A view of Wednesday 13 May evening from Claire du Trevou a Young Urbanist, about the the public lecture:...
View ArticleFUTURE CAPE TOWN | Planning the Cycling City
“because Amsterdam didn’t used to be Amsterdam either” When one realises that a cycle lane barely wide enough for a car can move as many people as a four-lane highway – and in total silence – it is...
View ArticleFUTURE JOBURG | The fluid future of Johannesburg’s 2060 city: The...
“Building a city from scratch sounds like a mammoth task, and for good reason” Joseph Spring interrogates the Modderfontein Smart City, a massive 1600-hectare piece of land now owned by Chinese...
View ArticlePlay Khayelitsha: Inside the Game | FUTURE CAPE TOWN
“The urban questions are becoming so complex – we need the participation of more ‘hands’. “ Play the City returned to Khayelitsha on the 20th of November, 2015 for a second session to test and gain...
View ArticleAre our parks designed for crime? The case of Rhodes Park | FUTURE JOBURG
“Rhodes Park is a prime example of the plight of public spaces and of crime in Johannesburg. “ Public parks should be accessible to all citizens, but what is to be done when these spaces become unsafe?...
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