A MyJHB.co.za selected Goethe-Institut Johannesburg video for you:
A film documenting the Community ‘voice’ in a recent course on in-situ upgrading developed at the University of Johannesburg (with 26’10 south Architects). Central to the ethos of the course is a participative engagement between academics, students, NGOs and residents. The latter, as experts of their own lived reality, are critical in collectively re-framing questions of upgrading which in turn inform a necessary shift in the practice of architects — from delivering expertise to playing facilitative roles.
Marlboro South (Johannesburg, South Africa), a former Apartheid buffer, has been transformed from industrial to mixed-use by squatters occupying existing warehouses, factories and open land. Successful interdicts against Jhb city’s evictions result in limbo compelling residents, private and public stakeholders to engage with each other in order to define a future for the area. The Informal Studio (as part of 26’10 south Architects) formed a part of this process, documenting it in the belief that it holds the promise for a model of civic engagement important for the future of a city in which modes of formal planning and building are being eclipsed by rapid popular urbanisation. In South Africa, the state is shifting its focus from eradication of informal settlements to incremental upgrading whilst local communities are mobilising towards collectively improving their own environments. Can the built environment profession, its academic and representative institutions take part in this unique moment in time and transform themselves to actively support people-centred development?
©26’10 south Architects & the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg. Supported by The German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building & Urban Development and The University of Johannesburg.
Edit concept for the Guggenheim: Thorsten Deckler & Eric Wright. Film production: DeLite & 2point8. Directed by Lungelo Mntambo & Tolo Pule. Film editor: Dean Hutton. Assistant editor: Lungelo Mntambo. Final sound mix: Joãp Orecchia
Submitted to the BMW Guggenheim Lab’s 100 Urban Trends exhibition (http://www.bmwguggenheimlab.org/100urbantrends/)
The original clip can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0afSFR2nzqk
Further clips regarding to the Informal Studio: Marlboro South can be viewed here:
Students http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mDcsJauL4Q
UJ & Architects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vmd4QeSqcg
Credits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6f_5UK6gO0
More on 26’10 south Architects: http://www.2610south.co.za/practice.php
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