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 Thu, 12/08/2011 - 18:18
HEINRICH WOLFF IS A PRINCIPAL OF NOERO WOLFF ARCHITECTS (CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA). THE SOCIAL ENGAGED WORK OF THE OFFICE HAS BROUGHT INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURE TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE MIKMAK FOUNDATION ASKED WOLFF TO GIVE THIS YEARS DESIGNERS OF THE
FUTURE LECTURE. WITH 'ARCHITECTURE AT A TIME OF SOCIAL CHANGE' AS THE THEME B NIEUWS BECAME CURIOUS ABOUT HIS AGENDA AND ASKED HIM FOR A SNEAK PREVIEW OF HIS PRESENTATION ON 10 NOVEMBER 2011. The work of Noero Wolff Architects has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale (2006 and 2010), the Sao Paolo Biennale (2005 and 2007), the Museum of Modern Art in New York (2010) and several other venues. Currently there seems to be quite some interest in the work of Noero Wolff Architects in the Netherlands as well. It is part of the Testify exposition in the NAi, Rotterdam (The Dutch Architecture Institute) and recently Jo Noero visited Rotterdam to contribute to a marathon interview in this same institute.
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 Wed, 09/07/2011 - 16:42
'Diwouta’s book provides one of the rare architectural portraits of the contemporary African city by an African professional... A treasury of thoughts, ideas and architectural examples'. To read the full review by Antoni Folkers please click on FULL TEXT.
Danièle Diwouta-Kotto (text) Sandrine Dole (photographs)
Suites architecturales – Kinshasa, Douala, Dakar
Publisher: d’architectures d’Afrique Association VAA (Épinal) 2010
ISBN 978-2-9537543-08
General preface by Gaëtan Siew, preface to chapter on Douala by Julien King-Georges and to chapter on Dakar by Annie Jouga.
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 Tue, 09/28/2010 - 11:44
Demas Nwoko calls himself an ‘artist-designer’ and a ‘master builder’, not an architect. In fact, he did not follow architectural education, but opted for the arts instead. During his studies, he became member of the ‘Zaria rebels’, a group of young artists seeking for new directions in the visual and performing arts in Nigeria. From theatre and sculpture he moved to architecture, and his unconventional approach to the profession became apparent right from the start. To read the full review by Antoni S Folkers please click on FULL TEXT above. The initiative by Godwin and Hopwood to publish a book on Demas Nwoko is of great importance. In the obvious first place to celebrate the work of this outstanding architect. In the second place as a further step in the dearly needed unfolding of the riches of modern and contemporary African architecture.
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 Fri, 10/30/2009 - 14:52
Introduction - Using thatch for roofing goes back as far as the Bronze Age. Arguably, due to the changing times and circumstances, people who traditionally desired thatch as building material are gradually waning. But this compendium conclusively interprets it as a clarion call to tell them what Thatch is: a deemed responsibility for architectural intellectual and the building industry professionals/// Please click on Full Text for BACKGROUND. The full report by R. A. Oppong attached below. "Losing the Sense of Thatch”(A Trio Sub-Saharan African Compendium) by R.A. Oppong
[School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom]
BACKGROUND
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 Thu, 01/29/2009 - 15:15
Please find attached the full Report 'Activism through Architecture and Urban design' by Diane Arvanitakis, Executive Manager of SHiFT Please find attached the full Report 'Activism through Architecture and Urban design' by Diane Arvanitakis, Executive Manager of SHiFT
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 Thu, 12/11/2008 - 18:33
The Women's Centre, built in a suburb of Rufisque, offers facilities for the activities of the various organisations formed by the local women. Grouped around an internal courtyard; the line between private and public is clear but flexible. Including facilities reserved for trading, the building's red colour gives the house its own identity amidst the general grey tone of the city blocks. Working in several African countries, the Finnish architects Saija Hollmén, Jenni Reuter and Helena Sandman, making up the HOLLMEN REUTER SANDMAN Architects, started their collaboration in 1995. Today, their activities span across architecture, interiors and urban planning. Their works have been honoured with both national and international awards and have been published and exhibited widely.
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 Thu, 10/30/2008 - 16:05
Today, faced with global energy challenges, climate change and a growing financial crisis, the biggest challenge facing architects, designers and planners alike, when entering into an uncertain future, is to rethinking current urban models and build cities that are sustainable and sensitive to natural resources and the environment.
Departing from the position that people, who live and work in cities, rarely have a say in the planning of how public spaces are designed and used, the non profit-organisation Dala, zulu verb for creation, concerns itself with an ongoing pursuit for innovative approaches for creating more humane and livable cities. Today, faced with global energy challenges, climate change and a growing financial crisis, the biggest challenge facing architects, designers and planners alike, when entering into an uncertain future, is to rethinking current urban models and build cities that are sustainable and sensitive to natural resources and the environment.
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 Sun, 10/05/2008 - 14:02
Completed in 15 months by a local builder, under the direct supervision of FAREstudio, the CBF is functionally and cost-effective answer to the needs expressed by AIDOS, while simultaneously and primarily representing a centre of aggregation and identity for the entire local community. The technological and typological responses offered by the project, on par with its social programs, represents an innovative approach to traditional local building practices, presented as the natural formal expression of the changes and new approaches promoted by AIDOS.
The CBF [Centre pour le Bien-être des Femmes] Women's Health Centre in Burkina Faso was created between 2005 and 2007 by AIDOS, an Italian NGO fighting for Women's Rights in Developing Countries.
The AIDOS project, financed by the Democratici di Sinistra Political Party and with a contribution from the European Commission, is just one of the group's international programs focused on contrasting the diffusion of Female Genital Mutilation [FGM].
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 Fri, 10/03/2008 - 17:00
In his opening lecture, the celebrated Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger made a very important distinction between modernism and modernity. ‘Modernism’ is referred to as a stylistic approach, set within a period in time. ‘Modernity’ is seen more as a condition or a set of ideas which are value driven. Where modernism makes reference to the past, modernity refers to the present and perhaps even to the future.
It is within this theoretical framework that I asked the question: How does one deal with the modern heritage of Africa or more precisely for me, South Africa?
Protecting modern buildings and structures in South Africa is problematized by the fact that modernism coincided and to some extent colluded with oppressive government policies.
Two papers presented at the 10th Docomomo conference provided some clear answers.
In his opening lecture, the celebrated Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger made a very important distinction between modernism and modernity. ‘Modernism’ is referred to as a stylistic approach, set within a period in time. ‘Modernity’ is seen more as a condition or a set of ideas which are value driven. Where modernism makes reference to the past, modernity refers to the present and perhaps even to the future.
It is within this theoretical framework that I asked the question: How does one deal with the modern heritage of Africa or more precisely for me, South Africa?
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 Fri, 10/03/2008 - 11:39
“Portrait of a Village”
Photo Exhibition opening in Amsterdam, NL. Written by Frederik Groos (Groos and co Architects, NL).
Stanford, Portrait of a Village is the name of a travelling exhibition of 22 photographic works by Annalize Mouton, South African photographer and publisher. It is a selection of photos published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Stanford, a small village, some 2 hours drive from Cape Town. The exhibition is currently on show in Podium Mozaiek in Amsterdam Bos en Lommer (www.podiummozaiek.nl) a stage dedicated to cultural diversity, and in the Scagon theatre in Schagen. In January 2009 the full selection will be on show in the Suid Afrika Huis on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, starting the 6th of January 2009.
The exhibition is part of a larger design and research project, the Stanford Housing Project, organised by Jan Frederik and Sakina Groos of Groos & co architects in close collaboration with Citythoughts architects from Amsterdam and Tina Muwanga and Andreas Werner of TMA architects from Cape Town. Part of this project is the recent establishment of a local Housing Cooperative which is supported by Elemental Africa, Cape Town (www.elementalafrica.co.za)
Stanford: Portrait of a Village is the name of a travelling exhibition of 22 photographic works by Annalize Mouton, South African photographer and publisher. It is a selection of photos published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Stanford, a small village, some 2 hours drive from Cape Town. The exhibition is currently on show in Podium Mozaiek in Amsterdam Bos en Lommer (www.podiummozaiek.nl) a stage dedicated to cultural diversity, and in the Scagon theatre in Schagen.
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