A collaborative project in which Architectural Technology staff and students participated is among 30 design projects from around the world that were featured in an exhibition in the United States.
The Design for the Common Good (DCG) International Exhibition opened last month at the Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Center for Visual Art and showcases public interest design projects from six continents and 22 countries.
Dr Rudolf Perold, the senior lecturer of Architectural Technology and Interior Design, said alumnus Clint Abrahams approached him to participate in a live project in Macassar with BTech Architectural Technology students from CPUT.
Abrahams is an architect and lecturer at the School of Architecture, Planning & Geomatics at UCT and founder of the community development organisation Studio Light. In 2020, he was awarded a UCT creative works award for his design-build exhibition ‘Who We Are Macassar'. Other participating institutions included RWTH Aachen University, PBSA Dusseldorf University and Stadio.
“The aims were to involve students in assisting the community of Macassar to create a shared space to gather and to celebrate stories from the community,” said Perold. During 2019 the students and educators worked with members of the Macassar community to design and then build the structure.
In a journal article on the project, the authors state that the township began building an ongoing community engagement project facilitated by a non-profit organisation that sought to uncover sustainable forms of community-institutional exchange. The exhibition runs until March 19.
Written by Ilse Fredericks
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