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Tag Archives: Johannesburg
Notes from the South (End): An Unexpected and Personal Post-Scriptum
by Ares Kalandides Between my last blog entry and today a major event occurred: Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s national hero and an icon of freedom movements worldwide passed away. Although Mandela had not made a public appearance in years and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, the (in)formal city
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Notes from the South (Part 3): Crossing lines
by Ares Kalandides (you can read part 1 here and part 2 here) The instant you pass the turnstiles of the Rea Vaya you find yourself on the other side of the mirror. Rea Vaya, Johannesburg’s BRT (Bus Rapid Transportation … Continue reading
Notes from the South (Part 2): Housing under siege
by Ares Kalandides[1] (This is the second part on The (In)formal City project in Johannesburg. For part 1 see here) The South African constitution is very straightforward about the right to housing to all the state’s citizens. Article 26 of … Continue reading
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Tagged (in)formal cities, Ares Kalandides, housing, informal settlements, Johannesburg
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Notes from the South (Part 1): A Johannesburg diary
by Ares Kalandides Walking down the streets of Johannesburg in a conspicuously large group will of course attract stares. Here we are, a crowd of 22 with different backgrounds and skin colours (Africans, Europeans, Latin Americans) diving into taxi ranks, … Continue reading
The (In)formal City: Searching for (In)formality
At GIfA, 77 Juta Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg from 18 November 2013 The (In)formal City constitutes an example of an immersive and process-driven project of exchange, premised on international comparison and collaboration between two interdisciplinary teams of participants from Berlin and Johannesburg respectively. The primary focus … Continue reading
THE [IN]FORMAL CITY _ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
PROJECT SUMMARY You can download the full call here. This call for participation is addressed to students and young professionals (incl. PhD candidates) who want to work on the subject in a team composed of 10 participants from Germany and … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Goethe-Institut, informality, inpolis, Johannesburg, Robert Bosch Stiftung, South Africa
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Guest Article: What’s in a title? – Misgivings from a “socio-technical architect”
A young architect from Johannesburg muses upon her role in the local communities By Sumayya Vally Thabang is meticulously tracing over pencil lines on a somewhat accurate plan that he drew up of his settlement. “Here’s where we have the … Continue reading
Under African Skies Coda: The White European
by Ares Kalandides It is not without a certain degree of apprehension that I wrote the five short blog entries about my experiences in Johannesburg last week (see here for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th). Here am I, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Diepsloot, informal settlements, informality, Johannesburg, South Africa, taxi rank
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Under African Skies, Day 5: What is an architect?
by Ares Kalandides Sumayya Vally is on the phone trying to coordinate the lot before the new toilets for the settlement are delivered. CORC, the NGO she works with, has arranged for two new booths to be installed in the … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Ares Kalandides, community, informal settlements, Johannesburg, NGO, South Africa
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