11TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN
INFORMAL CITY EXHIBITION
This project is about bringing an important and relevant exhibition to those interested and involved in the informal sector so that authorities, professionals and the public alike can learn from valuable work that has been done in this field.
- ‘The South African Informal City’ exhibition at the Bus Factory in Newtown
Technical Site Visit for COP17, United Nations 17th Conference of Parties 2011
2012 Finalist in the 15th annual Business Day BASA Awards : Art & Environment
Exhibited at the 25th International Union of Architects World Congress (UIA), 2014
“NOW MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER”
‘The South African Informal City’ exhibition was held at at the Bus Factory in Newtown, Johannesburg, from 11 November to 11 December 2011.
The South African Informal City Exhibition 2011
Project Vision
This project is about bringing an important and relevant exhibition to those interested and involved in the informal sector so that authorities, professionals and the public alike can learn from valuable work that has been done in this field.
The exhibition explores South Africa’s own conditions of informality by providing a showcase for the work being done locally to address these important issues; and it also provides a platform for comparison and an opportunity for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.
SA INFORMAL CITY EXHIBITION
22 Outstanding Projects
The Architects’ Collective, in collaboration with its valued partners, hosted the ‘The South African Informal City’ exhibition at the Bus Factory in Newtown from 11 November to 11 December 2011. The exhibition was one of the Technical Site Visits offered by the Local Government Programme for COP17, during the United Nations 17th Conference of Parties, which ran from 28 November to the 9 December 2011 in Durban, South Africa.
- Twenty two outstanding projects
- Ten seminar papers on four themes
- Project & seminar material available to download.
Research & Reflections
In-Situ Upgrading
Backyard Interventions
Catalytic Projects
Inner City Informality
Seminars
GET THE BOOK
The Architects' Collective was of the opinion that the content sourced for the exhibition was of such high quality and value that the decision was made to extend the reach beyond the digital medium by producing a book holding the content of the exhibition panels in a easy to access format.
This was made possible through the sponsorship of Urban Landmark and UKaid.
The content was curated by Karen Eicker for the Architects' Collective and edited by architects Lone Poulsen and Melinda SIlverman, who in addition jointly managed the book design & production process.
A book by architects + planners for architects + planners
