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Apartheid, Social Justice and Zulu Architecture Postponed

Wed, Nov 11, 2020    12pm

Please note that this event has been postponed and a rescheduled date will be announced shortly.

Apartheid, Social Justice and Zulu Architecture by Ubuntu Architecture Summer Abroad (UASA)

Ubuntu Architecture Summer Abroad (UASA) is an intercollegiate architecture design-build vertical studio created to undo the effects of apartheid architecture in marginalized communities in South Africa. Part of our mission is to use South Africa as a case study to highlight the role architecture plays in enforcing systemic racism and attempt to dismantle these systems through design.

Students will be designing and helping build two homes for resilient families that have been excluded by apartheid architecture in Durban. We hope to train the next generation of world architects to design places that are inviting, equitable, and inclusive of all.

Wandile Mthiyane is an Obama Leader, Tedx Fellow, architectural designer, social entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Ubuntu Design Group (UDG). Ubuntu Design Group is an architectural organization that focuses on social impact design projects ranging from individual housing to urban design scale. Influenced by his childhood experiences growing up in post-apartheid South Africa, Wandile founded UDG on the core idea that if apartheid architecture could be used to segregate and oppress, then the community-led design should liberate and enable opportunities for all.

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