Music Box
Ghana
The Genius-Hive Music Box is designed with modularity and flexibility of design. Using a 5m square module as the base unit of design allows for multiplication and expansion along all axis. The beauty of modularity is in the ability to remove or replace a component without affecting the surrounding system.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
13
The Embassy of Mantenhas - Eclectic Atlases
South Africa/Cape Verde
Language and territory are mutually interdependent and irrevocably bound to one another. Language is instrumental in the formation of territory (home); identity (literature) and shared understanding (communication). My project is both another way of speaking about architecture and another architecture of speech.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
3
The Market Square
South Africa
The Market Square located in a prominent position in Newtown, Johannesburg is the new home for the three business entities:The Market Theatre Foundation, Laboratory and Market Photo Workshop.The design recognized the site’s existing heritage building fabric and stitches new structures to create an integrated facility appropriately scaled to its context.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
4
The Global Institute of Genetics
Cape Verde
The Global Institute of Genetics is located at the first point of known human occupation in Cape Verde: Ribeira Grande. This project explores issues of identity, territory and hybridization in an architectural and landscape proposal, using the fields of biology, microbiology, genetics and material studies as its own base DNA.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
3
The Jukskei River Revival
South Africa
An unprecedented project within the city with the potential to heal on a variety of levels. The project will achieve success through the integration of the city, the environment and the communities through the medium of architecture, participatory art and regenerative green technologies.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
4
Tshwane House
South Africa
The new headquarters for the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, located in the heart of Pretoria is a 5-Star Green Star SA certified building within a public-private partnership (PPP). The building’s efficient floor plate and civic gestures, speaks to its function as a building servicing the people of Tshwane.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
0