Housing & Urban
Environments

Amira Osman has been conducting a teaching experiment that has spanned 22 years using a particular approach to design that demands consideration of multiple design decision makers, the interface between people and the built environment and the technical implications thereof. While at the University of Pretoria (1998-2009), Amira established this research field through a number of courses and studios. In 2015, the experiment was taken further and in more depth in the UJ_UNIT2 studio at the University of Johannesburg. In 2017, Amira has partnered with Afua Wilcox, a young architect with excellent housing experience and a passion for the field. Afua is now leading a process to establish HUE at the Architecture Department, University of Johannesburg as part of the newly launched vertical studio/elective system. This website therefore both documents past HUE work as well as provides a platform for the showcasing of the newly launched HUE_UJ.
 

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2006

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2009

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2019

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2004

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2007

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2017

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2005

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Latest News

Refuse is removed.

Refuse is removed.

20 August 2021 The struggle of having the refuse cleared has finally been resolved after clean up campaign was conducted at no6 in December 2020. There was a difficulty in the separation of the waste as there was soil and other sanitation components mixed in with the...

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Meeting to re-ignite processes

Meeting to re-ignite processes

14 August 2021 A meeting was held in the courtyard at Jossanah court by the collaborative collective; ICRC, 1to1, and BPB residents to re-start upgrading and maintenance work on the ground. It was decided that as the peak of the third wave of covid-19 had passed and...

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A Scale 1:1 Mock-up

On the 11th of November after preparing most of the site the day before, the community of Bertrams were taken on a tour through their new Community Garden by one of the residents who was part of the design process. The residents assembled and walked along with...

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