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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Community Design Workshop

Community Design Workshop

During engagements with the residents of the Priority Block the open space in the centre of the block was prioritized and further discussion both formal and informal were had time and again about what the space might be used for and which needs it may meet for the...

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Meet the new team members

In October two new researchers joined the team working on the NRF Community Engagement Project in Bertrams. Each of them is currently engaged in tasks to support the execution of the projects that form part of the shift towards a broader urban engagement in the...

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Community Engagement: A Public Meeting

As part of the NRF funded CEP in Bertrams Priority Block, ongoing engagement with partners at 1to1 and ICRC are informing further interventions in the area. The goal is to affect broader change than at a singular building level, and thus the exploration begun to look...

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