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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Latest News

JOSANNA COURT ROOF WORKSHOP

JOSANNA COURT ROOF WORKSHOP

On the 23rd April 2018, The HUE UJ students created an interactive replica of the Josanna Court Roof. We workshopped ideas with the residents of the building as to how we could successfully waterproof the rood without disrupting existing social patterns of the...

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JC DECAUX FACE TESTING

JC DECAUX FACE TESTING

On the 16th April 2018, the HUE UJ students tested out the waterproof qualities of advertising faces. Our intention was to reuse these faces to waterproof a flat roof. The most important factor of reuse is to remove the branding of old faces but still retain the...

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STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT AT BERTRAMS WITH CARINBE

STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT AT BERTRAMS WITH CARINBE

On the 4th November 2017 we were fortunate enough to have Professor Stephen Ekolu and his team from CARINBE generously give us their time in order to test the structural integrity of the Bertrams building. With the meticulous inspection of the building by CARINBE, an...

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