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ARCHITECTURAL LEARNING SITE (ALS) REPORT Department of Architecture & Industrial Design Tshwane University of Technology Validation Visit by the South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP) to assess the Bachelor of Architecture (Design + Tech ) BArch Bachelor of Architecture (Extended Curriculum) BArch(Ext) Master of Architecture MArch and Master of Architecture (Architectural Technology) MArchTech Programmes Hybrid Visit: 15 - 17 August 2022
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Image 1 Research through making. BArch4(Tech) Project
Table of Contents 24
Responses to 2017 SACAP Report...............................................................4
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Research outputs.........................................................................................8
25.1
Supervisors of master’s programme.....................................................................................................8
25.2
March2 2021 allocation of supervisors..................................................................................................8
25.3
MArchTech2 2021 allocation of supervisors.......................................................................................10
25.4
Publications.............................................................................................................................................10
25.5
Creative outputs.....................................................................................................................................16
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SARChI Chair...........................................................................................................................................16
26.1
Key partner ............................................................................................................................................16
26.2
Chair core functions...............................................................................................................................18
26.3
Focus areas.............................................................................................................................................18
26.3.1 New thinking and practice in the built environment ........................................................................18 26.3.2 Postgraduate programmes ..................................................................................................................19 26.3.3 Themes, tools and policy context .......................................................................................................19 26.3.4 Chair management................................................................................................................................19 26.3.5 Chair: A five-year plan from 2019 to 2023 .........................................................................................19
List of Figures and tables ..................................................................................25
24 Responses to 2017 SACAP Report 2017 SACAP final report A clear research strategy (attention to history and theory) (p. 5 and 18)
• A research strategy has been developed for the department over the last few years and elaborated on in a different section of the report. The Department Research Committee’s establishment and its Constitution have been key to this development. The restructuring of the research methodology courses has also helped achieve the aims of improving the research culture.
• Our achievement in the reporting period is establishing the Department Research Committee (DRC) (A_DRIC prior to joining Industrial Design) and developing a DRC Constitution. The Constitution is attached to this document. “The TUT ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE (A_DRIC) CONSTITUTION is responsible for providing leadership in relation to strategic decision-making and management of research, innovation and research training at the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design at Tshwane University of Technology. The A_DRIC manages all postgraduate degrees produced at the department, and therefore also functions as a departmental postgraduate studies committee.”
• Contained within the Constitution is the launch of the TUT|Tharabololo initiative, the official vehicle through which all work related to research events is planned. The TUT|Tharabololo sessions are a standing item on the formal timetable. A descriptive document is also attached: “TUT|Tharabololo is an initiative based at the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE), Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) at the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design. Our team was constituted in 2017, prior to the merger between the two disciplines, and we have links with the University of Johannesburg’s Design, Society, Development (DSD) DESIS Lab (UJ / DSD). Indeed, the principles are based on DSD, as the two founders of TUT|Tharabololo started working together at UJ / DSD.
• TUT|Tharabololo aims to promote social innovation design at TUT and establish partnerships across other higher education institutions in Gauteng. TUT|Tharabololo aims to deliver timely, relevant research that has an impact beyond the university settings and our design studios. As part of our well-established community engagement efforts, we also aim to establish long-term, multi-year partnerships with the communities with which we are involved. These efforts have also led us to establish industry partnerships that are crucial to the success of our programmes.
• TUT|Tharabololo strongly links teaching and research. We aim to gear our teaching programmes towards design problems that are highly relevant to the socio-economic conditions of our local context and to align our design approaches with global knowledge in design, social and technical innovation. We established regular practice and academic conversation sessions where these issues are debated and participants are actively involved in producing research on teaching, design-build and community engagement methods and outputs. We also aim to develop design studio briefs further based on these principles to support current work. Covid-19 has disrupted the activities of TUT|Tharabololo, and we hope to bring it back to life in 2022.
• TUT|Tharabololo currently operates under the auspices of the SARChI Chair in Spatial Transformation located at the department. Limited number of lecturers that publish research papers (p. 10)
• The reseach output has certainly improved with an increased number of postgraduate
Lack of academic rigour among students (p. 10)
• Lack of academic rigour is actively being addressed, and there is a great improvement
Generous support from TUT for research (p. 11)
• Research support from TUT is acknowledged, and the staff make good use of this gen-
students now enrolled, especially students at the DArch level. Four members of staff are registered for doctoral degrees. One staff member has recently completed a doctorate, and with the establishment of the SARChI Chair and her collaborators, the research outputs are now better spread among the staff. Students in the structured master’s degree are also encouraged to write and publish. in the quality of writing. erosity. The intention is to translate some of the work generated in community engagement projects into research outputs.
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2017 SACAP final report Good design relies on good research (Theory of Design V) (p. 28)
• Theory of Design V has been reframed within the context of the existing Prospectus
Research skills required to solve practical, real-world problems (Specification V) (p. 29)
• Research skills training is better integrated into the courses presented in the master’s
description to include more focused exposure to design-led research. The module concludes with a micro-dissertation integrated with the design studio. The mini-dissertation assists students in strengthening rationales and improving topic selection for the sixth year. programme, which had fragmented content and a fragmented delivery method prior to 2018. Due to the improved integration, the lecturers for the various components work together in developing the themes for the year and weaving the various components together. The studio approach is focused on generative design that emerges from a process-driven investigation. The four quarters of the academic year allow for a parallel and continuous process of theoretical, design and practice investigation and development. The various components of work are not compartmentalised and are approached as a continuous, interrelated and mutually supportive flow.
• We set up an integrated programme for a research report: Contract Documentation and Specification. The aim was ‘making’ something in the MakerSpace and demonstrates student competence in technical and structural integrity, durable, cost-effective, climate-responsive construction, context-appropriate, ethical and socially responsible approaches to detailing and technical resolution (CHAPTER 3 – material study and philosophy of technology).
• We encourage the students towards THINKING IN SYSTEMS – MATERIALS, BUILDING COMPONENTS, DETAILING ETC. – RELATING SYSTEMS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAMME: Working with the MAKERSPACE; developing an approach to building materials, construction and detailing that relates to our context and socio-economic conditions; focus on ‘making’ to ease implementation, installation, assembly and disassembly; creation of structures with high capacity; focus on programme-less buildings (alternatively, buildings that have the capacity to accommodate any function), this approach will then be adapted to specific sites and functions as the year progresses.
• We also aimed to use SIMULATION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES. • The students learned drafting and annotation standards by compiling a specification and writing a specification, plan, section or specification-drawing interface).
• In a structured process throughout the year, the students learned decision-making processes in construction with appropriate technology at all scales, from a detail to individual building to neighbourhood to city-scale – the student selects the focus. As an example, students may elect to design a landscape or a piece of infrastructure rather than a building.
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Research methodology, academic writing, referencing, quality (p. 22) (10)
• Research formatting has been addressed extensively through a well-developed research methodology course, and much more rigour is now expected of the written outputs from students.
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2017 SACAP final report All output by one staff member (p. 22) (10)
• See above – this situation is no longer the case.
Develop a research ethos (p. 22) (10)
• See other sections – specifically with regards to the establishment of the A+ID_DRC and TUT|Tharabololo.
Postgraduate pro• See above comment. There are various challenges, and not enough has been done in terms gramme to strengthen of partnerships between students and staff for co-research. However, the research contribustudents as co-researchtions by students have increased significantly – especially with the significant enrolment in the ers (p. 22) (10) DArch programme. Establishing a research ethos takes time (p. 22) (10)
• See above and other sections of the report.
Stress and time – free up time for research (p. 28) (16)
• Time for research is still a challenge but is being discussed for possible long-term solutions. The department should better harness TUT’s opportunities in this regard, such as lecturer relief.
Image 2 Sketch n Cities by Nathan Ilunga Kabinga . The Book is a result of the research done for his MArch2 Thesis.
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2017 SACAP final report Positioning within the faculty (p. 32) (20)
• There is an institutional commitment – alignment with institutional, national and international imperatives.
• The institution offers excellent and varied support at upper levels of management for the department’s activities. Better integration of the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design within the faculty is desirable.
• The department has positively influenced the faculty’s research culture through the work of the SARChI Chair. The Chair also chaired the Faculty Research Day (FRD) 2021, an online event that was the biggest FRD held so far.
• As coordinator of the event, the Chair aimed to focus on societal impact and relevance. The students of the Chair regularly participate in the FRD to support research culture development in the faculty. See the section on awards to see how we have received several awards at the faculty level over the last few years.
• The architecture department conducts many interesting collaborations with industry and communities. The collaborations must be better integrated into the faculty.
• During the Faculty Research Day 2021 under the leadership of the SARChI Chair, the Chair stated the direction our event objectives: TRANSITIONING FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO INNOVATION: RELEVANCE AND SOCIETAL IMPACT
• Sub-Themes: -
Conversations across disciplines
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Innovation in the time of Covid-19
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Research concepts in process
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Completed research projects: What next?
• “We call on all departments to participate in the FACULTY RESEARCH DAY 2021. This year’s theme is TRANSITIONING FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO INNOVATION: RELEVANCE AND SOCIETAL IMPACT. The sub-themes are: Conversations across disciplines, Innovation in the time of Covid-19, Research concepts in-process and Completed research projects: what next? These themes have been developed to encourage the participation of emergent researchers newly embarking on a research journey and more established researchers in postgraduate programmes across the faculty.
• The Faculty Research Day 2021 follows the success of previous research days, which have allowed researchers to test research ideas, collaborate and further reinforce the already thriving research culture in the faculty.
• The Faculty Research Day 2021 asks for timeous and relevant participation, and the theme and sub-themes allow for diverse interpretations across disciplines. We encourage participants to present to allow for cross-disciplinary engagement without diluting discipline-specific knowledge, yet having the courage to present complex concepts, projects and theories in a manner that allows a diverse audience to access the information. The Faculty Research Day 2021 will be an online event. We would like to harness this opportunity to deepen conversations among ourselves and disseminate our research to a wider audience beyond the faculty and the institution. National and international collaborations (p. 32) (20)
• See other parts of the report. Collaborations have improved significantly, with more members of staff and registered postgraduate students contributing nationally and internationally to the department profile.
Publication partnerships • See other parts of the report (publications). A_DRIC – structure, functioning, etc.
• See the attached A_DRIC (now A+ID_DRC) Constitution
Arch + IDgrad = d2 + m2
• See the section of the report on IDENTITY
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25 Research outputs 25.1
Supervisors of master’s degree students
In line with the TUT postgraduate studies policy (see Part E, Section B2), only doctorate degree holders are assigned as main supervisors, and master’s degree holders are assigned as co-supervisors for MArch and MArchTech students. The policy states, “Supervisors of all postgraduate students should have a relevant doctoral degree. If the study panel consists of a supervisor and in some cases co-supervisor, the main supervisor should be the holder of a doctorate. For developmental purposes, a co-supervisor, who is registered for a doctorate, could be appointed”.
25.2
March 2021 allocation of supervisors
Table 2: MArch 2021 Allocation of supervisors Student
Supervisor
Co-supervisor 1
Modipi, LR
Dr Emmanuel Nkambule PhD (Arch)
Mr TE Ramatlo MArchTech(Prof)
Kinnear, RPL
Prof. Jacques Laubscher PhD (Arch)
Dr CA Duff PhD (Ind Des & Inn) Mr TE Ramatlo MTechArch (Prof)
Mistry, KK
Prof. AOS Osman PhD (Arch)
Mr PA Greyvensteyn MArch
Thomas, KJL
Dr Emmanuel Nkambule PhD (Arch)
Ms S Patel MUrbanDes
Grobler, S
Prof. Jacques Laubscher PhD (Arch)
Mr K Brand MTech (Ind Des)
Eckard, AC
Dr MJ Stander PhD (Arch)
Ms M Bolt BArch
Struthers, M
Prof. Jacques Laubscher PhD (Arch)
Steinberg, L
Dr MJ Stander PhD (Arch)
Mr L Pienaar MTechArch (Prof)
Burger, ZN
Prof. AOS Osman PhD (Arch)
Mr JH Dubery MEd (Des Cognition)
Botha, RP
Dr Emmanuel Nkambule PhD (Arch)
Mr K Brand MTech (Ind Des)
Mahlangu, KF
Dr Emmanuel Nkambule PhD (Arch)
Mr MJV Mokaba MTechArch (Prof)
Lucas, DD
Prof. AOS Osman PhD (Arch)
Myburgh, SA
Dr Emmanuel Nkambule PhD (Arch)
Mr K Brand MTech (Ind Des)
Duarte, NF
Dr MJ Stander PhD (Arch)
Mr L Pienaar MTechArch (Prof)
Swart, BJ
Prof. AOS Osman PhD (Arch)
Mr L Pienaar MTechArch (Prof)
Peinke, K
Prof. AOS Osman PhD (Arch)
Ms M Bolt BArch
du Plessis, JP
Dr MJ Stander PhD (Arch)
Mr MJV Mokaba MTechArch (Prof)
Noi, DN
Prof. AOS Osman PhD (Arch)
Stoop, AA
Prof. AOS Osman PhD (Arch)
Ms M Bolt BArch
van den Berg, R
Dr MEN Nkambule PhD (Arch)
Ms S Patel MUrbanDes
Kgopa, L
Prof. AOS Osman PhD (Arch)
Posthumus, K
Dr Emmanuel Nkambule PhD (Arch)
Mr PA Greyvensteyn MArch
Smuts, D
Dr MJ Stander PhD (Arch)
Mr MJV Mokaba MTechArch (Prof)
Pienaar, M
Prof. Jacques Laubscher PhD (Arch)
Ms M Bolt BArch
Ilunga, NK
Dr MJ Stander PhD (Arch)
Mr PA Greyvensteyn MArch
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Image 3 Webinar Invitation “ Inclusive Design Lesotho” .
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25.3
MArchTech 2021 allocation of supervisors
Table 3: MArchTech 2021 Allocation of supervisors
25.4
Surname
Name
Main Supervisors
Co-supervisors
Bicknell
S
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Chisvo
T
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Elegbeleye
P
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Jacobs
X
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Ntshangase
P
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Qhobela
M
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Swanepoel
C
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Badenhorst
W
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
de Beer
E
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Rakgalakan
T
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Yzel
I
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Tshifura
J
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Rakwadi
M
Prof. Jacques Laubscher
T Gaum, S Steyn
Publications
EMMANUEL NKAMBULE FISHER, R., LANGE, M. E. & NKAMBULE, M.E.N. 2017.Cultural hybridity and vigor in the decolonised architectural curriculum. Dossiê Brasil-África do Sul | Paranoá 18 Available from: http://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoa/article/view/25252/19697 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18830/issn.1679-0944.n18.2017. STEYN, G. & NKAMBULE, E. 2017. An assessment of Henri Comrie’s aspiration to achieve well-crafted architecture. South African Journal of Art History (SAJAH), ISSN: 0258-3542. PATEL, S., STANDER, M., NKAMBULE, E., & STEYN, S. 2021.Making and Meaning at the Margins: Imagining the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design at TUT. Journal of the South African Institute of Architects, Issue 100, pp. 20-22. https://saia.org.za › docs › archsa › ASA_issue_100. STEVEN STEYN STEYN, S. 2017. Long Division: A Political Critique of Parametricism. FOLIO, Journal of Contemporary Architecture Pupae, 1: pp. 82-95. STEYN, S. &VALLY, S. 2018. The Translation of Dreams: Psychoanalytic and Poetic Devices in South African Architectural Education. Writing Place Journal, 1, Winter Issue. STEYN, S. 2019. Presenting History: The Manipulation of Chronological Structures in the Development and Maintenance of Transformative Curricula. Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 7, 1, pp. 111-121. JACQUES LAUBSCHER Guest editor LORCH, R., LAUBSCHER, J., CHAN, E.H.W. & VISSCHER, H. 2018. Special Issue of Building Research & Information (BRI) Building Governance and Climate Change: Regulation and Related Policies. Oxford: Routledge.
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Conference Proceedings GAUM, T. & LAUBSCHER, J., 2021. Building Regulatory Practices in 10 African Countries in the Face of Climate Change, Proceedings of The International Conference on Climate Change, 5(1), pp. 46-64. DOI: 10.17501/2513258X.2021.5104. IGUGU, H. O. & LAUBSCHER, J. 2020. Simulating the passive indoor environmental impact of three roof insulation types on urban residences in Lagos, Nigeria, ICAT: 9th International Conference on Appropriate Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, November 23-27, 2020, pp. 356-370. LAUBSCHER, J. & VAN SCHOOR, M. 2019. Un Approccio Interdisciplinare per Architetture Storiche (An interdisciplinary approach for historical architecture): ISARP collaboration and knowledge transfer from UNISA to TUT, paper presented at Documentation and Enhancement of Cultural Landscapes Conference, Villa Rufolo, Ravello, Italy, 17 September 2019. LAUBSCHER, J. & SANSEVERINO, A. 2019. Responding to the cultural landscape with a straight line and a curved line at Moxomatsi, South Africa, Paper presented at the Symposium of Representation Scientific Area for the development of Multidisciplinary International me, Matera, Italy, 22 October, 2019. LAUBSCHER, J., FERREYRA, C. & SANSEVERINO, A. 2019. “SSIMM” Italy-South Africa Joint Research Project. La proposta architettonica (The architectural proposal), Presented at the Symposium of Representation Scientific Area for the development of multidisciplinary international programmes, Matera, Italy, 22 October, 2019. LAUBSCHER, J. & PATEL, S. 2017. FUTURE Boom Street, Pretoria South Africa: The space between the temporal and permanent home, paper presented at the Conference Cities, Communities and Homes of Architecture_Media_Politics_Society: Is the Urban Future Livable? Derby, United Kingdom, 22-23 June 2017. GREYVENSTEYN, P.A. & LAUBSCHER, J. 2017. Archifashion: A case study using the overlapping territories between architecture and fashion to study architectural precedent, Paper presented at the Congress of the Italian Union for Drawing XIV: Territories and Frontiers of Representation, Naples, Italy, 14-16 September 2017. Book chapters BARBA S., DI FILIPPO A., FERREYRA C., LIMONGIELLO, M., LAUBSCHER J., NKAMBULE, E. and VAN SCHOOR M. 2020 Documentation and enhancement of the cultural landscape of South Africa. In: D-SITE, Drones - Systems of Information on cultural heritage. For a spatial and social investigation Pavia: Pavia University Press. (ISBN NUMBER: 978-88-6952-129-4) VISSCHER, H., LAUBSCHER, J. and CHAN, E. 2018. Introduction: Building governance and climate change: roles for regulations and related policies. pp. 1-7. In: LORCH, R., LAUBSCHER, J., CHAN, E.H.W. & VISSCHER, H. (eds), Building governance and climate change, regulation, and related policies. Abingdon, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group. TARIENÉ GAUM WILCOCKS, T, & LAUBSCHER, J. 2017. Investigating alternative dispute resolution methods and the implementation thereof by architectural professionals in South Africa. Acta Structilia. 24(2), pp. 146 - 167. GAUM, T. & LAUBSCHER, J. 2019. The implementation of alternative dispute-resolution methods by architectural practitioners in South Africa. Acta Structilia, 26(1), pp. 97-119. GAUM, T. & LAUBSCHER, J. 2022. Building Energy Codes: Reviewing the Status of Implementation Strategies in the Global South, International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, 9(1), pp. 39–53. DOI: 10.11113/ijbes. v9.n1.871. Conference Proceedings GAUM, T. & LAUBSCHER, J. 2021. Building Regulatory Practices in 10 African Countries in the Face of Climate Change. Proceedings of The International Conference on Climate Change, 5(1), pp. 46-64. DOI: 10.17501/2513258X.2021.5104.
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MOSTERT VAN SCHOOR Conference Proceedings LAUBSCHER, J. & VAN SCHOOR, M. 2019. “Un Approccio Interdisciplinare per Architetture Storiche” (An interdisciplinary approach for historical architecture): ISARP collaboration and knowledge transfer from UNISA to TUT. Paper presented at Documentation and Enhancement of Cultural Landscapes Conference, Villa Rufolo, Ravello, Italy, 17 September 2019. BARBA, S., LIMONGIELLO, M. & VAN SCHOOR, M. 2019. “SSIMM” Italy-South Africa joint research project. The Surveys. Paper presented at The UID Symposium on the Internationalization of Research. pp. 290–295. Book chapters BARBA S., DI FILIPPO A., FERREYRA C., LIMONGIELLO, M., LAUBSCHER J., NKAMBULE, E. & VAN SCHOOR M. 2020. Documentation and enhancement of the cultural landscape of South Africa. In: D-SITE, Drones - Systems of Information on cultural heritage. For a spatial and social investigation. Pavia: Pavia University Press. (ISBN NUMBER: 978-88-6952-129-4) SUSHMA PATEL Book chapter Patel, S. (2022). Compact Cities and Land Reform; The Case of South African Cities. In: Alberti, F., Amer, M., Mahgoub, Y., Gallo, P., Galderisi, A., Strauss, E. (eds) Urban and Transit Planning. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97046-8_24 Articles PATEL, S., STANDER, M., NKAMBULE, E. & STEYN, S. 2021. Making and meaning at the margins. ArchSA Journal of the Institute of South African Architects. Issue 100. Available at: https://saia.org.za/newsletter/images/ASA_June-July2021.pdf Conference proceedings PATEL, S. & STEYN, S. 2019. Me here, them there, me there, we here. Some applications for conventions of architectural representation in the recognition of informal values. In: STEVE RUGARE & JEFF KRUTH (Eds.), AMPS Proceedings Series 16. Alternatives to the Present. A Conference on Architecture, Urbanism, Sociology, Development & Planning. Kent State University, USA. 01 – 02 November (2018). pp. 124 Available at: http://architecturemps.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Amps-Proceedings-Series-16.pdf LAUBSCHER, J. & PATEL, S. 2018. FUTURE Boom Street, Pretoria South Africa: The space between the temporal and permanent home. In: E. TRACADA & G. CAIRNS (eds), AMPS Proceedings Series 10. Cities, Communities Homes – Is the Urban Future Livable? University of Derby, Derby, UK. 22 – 23 June (2017). pp.291. Available at: http://architecturemps.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Amps-Proceedings-Series-10.2.pdf
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AMIRA OSMAN Conference proceedings (editor) OSMAN, A. et al (Editors), 2018. 2016 National Human Settlements Conference Proceedings, 7-15 (ISBN 978-0-620-72404-3) TRIMBLE, J., OSMAN, A., STEPHENSON, B. & KADODA, G. 2020. 9th ICAT - Technology Exchange and Employment Creation for Community Empowerment-Cross-Pollinating Innovative Models, Publisher © Tshwane University of Technology, (ISSN: 978-0-9870163-7-9 ISBN: 978-0-9993666-8-4) Conference proceedings OSMAN, A., & MUSONDA, I., 2017. “Community” as the basic architectural unit: rethinking research and practice towards a decolonised. Contribution education, in #Decolonise!: DEFSA 14th National Conference Proceedings, 224233 (ISBN 978-0-620-78459-7) OSMAN, A. 2018. The elemental approach to residential architecture: is it Open Building? in Open Building for Resilient Cities, Council on Open Building, Los Angeles, California, December 6-8, 190-197 (ISBN 978-1-5323-9611-3) OSMAN, A., & VAN DER SCHAAR, 2018. Beyond gentrification? Exploring the possibilities of inclusive transformation in inner city Johannesburg. in 2016 National Human Settlements Conference Proceedings, 7-15 (ISBN 978-0-62072404-3) WILCOX, A. & OSMAN, A. 2019. When Two Worlds Collide: Reflections on Informally-Occupied Inner-City Buildings and How They Could Become Catalysts For Inclusionary Housing in Johannesburg, South Africa, in SPACE International Conference 2019 on Housing - November 2019, London, (ISBN 978-1-9162841-3-5) AYOOLA, A.H & OSMAN A. 2020. Architecture & Urbanism in the Age of Planetary Crisis, in AU2020 International Conference Proceedings, ECODEMIA, London 2020, Chapter 16. House Types, Settlement Patterns, Infrastructure and Physical Distancing Measures during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Pages 132-148. VAN DER WALT, OSMAN, A., WILCOX-SHIBANGU, A., 2020. Learning from the ground up: community-driven renovations of an occupied building in Johannesburg, South Africa. Technology Exchange and Employment Creation for Community Empowerment-Cross-Pollinating Innovative Models, Editors: J TRIMBLE, A OSMAN, B STEPHENSON & G KADODA, Publisher © Tshwane University of Technology, ISSN: 978-0-9870163-7-9 ISBN: 978-0-9993666-8-4 VAN TONDER, F. & OSMAN, A. 2021. South African cities redesigned: The production of space to achieve environmental and mental well-being, in Cities in a Changing World: Questions of Culture, Climate and Design - NY City Tech, AMPS, Parade - June 2021, New York Books OSMAN A (Ed.), 2020. Cities, space and power. The Built Environment in Emerging Economies [BEinEE]: Cities, Space and Transformation Volume 1, pp. xv–xxxvii, AOSIS, Cape Town. https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK159.00 (ISBN 978-0-620-73562-9) OSMAN, A. 2017. UJ_UNIT2 2015, Architecture and Agency, http://amiraosman.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/10 (ISBN 978-0-620-73562-9) Book chapters OSMAN, A. 2020. ‘Preface’, Thinking about cities in the age of Covid-19. in A. OSMAN (ed.), Cities, space and power (The Built Environment in Emerging Economies [BEinEE]: Cities, Space and Transformation Volume 1), pp. xv–xxxvii, AOSIS, Cape Town. https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK159.00 OSMAN, A. 2020. We hear you! The unheard, marginalised and excluded: Power and cities, in A. OSMAN (ed.), Cities, space and power (The Built Environment in Emerging Economies [BEinEE]: Cities, Space and Transformation Volume 1), pp. 77–117, AOSIS, Cape Town. https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK159.03
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OSMAN, A., 2021. Where is Wakanda? Who is T’Challa? The Sustainable African City Re-Imagined as a Livable and Lovable City, in Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development, Chaham Alalouch, Cristina Piselli, Francesco Cappa, Towards Implementation of Sustainability Concepts in Developing Countries, ISSN 2522-8714, Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development, ISBN 978-3-030-74348-2 ISBN 978-3-030-74349-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/9783-030-74349-9 OSMAN, A. 2021. Open Building in the Global South (Chapter 6), in RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE AS INFRASTRUCTURE, Open Building in Practice, Editor: S. KENDALL, ISBN 9780367863159, November 30, 2021, by Routledge OSMAN, O. S., ZAKARIYA, I. & OSMAN, A., (DATE)Architecture of the Sudan, in Architecture of sub-Saharan Africa, Ed A. DALBAI, DOM publishers. OSMAN. A., 2018. Community engagement, catalysts in the built environment and reflections on teaching architecture with a focus on housing design, in (Eds) E. COSTANDIUS and H. BOTES Educating Citizen Designers in South Africa, Sun Press/Media (ISBN 978-1-928357-72-8) p 65-83 9 PIETER GREYVENSTEYN Conference proceedings GREYVENSTEYN, P. & LAUBSCHER, J. 2017. Archifashion: A case study using the overlapping territories between architecture and fashion to study architectural precedent. Paper presented at the Congress of the Italian Union for Drawing XIV: Territories and Frontiers of Representation, Naples, Italy, 14-16 September 2017. GREYVENSTEYN, P. 2022. The Architecture Student as Cyberflaneur: Compositional, Social and Technological Modalities in Representing the Urban Experience. Available from: http://architecturemps.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Amps-Proceedings-Series-25.pdf FRANCINE VON TONDER Conference proceedings VAN TONDER., F & RWELAMILA, P.M.D, 2021. Use of Automation and Artificial Intelligence as a Sub-set of Knowledge Management Domain in Architectural Organisations in South Africa, DE+AFRIKA+4IR+ Design Education/Afrika / 4th Industrial Revolution, DEFSA 16th Conference Proceedings, 2021 Design Education Forum of Southern Africa, ISBN: 978-0-620-97912-2. pp. 271-281. online available from: https://www.defsa.org.za/sites/default/files/downloads/DEFSA%202021%20Proceedings%202022-02B.pdf or https://www.defsa.org.za/sites/default/files/downloads/ 2021conference/20_Use_of_Automation.pdf VAN TONDER., F & OSMAN, A. 2022. South African Cities Redesigned: The Production of Space to Achieve Environmental and Mental Well-being, Cities in a Changing World Proceedings, AMPS Proceedings Series. ISSN 2398-9467, pp. 184-193, online available from: https://amps-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Amps-Proceedings-Series-24.2.pdf VAN TONDER, F. AND THOMAS, L. 2022. April. Woman as agents of change to transform the post- apartheid city. In International Conference on Gender Research. 5, 1, pp. pp.240-249. Published: 2022-04-13, ISBN: 978-1-914587-290, https://doi.org/10.34190/icgr.5.1.189 online available from: https://papers.academic-conferences.org/index.php/ icgr/article/view/189 SESANA, T., THOMAS, L. & VAN TONDER, F. 2022. Culture Consumption Shift to Mitigate the Climate Crisis, In International Conference on Tourism Research, 5, 1, pp. 486-495. Published: 2022-05-11, ISBN: 978-1-914587-33-7, https://doi.org/10.34190/ictr.15.1.372 online available from: https://papers.academic-conferences.org/index.php/ ictr/article/view/372 HENRY IGUGU IGUGU, H. O. & LAUBSCHER, J. 2020. Simulating the passive indoor environmental impact of three roof insulation types on urban residences in Lagos, Nigeria, in J. TRIMBLE, A. OSMAN, B. STEPHENSON & G. KADODA (Eds.), 9th International Conference on Appropriate Technology (9th ICAT) Conference Proceedings: Technology Exchange and Employment Creation for Community Empowerment: Cross-Pollinating Innovative Models, Pretoria, South Africa, November 23-27, 2020, pp. 356-370
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Student outputs Conference proceedings TOFFA, T. 2020. Learning to speak? Of transformation, race and the colonialities of architecture, in A. OSMAN (Ed.), Cities, space and power (The Built Environment in Emerging Economies [BEinEE]: Cities, Space and Transformation Volume 1), pp. 29–76, AOSIS, Cape Town. https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK159.02 SESANA, T., THOMAS, L. & VAN TONDER, F. 2022. Culture Consumption Shift to Mitigate the Climate Crisis, In International Conference on Tourism Research, 5,( 1) pp. 486-495. Published: 2022-05-11, ISBN: 978-1-914587-33-7, https://doi.org/10.34190/ictr.15.1.372 online available from: https://papers.academic-conferences.org/index.php/ ictr/article/view/372 VAN TONDER, F. & THOMAS, L. 2022. April. Womxn as agents of change to transform the post- apartheid city. In International Conference on Gender Research (5,( 1) pp. 240-249). Published: 2022-04-13, ISBN: 978-1-914587-29-0, https://doi.org/10.34190/icgr.5.1.189 online available from: https://papers.academic-conferences.org/index.php/ icgr/article/view/189 Research reports TOFFA, T. (Ed), 2022. African Public Spaces. Research report for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Centre on African Public Spaces (CAPS), Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), and Joburg City Park & Zoo (JCPZ). MUSHONGERA, D., NGOBESE, S., TISSINGTON, K., TOFFA, T., PINGO, N. & MOKGERE, T. 2021. Inclusive Cities: Transversal Cooperation for Inclusion and Wellbeing, in State of Cities Report 2021, pp. 123 – 141. Available: https://www. sacities.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SoCR-V-2021_WEB-144dpi.pdf GROBLER, L. 2020, ‘Low-Tech’ as a Method Of Forging New Gender Archetypes in the Design of a Male Children’s Village in Marabastad, Pretoria, South Africa” in the 9th ICAT - Technology Exchange and Employment Creation for Community Empowerment-Cross-Pollinating Innovative Models, Editors: John Trimble, Amira Osman, Brian Stephenson & Gada Kadoda, Publisher © Tshwane University of Technology, ISSN: 978-0-9870163-7-9 ISBN: 978-0-99936668-4 LEBETHE, K. 2020. The Integration of Agri-Tecture with Pre-School Technologies for Sustainable Education in the 9th ICAT - Technology Exchange and Employment Creation For Community Empowerment-Cross-Pollinating Innovative Models, Editors: J. TRIMBLE, A. OSMAN, B. STEPHENSON & G. KADODA, Publisher © Tshwane University of Technology, ISSN: 978-0-9870163-7-9 ISBN: 978-0-9993666-8-4 LAMPRECHT, L. Community Engagement, Knowledge and Technology Exchange: Academic Reflections on a Project At Bertrams, Johannesburg, in the 9th ICAT - Technology Exchange and Employment Creation For Community Empowerment-Cross-Pollinating Innovative Models, Editors: J. TRIMBLE, A. OSMAN, B. STEPHENSON & G. KADODA, Publisher © Tshwane University of Technology, ISSN: 978-0-9870163-7-9 ISBN: 978-0-9993666-8-4 HENDRICKZ, W., Translating Authorship in Architecture, in the 9th ICAT - Technology Exchange and Employment Creation For Community Empowerment-Cross-Pollinating Innovative Models, 9th ICAT - Technology Exchange and Employment Creation for Community Empowerment-Cross-Pollinating Innovative Models, Editors: J TRIMBLE, A OSMAN, B STEPHENSON & G KADODA, Publisher © Tshwane University of Technology, ISSN: 978-0-9870163-7-9 ISBN: 978-0-9993666-8-4 Industrial design Conference proceedings BRAND K.G. (2021). Design when you are the other 90%, a student’s perspective. Design Culture(s). Cumulus Conference Proceedings Roma 2021. 2, 2813-2825. DUBERY, J.H. & BRAND, K.G. (2021). Not just Thinkers, Makers. Proceedings Design Culture(s) | ROMA 2021 Cumulus Conference 2. 4595- 4604. BRAND, K. G. (2018). A Concept Simulation Framework for Improved Design Practice and Teaching. Proceedings of the To Get There: Designing Together - Cumulus Conference Proceedings Paris 2018 (pp. 88-104).
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Creative outputs
The department made contributions to the current Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Creative Outputs policy and guidelines. Two staff members have served in the national Creative Outputs Sub-panel task team to review submissions from all institutions of higher learning in South Africa. Arch+ID is in the process of strategically using its MakerSpace and community projects to increase the number of submitted creative outputs. DHET provides this avenue to incentivise designers to deepen design-led research parallel to the traditional research outputs. The department celebrates this as a recognition of design as a research method.
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SARChI: DST / NRF / SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment) hosted at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in Pretoria
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Key partner
Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in the Built Environment (CARINBE), University of Johannesburg Both institutions are located at the heart of their respective cities, which is advantageous in addressing a spatial transformation agenda. The unique locations offer a microcosm of the larger context and become laboratories where direct engagement with the dynamics that make up the DNA of the two cities will play out. The function of the Chair will align with and deepen existing research activities at both institutions. The Chair will build new partnerships, deepen existing research efforts, and commit more time and resources to building national and international partnerships. In all of these projects, the cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg are considered a microcosm of the world in terms of socio-economic and spatial conditions. We intend to work closely with colleagues in Brazil and India and consider these cities to have similar conditions to those in South Africa. The Chair will therefore focus on both high-level strategic decision-making on project-level interventions and the interventions’ impact on spatial transformation. The Chair will have an impact with regards to transformation in the built environment (BE) (in its totality and its diverse scales): • • • •
How power and control manifest in the built environment – this impact will be demonstrated tangibly as far as possible How transformation is reflected in morphology, infrastructure, networks, services, spatial planning, design, technology, transport, resource efficiency, urban management and built environment interventions Actors and decision-makers that negotiate and act on various levels How power, control, transformation, actors and decision makers relate to social, cultural, financial and management factors.
It is anticipated that the Chair will significantly impact debates about spatial transformation in the first five years. A unique lens will be introduced, enabling a deeper understanding of the built environment. The Chair has a broad view of transformation, believing that every aspect of transformation is interconnected. While creating a more equitable society and reflecting the importance of various races, genders and socio-economic groups, it is also important to acknowledge the transformation of thinking and practice, education (content and methods) and professional regulation. A unique and particular lens of viewing and conceptualising change in the built environment. The Chair’s work is firmly focused on achieving liveable and lovable cities. The legacy of apartheid and its disadvantage is still evident in technology and space, which are never neutral. The built environment professions have remained disengaged, isolated and elitist. Many aspects of South African cities were meticulously conceptualised by built environment professionals who served a particular political dispensation and thus can only be ‘undone’ through targeted spatial restructuring and complex, multi-disciplinary interventions. The built environment professions are often complicit in practices that disempower, humiliate, restrict opportunities, destroy livelihoods, damage ecosystems and disrupt economic networks, deepening conflict and reinforcing divisions. Opening up the built environment professions to people from diverse backgrounds is a start towards transformation, and the Chair will work systematically towards strategically selecting student and research participants as an important first step. The SARChI Research Chair in Spatial Transformation [Positive Change in the Built Environment] will aim to address some of the legacy and declarations of the Sustainable Human(e) Settlements (SHS) Conference 2012 and International Union of Architects Congress, and UIA 2014 Durban. The candidate was head of the scientific committees for both events and played a key role in conceptualising the themes and the philosophical direction. The emergent perspectives will be applied in developing the programme for the Chair.
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A documentation element and consolidation of past work must underpin the project – with intensive consultation also being planned Concepts and intentions will be translated into specific programmes, projects and publications Products and services to be offered are varied and relate to the range of skills available within and outside of the host institution and the capacity of our national and international collaborators.
The Chair will aim to: •
• • • • • •
Implement projects to promote new thinking and practice in the built environment with a specific focus on urban spatial transformation (this will span physical, political and socio-economic drivers that could be harnessed towards achieving spatial transformation) Case study analyses, design tools and visioning tools to develop imagery for a more equitable future at the city and neighbourhood level Establish partnerships across disciplines, with a focus on the built environment professions Better connect the university to its proximate communities and professional communities Disseminate information through various platforms and to various stakeholders in these topics Train postgraduate students Focus on the role of the universities and the creation of strong partnerships with communities and industry.
The Chair will support the: • • • • •
National research priorities as stipulated in the NRF Vision 2020 Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) Government’s strategic plan for 2014 to 2019 National Development Plan (NDP) 2030, Chapter 8 of the NDP Strategic interventions for higher education, human capacity development, science engagement, human resource development, infrastructure development and research development National system of innovation (catalyse innovation for societal benefit) Integrated Urban Development Framework SACN priority areas and the SACN strategic framework, basing its functions on the SACN strategic framework 2017-2021
• • • • Ongoing research at the TUT Department of Architecture and Industrial Design is already well aligned with the intentions of the Chair – but the research would need to be significantly expanded. It is therefore important to outline the background to the TUT Architecture Department and the ongoing activities of the candidate as an introduction to the five-year plan for the Chair. TUT|Tharabololo was constituted in 2017 by the TUT Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE). TUT|Tharabololo aims to promote design for social innovation in both departments at TUT and to establish partnerships across other higher education institutions in the region of Gauteng. We also aim to establish long-term partnerships with communities with which we are involved. We aim to gear our teaching programmes towards design problems highly relevant to the socio-economic conditions or context in which we practice and align with global approaches to social innovation. We have also established regular conversation sessions where these issues are debated, and we are actively involved in producing research on teaching, design-build and community engagement methods and outputs. We have applied to join the international network of DESIS labs that aim “to promote design for social innovation in higher education institutions with design disciplines to generate useful design knowledge and to create meaningful social changes in collaboration with other stakeholders”.
The book series The Built Environment in Emerging Economies (BEinEE) book series will both aim to explore the interface between the various built environment professions and enhance the role of the built environment professions in the achievement of innovation and progress that is aligned with global agendas for cities and construction and planning. These debates are important for South Africa, as the built environment professions remain largely untransformed and disengaged from issues of spatial transformation. We need to rethink how the built environment is conceived and delivered. The BEinEE book series aims to promote thinking on and alternative strategies for design, funding, management and procurement in the built environment, housing and human settlements. The publication will contribute to conceptualising human settlements that are more equitable, more beautiful and more functional – human settlements that increase peoples’ opportunities, offering a better chance at improving lives and livelihoods. This new publication will use a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the complexity of these issues. It will also encourage discipline-specific explorations in architecture, engineering, planning, quantity surveying and construction management.
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The NRF-funded collaborative partnership between the University of Johannesburg and the TUT Architecture Department is titled Community Engagement in Design Processes in the Inner City. We have partnered with a community in Johannesburg’s Bertrams neighbourhood. We intend to investigate possible phased interventions to improve conditions – perhaps ultimately transitioning into a functioning, safe mixed-use residential development. The potential impact of this research project is to unlock a greater understanding of affordable inner-city housing, poverty alleviation and the creation of sustainable cities and communities. The research will allow for a more in-depth understanding of the demographics and experiences of the inner city residents and advance knowledge regarding squatting, invaded or occupied buildings and effecting change in the inner city through participatory design tools. The project relates to Johannesburg’s so-called Bad Buildings Programme (BBP). The project aims to understand the coping mechanisms and survival strategies of inner-city residents and explore how to unlock processes that allow access to adequate, affordable housing in the inner city. In addition, the project explores alternative building techniques and alternative funding models.
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Chair core functions
From this background and these ongoing activities, the key concepts will be extracted, highlighted and categorised as: • • • •
Focus areas Development of tools Theoretical and policy base Themes.
In addition, these will be aligned with the functions of the Chair.
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Focus areas
26.3.1 New thinking and practice in the built environment Built environment new thinking and practice elements encompass conceptual and analytical research on spatial transformation to establish what spatial transformation means for integrating planning and design of transport, infrastructure, property and land-use (the physical) and in terms of investment decision-making and governance of urban areas (the political), as well as the aspirations, interactions, perceptions, behaviours, and inclusion of people (the socio-economic). Studies will be conducted on practical interventions and innovations to articulate and advance spatial transformation into the future. Our research will explore spatial transformation at all levels of intervention in the built environment and will focus on: • • • • • •
Integrated urban built environment planning and delivery Integrated built environment delivery and performance data and analytics Spatial determinants as linked to urban well-being and structural inequality Inclusive development strategies (e.g. transit-oriented development) Visioning and imagery of future cities – translating concepts into spatial diagrams, images, models, sections; three-dimensional, massing and density analysis Transforming the role of the university through the establishment of long-term partnerships with proximate communities and generating, exchanging and disseminating knowledge through postgraduate training, development of smallscale enterprises in the field of construction, investigating experiential learning in the teaching of architecture, construction and planning, as well as explore alternative development strategies.
Many lecturers are already involved in community projects in some form and have offered support to local industries. However, these efforts are fragmented and poorly documented, needing to be streamlined and better organised. The contact built with communities has added much value to teaching and research. Universities have offered communities support, given them a voice and made them visible. The Chair will formalise and develop the process already in motion by offering relevant support and transforming the university’s role by offering service through research in the development of local communities. In the process, teaching and research programmes will be more relevant and greatly enriched. The Chair does not aim to override or replace any of the existing initiatives and instead becomes a resource and support mechanism through its own initiated projects and strategic collaborations. The approach that has been developed and that will be adopted has been documented in a book chapter authored by the candidate in 20181.
1. Osman, A. 2018. ‘Community engagement, catalysts in the built environment and reflections on teaching architecture with a focus on housing design’ (in Educating Citizen Designers in South Africa, Elmarie Costandius and Herman Botes (eds), Sun Press / Media, ISBN 978-1-928357-72-8; ISBN (e-book) 978-1-928357-73-5).
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26.3.2 Postgraduate programmes The postgraduate programmes produce emerging researchers on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to studying urban spatial issues. Research assistants and postgraduate students are an integral part of this project and will support the aims of the Chair. Projects will be strategically conceptualised and partnerships set up with relevant people and agencies nationally and internationally. Working across disciplines is seen as very important towards the achievement of the intentions of the Chair.
26.3.3 Themes, tools and policy context The Chair will focus on the following themes: • • • • • • •
Spatial planning Human settlements Public transport Infrastructure Services Resource efficiency Urban management.
These explorations will be conducted by understanding and reflecting on the current theoretical and policy context. Some of the explorations to be unpacked are the: • • • • • • • • •
Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) Government’s strategic plan for 2014 to 2019 National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 Chapter 8 of the NDP National system of innovation Integrated Urban Development Framework SACN priority areas SACN strategic framework 2017 to 2021 NRF vision 2020.
26.3.4 Chair management • • • • • •
Formal agreements between the Chair and partners Involvement of the partners will be on a project basis for the provision of professional consultations and services Appointment of support staff, secretarial services and a technical assistant All financial administration will be managed under the supervision of the Chair Networks will be developed nationally and internationally through conference attendance, meetings, popular articles, community engagement workshops and publications, and student involvement in the profession, among other means Management structures will be agile enough to allow for new partnerships as they emerge and take new directions in research approaches when it is deemed important.
26.3.5 Chair: A five-year plan from 2019 to 2023 Many projects will run under the auspices of the Chair, and each project will have its own plan of action that will be in line with the aims and objectives of the Chair. The key projects and collaborations will be instrumental in launching the Chair in the first five-years. In its Research Stream, the Chair will operate on a five-year cycle of: Knowledge production – generating primary data and developing new knowledge through research projects, think tanks and design collaborations. The generation of knowledge will be conducted through the following headings and projects: •[TECHNOLOGY] • [PRACTICE] • [THINK TANK] • [DESIGN] • [RESEARCH] • [TEACH] Experimentation – embracing research-based activities at all levels of the built environment, at city, neighbourhood, block and building levels, and experimentation including investigations of materials, technologies, systems and design-build projects – ideally, we must be able to pilot the projects we envision, which will require partnerships with developers and government agencies. While this is not guaranteed, the Chair will set up structures and lobby for its implementation, basing the approach on precedents such as PLATFORM 31 in the Netherlands, a government-funded and supported agency implementing experimental projects in the built environment. This aspect of the project is premised on a belief that project-level interventions can make an impact at a policy level. Policy-level interventions can also guide practice at the project level.
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Dissemination – publishing, promoting concepts and approaches developed through targeted communication methods to various stakeholders, the production of the South African Journal for the Built Environment (SAJBE), the issuing of a yearly State of the Built Environment Report (SotBER) and a book series titled The Built Environment in Emerging Economies (BEinEE). The intention is to operate with an adaptive strategy through continuous appraisal of process and flexibility through changing the approach as new information becomes available and new partnerships are created – the Chair will continuously test ideas among peers through writing and presentations at scientific forums. The Chair has been conceptualised to establish meaningful collaborations. A list of key projects is presented below, with the intended timeframes: • •
Year 1 – Policy change and project-level interventions towards spatial transformation in South African cities Year 2 – The research process as a transformation[al] process: Exploring the interface between disciplines to make data accessible to diverse stakeholders Year 3 – Time-based approaches in the built environment Year 4 – Platform 27: Setting up systems and partnerships towards piloting innovation in the built environment in support of spatial transformation Year 5 – Launching the state of the built environment report.
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It is important to note that several sub-projects will be linked to these key projects. Some important initiatives, such as the BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN EMERGING ECONOMIES BOOK SERIES are already underway and will feed into and be supported by the Chair. Teaching experiments and documentation of existing environments are also already underway. International partnerships are well established and will be developed further as part of the work of the Chair. Recruitment and talent attraction and talent retention are important components of the SARChI Chair succession planning. The Chair is building up an ecosystem of partners, students and professionals, private and industry sector, NGOs and civil society that will help promote the concept of spatial transformation over the next few years. With many research and administration assistants, collaborators from different disciplines, master’s and doctoral students in 2021, this ecosystem seems to be well on the way to being established. Some of the following team members are employed by TUT, and others conduct work on a commission basis: • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Thandi O’Hagen – strategist and communications Helga Fernandes – CEO Platform 100 Wihan Hendricks – researcher Tariq Toffa – researcher Kirti Mistry – researcher Carla Schmidt – research assistant Lerato Motshabi – admin assistant BJ Engelbrecht – artist collaborator Jacqui Cuyler – community liaison (through 1to1 Agency of Engagement) Andrea Neelman – graphic designer Gilda De Aurajo – graphic designer Kagiso Moraka – graphic designer Mpho Kgatuka – technical support.
While the succession plan, as submitted to the NRF, identifies the people already employed by the TUT Architecture department, and all plans are intended to prioritise their development into the role of SARChI Chair, we also aim to attract others who may support these intentions. Qualifications and experience and skills requirements: • • • • • •
Qualification or academic position – PhD in a relevant field Research achievement and recognition, preferably an NRF-rated researcher PG supervision experience Innovation and technology transfer Fundraising record Project management experience.
Table 4.Key staff in the Chair (staff members who have the potential to succeed the incumbent within a five-year time frame): No
Title
Name
Profile
1
DR
E Nkambule
PhD holder – similar research interests in transforma- 5 years tion and community engagement
2
DR
M Stander
Completed his University of Pretoria doctoral degree on migrants in the inner city
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Additional key staff requirements (staff members who have the potential to succeed the incumbent in a six to ten-year time frame): Table 5.Staff with a public profile and networks that align with the Chair and evidence of them have embarked on the journey of becoming researchers. No
Position
Funding availability and plans
Recruitment date
3
Mr
P Greyvensteyn
DArch candidate supervised by the SARChI Chair
7 years
4
Ms
S Patel
DArch candidate
10 years
5
Mr
T Ramatlo
DArch candidate under the SARChI project
15 years
6
Ms
T Gaum
DArch candidate
15 years
Staff development plans: Table 6. Staff whose research interests align with the Chair will be provided with assistance through lecturer relief for research purposes and other development activities when registering for degrees and applying for rating, among other processes. No
Title
Name
Profile
Years required to attain the required level
1
Dr
E Nkambule
PhD holder – similar research interests in transformation and community engagement
5 years
2
Dr
M Stander
Completed his University of Pretoria doctoral degree on migrants in the inner city
5 years
3
Mr
P Greyvensteyn
DArch student supervised by the Chair
7 years
4
Ms
S Patel
DArch candidate
10 years
5
Mr
T Ramatlo
DArch candidate under the SARChI project
15 years
Table 7. Staff require long-term development within the system and/or full-term employment, and to be supported in the programme – there are possibilities to recruit them to align their research paths to those of the Chair. No
Title
Name
Lecturer relief
Specialised training
Mentorship requirements
1
Ms
F van Tonder
A full-time appointment would assist the candidate
This DArch candidate is sponsored and supervised by the Chair
Deserving of structured support
2
Mr
K Brand
Great potential and needs lecturer relief
Doctoral registration + writing workshops
Deserving of structured support
3
Mr
S Steyn
Great potential and needs lecturer relief
Doctoral registration + writing workshops
Deserving of structured support
4
Mr
V Mokaba
This potential researcher needs lecturer relief
Doctoral registration + writing workshops
A focused programme to assist him in embarking on this journey
5
Mr
L Pienaar
This potential researcher needs lecturer relief
Doctoral registration + writing workshops
A focused programme to assist him in embarking on this journey
6
Mr
H Igugu
DArch candidate – could be considered for employment
Doctoral support + writing workshops
Potential full-time employment
7
Ms
H Fernandes
Currently a part-time research assistant on the project – a fulltime appointment would assist the candidate
Doctoral registration + writing workshops
A focused programme to assist her in embarking on this journey
8
Ms
C Schmidt
Currently a part-time research assistant on the project – a fulltime appointment would assist the candidate
Doctoral registration + writing workshops
A focused programme to assist her in embarking on this journey
9
Ms
L Motsabi
Currently a part-time admin assistant on the project – a fulltime appointment would assist the candidate
Doctoral registration + writing workshops
A focused programme to assist her in embarking on this journey
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We may be able to recruit and identify others who may support the process and could be mentored for the Chair position. However, in the meantime, two identified candidates will be mentored for possible management of the position: The SARChI Chair project is making some impact in terms of gender. Most of the team are women, and there are several women researchers registered for doctoral degrees under the supervision of the Chair. The women are being trained and supported by the Chair and are establishing themselves as researchers. The community engagement work of the Chair is also making an impact through working with multiple community partners in Bertrams, Johannesburg and Mamelodi, Tshwane. Many of these community partners are women. As a part of the Chair’s strategy to achieve transformation and have an impact on the work environment, the following principles will be followed, inspired by more female representation in the work environment: • • • • • • •
Collaborative (versus competitive) Flexible (versus rigid) Enjoyable / Creative (versus harsh or tedious) Relevant / People-focused (versus male-dominated ambitions) Gentle (versus aggressive) Innovative (versus repetitive) Deeply engaging / Transformational (versus surface engagement).
In order to achieve these aims, the Chair is focusing on the following elements: • • • • •
Transformation (themes, representation, content and processes of engagement) Succession planning Retention of talent Support of young members of staff Integration of students into the programmes as lecturers and researchers.
These principles and aims are essential to changing the work environment, attracting a more diverse demographic, and supporting young women’s progress in the system. Transformation is seen as multi-dimensional considering teaching, research and practice and the profile of the architectural community. Thus, the SARChI Chair being positioned in the TUT Architecture department gives the department a unique edge compared to other architecture departments nationwide. This department is the only architecture department to host a SARChI Chair. In terms of possible commercialisation, the Chair has put together a proposal for a Short Learning Programme (SLP) planned for 2023. This is intended for deliv in partnership with CARINBE, a research centre at the University of Johannesburg led by Prof. Innocent Musonda and Dr Luxien Ariyan, a renowned housing expert. We are also considering involving Dr Jennifer Mirambe in the SLP to strengthen our collaboration and influence the Department of Human Settlements. This multi-year project will generate income for the project. In addition, we also aim to make income from design services such as the Zanzibar cycling project. With regards to job creation, many young researchers and research artist collaborators are involved in the project, some on short-term assignments and others for longer-term assignments. With regards to data storage, utilisation and accessibility, and in addition to standard methods of data storage (listed in detail in the initial NRF proposal), the Chair manages several websites, social media sites and podcasts where data is stored about the various project components. This digital component will be better integrated into existing TUT data management systems. The project is being disseminated in various formats accessible to many people. Contribution toward research capacity development, in particular postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff in the discipline We have a challenge with the appointment of postdoctoral fellows and our adjunct professor appointments. We are trying to find ways to resolve this problem. Professor Extraordinaire Unable to properly manage and harness Henri Comrie, who is currently appointed. This is a task for the A_DRIC.
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26.3.6 Challenges faced by the SARChI Chair The SARChI Chair project must be better incorporated into the department and better aligned with the vision and mission of the department. This process is being negotiated and developed, and we are making progress in this regard. One significant challenge faced by the Chair is the request to repurpose funding to better align with the mission of the project. As the project is not lab or (predominantly) technology-based, there is a need for more consultants, researchers and artist collaborations. A request to change the funding model was submitted to the NRF.
Image 5 Research through storytelling : Instagram Post of the first In Plain Sight Lecture series in 2021 with Ma’m Linda Mvusi
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Image 6 Research through collaboration:Pattern making workshop UEDC Conference 2022
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List of Figures and tables Image 1 Research through making. Fourth Year Project......................................................................................................................... Image 2 Sketch n Cities by Nathan Ilunga Kabinga . The Book is a result of the research done for his MArch2 Thesis...............6 Image 3 Webinar Invitation “ Inclusive Design Lesotho”.........................................................................................................................9 Image 4 Research through traveling. 2019 BArch3 Eswatini Trip.......................................................................................................12 Image 5 Research through storytelling : Instagram Post of the first In Plain Sight Lecture series in 2021 with Ma’m Linda Mvusi...........................................................................................................................................................................................................23 Image 6 Research through collaboration:Pattern making workshop UEDC Conference 2022........................................................24
List of Tables Tabe 1 Response to 2017 SACAP Report..................................................................................................................................................4 Table 2 MArch2 2021 Allocation of supervisors.......................................................................................................................................8 Table 3 MArchTech2 2021 Allocation of supervisors..............................................................................................................................10 Table 4 Key staff in the Chair (staff members who have the potential to succeed the incumbent within a five-year time frame...........................................................................................................................................................................................................20 Table 5 Staff with a public profile and networks that align with the Chair and evidence of them have embarked on the journey of becoming researchers............................................................................................................................................................21 Table 6. Staff whose research interests align with the Chair will be provided with assistance through lecturer relief for research purposes and other development activities when registering for degrees and applying for rating, among other processes....................................................................................................................................................................................................21 Table 7. Staff require long-term development within the system and/or full-term employment, and to be supported in the programme – there are possibilities to recruit them to align their research paths to those of the Chair.....................................21
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