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Khathutshero Mufamadi Asande Mbatha Nomthandazo Cumbe*

The site is subdivided into Different lots as indicated in figure 2.

Portion 1 includes the former sofia town lounge, now currently partianlly owned by Gauteng planning. The south portion is enclosed chainlink fencing.

Portion 2 includes underground parking for the occupants of portion 1.

Portion 3 includes the JMPD with open acces from the north only.

Portions 4 and 5 include the current workers museum, which hosts public access from the south of the building.

Portion 6 includes a parking lot for busses traveling onto site and visitors of Sci-bono.

Portion 7 includes Sci-Bono kids science museum It is enclosed around its portion borders as shown in the Serveyor General Diagram provided (Figure 7)

Portion 8 includes both a now demolished structure on the eastern portion and the western portion includes the Mathabong dancing studio. Neither of which are enclosed in any way

Portion 9 includes The Bassline as well as Old Dance Factory to the north East of the portion, enclosed by Red pallasade Fencing. The New Dance Factory towards the South East of the portion and an abbandonned Industrial building on the South West of the portion.

Building Restrictions

The Site boundary line are at lengths of AB=264m BC=236m CD=36m DE=188m EF=200m as per figure 1. The site encloses a total of 2628 Square metres in area. The building lines are at 1.5m along all streets adjacent to site. The site includes a servitude running the west elevation along Miriam Makeba street. There have been no applications for a relaxation of this building lines and no known applications for a zoning ammendment .

THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRACES OF QUEERNESS IN NEWTOWN, FROM THE 1970‘S CITIZENS OF JO -

HANNESBURG HAVE EXPRESSED THIS MOTION...

“PERHAPS, AS DESIGNERS, UNREALITY IS THE ONLY THING WE HAVE LEFT – A TOOL FOR LOOSENING THE GRIP OF THE REALITY WE FIND OURSELVES WITHIN, TO HELP THINK BEYOND KNOWN FRAMEWORKS, AND TO SHIFT OUR THINKING. IN THIS WAY, DESIGN MIGHT BEGIN TO CONTRIBUTE TO A PROLIFERATION OF MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVE WORLDS EXISTING IN OUR COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION, ENLARGING IT TO PROVIDE A RICHER CONCEPTUAL SPACE OF IMAGINING FOR EVERYONE.” (FIONA RABY, 2018, CITED BY WARD 2019)

WARD MATT. 23 JULY 2019. THOUGHTS ON CRITICS OF CRITICAL AND SPECULATIVE DESIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF CRITICAL REFLECTION AND PEDAGOGIC PRACTICE. AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://SPECULATIVEEDU.EU/CRITICAL-ABOUT-CRITICAL-AND-SPECULATIVE-DESIGN/