Regional 2010
Regional Awards 2010
TWENTY-FORTH COROBRIK ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARDS
University of the Free State
Pierre De Lange will represent Bloemfontein at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted in Johannesburg on 30th March.
The University of Free State student was placed first for his thesis entitled ‘Echoes in Architecture: the mediatheque as a new library concept for the Johannesburg City Centre’.
De Lange says, “Echoes in Architecture is an investigation into how the intervention of a new building can reconciliate a neglected historical structure. Specifically, the old Rissik Street Post Office in the Johannesburg City Centre which was devastated by a fire in November 2009.”
“The project aimed to marry contemporary and historic architecture to achieve equilibrium between preserving cultural heritage and providing a memorable urban space. The result was a subtle geometric insertion so that the new appears to be hugged by the existing ruin. This created a building with two fronts; the face of memory (old) and hope (new).”
Dirk Meyer, Managing Director of Corobrik says that today’s sustainability paradigm, that calls for a holistic approach where architects are now increasingly being required to address economic, social and environmental issues, demands not only creativity and design capability but a greater technical competence of architects about material choices and combinations of materials best able to achieve sustainable outcomes.
“In pursuit of our sustainability agenda, Corobrik has for a long time regarded the role of the architectural community as key to the future environmental integrity of our built environment, and it is therefore appropriate that we should continue to extend our commitment to the development of architects in South Africa through our support of the Architectural Student of the Year programme.”
“The focus of architecture today is very much about design and specification that ‘treads lightly’ on our earth both visually and in terms of impact on the environment, capturing the imagination and evoking feelings of inclusiveness and acceptance by the broader South African community. Encouraging all students to realize their potential, to think through all aspects of sustainability when creating their architecture and to produce the exceptional, underpins our commitment to the programme”, he concludes.
Pierre De Lange will represent Bloemfontein at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted in Johannesburg on 30th March.
The University of Free State student was placed first for his thesis entitled ‘Echoes in Architecture: the mediatheque as a new library concept for the Johannesburg City Centre’.
De Lange says, “Echoes in Architecture is an investigation into how the intervention of a new building can reconciliate a neglected historical structure. Specifically, the old Rissik Street Post Office in the Johannesburg City Centre which was devastated by a fire in November 2009.”
“The project aimed to marry contemporary and historic architecture to achieve equilibrium between preserving cultural heritage and providing a memorable urban space. The result was a subtle geometric insertion so that the new appears to be hugged by the existing ruin. This created a building with two fronts; the face of memory (old) and hope (new).”
Dirk Meyer, Managing Director of Corobrik says that today’s sustainability paradigm, that calls for a holistic approach where architects are now increasingly being required to address economic, social and environmental issues, demands not only creativity and design capability but a greater technical competence of architects about material choices and combinations of materials best able to achieve sustainable outcomes.
“In pursuit of our sustainability agenda, Corobrik has for a long time regarded the role of the architectural community as key to the future environmental integrity of our built environment, and it is therefore appropriate that we should continue to extend our commitment to the development of architects in South Africa through our support of the Architectural Student of the Year programme.”
“The focus of architecture today is very much about design and specification that ‘treads lightly’ on our earth both visually and in terms of impact on the environment, capturing the imagination and evoking feelings of inclusiveness and acceptance by the broader South African community. Encouraging all students to realize their potential, to think through all aspects of sustainability when creating their architecture and to produce the exceptional, underpins our commitment to the programme”, he concludes.
Pierre De Lange
University of Cape Town
Stefan van Biljon will represent Cape Town at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted on 30th March in Johannesburg.
The University of Cape Town student was placed first for his thesis entitled ‘KL-METAMATIC: GHOST SHIP’.
Van Biljoen says, “The tension between an industrial site and natural forces inspired the project at Cape Town’s Duncan Dock. A seawall manifold reintroduces water to the reclaimed site. The effects of the flood are used to amplify the atmosphere of the site and a flood machine communicates and compels the guests to interpret its response to these elements. Atmospheric restlessness is used to create a place of contemplation. Facing systematic destruction, the building haunts KL-Berth and the site becomes a barometer for wider environmental issues.”
Dirk Meyer, Managing Director of Corobrik says that because sustainability is not just about supplying the finest clay bricks and pavers, it is a concept well integrated into Corobrik’s business culture.
“In pursuit of our sustainability agenda, Corobrik has for a long time regarded the role of the architectural community as key to the future environmental integrity of our built environment, and it is therefore appropriate that we should continue to extend our commitment to the development of architects in South Africa through our support of the Architectural Student of the Year programme now in it’s 24th year.”
Dirk Meyer, Managing Director of Corobrik says that today’s sustainability paradigm, that calls for a holistic approach where architects are now increasingly being required to address economic, social and environmental issues, demands not only creativity and design capability but a greater technical competence of architects about material choices and combinations of materials best able to achieve sustainable outcomes.
“In pursuit of our sustainability agenda, Corobrik has for a long time regarded the role of the architectural community as key to the future environmental integrity of our built environment, and it is therefore appropriate that we should continue to extend our commitment to the development of architects in South Africa through our support of the Architectural Student of the Year programme.”
“The focus of architecture today is very much about design and specification that ‘treads lightly’ on our earth both visually and in terms of impact on the environment, capturing the imagination and evoking feelings of inclusiveness and acceptance by the broader South African community. Encouraging all students to realize their potential, to think through all aspects of sustainability when creating their architecture and to produce the exceptional, underpins our commitment to the programme”, he concludes.
Stefan van Biljon will represent Cape Town at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted on 30th March in Johannesburg.
The University of Cape Town student was placed first for his thesis entitled ‘KL-METAMATIC: GHOST SHIP’.
Van Biljoen says, “The tension between an industrial site and natural forces inspired the project at Cape Town’s Duncan Dock. A seawall manifold reintroduces water to the reclaimed site. The effects of the flood are used to amplify the atmosphere of the site and a flood machine communicates and compels the guests to interpret its response to these elements. Atmospheric restlessness is used to create a place of contemplation. Facing systematic destruction, the building haunts KL-Berth and the site becomes a barometer for wider environmental issues.”
Dirk Meyer, Managing Director of Corobrik says that because sustainability is not just about supplying the finest clay bricks and pavers, it is a concept well integrated into Corobrik’s business culture.
“In pursuit of our sustainability agenda, Corobrik has for a long time regarded the role of the architectural community as key to the future environmental integrity of our built environment, and it is therefore appropriate that we should continue to extend our commitment to the development of architects in South Africa through our support of the Architectural Student of the Year programme now in it’s 24th year.”
Dirk Meyer, Managing Director of Corobrik says that today’s sustainability paradigm, that calls for a holistic approach where architects are now increasingly being required to address economic, social and environmental issues, demands not only creativity and design capability but a greater technical competence of architects about material choices and combinations of materials best able to achieve sustainable outcomes.
“In pursuit of our sustainability agenda, Corobrik has for a long time regarded the role of the architectural community as key to the future environmental integrity of our built environment, and it is therefore appropriate that we should continue to extend our commitment to the development of architects in South Africa through our support of the Architectural Student of the Year programme.”
“The focus of architecture today is very much about design and specification that ‘treads lightly’ on our earth both visually and in terms of impact on the environment, capturing the imagination and evoking feelings of inclusiveness and acceptance by the broader South African community. Encouraging all students to realize their potential, to think through all aspects of sustainability when creating their architecture and to produce the exceptional, underpins our commitment to the programme”, he concludes.
Stefan van Biljon
Tshwane University of Technology
Petrus (Klippie) du Toit will represent Tshwane at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted in Johannesburg on the 30th March.
The Tshwane University of Technology student was placed first for his thesis entitled “The design of an Interpretation Centre at Tswaing crater”
Du Toit says, “The opportunity that this unique site of natural and cultural heritage presents, for establishing a new ecological paradigm of connectivity and interdependence, is utilised by this design through spherical geometry and a cyclical narrative. The crater, if properly understood, reminds us of our common origin and place in the universe as well as the essential unity of all existence.”
“The thesis maintains that the building will be a heuristic or didactic device that reinforces this connection. The narrative, an elliptical walkway referencing the cycle of eternal return and metaphor for the timeline of the universe and earth, explains the evolution of the universe through various interpretation venues, each creating an experience analogous as well as symbolic of the event that occurred at that point in the history of creation.”
Dirk Meyer, Managing Director of Corobrik says that today’s sustainability paradigm, that calls for a holistic approach where architects are now increasingly being required to address economic, social and environmental issues, demands not only creativity and design capability but a greater technical competence of architects about material choices and combinations of materials best able to achieve sustainable outcomes.
“In pursuit of our sustainability agenda, Corobrik has for a long time regarded the role of the architectural community as key to the future environmental integrity of our built environment, and it is therefore appropriate that we should continue to extend our commitment to the development of architects in South Africa through our support of the Architectural Student of the Year programme.”
“The focus of architecture today is very much about design and specification that ‘treads lightly’ on our earth both visually and in terms of impact on the environment, capturing the imagination and evoking feelings of inclusiveness and acceptance by the broader South African community. Encouraging all students to realize their potential, to think through all aspects of sustainability when creating their architecture and to produce the exceptional, underpins our commitment to the programme”, he concludes.
Petrus (Klippie) du Toit will represent Tshwane at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted in Johannesburg on the 30th March.
The Tshwane University of Technology student was placed first for his thesis entitled “The design of an Interpretation Centre at Tswaing crater”
Du Toit says, “The opportunity that this unique site of natural and cultural heritage presents, for establishing a new ecological paradigm of connectivity and interdependence, is utilised by this design through spherical geometry and a cyclical narrative. The crater, if properly understood, reminds us of our common origin and place in the universe as well as the essential unity of all existence.”
“The thesis maintains that the building will be a heuristic or didactic device that reinforces this connection. The narrative, an elliptical walkway referencing the cycle of eternal return and metaphor for the timeline of the universe and earth, explains the evolution of the universe through various interpretation venues, each creating an experience analogous as well as symbolic of the event that occurred at that point in the history of creation.”
Dirk Meyer, Managing Director of Corobrik says that today’s sustainability paradigm, that calls for a holistic approach where architects are now increasingly being required to address economic, social and environmental issues, demands not only creativity and design capability but a greater technical competence of architects about material choices and combinations of materials best able to achieve sustainable outcomes.
“In pursuit of our sustainability agenda, Corobrik has for a long time regarded the role of the architectural community as key to the future environmental integrity of our built environment, and it is therefore appropriate that we should continue to extend our commitment to the development of architects in South Africa through our support of the Architectural Student of the Year programme.”
“The focus of architecture today is very much about design and specification that ‘treads lightly’ on our earth both visually and in terms of impact on the environment, capturing the imagination and evoking feelings of inclusiveness and acceptance by the broader South African community. Encouraging all students to realize their potential, to think through all aspects of sustainability when creating their architecture and to produce the exceptional, underpins our commitment to the programme”, he concludes.
Petrus
University of the Witwatersrand
Catherine de Souza will represent Johannesburg at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted on the 30th March.
The WITS University student was placed first for her thesis entitled “Quarantine | a quality-of-life facility for drug-resistant-TB patients”
De Souza says, “In my thesis I explore the conditions of quarantine of patients with drug-resistant TB at Sizwe Hospital, east of Johannesburg. Through no fault of their own, these patients find themselves held in conditions not unlike prison.” “The project has two aims: to change the nature and quality of quarantine, and to establish a nature reserve on the surrounding land. The design exploits non-mechanised means to create infection-safe environments and it explores possibilities of landscape integration characteristic of modern institutions.”
Catherine de Souza will represent Johannesburg at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted on the 30th March.
The WITS University student was placed first for her thesis entitled “Quarantine | a quality-of-life facility for drug-resistant-TB patients”
De Souza says, “In my thesis I explore the conditions of quarantine of patients with drug-resistant TB at Sizwe Hospital, east of Johannesburg. Through no fault of their own, these patients find themselves held in conditions not unlike prison.” “The project has two aims: to change the nature and quality of quarantine, and to establish a nature reserve on the surrounding land. The design exploits non-mechanised means to create infection-safe environments and it explores possibilities of landscape integration characteristic of modern institutions.”
Catherine de Souza
University of Pretoria
Calayde Davey will represent Pretoria at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted on 30th March in Johannesburg.
The University of Pretoria student was placed first for her thesis entitled “Proximity - Vertical Agriculture at the Old Pretoria West Power Station."
Calayde says, “My thesis generates an architectural model for vertical hydroponic agriculture for the city of Pretoria on the existing industrial heritage site of the Old Pretoria West Power Station. It aims to aid in the development of a new productive urban building, productive urban landscape and ultimately a productive urban society for South Africa in the 21st century.” “The design also caters for a market and agriculture park as part of the food factory concept. The project is sustainable and resource-efficient and aims to become a model for reform through urban agriculture. The design is a seven-storey indoor food-growing building, constructed entirely from contemporary and experimental building materials in the forms of structural bamboo, structural steel and bamboo-reinforced concrete.”
Calayde Davey will represent Pretoria at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted on 30th March in Johannesburg.
The University of Pretoria student was placed first for her thesis entitled “Proximity - Vertical Agriculture at the Old Pretoria West Power Station."
Calayde says, “My thesis generates an architectural model for vertical hydroponic agriculture for the city of Pretoria on the existing industrial heritage site of the Old Pretoria West Power Station. It aims to aid in the development of a new productive urban building, productive urban landscape and ultimately a productive urban society for South Africa in the 21st century.” “The design also caters for a market and agriculture park as part of the food factory concept. The project is sustainable and resource-efficient and aims to become a model for reform through urban agriculture. The design is a seven-storey indoor food-growing building, constructed entirely from contemporary and experimental building materials in the forms of structural bamboo, structural steel and bamboo-reinforced concrete.”
Calayde Davey
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Nikhil Tricam will represent Port Elizabeth at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted in Johannesburg on 30th March.
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University student was placed first for his thesis entitled ‘Securing Our Future: The design of an Urban Health Precinct with emphasis on the Detailed Design of a Mother & Child Centre.’ Tricam says, “My project focuses on introducing urban spatial and formal hierarchy into the township through the introduction of an Urban Health Precinct with emphasis on the detailed design of a Mother & Child Centre, in the township of KwaZakhele, Port Elizabeth. The choice of building addresses the lack of adequate healthcare facilities in township areas as well as alarmingly low infant care standards.” “The treatise focuses on the investigation of the constituents of nurturing and healing space, as well as the introduction of identity and a sense of place within a historically segregationist, architectural identity-devoid context. The components of the building include a pre- and post- natal facility, delivery and recovery as well as an educational component to focus the empowerment of women from the community, drawing on their experience as mothers and caregivers to educate younger and first time mothers.”
Nikhil Tricam will represent Port Elizabeth at the national finals of Corobrik’s 24th Architectural Student of the Year event to be hosted in Johannesburg on 30th March.
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University student was placed first for his thesis entitled ‘Securing Our Future: The design of an Urban Health Precinct with emphasis on the Detailed Design of a Mother & Child Centre.’ Tricam says, “My project focuses on introducing urban spatial and formal hierarchy into the township through the introduction of an Urban Health Precinct with emphasis on the detailed design of a Mother & Child Centre, in the township of KwaZakhele, Port Elizabeth. The choice of building addresses the lack of adequate healthcare facilities in township areas as well as alarmingly low infant care standards.” “The treatise focuses on the investigation of the constituents of nurturing and healing space, as well as the introduction of identity and a sense of place within a historically segregationist, architectural identity-devoid context. The components of the building include a pre- and post- natal facility, delivery and recovery as well as an educational component to focus the empowerment of women from the community, drawing on their experience as mothers and caregivers to educate younger and first time mothers.”
Nikhil Tricam
Dirk Meyer, Managing Director of Corobrik says that today’s sustainability paradigm, that calls for a holistic approach where architects are now increasingly being required to address economic, social and environmental issues, demands not only creativity and design capability but a greater technical competence of architects about material choices and combinations of materials best able to achieve sustainable outcomes.
“In pursuit of our sustainability agenda, Corobrik has for a long time regarded the role of the architectural community as key to the future environmental integrity of our built environment, and it is therefore appropriate that we should continue to extend our commitment to the development of architects in South Africa through our support of the Architectural Student of the Year programme.”
“The focus of architecture today is very much about design and specification that ‘treads lightly’ on our earth both visually and in terms of impact on the environment, capturing the imagination and evoking feelings of inclusiveness and acceptance by the broader South African community. Encouraging all students to realize their potential, to think through all aspects of sustainability when creating their architecture and to produce the exceptional, underpins our commitment to the programme”, he concludes.
