Crossfade Activation
(Friday and Saturday, 18:00 – 23:00 | Open event, free of charge) PROVOCATION As sound is carried in memory and carries individual resonance that has the potential to transcend to the collective, this exhibition involves sound as a primary medium in exploring the potentials of multiplicity of meaning in a contemporary urban context. This, brought […]
Designing Cape Town’s Creative CBD : 2014 – 2024
(Friday, 10:30 – 11:30 | Register for free) ‘Designing Cape Town’s Creative CBD’ will explore how Cape Town can revive the creative energy it experienced as the 2014 World Design Capital. The talk will address how the pandemic impacted the creative sector, closing vital spaces and stifling innovation. Now, as the city emerges from these […]
Modular Parklet Activation at Cape Town Station Precinct
(Thursday – Sunday | Open event, free to attend) As part of Design Week South Africa, we’re showcasing the first-ever modular parklet in the bustling Cape Town Station Precinct. While this installation is a celebration of public space, it also serves as a protest against the long approval process for parklets in the city, which […]
Exploring the Iyatsiba Lab: Art, Humanities, and the Future of Post-Apartheid Freedom
(Saturday, 14:00 – 15:30 | Register for free) Join a special visit to the Greatmore Iyatsiba Lab, facilitated by Professor Premesh Lalu, former director of the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) and author of Undoing Apartheid. This event, part of Design Week South Africa, offers an exclusive opportunity to explore how the University of the Western […]
Discussion: South Africa’s Future Public Transportation Interchange
(Friday, 14:00 – 15:30 | Register for free) The event, South Africa’s Future Public Transportation Interchange: Cape Town Train Station, is part of Design Week South Africa and Transportation Month. It will focus on the R1.5 billion redevelopment of the Cape Town Station Forecourt, exploring the future of transit-oriented development (TOD) and public-private partnerships (PPP). […]
Dunoon Site Visit – Housing, Waste, and Mobility Planning
(Friday, 8:30 – 13:00 | Register for free) As part of Design Week South Africa, join the Young Urbanist team on Friday, 25th October, for a site visit to Dunoon, one of Cape Town’s rapidly evolving urban areas. This excursion will begin at the Civic Centre in the CBD, where guests will take the MyCiTi […]
Discussion: South Africa’s Future Townships, Dunoon, Khayelitsha & Langa
(Thursday, 17:30 – 19:30 | Register for free) The rapid expansion of areas like Dunoon, Khayelitsha and Langa highlights the need for better urban design strategies that address not only livability but also broader lessons in urban development. While formal areas of South Africa have traditionally been the focus of urban design, less formal and […]
Rosebank Street Experiment Activation: Bath Avenue
(Friday, 13:00 – 15:00 | Register for free) As part of Design Week South Africa, powered by Yoco, and October Transportation Month, join us for the Rosebank street experiment activation on Bath Avenue, where we will reimagine the future of pedestrian-friendly streets in the heart of Rosebank. Organised by Young Urbanists with The Rosebank Management […]
Walking Tour with dhk Architects
(Saturday, 10:00– 13:00 | Register for free) How can a building activate the streets around it? As architectural designers, dhk Architects has shaped the Cape Town skyline over the past 26 years. Join dhk Partners, Guy Briggs and Pierre Swanepoel, on a guided tour of the Cape Town CBD. An engaging 2.5 hour walk and […]
Open Studio with dhk Architects
(Thursday, 15:30 – 19:00 | Register for free) Visit the dhk Architects studio to meet the team responsible for some of South Africa’s most iconic architectural and urban design projects, from expansive masterplans, to soaring skyscrapers to low-rise heritage refurbishments – and others located in places further afield. Find out what makes the design-led studio […]