Jabu Makhubu (Unit 15(X)) won a place in the US Embassy-funded project, Resilient Cities,
which kicked off in the US on 7-25 May.
Jabu travelled to a number of American cities, including Washington, DC, Miami, New York, L.A., Las Vegas and New Orleans, to look at issues of water resource management, grassroots urban environmental advocacy and ‘green’ buildings. Jabu is one of five urban designers/architects from Egypt, Jordan, Peru, Nepal and South Africa on the project.
Unit 15(x) Student photos published Three students in Unit 15(X) have had their work featured in The Journal of Good Governance Africa (Issue 45, April – June 2018). Nina Coe, Juan du Plessis and Denver Smith were published in Jamie Hitchen’s article, Complex Politics Complicate Urban Development. Informal Settlement in Kampala.
© Nina Coe, Unit 15(X) 2018, GSA
Unit 14’s work featured at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
Unit 14 is proud to have a selection of its work included in the Japanese Pavilion of Venice Architectural Biennale 2018. The pavilion is curated by Momoyo Kaijima of Atelier Bow-Wow, Laurent Stalder and Yu Iseki. Titled ’Architectural Ethnography: Portraits on Livelihood’, the purpose of the exhibition is to build platforms for active discussion of ecological issues in architectural and urban theory and visualisation of the 21st-century architecture. From hybrid buildings in high-density cities to spaces used for urban-rural exchange, the exhibition introduces a comprehensive collection of unique architectural speculations that are not dominantly defined by the architectas-creator, but instead that are fitted into their local contexts in Tokyo and globally. The Unit’s work will feature alongside 40 research projects across the world. The exhibition is open from May 26 to 25 November 2018.