The City Centre Sustainable Design Housing competition in South Africa is a joint initiative of the CIB Working Commissions in Architectural Design and Management (W096), Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (W116), and Construction in Developing Countries (W107); and the Future of the City Centre International Network as part of CIB’s 70th anniversary.
The City Centre Sustainable Design Housing Competition (CCSDHC) is for teams of third year architectural students, and students in other disciplines at ten South African universities, and is sponsored by the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) in South Africa and Boogertman and Partners. It is being hosted by the University of Pretoria, Department of Architecture.
The competition brief can be downloaded here
Competition workshops
In order to support the competition, a series of workshops will be held in August 2023 as a part of supporting and preparatory activities of CCSDHC. The workshops will cover a wide range of interesting topics in relation to architectural design and sustainability topics that respond to several UN Sustainable Development Goals. CIB members are invited to join the workshops and participate in aspects of the competition brief which may be of interest.
The proposed workshop programmme is outlined below:
Workshop 1
Wednesday 2 August 2023 16h00 SAST
- A briefing on the competition’s aim and the related information
- Future of the City centre and Plans for Pretoria-Tshwane
- The Site and its Context
Speakers: Professor Bob Giddings, Robert Rogerson, Francine van Tonder
Workshop 1 content download:
Workshop 1 video recording part 1
Workshop 1 video recording part 2
The Aims and Background of CCSDHC
Site Context
Drone footage of site location
Workshop 2
Wednesday 16 August 2023 16h00 SAST
- Affordable Housing
- Design of Housing
- Co-working and co-living
Speakers: Professor Bob Giddings, Prakshna Somai, Ezekiel Ntakirutimana, Sophie Pelsmakers
Workshop 2 content download:
Workshop 2 video recording
A case of Tshwane – South Africa
Co-working and co-living
Workshop 3
Wednesday 23 August 2023 16h00 SAST
- Environmental Sustainability
- Economic Sustainability
- Social Sustainability
Speakers: Jeremy Gibberd, Francine van Tonder, Gita Goven
Workshop 3 content download:
Workshop 3 video recording
Economic sustainability
Ideas and tools
Workshop 4
Wednesday 30 August 2023 16h00 SAST
- Use of External Space
- Innovative and Sustainable Technologies
- Indigenous Materials
Speakers: Professor Bob Giddings, Isaac Hartley
Workshop 4 content download:
Workshop 4 video recording
Innovative and sustainable technologies
Indigenous materials
External space
About the CCSDHC competition
The CCSDHC is open to teams of 2-6 third year architecture students from the following universities:
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology – Architectural Technology and Interior Design
- Durban University of Technology – Department of Architecture
- Nelson Mandela University – School of Architecture
- Tshwane University of Technology – Department of Architecture and Industrial Design
- University of Cape Town – the School of Architecture Planning and Geomatics
- University of Johannesburg – Architecture
- University of KwaZulu-Natal – Architecture, Planning & Housing
- University of the Witwatersrand – School of Architecture and Planning
- University of Pretoria – Department of Architecture
- University of the Free State – Department of Architecture
Further information
Any queries regarding the CCSDHC competition and submissions should be sent to [email protected]
