Urban Design Framework | Towards sustainable communities

2006 CNU| award of excellenceCabinda, Angola

2013 SAHF| housing project of the yearFleurfhof, Soweto, JHB

2012 CNU | GRAND PRESTIGE PRIZEVerkykerskop, Freestate

Urban Design Framework | Towards sustainable communities

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PROGRAM:

Residential: 300 mixed income Residences

Home agriculture: 300 small scale food gardens

Roofed agricultures: 100 medium size roofed food gardens

Agriculture/ Conservation: 35 hectares [86.4 acres] immediate farmland/ conservation area

Civic: farm schools with digital library, day clinic, meeting halls and pension pay-points, shops, artist residences, recreation facilities, farm facilities, police station, retirement housing cluster and boutique hotel

ordering principals

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Free State:livestock route

1994_LANDSCAPE: existing movement routes and buildings

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2007_”UITSPANNING”: establish the Center

1 Uitspan

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2007_ACTIVITY SPINE/ VISUAL AXIS

1 Uitspan

2 Retreat and Recreation

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2011_PRODUCTION: agricultural activities

1 Uitspan

2 Retreat and Recreation

3 productive living

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2015_LANDSCAPE: inclusive agricultural town

1 Uitspan

2 Retreat and Recreation

3 productive living

4 “Aansluit”/ Boutique Hotel

5 “Buitepos”

MACRO CONTEXT

LESSONS LEARNED

1 Recycling of towns, buildings and places

2 Small towns to act as drivers for social and ecological change

3 “Active” Green belts

4 “Smart living” compendium: review of planning regulations

5 Smart growth = slow adaptable growth

6 Strengthening the enabling role of the environment

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“smart growth is slow growth“ (Serfontein, 2007).