The City of Cape Town's successful bid for World Design Capital 2014 was coordinated by the Cape Town Partnership, in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders and supporters.
What is the role of the practice of architecture and architectural professional in this day and age? How does the built environment reflect and help shape the society we live in? These were just some of the questions posed by speakers and panellists on the first day of the AZA 2012 conference, held at Cape Town City Hall from 13 to 16 September 2012.
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The preparation for Cape Town's year as World Design Capital 2014 has entered its next phase: The board has been announced and are now starting the process of recruiting those who will be responsible for delivering on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the city.
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The Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, received the World Design Capital 2014 plaque in Helsinki last week, and had this to say:
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Friday 9 November 2012 saw the official announcement of the voluntary board that will govern the implementation of Cape Town's World Design Capital 2014 programme.
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Self-taught social designer Stephen Lamb of Touching the Earth Lightly together with artist Andrew Lord created a mesmerising upside-down bamboo forest sprouting mushrooms for the Manila-based Litre of Light Foundation's pavilion at the 9th annual Shanghai Biennale. The pavilion is a prototype of sorts for some of the low-tech, low-cost and more sustainable housing solutions that Touching the Earth Lightly wants to pilot in Cape Town.
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At TEDxStellenbosch 2011, social impact designer Marika Shioiri-Clark spoke about empathic architecture and her experience working on the Butaro Hospital in Rwanda. One year and an IDEO.org fellowship later, she spoke to TEDxStellenbosch curator Gareth Pearson about sanitation solutions being piloted on the African continent, and what Cape Town can learn from them.
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This prestigious status is designated biennially by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) to cities that are dedicated to using design for social, cultural and economic development.
This title will give Cape Town a chance to showcase its achievements and aspirations through a year-long programme of design-led events and activities as World Design Capital designees Seoul (2010) and Helsinki (2012) have done. The official World Design Capital logo is strictly prohibited from appearing on any platforms besides those used by the official World Design Capital. For more information, please visit www.worlddesigncapital.com.
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