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Pumflet Luxurama

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" The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line—the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea"   W.E.B Du Bois   in “ Of the Dawn of Freedom ”   (from the Souls of Black Folk ,1903). In the twenty first century many will argue that  W.E.B's  quote is still  very much relevant ,others may say it is   all in the past and will/ not happen in the future.Must we let go of bygones already, does the past not affect our present day realities? Is closure the only way we can move forward ?  Pumflet Luxurama was commissioned by The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) as part of the   Live Art Festival 2018 . ''This  interdisciplinary festival is designed to challenge and extend the public's experience of live art ,in a non-commercial environment and make accessible the work of visual and performing artists who explore new forms, confront audiences and ex...
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Cheré Botha School Tour & Talk

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Wolff Architects was  commissioned by the Provincial Government of the Western Cape to design  th e Cheré Botha School.   Cheré Botha  is a Learners with Special Educational Needs  ( LSEN ) school  situated in Oakglen, Bellville, Western Cape and  accommodates learners from the ages of 3 -18. An artist impression of Cheré Botha School by: Leighton Arendse, a senior phase yr 3 learner at the school. Open House Architecture/Wolff Architects organized an event on the morning of the 18th of August 2018 of the recently opened school. Heinrich Wolff    along with Joey vd Westhuizen the school's principal gave a talk in the school hall on the design principles of the building, followed by questions from members of the architectural profession and the public in attendance. Visitors had an opportunity to tour the school building for the rest of the morning. This event was organized as a fundraiser for the school.   Heinrich...
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Conversations with artist:Studio Marx

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Event poster by:Wolff architects From the 2nd of August 2018, Wolff Architects  hosted a series of exhibitions on projects where we have collaborated with artists. ”Conversations with artists: Marx Studios" was the first.   This project involved the designing and construction of two studios for Maja and Gerhard Marx during    2016-7.  The exhibition featured the work of the two artists and architectural design drawings by Wolff Architects.  The drawings  depicts  how the Marx's artistic approach influenced the design and appearance of their studios, and how their working methods shaped the space, the way they move around their studios while working and how that influenced both plan and section. At the exhibition opening there was conversations about process, breakthroughs, key debates and  the fun  that was had by the four friends while co-creating.  Pictures of the exhibition opening by Masixole Feni. Artist: Maja Marx. Title:...
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Pumflet Rondehuis & Exhibition

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Cover Image:Paul Grendon We invited you to submit your photograph of an oppressive space.  We invited you to jo in the conversation around space, freedom and non-freedom. We invited you to challenge, with us, the oppressive bureaucracies, which through their indifference, stifle public conversations on the unfreedom experienced by architecture and in doing so, the articulation of ways out.We invited you to search with us for more antidotes. The response was phenomenal  1-50 Images Photographers list To view the full pumflet  follow the link:   https://issuu.com/ilzewolff/docs/pumfletrondehuis The pumflet 'rondehuis' exhibition opened on the 17th of May 2018 at 5pm at Wolff Architects in Bo Kaap, Cape Town. ‘rondehuis’ documents a public conversation around space, freedom and non-freedom.  On the night Chalwyn Thomas, a resident of Steinkopf and local researcher from  the Sandrift area ,gave a presentation on the construction and use, of the archite...
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