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To whom it may concern Pumflet ‘gladiolus’ will be on sale at the Adderley Street flower market on 30 November throughout the day. It documents the conversation between ourselves about Luyolo, the black neighbourhood in Simonstown that was completely demolished in 1964 and from where most of the residents were moved to Gugulethu; and about Redhill, a black neighbourhood where people were moved to Ocean View and of which ruins still remain today. During our research about Luyolo and Redhill we looked at the paintings of Gladys Mgudlandlu, an artist from Gugulethu and the writings of Gladys Thomas, a poet living in Ocean View, in an attempt to find visual and literary links to these historic and contemporary sit es of forced removal. ‘gladiolus’ documents our speculations on Mgudlandlu’s depictions of Cape Town’s built environment of the 1960s and also our discussions with the poet Thomas from her Ocean View home. Through the documentation we meditate on the way these sites were linked t...

BOOKINGS CLOSED The next Cape Town based OH will review the work of Andrews and Niegeman, focussing specifically on the architectural production of its founding partners  E.  Douglas  Andrews and Henk Th. O Niegeman.  The OH will include the Rex Trueform factories, Bertish factory (now House of Monatic) and SA Naval Staff College. Andrews and Niegeman are considered as Cape Town's pioneer modernist architects who produced innovative and creative work during the 1940s and 1950s. The work will be reviewed within the context of their time, taking stock of the kind of architectural space that was produced under the conditions of South African modernity such as racial segregation, industrialization and nationalism.  Prior to coming to Cape Town in 1936/7 Dutch born and trained architect Henk Niegeman travelled extensively working in Europe, Asia and Russia. He also worked in Belgian colonized Congo and is photographed here in a one-wheeled ri...

BOOKINGS By payment to: Open House Architecture cc Nebank Acc No:   123 21 35380 Branch code:    123 209 Ref: your name + 0805 Email proof of payment to tours@oharchitecture.com Bookings essential Spaces are limited Transport not provided MEET 17 Glen Avenue, Higgovale GPS LAT:         -33.940182 LONG:     18.402215 FEE R50 Students free CPD The event carries 0.3 Category one CPD points. Please send your SACAP no. with your proof of payment. LINKS http://www.studiomas.co.za/17-glen.php

In 2012, the house was included in a monograph OH tour in which the architects introduced the house with a story of its design. Click here to view a film of House Stekhoven with commentary by the architects. Here is an interview with Adèle Naudé Santos and Antonio De Souza Santos about their work in Cape Town between 1967 - 1972.  BOOKINGS By payment to: Open House Architecture cc Nebank Acc No:   123 21 35380 Branch code:    123 209 Ref: yourname + 2404 Email proof of payment to tours@oharchitecture.com Bookings essential Spaces are limited Transport not provided MEET 5 Ohlsson Way, Newlands GPS LAT:         -33°58’29.39 LONG:     18°27’29.41 FEE R50 Students free CPD The event carries 0.3 Category one CPD points. Please send your SACAP no. with your proof of payment.