

Aamena Vally
The Art of Making: Traditional Arts as a catalyst for Social and Spatial Integration at the Johannesburg Gas Works.
Education
Egoli gas works, Gauteng, ZA

Alexander Maré
Tracing the Lines of Lost Phenomenology at Kasteelberg: layering counter cartographics and archaeological architectonics to celebrate forgotten Khoekhoen history.
Landscape interpretation centrel
Kasteelberg, Western Cape, ZA

Andrew Boyazoglu
Corrivatio Aquarum. Holistic intervention generating ecological harmony through the principles of aquascaping within the Johannesburg Zoo.
Mixed-use, Water Management
Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Annika Morris
Waiting for the Train: exploring adaptive reuse, hybrid typologies, and third spaces within the ruins of Benoni station.
Mixed-use
Benoni, Gauteng, ZA

Arabella Ingham
Saltwater Precinct: Adaptive Reuse of Dilapidated Crayfish Factory in Elands Bay, West Coast.
Workspace
Elands Bay, Western Cape, ZA

Bruna De Almeida
Liminal Anchors: A living archive for Portuguese cultural identity in Johannesburg South.
Cultural / mixed-use
Johannesburg South, Gauteng, ZA

Claudia Ava Glashoff
Embers: Revealing the Layers of Time, Land, and Memory in Walker Bay.
Cultural / Educational / Research
Walker Bay Nature Reserve, Overstrand, Western Cape, ZA

Duncan Powell
MIN House:Towards a sustainable social-housing model.
Housing
Boksburg, Gauteng, ZA

Dyuneko Maluleke
Bridging Divides: Fostering the economic porosity of Soweto Country Club through public spaces.
Skills Development Centre
Pimville, Gauteng, ZA

Gerald Phiri
Shadow Sanctuary: A Space of Refuge for Sex Workers.
Mixed-use
Berea, Gauteng, ZA

Igor Silva
Third Spaces: A centralised social interaction hub for community engagement in Joburg South.
Community Centre
Linmeyer, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Ipfi Makuya
Empowering Architecture: Disrupting the norm in Wynberg through Entrepreneurship.
Mixed-use/ Industrial
Wynberg, Gauteng, ZA

James Breytenbach
Recoding the Buffer Zone: Building for Environmental and Spatial Agency in Alexandra.
Mixed-use
Alexandra, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Jason Hanger
A Concrete Jungle: Cultivating an Urban Habitat for Human-Synanthropic Balance in Johannesburg.
Institutional
Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Juliana de Freitas
SoundProof: Re-interpreting the role of music for the youth in Sophiatown as a catalyst for a school of sound.
Education
Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Justine Zoe Croker
BioSynergy Research Facility: a sustainable and biomimetic research facility for bionics in the heart of Johannesburg’s medical research hub.
Research Facility
Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Kagiso Morake
Nkompon: The reconstructed mining compound for the community and mine workers in Vaal Reefs.
Housing
Vaal Reefs, North West, ZA

Kurhula Maluleke
Harvesting Hope: Cultivating Economic and Social Renewal through Agriculture in Richmond, KZN.
Agricultural Education
Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

Lauren Kleinhans
Breaking and [RE]Making: Architecture as Mediator between
Consumption and Conservation
Mixed-use/ Industrial
Groot Drakenstein Valley, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

Leticia Du Plessis
Liminal Constructs: Shaping the Threshold Between Physical and Digital Realities withing a Creative Incubator in Braamfontein.
Multi-Modal Innovation/ Culture/ Mixed-Use
Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Liam Gaillard
Building Experience: Exploring architectural experiences through artisanal spaces.
Mixed-use/ Educational
Newtown, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Luke Jasper
Understanding Identity at the Intersection of Diverse Communities: Alternative school typologies from the ground up.
Education
Alexandra - Marlboro Gardens, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Mabel Mhona
"Kudzokera kumidzi" Back to the roots: A culturally sensitive rehabilitation centre for drugs and substance abuse in Zimbabwe.
Healthcare
Beatrice, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe

Mandisa Mtshali
S A K H ‘ I K H A Y A: Reclaiming Space and Redefining Community in Mamelodi, Pretoria.
Community centre
Mamelodi, Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

Mehnaz Jamil
'Minaret' of the Mind: Reimagining healing spaces through Islamic architectural design principles in Ladysmith.
Mixed-use and Healthcare
Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

Michaela Naidoo
Urban Riverscapes: A resilient Water Research Centre on the Jukskei River.
Mixed-use
Alexandra, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Mickyle Berling
Threads Of Dunusa: Weaving civic space through urban cultures of secondhand economies in Johannesburg CBD.
Civic and cultural infrastructure
Johannesburg CBD, Gauteng, ZA

Mohammed Patel
Multivalent Urbanism: Eikenhof, A Site of Multivalent Urban Layers: Addressing The Overlapping Functions of Trade, Mobility, Sanitation and Memory.
Civic Architecture
Eikenhof, Johannesburg South, Gauteng, ZA

Munashe Mombo
Spatial Crevices of the Mind: Designing for Autonomy: Exploring phenomenological design in Rehabilitative Environments for children with Cerebral Palsy.
Rehabilitation & Residence
Vosloorus, Gauteng, ZA

Natasha Spronk
Layers of Learning: Rethinking school infrastructure to integrate biophilic and community-centred design into a disconnected urban context.
Educational
Midrand, Gauteng, ZA

Obakeng Tsimane
The Symphony of Place: Mapping the Spatial Reality of Jazz in the Township.
Community
Orlando, Soweto, Gauteng, ZA

Paul Wilson
Adaptive NHI: Adaptive NHI Transforming Private Sector Spaces into Public Healthcare Solutions
Medical
Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Phathutshedzo Nevhungoni
Mavu ɛmˈeɪˈviˈju/ [MA-VU]: Meaning “Soil” in Tshivenda. Preserving, storing and sharing of Indigenous African knowledge through a site-specific building in the Lake Fundudzi basin.
Mixed-use
Lake Fundudzi, Limpopo, ZA

Rakhi Gopal
Resilient Roots: Designing a women's shelter that fosters healing through Ayurvedic and Biophilic architecture along the coast of Kwazulu-Natal.
Mixed-use (holistic healing centre)
Kwazulu-Natal, Desainager, ZA

Rotondwa Mulaudzi
Vhumatshelo: The Impact of Educational Architecture on Student Outcomes in Rural Venda.
Education
Thohoyandou, Limpopo, ZA

Salma Jawoodeen
Re-fitting Fietas: Crafting Community and Commerce through Home Industry in a Mixed-Use Urban Tapestry.
Mixed-use
Pageview, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Samuel Kagiso Ramohlola
Alexandra’s Architectural Fabric: The Psychological Impact of Space.
Mixed-use
Malboro Gautrain Station, Gauteng, ZA

Sibulele Ncalo
Ukhuphuhliswa kwezolimo: Empowering Engcobo Through Skill-Based Small-Scale Farming.
Education
Engcobo, Eastern Cape, ZA

Tania Rossouw
Bridges of Beliefs: A multi-denominational learning centre & archive to showcase religious diversity in South Africa
Institution/ Education
Country View, Midrand, Gauteng, ZA

Tanika Pimenta
Estrangeiro: Mediating the Portuguese-speaking community through a dialect-focused cultural sanctuary in La Rochelle, Johannesburg.
Mixed Use, Education, Recreation
Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Yajna Fakir
Healing In Motion: Exploring architecture’s role in shaping spaces that nurture physical, emotional and cognitive wellbeing for individuals with Multiple Sclerosis through a rehabilitation centre in Benoni