Local architecture gets a platform
Local architecture gets a monthly platform through the new Corobrik-sponsored initiative.
COROBRIK’S ongoing support of architects and architecture has been extended with the sponsorship of the South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) KZN First Thursdays – a monthly programme which showcases the work of local architects through a range of evolving themes.
The inaugural programme, Changing Colour Exhibition, was launched to a captivated audience at The Heritage House in Glenwood earlier this month.
“Architecture is one of our greatest forms of public art yet – unlike with traditional art – we don’t have galleries that display and explain these intricate structures. The innovative SAIA-KZN First Thursdays programme gives architects an incredible platform to feature and explain their work – and the public a chance to see the story behind the building,” explained Musa Shangase, Corobrik’s Commercial Director.
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The SAIA-KZN First Thursdays programme, started by SAIA-KZN in conjunction with the Glenwood-based First Thursdays network, will consist of an architectural exhibition, film screening and discussion or activity, all of which is centred on a new theme every month. The March theme ‘Changing Colour’ is an extension of the work by black South African architects which featured in the Changing Colour Journal.
“We had such a positive response to the journal, Skura Mtembu, the guest editor and fellow vice-president at SAIA, suggested we launch this programme. Through my experience as a woman of colour, an architect, and a Mandela Washington Fellow, I am driven to create architecture that is more publicly accessible and relevant,” explained programme organiser, Adheema Davis.
Davis explained that the Glenwood First Thursdays programme is a great vehicle for this public endeavour: “We hope to use this network to make architecture, the meaning and practice, more accessible.”
The exhibition runs at The Heritage House, 160 Bulwer Road in Glenwood, and is open to the public, free of charge, from 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. The new exhibition theme will be launched on the first Thursday of every month, announced on the SAIA-KZN Facebook page and on Instagram (@SAIA-KZN).
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