The Mamre Revitalization Project |
The Mamre Revitalization Project is an initiative by the City of Cape Town to promote the preservation and restoration of Mamre’s rich heritage resources, while helping to alleviate poverty and promote skills transfer. Eco Design Architects was appointed by the City to assist the community with this project, which is now in it's third phase: Phase 1 – Public Participation (2008): An extended process of community consultation and design workshops (Charettes) were undertaken to determine the wants & needs of a small project serving the community, while promoting heritage building skills knowledge and job creation. The community expressed their ideas for the location and type of project (i.e. guest house, tea room etc) would be of most benefit to the people of Mamre. Eco Design Architects then took all the ideas and created a blueprint that encompassed the full range of ideas and their locations for both infrastructure and building projects, within an order of priority. For more information about this project: http://mamrerevitalization.wordpress.com For current updates and pictures: Eco Design Project Gallery
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