Change by Design: Cape Town I South Africa I 2015 December 17, 2015
Change by Design is a series of international workshops, exploring participatory design as a tool for advocacy and socio-spatial transformation in marginalised urban areas, in collaboration with grassroots organizations, local NGOs and governmental agencies involved in slum upgrading and housing rights. We focused on Cape Town, South Africa in the inner city district of Woodstock, where housing rights and gentrification have become a hugely pertinent issue. Through a period of intensive fieldwork utilising participatory design tools, we generated strategies which…