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Q311: Metropolis

The “Metropolis” edition of Design Indaba magazine considers the world’s expected urban influx and the future role design should play.

Luyanda Mpahlwa + Mokena Makeka
Mokena Makeka and Luyanda Mpahlwa chat about using public space, culture, fun and romance to create an African architectural identity.
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One x one
From Berlin to Burkina Faso, Francis Kéré is building a bridge using education, upliftment, local materials and energy efficiency.
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Minus 90%
Design with the Other 90%: CITIES calls on design to address the most critical issues arising from the impact of mass urbanisation.
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Paradise?
Today life in Angola might seem bleak, but for the infrastructural development. Yet the people are convinced of the possibilities.
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Stranger
Photographer Damien Schumann spent six months documenting the fraught USA-Mexican border cities.
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Dignified chaos
The most populous city in China, Shanghai is experiencing urban development and cultural renewal on a grand scale.
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Of war reborn
While the remnants of 25 years of civil war clings to the urban fabric of Beirut, the city has managed to reinvent itself slowly.
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The power of 10
Using the city as the context for design, ExpoTENtial employs creativity as the driving force for a higher quality urban experience.
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Endemic systems
Known for its chaotic masses and vast economic disparities, Mumbai’s slums do not need a bulldozer but an alternative perspective.
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(In)formal connections
Jorge Mario Jáuregui works to integrate Rio de Janeiro’s favelas with the formal city, using articulation through public spaces.
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Tracking change
Rapid rail travel aboard the Gautrain has the potential to revitalise Johannesburg and Pretoria as thriving urban environments.
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Panoptical
Photographer Mikhael Subotzky and artist Patrick Waterhouse have been capturing the shifting moods of Ponte City in Jo’burg since 2008.
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Visualising the city
Experimenting with data and transport route design, Black Hat and Nimbus show that there’s more to an urban environment than architecture.
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