tance of
hitecture
unicipal building – the first dedicated, modern library for the small Eastern
lasting and meaningful community mark on the project.
represented in the new building.
Debbie Wintermeyer, who heads the SVA Eastern Cape office and attended
the workshop, outlined the aims of development. Although civic projects
usually undertaken for the Department of Roads and Public Works tended
to be heavily prescriptive in design, she said the firm managed to convince
authorities to allow for more of a creative licence – a move which would
ultimately be to the benefit of the 5 000-strong Kareedouw community, she
said.
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