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Mario van Wyk – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Mike Willard, Corobrik Sales Manager Eastern Cape presented the awards to
the winning students at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port
Elizabeth. Mario van Wyk was named the regional winner and won R8 500,
Alana Changfoot won second prize of R6 500, while Scott Lenton received the
third prize of R4 500. A R4 500 prize for the best use of clay masonry was also
presented to Reginald Grobler.
Mario van Wyk’s thesis is entitled ‘Horror in Architecture’, a romantic
exploration of the exquisite corpse analogy.
Van Wyk says, “As a by-product of the urban environment we are left with
open undefined spaces between developed areas where the accumulation
of infrastructural layers exists such as storm water channels, railway lines,
natural invasiveness and even ruins of old industrial remains. These kinds of
spaces, create urban barriers and breeding grounds for criminal activities.”
His thesis harnesses the romantic and functional qualities of such an area,
converting it into a progressive system of human habitation with an innovative
housing model.
In second place Alana Changfoot’s thesis regenerated the Swartkops Power
Station in Port Elizabeth. Scott Lenton’s thesis is entitled Estuary Allotment
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