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GP GREYVENSTEIN - 2019 WINNER ( R70 000 PRIZE MONEY ) NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY
Entitled ‘ The Design of a Merino Wool Processing Facility in Barkly East , Eastern Cape ’, Greyvenstein ’ s thesis focuses on a sustainable factory as a rural regenerative system . The subject was sparked by the concerning state of the rural Eastern Cape , where high-impact programmes are needed to boost agrarian reform to revive dying small towns . The project revisits the typical exclusive factory type to create an inclusive space where the
community is involved and celebrated . The building is constructed using materials of the region , local clay bricks and a lanolin-treated timber structure , methods familiar to local craftsman and builders . The building takes inspiration from the cultural , immediate township scale and mountainous context to generate a unique architecture responding to the harsh climate of the highlands of South Africa .
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