IAN MCBRIDE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
McBride ’ s thesis , entitled ‘ The Queer Commons : Interweaving Queer Space into Hillbrow as an Urban Resource for Johannesburg ’ s LGBTIQ Community ’, is a speculative architectural intervention that proposes a site of civic engagement to offer assistance to the growing social and psychological needs of Johannesburg ’ s LGBTIQ community . This proposal interweaves existing aspirations for the activation of the Windybrow Centre in Hillbrow with a new ‘ Queer Commons ’ that negotiates between much-needed structures of civic engagement in the area , as well as comprising an urban resource for Johannesburg ’ s LGBTIQ community .
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