Editor ' s Letter /
From the editor
As we become more aware of climate change , the issues around carbon emissions , access to commercial opportunites and the fact that sitting is the new smoking , we are changing the way we think about cities – and about residential estates . We ’ re moving away from the concept of dormitory suburbs and long commutes towards integrated mixed-use spaces where we can live , work , play and shop ; pedestrian-friendly spaces that allow us to take back the streets and leave our cars in the garage for days on end – or , at the extreme , not own cars and take an Uber when we want to travel further .
ESTATE LIVING
Founder / CEO Jaimé-Lee Gardner
COO / Publisher Louise Martin
Editor Jennifer Stern
Golf editor John Cockayne
Senior subeditor Thea Grobbelaar
Creative Peter Batistich
Contributors Zeenat Moosa Hassan Helen Grange Nia Magoulianiti-McGregor Tessa Buhrmann Di Brown
This trend is really taking off in South Africa so we ’ ve had a look at three very different groundbreaking precinct developments . The uMhlanga region on KwaZulu-Natal ’ s North Coast is rapidly developing into an integrated , well-planned greenfield precinct . In Gauteng , Midrand is becoming more and more urbanised , as the gap between Joburg and Pretoria closes up . But it ’ s not just one highway-dominated megalopolis . Smaller nodes of integrated mixed-use developments like Melrose Arch and Steyn City are creating mini-cities or neighbourhoods where people can live and work and play . But , in Cape Town , it ’ s the historic part of the city – the Waterfront , Sea Point and the Foreshore – that is becoming a spectacularly successful mixeduse precinct where locals and international celebrities alike enjoy the freedom to explore that beautiful strip between the mountain and the sea .
But we ’ re not limited to South Africa . We explore some of the more interesting old centres of cities around the world – proof that cities have been mixed-use spaces for centuries , even millennia . And – now for something completely different – we explore a somewhat out there community in the California desert , where the residents have created a precinct that fits their way of life and values . And perhaps that ’ s the lesson , really . Cities , precincts and estates – they evolve to meet the needs of residents , and those that fail to do so will not be successful . Precincts are not about spaces – they are about people .
Jennifer Stern
Brand ambassadors Jenelle Oosthuizen Esmeralda Stander Michele Jones
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