JOHANNESBURG FROM BELOW

THE CITY | Johannesburg from Above

THE CITY | Johannesburg from Below

Alexandra/Marlboro signage | Photo credit: Lindsey BremnerSpaza shop, Downtown Joburg

THE CITY | Occupation of Joburg

Business in AlexandraOccupation of Marlboro factories

Hillbrow | Photo credit: Heather Mason

THE CITY | Reoccupying Downtown

Maboneng Precinct | Photo credit: Bheki Dube

THE CITY | Visual reclamations of space

RECLAMATIONS OF SPACE | “Black Taxis”

Wynberg AlexandraTaxi rank, CBD, Photo credit: Su Tomesen

CBD

Soweto

RECLAMATIONS OF SPACE | Taxi LanguageSoweto to CBD

CBD

Soweto

RECLAMATIONS OF SPACE | Taxi LanguageSoweto to CBD

CBD

Soweto

AlexandraSandton

RECLAMATIONS OF SPACE | Taxi LanguageAlexandra to Sandton

AlexandraSandton

CBD

Soweto

RECLAMATIONS OF SPACE | Taxi LanguageAlexandra to Sandton

AlexandraSandton

CBD

Soweto

Randburg

Tambisa

RECLAMATIONS OF SPACE | Taxi LanguageTambisa to Randburg

AlexandraSandton

Randburg

Tambisa

CBD

Soweto

RECLAMATIONS OF SPACE | Taxi LanguageTambisa to Randburg

RECLAMATIONS OF SPACE | 12th Language of Joburg

Taxi Hand Signals User Guide, Published by the City of Johannesburg

Stamps designed by Susan Woolf

RECLAMATIONS OF SPACE | Language as Identity

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Spaza shops

Spaza shops, Alexandra

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Employment structure of Spaza Shops

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Employment structure of Spaza Shops

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Employment structure of Spaza Shops

40 000 Gauteng shops

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Employment structure of Spaza Shops

40 000 Gauteng shops

people benefit

600 000

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Employment structure of Spaza Shops

Five most sold goods in Spaza shops

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Brief Interractions and small exchanges

Pan Africa Mall, Alexandra

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Mega-scale competition for Spaza shops

Spaza Shops

100 000Spaza shops in South Africa

7 000 000 000 Rindustry turnover

400 000employees

Minibus Taxi

150 000 Minibus taxis in South Africa

16 500 000 000 Rindustry turnover

600 000employees

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Small interractions accumulate to make for viable industry

Photo credit: Lindsay Bremner

RECLAMATION OF SPACE | Small scale

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT | Creation of sprawl

Fourways

Randparkrif

Weltevredenpark

Florida

Diepkloof

PaulshofSunninghill

Westfield

Edenvale

Glenvista

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT | Creation of sprawl

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT | Corridors of Freedom

Louis Botha Corridor

Turffontein Corridor

Empire-Perth Corridor

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT | Corridors of Freedom

Rea Vaya station, photo credit: City of Johannesburg

Street section for Corridor of Freedom, City of Johannesburg

Louis Botha Corridor before

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT | Public Space along Corridors of Freedom

Louis Botha Corridor after

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT | Public Space along Corridors of Freedom

Alexandra

Hillbrow

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Connection between Alexandra/Sandton and CBD

1 km

1 mile

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Adjoining neighborhoods

1 km

1 mile

Alexandra

Orange Grove

SydenhamMaryvale

RouxvilleBagleyston

Highlands North

Gresswold

Kew

Yeoville

MountainviewFellside

Hillbrow

Berea

Upper Houghton

Klipfontein

Lower Houghton

Cheltondale

Birnam

Waverly

Winston RidgeBramley

Elton Hill

AtholhurstRaumaraispark

Bramley

Bramley Park

Wynberg

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Adjoining neighborhoods

1 km

1 mile

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Spine of commercial activity

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1 mile

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Residential Neighborhoods

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1 mile

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Commercial/Public edges

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1 mile

1000 ft

1200 m

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Fellside to Maryvale

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Transition from Commercial to Residential

Abuts commercial Seperated by buffer

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Meeting the Street

Street wallSteps / level changeBalcony / canopyPortico

Street wallSteps / level changeBalcony / canopyPortico

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Meeting the Street

1 km

1 mile

1000 ft

1200 m

LOUIS BOTHA AVE | Potential site with open lot

MAT BUILDING

-low rise but high density

-courtyards emphasize a connection to the ground

-public space break boundary between louis botha and residential

-seperate realms for private space

-fine grain priveleges brief but intimate interractions

500 ft

600 m

PROPOSAL | Mat Building

500 ft

600 m

PROPOSAL | Grid

500 ft

600 m

PROPOSAL | Courtyards

500 ft

600 m

PROPOSAL | Places for public interractions

500 ft

600 m

PROPOSAL | Connected courtyards

500 ft

600 m

PROPOSAL | Private circulation