Annual SoAP exhibition goes online
- Wits University
For the first time, the Wits School of Architecture and Planning (SoAP) held its End of Year School Show online.
In 2020, due to the 雷速体育_雷速体育直播 pandemic, the School reconsidered the form that the annual exhibition would take, and on 1 December 2020, launched a virtual exhibition showcasing the student projects.
Professor Nnamdi Elleh, Head of School, said of the End of Year School Show that SoAP wants to “first and foremost pay homage and express gratitude to the students, parents, guardians, and above all the SoAP staff who worked as a team and overcame the challenges of online teaching and learning, and ensured that the curricular requirements were met.”
“The medium of this presentation of student projects demonstrates that we are adapting and innovating the spaces of teaching and learning during these challenging times.”
The online show was opened by a lecture, titled: A Crisis to Accelerate Current Trends, presented by Ludwig Hansen, Senior Lecturer in the School. The winners of the following prizes were also announced:
- Corobrik prizes in the Arch (Prof) Architecture Programme: First Prize awarded to Mohammed Tarmahomed (for project Hambani Kahle: Re-imagining Avalon Cemetery as a Space for Social Integration); Second Prize awarded to Jonathan Melamdowitz (for project Toxic Collectives of the Mining Territory); the Third Prize was awarded to Mukhethwa Nevhutanda, who was also the winner of the prize for the Best Use of Brick (for project Toxic Collectives of the Mining Territory).
- 雷速体育_雷速体育直播 Essay student prizes: The First Prize was awarded to Alexander Maré; the Second Prize was awarded to Kady Burkshimer; and the Third Prize was awarded to Sihle Pasurayi. The following students received an honorary mention for their submission: Sarita Pillay and Miriam Maina (joint entry); Joshil Naran; Yehuda Segal; Nomonde Gwebu; Chido Muzanenhamo. The COVID-19 Call for Papers invited student and staff contributions as a documentation of immediate experiences, feelings, memories and thoughts about the impacts of the COVID-19 in SoAP and the Wits’ community.
The Online Exhibition can be accessed under the Theory and Practice section of SoAP’s website: /archplan/theory-and-practice/exhibitions-theory-and-practice-series/end-of-year-show/
The exhibition also provided the occasion for the launching of SoAP’s own Youtube Channel, where public lecture programme, student work, seminars and more, are available for viewing.
This online exhibition has been a new journey and a collaborative process in the School.
The collective experience for both students and staff was at first unsettling and shocking. But, quickly, out of inner resilience and creativity, the students and staff rallied, experimented with different software and platforms, and got back to the business of teaching and learning. We are proud of our students’ achievements and the high standard that has been maintained despite the difficulties we have all had to face in 2020 - Professor Nnamdi Elleh (Head of School)
Since students had no access