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ape Town is famed as the veritable beauty queen of SA, fl aunting natural assets such as the pristine peninsula that’s primed for a sun-soaked holiday. But in recent years the southernmost
region of the country has unveiled an altogether diff erent side, as somewhere between the winding valleys, sandy coastlines and rugged trails, a creative energy’s been reinvigorating its streets, proving that the Mother City is as much about substance as style. To locals, the creative industry’s been gaining
strength for some time, a slow and steady growth that culminated in it being named World Design Capital 2014, sparking a year of dedicated programmes and spaces that showed off its untapped talent. Fast-forward four years and the city’s been named a Unesco City of Design, joining
1. The façade of the Zeitz MOCAA, designed by British architect Thomas Heatherwick.
2. Original elements of the building have been kept intact,
preserving its history. 3. Athi Patra-Ruga’s All Things Being Equal and Penny Siopis’s Transfi gure.
OUTSIDE, THE FAÇADE RETAINS A STRONG PHYSICAL PRESENCE, BUT FEELS REFRESHED BY THE GEOMETRIC PUFFS OF DISTENDED GLASS FOR WINDOWS.
31 destinations across the globe in a creative network of locales dedicated to investment and growth in these all-important industries, with a mandate to drive social and urban change.
ZEITZ MOCAA: A GLOBAL DESIGN ICON When Thomas Heatherwick fi rst walked into what’s
now the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) 12 years ago, the imposing tower of grain containers was already over eight decades old, entirely vacant except for the pigeon droppings that covered every surface of the 33m-high building. The British architect had been tasked with turning the 42 concrete tubes into something uniquely modern that would celebrate the culture of the city, in an up-and-coming area of the V&A Waterfront. The resultant space is a magnifi cent example of modern architecture. Outside, the façade retains a strong physical presence, but feels refreshed by the geometric puff s of distended glass for windows. Inside, Heatherwick’s team looked to a grain of corn as inspiration for the atrium. It’s here, at the heart of the structure, that you really get a sense of the scale of Heatherwick’s design, which sought to deconstruct the old bones of the grain storage and lend the building a cathedral-like quality through soft, gentle curves, light and space. On display you’ll fi nd art from entrepreneur
Jochen Zeitz’s personal collection, on a 20-year loan to the museum bearing his name, as well as moving exhibitions put together by the team under Chief Curator Mark Coetzee. The Zeitz MOCAA is a celebration of contemporary art and is also a dedicated showcase for the creativity of the African continent and its diaspora, with works by acclaimed artists such as William Kentridge, Kudzani Chiuri and Nandipha Mntambo covering the nine fl oors and walls of gallery space. V&A Waterfront, Silo District, S Arm Rd, Waterfront;
www.zeitzmocaa.museum
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