The house design was designed by teams including Tom Dixon, Shigeru Ban, David Adjaye, Thomas Heatherwick And Klein Dytham for Design Indaba’s 10×10 Housing Project at Freedom Park in Cape Town, South Africa. The designs were the result of collaborated between local and international architects. It purposed to provide family homes for a budget of just 65,000 Rand (£4,300/$8,600)..
An annual conference gathering the world’s brightest talent from across the creative industries was Design Indaba. A broad church was made for the graphic design, advertising, architecture, film, music, fashion design, industrial design, craft, visual art, new media and publishing sectors. The institution was well-established with a 12-year history.
Promoting the design industries in South Africa and celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Design Indaba, some spin-off projects was released to encapsulate the best of design in a unique project setting. These projects were as Design Indaba 10 x 10’s. It brought it to create a brand image for others to benefit from.
Design Indaba 10×10 Housing Project:
An issue of huge social relevance in South Africa, and indeed globally was a Design Indaba Community Project Low-cost housing. Based on a significant global statistic was that this year, 50% of the World’s population stayed in urban areas. The impact was seemed in the townships of South Africa. LN Sisulu, South Africa’s Minister of Housing gave a high profile of a number of national initiatives. The government’s position was stated by the minister. The developers, financial institutions and the construction industry were encouraged to deliver on the visions and goals of the National Housing Policy.
To provide innovative and dynamic design solutions for the low cost housing sector (on a completely pro-bono basis), the 10 x 10 Housing Project engaged 10 architectural teams. Each team involved a South African architect working alongside an international architect. It aimed to create 10 distinct designs and to change the perception that low-cost housing was outside the realms of design innovation and architectural significance. The construction of 10 houses and the production of a “users” manual was the aimed of the challenge. The Minister of Housing presented, and the open-source prototypes would be provided for the future.
In Freedom Park in Mitchell’s Plain would build the houses. These houses would be given to 10 families in need. “Create a better future, by design” for ten of Cape Town’s most impoverished families were the goal. They would be guaranteed a sponsor in PG Bison, who would pay for the cost of building the houses.
The brief to the architects determined designing a house of at least 42 m2 with a budget of R50 000, in order to fall within the parameters of a current RDP house. Because of the 30% inflation in the local building industry over the duration of the project, we were required to concede in an increase in budget.
Freedom Park
Freedom Park was located in Mitchell’s Plain, about 40 km from Cape Town city centre. They were provided 10 plots in the greater Freedom Park development on which to build the 10 Design Indaba houses. We cooperated with the Freedom Park Development Association (FPDA), the Development Action Group (DAG), and Niall Mellon Township Trust (NMTT) who were bound in the building of a total of 493 low-cost houses in Freedom Park.
Families
The allocation of the houses would be held in mid-June 2007, in the form of a lucky draw audited by KPMG. Eligible (and willing) families from the Freedom Park Development entered the draw and on a cold. The members of our team, the Freedom Park community and partners drew wintry Cape morning 10 names. To explain the project and its objectives, the families had workshop.
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