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Reflexive Recalibration. 2023
Key works and informants of UrbanWorks from 2008 - 2023. The reflection allows for the scraping of core themes which can be recalibrated towards a more necessary practice in more volatile, urgent and resourceful times. 

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UrbanWorks Architecture and Urbanism is an interdisciplinary design-research studio operating in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.


Founded in 2008 by architect, urban designer, and researcher Thireshen Govender, UrbanWorks was borne out of a simultaneous frustration and curiosity around contemporary urban space and how it was being navigated in post-apartheid South African cities.

Through immersive, experimental, and interdisciplinary explorations and provocations around space as a political instrument, UrbanWorks engages critically with the cultural and economic infrastructures of South African cities. This is achieved using the four key pillars of urbanism, architecture, research and teaching, and interventions.

Research and teaching through the University of Johannesburg Graduate School of Architecture. 

A collaborative research and advocacy initiative studying the emerging spaces of micro-economies. 

A collaborative outlet space for all things urban located in Maboneng.

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