This is some of my past work before rabble lab was formed.

Africa Centre, transformed. Some years ago, between 1999 and 2002, East Coast Architects designed and constructed the African Centre. Recently, in 2014, they were called back to accommodate an expansion of its research programmes, along with modern ICT and energy technologies. This is how they transformed this ‘unkempt prodigal son’ into a ‘presentable young adult’.

Text: Derek van Heerden and Kirsty Machen; Photography: Jacki Bruniquel

East Coast Architects recently carried out additions, alterations and renovations to the Africa Centre Campus at Somkhele, a multi- disciplinary research facility working with population health issues in rural Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Architect, BartJan Hooft discussed the project with us.

Text: Gregg Cocking; Photography: Jacki Bruniquel

School Out Of The Box (SOOTB) represents a targeted response to the declared basic norms for infrustructure for ALL schools in South Africa - rurl and urban alike - gazetted in 2013 by Angie Motshekga, mister of Basic Education, but yet to be acted on - by provincial (implementing agent) departments or anyone else as far as we know.

Text: Derek van Heerden and Wally Peters; Illustrations: Bartjan Hooft