Current Work: Wolff Architects

Описание: Recorded on February 15, 2022

Founded by Ilze Wolff and Heinrich Wolff in 2012, Wolff Architects has aimed to cultivate, in its own words, "an enduring public culture around the city, space, and personhood." Informed by the colonial history of its surroundings, the Cape Town-based firm excavates sites of historic inequity and erasure, using design, research, and advocacy tools to construct what it calls an "architecture of consequence." From urban-scale infrastructure to handmade zines, its work embraces "a multiplicity of means of representation and expression, rather than accepting the constraint of speaking through buildings," as described by The Architectural Review. 

In this video, Ilze and Heinrich Wolff discuss projects including:
-Cheré Botha School, a school for students on the autism spectrum and with intellectual disabilities;
-66 Greatmore, the refurbishment and repair of a local school built in 1916;
-Bahá’í House of Worship, a Congolese Bahá’í sanctuary inspired by the region’s historic architecture and natural features.

The lecture was introduced by Mabel O. Wilson. Wilson is the Nancy and George E. Rupp Professor in Architecture and also a professor in African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University, and the Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies.

The lecture was moderated by architect, designer, and educator Hayley Eber. Eber is the associate dean at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union and the principal of Studio Eber. ​​She holds an MArch from Princeton University, a BArch from the Cooper Union, and a BAS from the University of Cape Town.