2 February 2023
The 12 selected artists come from 9 countries and work in a wide range of design fields including architecture, urbanism, digital design, visual arts, photography, research and performance.
four mentors
They will be guided by four mentors who are experts in architecture, art and design. Artist, architect, critical space practitioner from Sudan, Ola Hassanain; architect, anthropologist and tech entrepreneur from Togo, Khensani Jurczok-de Klerk; curator and cultural practitioner from Morocco Hicham Bouzid and co-founder of WOROFILA, a collective of architects and engineers from Senegal and Cameroon, Nzinga Mboup.
In Building Beyond they will work on projects that re-imagine the future of public space, community and functionality in their own contexts. The program aims to foster thought leadership, promote criticality, reframe design-based practices, and contribute to an ongoing conversation on how creative practices rooted in locality and community can lead to new perspectives and promote transformative urban agendas.
With this programme we aim to contribute to an ongoing conversation on how creative practices rooted in locality and community can lead to new perspectives and promote transformative urban agendas that change how we inhabit our world.