MARKET VERSUS MALL. Catalysing public debate through new media technologies

Authors

  • Doug Anwar Jahangeer

Abstract

The Warwick Junction precinct, in Central Durban, is a major transportation hub: 560.000 people, most of them poor, pass through it daily. There, the Early Morning Market offers ingredients for a basic meal for a family of five for as little as ZAR 15 (USD 2). When late in 2008 the city of Durban announced its plan to replace the Market with a western-style privately owned shopping mall, the proposed re-development came as a shock.

Author Biography

Doug Anwar Jahangeer

Doung is a practicing architect, artist and educator. Having worked as an architect, he has become increasingly fascinated with the notion of ‘architecture without walls’, investigating the ‘spaces in between’. He has recently been awarded a large public commission for a public sculpture at Ellis Park.

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Published

2009-11-01

Issue

No. 13 (2009)

Section

Articles