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Architects: Office 24-7 Architecture
- Area: 2220 m²
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Natasha Dawjee Laurent
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Manufacturers: Corobrik, Dorma, Dulux, Flowcrete, Gyproc Saint-Gobain, Isover - Saint Gobain, Union Tiles
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Lead Architect: Nabeel Essa
Text description provided by the architects. The rural town of Moruleng is found along the slopes of the Mmammitlwa Mountains in the Northwest province of South Africa. It is the ancestral home of the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela people. Through a conceptual spatial layering of histories, the precinct forces a complete rethink of the notion of the cultural museum. Numerous historical influences on the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela community are at play in this space, from pre-colonial stone settlements and systems, to how Christianity and apartheid have affected this rural community, and also a future rich with possibility. The precinct talks to issues of localized identity in a global framework, as you move between age-old beliefs and traditions and present-day realities.
