aids in South Africa
2011-2012
IDEC STUDENT COMPETITION
IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council)
Project Description
Twin sisters Batkithi and Bonisani Masoko, and their younger sister Xolisile are typical teenagers in South Africa. They attend school, finish their chores, and talk with their friends. Batkithi and Bonisani look out for their little sister and make plans for their future. But they do all of it alone. Their parents are dead,both victims of the AIDS epidemic. The graves are located within sight of the girls' front door.
The Masoko sisters are part of what has become South Africa's "Lost Generation", the children who have had one or both of their parents die from HIV/AIDS.
Read more about it here:
AIDS orphans in South Africa face uncertain Future. (March 25,2009). PBS Newshour: Retreived May 4, 2011, from
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june09/orphans_03-25.html
Eddy, G. & Holborn, L. (May 4, 2011). Fractured families: A crisis for South Africa. Moneyweb. Retrieved May 4, 2011, from
http://www.moneywebb.co.za/mw/en/page292681?oid=536339&sn=2009+Detail
Women and Children in South Africa. (n.d.). UNICEF. Retrieved May 4, 2011, from
http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/children.html
Identify the problems that South Africa's "Lost Generation" face. Explore their various needs such as safe housing, education, and access to healthcare or community support. Choose on aspect of a problem that speaks to your team and develop a design response located within their country, while representing their culture and heritage. Consider the available community resources and propose a solution to the problem. The design may be as small as a cart or as large as a building as long as a need is identified and a solution is communicated.
Pulse
As one walks the streets, they see the train passing on top of the underpass and under it many lights, while shifting in different colors, are pulsing. They are intrigued and start walking toward it. One would say the structure looks as if it falls into its surroundings. As they get closer, they notice these solar panels that give power to the lights during the day, with the sun being the main source of light during the day and at night electrical lighting takes over allowing for a safer passageway for pedestrians. They see the reveled beams through this milled acrylic panel that are lighting up with LED’s. Earth tones blend the manmade structure within its natural environments. Lighting and color accentuates the overall experience they will have while actually in the space. That is also going to be noticeable in the “glowing” shifting walls as they seem to come from the ground. The cove lighting from the ceiling releases this yellowish glow while making the underpass feel warm and a comfortable place. As one would say the underpass will be the focal point during the daytime as well as nighttime. As day turns into night, the underpass becomes a stronger, independent entity. There is a hierarchy created in the space as it shift from outside to the inside of the underpass. While promoting fitness through this underpass, one would also say that the place seems familiar. They say that because the underpass “captures” the city where every pedestrian, whether on foot, bike or rollerblades, will pause and see the history of the city of Greensboro and its Greenway Underpass.
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