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DESIGN & THE WASSUP COOPERATIVEUniversity Collaboration in Johannesburg
New York, October 18 2011Columbia University
Anna RubboFaculty of Architecture, Design & Planning, University of Sydney
Luckie Manyisi + Lerato MonamaWASSUP
Jennifer van den BusscheSticky Situations
A PROJECT INITIATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM PROJECT TASK FORCE ON IMPROVING THE LIVES OF SLUM DWELLERS IN 2004
& DEVELOPED BYUNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF ROME
Almost one billion people live in slums including 56 million in developed countries
www.theglobalstudio.com
MILLENNIUM PROJECT JEFFREY SACHS, DIRECTOR
TASK FORCE 1
Poverty and economic
development
TASK FORCE 2
Hunger
TASK FORCE 3
Education and Gender Equality
TASK FORCE 4
Child Health and Maternal Health
TASK FORCE 6
Environmental Sustainability
TASK FORCE 7
Water and Sanitation
TASK FORCE 8
Improving the Lives of Slum
Dwellers
TASK FORCE 9
Open, Rule-based Trading Systems
TASK FORCE 10
Science, Technology, and
Innovation
TASK FORCES• 10 task forces established in 2002 to develop policies and strategies to achieve the 8 Millennium Development Goals
• Task Force on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers - report and recommendations.See A Home in the City (2005) - www.unmillenniumproject.org
TASK FORCE 5
HIV/AIDS Malaria, TB, Access to
Essential Medicines
UN EXPERTS GROUP
MILLENIUM PROJECT BACKGROUND : 2002 - 2004
TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS INFLUENCING GLOBAL STUDIO
° People must be agents of their own development
• Professionals need to come ‘down from the veranda’ (as Malinowski said) and into the ‘slum’, and listen to what people have to say.
THEORY INFORMING GLOBAL STUDIO
• Participatory planning and design & action research
• ‘Agency’- has to be understood in situations characterised by inequality > academic acupuncture concept
• ‘Capacity building’ and capability theory > social entrepreneurship> job creation and training> education and new partnerships
• Interdisciplinary cross sectoral approaches
GLOBAL STUDIO rationale
GLOBAL STUDIO aims
• Bring together city building professionals from around the world
•Work with, and learn from communities and individuals experiencing disadvantage.
• Develop appropriate participatory design and planning skills
• Encourage participants to take home lessons learned
• Create global networks of professionals, educators and students
• Encourage universities and professional organizations to address the MDGs through educational programs and practice
• Stimulate on-going interdisciplinary research and action
• Contribute to the effective implementation of the MDGs by placing communities at the centre of development decisions and plans.
• What do people like/ dislike about where they live?
• What would improve their lives?
• What physical changes would help improve their lives?
• What is the political, planning and historical context?
• Does the community have a vision for the future?
GLOBAL STUDIO initial questions
GLOBAL STUDIO 2005 Istanbul
Partners :UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEYCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ROMEISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYMIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYMIMAR SINAN FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY
Host universityISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Working with :UNION OF INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTSMAYOR of ZEYREK
Participants from 21 countries :
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala,
Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom,
U.S.A.
Project site : The historic district of Zeyrek in Istanbul, Turkey
GLOBAL STUDIO 2006 Vancouver
Partners :UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEYCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ROMEUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Host UniversityUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Working with:UN WORLD URBAN FORUM 3
Participants from 23 countries:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark,
Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico,
New Zealand,Papua New Guinea, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda,
United Kingdom, U.S.A,
Project site : Downtown Eastside, Vancouver : 5 communities
GLOBAL STUDIO 2007 - 2009 Johannesburg
Partners: UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF ROME UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBIDIEPSLOOT COMMUNITY
Hosts: UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Participants: 2007 : 52 Universities, 30 Countries2008 : 6 Universities, 4 Countries2009 : 17 Universities, 11 Countries
DIEPSLOOT
DIEPSLOOT
• Estimated population of 200,000
• Half of these live in informal dwellings
•Estimated un- and under-employment of 75%
• Crippling health problems due to aids
• Tensions in Diepsloot occasionally erupt in uprisings and riots giving rise to the town’s negative reputation.
•It is also a place of rich and dynamic communities.
INFORMATION HOUSING ENVIRONMENTARTS & CULTURE
GLOBAL STUDIO projects
GLOBAL STUDIO project Information + chalkboard
GLOBAL STUDIO project insulation
‘Arts In Action’ Festival
GLOBAL STUDIO diepsloot arts & culture network
Hip Hop sessions and ‘Diep Salute’ promo video
GLOBAL STUDIO diepsloot arts & culture network
Centre for Artists and Radio Station
GLOBAL STUDIO design projects
GLOBAL STUDIO design projects
PROJECT Design proposals
GLOBAL STUDIO design projects
CURRENT STATE of MANY OF DIEPSLOOT’S STREETS
PROJECT Environment
IMPLEMENTATION. MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADING PROGRAM
PROJECT Environment
PROJECT Environment
GIS MAPPING
2007 IMPLEMENTATION. INDIVIDUAL BUCKET DRAINSInnovative double sieve solution developed with local residents
PROJECT Environment
PROJECT branding
PROJECT ongoing engagements
2008 at the UN World Urban Forum, Nanjing, China
PROJECTS ongoing engagements
Formed STICKY SITUATIONS to facilitate projects that came out of Global Studio, and other projects followed
STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
WASSUP implementation STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
City of Johannesburg, through their implementing agent Johannesburg Development Agency, approved ZAR70,000 (USD9000) for a pilot program
Ward Councillor + Community Development Workers (UNWUF) assisted formulation of a Steering Committee representing the communiy.
July 2009 - March 2010 discussions and planning
STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
RECEPTION AREA
• Estimated population of 45,000
• Known for it’s volatile nature, therefore the City of Johannesburg was keen to see a co-operative of residents working in the area
• Sewer lines are too small to cope with current volumes, leading to constant blockage and breakage
WASSUP implementation
WASSUP implementation
WASSUP structure
WASSUP support team
• We meet every Thursday at 4pm for ongoing monitoring and decisions
• Yearly Workshop, January 2011 to determine our future Goals
WASSUP how we work
WASSUP our goals
• Better management and reporting systems
• To receive training in new technologies and methods
This is measurement of water loss with a kitchen measuring jug and a nokia cell phone over 1 minute.
We have discovered that 8 leaking taps are wasting 7920litres of water in 1 day.
Expand our work to:
• 1st - additional 150 toilets/taps/drains within 1 year
• 2nd - whole of reception area within 2 years
• 3rd - whole of Diepsloot within 3 years
• 4th - expand to other townships
WASSUP our goals
Financial sustainability, for example we are investigating:
• Selling of solar lights
• Recycling buy-back centres
WASSUP our goals
Site Management - Timesheets and Roster
WASSUP on site
Works with community to fix Toilets
WASSUP scope of work
Works with community to fix Drains
WASSUP scope of work
Works with community to fix Taps (faucets)
WASSUP implementation
Getting people to look after their toilets
We work with Diepsloot Arts & Culture Network for awareness and painting programs
WASSUP challenges
• Stolen taps (faucets)
• We are painting taps to see if we can track where they are going
• People are burning plastic cistern lids for fire because they burn for a long time and they don’t have money for wood or charcoal
• Storage space, we are currently storing tools and materials in our shacks
• We are trying to source an office and storage place
WASSUP challenges
COLLABORATIONS STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
DESIGN WITH THE OTHER 90% (Smithsonian / Cooper-Hewit) United Nations until January 9 2012
Collaboration with
Minna Ninova (GS Alumni), Global Studio, Sticky Situations,
Hosting Academics and Government programs such as:
• Local and National Government
• Training programs (Harvard Training Institute)
• JWTC: Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism (Judith Butler, Wendy Brown, Achille Mbembe),
COLLABORATIONS STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
Publication: Professor of Journalism at University of the Witwatersrand and well known South African Journalist, Anton Harber
Has lead to further collaborations on www.diepsloot.com + DIEP FM Community Radio Station
COLLABORATIONS STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
‘I Love You….. I Love You Not’ Public Art project collaboration with DACN [Diepsloot Arts & Culture Network’
The Trinigy Session, City of Johannesburg, Genevieve Blanchett (GS Alumni)
COLLABORATIONS STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
D.A.C.N.
COLLABORATIONS STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
www.wassupdiepsloot.com Charlotte Fliegner (GS Alumni)
I Love Diepsloot
COLLABORATIONS
www.diepslootarts.org Barnaby Bennet (GS Alumni)
STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
D.A.C.N.
COLLABORATIONS STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
D.A.C.N.
I LOVE DIEPSLOOT
T-Shirts raise funds for the Diepsloot Arts & Culture Network
ZAR100.00 (USD20.00) not including postage - orders taken today.
CONCLUSIONS
• Short term goal:
• GIS, Communities empowered to use tools and support WASSUP in its activities
• Longer term goals for Global Studio:
• Partner with communities and share the tools of education; ‘people as partners’
• Next Global Studio- Bhopal, India January 2012
THANK YOU
COLLABORATIONS STICKYSITUATIONS.ORG
D.A.C.N.
GLOBAL STUDIO BHOPAL
January 7-24, 2012
Things to keep in mind
Studio and research projects Mentors’ roleFacilitate and enable the work of the groupNot a traditional teaching role Seek participants’ inputs and agreementHelp manage group and community expectations
Participants’ roleExercise care with regard to community expectationsWork collaboratively and respectfullyWork with mentors towards productive outcomesProvide material for presentations and final report
EveryonePARTICIPATE: COLLABORATE: RESPECT: LISTEN: ENJOY
Stages
Interim presentation: January 17Learn across studio and research groups; feedback from invited guests
Final presentation: January 23Mentors and participants to invite community and other stakeholders to provide feedback
Report materials : by January 25Groups to provide materials for Global Studio 2012 report for www.theglobalstudio.com
HAVE A WONDERFUL TWO WEEKS!