 The John Moffat Building | |
| Established | 1922 [1] |
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Parent institution | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Head of School | Prof Nnamdi Elleh [2] |
Academic staff | 32 [2] |
| Location | Johannesburg , Gauteng , South Africa 26°11′24.72″S28°01′45.75″E / 26.1902000°S 28.0293750°E |
| Website | Official Website |
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The School of Architecture and Planning is one of seven schools in the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. [3]
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The School hosts the Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies, a platform for urban research, learning and civic engagement.
In recent years the centre has focused on ’urban materialities’ and the place of the poor in South African cities, including how material realities of contemporary cities (their built environments at different scales, access to urban goods and central spaces, consternations about urban physical and political orders) affect urban citizens, particularly marginalized groups.
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