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What is Yeoville Studio?

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Yeoville Studio, is a partnership between the Wits School of Architecture and Planning and the Yeoville Stakeholder Forum (YSF), its supporting organisation Yeoville Bellevue Community Development Trust (YBCDT), and the French Institute in South Africa (IFAS).  The studio is located within the Wits School of Architecture and Planning – under the auspices of the Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies (CUBES).    Yeoville Studio has been running since October 2009. It was launched in Yeoville on the 28 February 2010, with a series of workshops around four major themes:  

  1. Urban Stories
  2. African Diversity
  3. Public Space
  4. Housing    


The objective of Yeoville Studio is to work closely with organisations in Yeoville to produce relevant and locally-adapted research; and to disseminate findings to Yeoville residents in a way that enables them to use it for advocacy and sustainable development. The project also entails training Architecture and Planning students to work with communities and to locate their professional practice in real-life situations.     

A participatory approach capturing Yeoville stories   

Overall, the objective of the Yeoville studio is to encourage both residents and future planners to think about the following:

  • What does it means to live in Yeoville?      
  • How could residents have more say in their environment?      
  • What are local issues that matter to people?
  • How can we think creatively together about possible responses to these issues?

In this process of interaction, Yeoville Studio captures many urban stories, memories, perceptions, fears, dreams and imaginations and has its place in the Hotel Yeoville Project.    

CONTACTS

Claire Benit-Gbaffou (Wits)
T  011 717 7718
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George Lebone (YSF)
T  079 389 4409
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Here you will read the various stories we have collected; and for more information on the research results and community outputs, please go to http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/EBE/ArchPlan/YEOVILLESTUDIO.htm


For more information on community outputs, please go to www.yeoville.org.za

Yeoville Studio is also displaying information in the Yeoville Library (first floor)

Studio Sponsors

About

The Hotel Yeoville website is an online community aimed at building social networks and starting conversations about important public issues and events. It connects you with the people around you and provides you with useful information and access to hidden resources. Hotel Yeoville is a new concept, a brand new site designed just for you. We are developing new features and gathering information that is relevant to you all the time. For this, we need you!

Contact Us

Do you have an interesting story to tell, an issue you are burning to discuss or news and information which would be of interest to the Yeoville community? Send the Hotel Yeoville editors an email at editor@hotelyeoville.co.za with your story, issue, news or information and we will consider it for publication on www.hotelyeoville.co.za. We would love to hear from you!

Get Involved

Upload your photos,  try our interactive map and use the site directory! You can find Yeoville community organisations, services designed to help refugees and migrants, and a range of National Associations. You can look for jobs and accommodation, post and read our classifieds, and advertise your business and your skills. Add to our directory! and send us your comments or suggestions at: editor@hotelyeoville.co.za