https://kevingoncalves.com Kevin Goncalves - Architect. Lecturer. Urban Designer. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:23:30 +0000 https://kevingoncalves.com en https://kevingoncalves.com/header Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:18:29 +0000 Kevin Goncalves - Architect. Lecturer. Urban Designer. https://kevingoncalves.com/header contact https://kevingoncalves.com/about Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:56:02 +0000 Kevin Goncalves - Architect. Lecturer. Urban Designer. https://kevingoncalves.com/about <img width="847" height="869" width_o="847" height_o="869" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31973bdfd73da668db90bcc977ada30055c55b27a6504bb7d759c531ca5736f9/face.png" data-mid="223551876" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/847/i/31973bdfd73da668db90bcc977ada30055c55b27a6504bb7d759c531ca5736f9/face.png" /> I am an architect, lecturer and urban designer. I read my post professional masters at the Berlage Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. I exhibited at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016 and at the Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Shenzhen in 2015. I am the runner-up to the Dutch Young Architect Prize (‘Jonge Architecten Prijs 2015’). I currently lecture at my alma mater - the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand where, among many other responsibilites, I lead the third year design studio - and I run a design practice specialising in architectural and urban design work, website design (UX and graphics) and branding and co-ordinating special events. It complements the experience I have gained as a professional architect who’s worked in South Africa, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Norway. https://kevingoncalves.com/home Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:23:30 +0000 Kevin Goncalves - Architect. Lecturer. 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Lecturer. Urban Designer. https://kevingoncalves.com/House-in-Forest-Town <img width="1479" height="998" width_o="1479" height_o="998" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43bf1724f5c581173ca5c5d341b74e9adc4321b73f13971e49ec3b6e1226d945/10.jpg" data-mid="132388748" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43bf1724f5c581173ca5c5d341b74e9adc4321b73f13971e49ec3b6e1226d945/10.jpg" /> House in Forest Town - improving climatic performance of a heritage house on a hill&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Client: private&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Status: complete&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Budget: R2 million&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Services Offered: full suite &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Original design: Italo Carlo Lupini, 1986 This house was completed in 1980s by Lupini Architects. It is an architectural and engineering wonder. The house is terraced into a north-facing (maximum solar exposure) ridge with views all the way to Pretoria and the Magaliesburg on clear days.&nbsp; The plan is simple: rooms open off the central double-loaded circulation spine. In section, this circulation spine is a straight stair that rises five storeys. It is roofed by a skylight. Every room has a northern exposure, corner windows that slide into the cavity wall that frames them and access to the rooftop of the space below. My intervention was to reinforce the house’s purity (a strong connection to the hill and outdoors) by improving its climatic performance. I therefore focused my energy on the glazed stairway, the roof platforms and the hill. The glazed central stairway was conceived as a climatic conservatory. (I retained the existing structure, but replaced the glass). The poor insulative property of the glass roof was exploited by installing operable openings. In winter, the openings can be closed and the glazed stairway space allowed to overheat like a greenhouse and simultaneously heat the attached cooler rooms of the house by convection; in summer, the glazed stairway is opened and thus cools the adjacent rooms of the house. The roof platforms were landscaped to allow usage and improve the thermal insulation of the rooms beneath: One roof platform was flooded to become a moat / roof water garden. This feature has security, insulative and aesthetic functions. Another platforms were planted to support pickle ball and putt-putt, a third becomes a zen garden while another became a deck for sun tanning and entertaining. The roof of the second bedroom accommodates the solar panels. When built, the water table on the hill was traversed by the construction of the retaining walls that support the terraced platforms that characterise the house. I saw this as an asset rather than a problem. We installed agrcultural drains to channel the groundwater away from the structure and into the new water storage tanks that are placed in the lowest point of the house - the driveway - and planted water intensive trees to further drain the soil. 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Lecturer. Urban Designer. https://kevingoncalves.com/House-in-Parkwood Unit in Parkwood &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Client: Private &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Status: complete &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Budget: ZAR50,000 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Services Offered: full suite This is a designBouts.com contest that I completed on behalf of the client. The unit is on the first floor in a 1960s Harold le Roith apartment building. It overlooks the Parkview Golf Course.&nbsp; The client wanted to redesign the interior of the unit.&nbsp; He is a single male in his early thirties who has allergies. He enjoys bathing, sleeping, privacy, entertaining, gardening, silence and tidiness. He wanted the living space to have seating space to accommodate five people simultaneously and allow for conversations and board game play; a screen or television (but it should not be the focal point); storage space for curiosities like models, books and objects and a vacuum cleaner. He needed a workspace that is discreetly located in the living area. He noted that the washing machine connection is in the kitchen. He wanted the kitchen to accommodate a dish washer, hob, oven, extractor and to have ample storage space. The client wanted the apartment to be specified to be low maintenance and easy to clean. He wanted space for pot plants in all rooms except the bedroom. For the bathroom he requested a bathtub, separate shower, basin and wc. The bedroom should blackout, not have any workspace in it nor any plants. He said it should include clothing storage with hanging space for suits, blazers, shirts and jackets. <img width="1550" height="1129" width_o="1550" height_o="1129" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04e7b5d835d1fa9c2ba042d6c08d5bd7f7c64c82ff9f99d7b1e68a8f08c08416/existing-thumbnail.png" data-mid="130794966" border="0" data-scale="60" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04e7b5d835d1fa9c2ba042d6c08d5bd7f7c64c82ff9f99d7b1e68a8f08c08416/existing-thumbnail.png" /><img width="3509" height="2502" width_o="3509" height_o="2502" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ef12d7691614cb085c38e6b58c84341d5c5796e736191eeae73884af0347c7d/plan-01.jpg" data-mid="130794967" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ef12d7691614cb085c38e6b58c84341d5c5796e736191eeae73884af0347c7d/plan-01.jpg" /><img width="3509" height="2502" width_o="3509" height_o="2502" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/953e39a9a013e0fc9533c1333d23136f6ae806f7ce51b196aaa49510f98762e6/IMG-20210826-WA0011.jpg" data-mid="130797358" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/953e39a9a013e0fc9533c1333d23136f6ae806f7ce51b196aaa49510f98762e6/IMG-20210826-WA0011.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/730c6149ac6ed031a2910ea72db3296a6007132a7aad307d48637787b3ce4687/PXL_20220401_140433534.jpg" data-mid="141579607" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/730c6149ac6ed031a2910ea72db3296a6007132a7aad307d48637787b3ce4687/PXL_20220401_140433534.jpg" /> <img width="1212" height="812" width_o="1212" height_o="812" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f24434253d19f0977d1c51ec36c17aa9e16695e698fdb87e244338baf97531f0/3.jpg" data-mid="130796610" border="0" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a43dff6554efd7f27e030836d73ab131c909c15249cce67680b532b9062bb237/10.jpg" /> <img width="1213" height="807" width_o="1213" height_o="807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d588aa9215d109a211b8b4957695f0b02de2b3a7c10c2c9f95994e7ae192bc5/11.jpg" data-mid="130796618" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d588aa9215d109a211b8b4957695f0b02de2b3a7c10c2c9f95994e7ae192bc5/11.jpg" /> <img width="1211" height="807" width_o="1211" height_o="807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f936c1eccb89ea7ed35516c7dc40c6047345859ee4d89ebde44564d9d3cdc103/12.jpg" data-mid="130796619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f936c1eccb89ea7ed35516c7dc40c6047345859ee4d89ebde44564d9d3cdc103/12.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="2924" width_o="4961" height_o="2924" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5990f66ff6203bca2eabd27852bd799914f0ded2c69729de7f21daca55084a3e/proposal-1-interior-perspective.jpg" data-mid="130825061" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5990f66ff6203bca2eabd27852bd799914f0ded2c69729de7f21daca55084a3e/proposal-1-interior-perspective.jpg" /> <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0cf9d451a4814a3f4fc4dc43782e7f4b161c9eda23d572cb2373fca8486b811/IMG-20220421-WA0003-1.jpg" data-mid="141580284" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/a0cf9d451a4814a3f4fc4dc43782e7f4b161c9eda23d572cb2373fca8486b811/IMG-20220421-WA0003-1.jpg" /> To meet the brief, I enlarged the bedroom by demolishing the existing partition wall between the bedroom and living room and building a new wall from black face brick in basket weave pattern 900mm into the living room. I placed the bedroom door off the entrance hall. This allowed both rooms to be more usable (more storage in bedroom and an uninterupted blank wall in the living room). The face brick is a feature that differentiates the unit. I reconfigured the bathroom by demolishing the existing shower and replacing it with a bathtub, placed a wc nearer to the duct which freed up space to place a separate shower. The kitchen received new counter tops, a gas hob and a new pantry. I removed the laminate floor to reveal the parquet floor. https://kevingoncalves.com/House-in-Helderkruin Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:01:54 +0000 Kevin Goncalves - Architect. Lecturer. Urban Designer. https://kevingoncalves.com/House-in-Helderkruin <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/775bdb705c143952231e05ba6508db2d3f9e0533c42374fdb1ade93d1e8e9305/exploded-axo-01.jpg" data-mid="130772831" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/775bdb705c143952231e05ba6508db2d3f9e0533c42374fdb1ade93d1e8e9305/exploded-axo-01.jpg" /> House in Helderkruin &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Client: Private &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Status: complete &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Budget: ZAR250,000 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Services Offered: full suite This project is a designBouts.com contest that I developed to completion. The original house was completed in the early 1980s on a steep west facing slope. It consists of five separate face brick structures with a skillion roof. One is the garage; the second is the living room, dining room, tv room, study and kitchen; the third one has the three bedrooms and two bathrooms; the fourth is the entrance hall and the fifth the entertainment structures (one part roofed by thatching, the other by concrete tile). Beneath the bedrooms wing is a basement that houses the staff accommodation. The client is an expat who wishes to use the house as her retreat during holidays. She has permitted her two adult cousins and their mum to live in the house when she is not there. The client wanted to update the interior to her taste and create separate bachelor pads for her two cousins, improve the connection between the existing living room and outdoor area and remove the thatch roof added in the 2000s. &nbsp; <img width="2481" height="3508" width_o="2481" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aae97ce93589cba27d44630eef1c14fc163e4da308450ed5e19e35d799006626/site-plan-01.jpg" data-mid="130773910" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aae97ce93589cba27d44630eef1c14fc163e4da308450ed5e19e35d799006626/site-plan-01.jpg" /> five separate buildings placed at 90 degrees to the slope make up the home. <img width="2481" height="3508" width_o="2481" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee17e67c711160b496fd0cc56f9c321acd5434308a6b8ec6e74c2c15a3c5d69d/2-ground-floor-plan-01-01.jpg" data-mid="130773911" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee17e67c711160b496fd0cc56f9c321acd5434308a6b8ec6e74c2c15a3c5d69d/2-ground-floor-plan-01-01.jpg" /> existing plan shows poor connection between the&nbsp; house and the outdoors. <img width="2481" height="3508" width_o="2481" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59eca5c48f9c4e89c93b9fa2332100265b0cd43774db3b87e6f5941597944d90/sections-01.jpg" data-mid="130773913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59eca5c48f9c4e89c93b9fa2332100265b0cd43774db3b87e6f5941597944d90/sections-01.jpg" /> existing sections show the thatch roof added in the 2000s. <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e927fd11531427805033c25f8a14f2481577f987df06df8f4ebb362c198035c/WEBSITE-Then-Now-North-Elevation-01.jpg" data-mid="130772840" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e927fd11531427805033c25f8a14f2481577f987df06df8f4ebb362c198035c/WEBSITE-Then-Now-North-Elevation-01.jpg" /> new stackable doors replace punch-out windows. <img width="4962" height="3508" width_o="4962" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcd39b4e799ae486caf1ca978fc255394110be805cfb2f9f94a3523332468e84/WEBSITE-ground-floor-plan-IBEAM-01.jpg" data-mid="130772837" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcd39b4e799ae486caf1ca978fc255394110be805cfb2f9f94a3523332468e84/WEBSITE-ground-floor-plan-IBEAM-01.jpg" /> all interior walls and drop-down ceilings in the living room are removed. <img width="4962" height="3508" width_o="4962" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c846fe652d06dd12b23075c59cd25d6869322d731e18262775c87a6a78e75246/WEBSITE-sections-01.jpg" data-mid="130772839" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f206cb63322da78b8a5509e70d22ed4fef276d76853b66f30d1ea2b750e0309d/PXL_20220308_135800469.jpg" data-mid="141584118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f206cb63322da78b8a5509e70d22ed4fef276d76853b66f30d1ea2b750e0309d/PXL_20220308_135800469.jpg" /> <img width="3009" height="4065" width_o="3009" height_o="4065" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5648044c4fbc0c0b4be2e5a2617c96cfe221135d108385aaba06abe06bbd5d4f/20210708_145203.jpg" data-mid="130785710" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5648044c4fbc0c0b4be2e5a2617c96cfe221135d108385aaba06abe06bbd5d4f/20210708_145203.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="832" width_o="600" height_o="832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/440c5252ea3465d04381ecacfaa5e18af3449f375f547c3cba21dc5d5639a91b/20210429_152014.jpg" data-mid="130786481" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/440c5252ea3465d04381ecacfaa5e18af3449f375f547c3cba21dc5d5639a91b/20210429_152014.jpg" /> https://kevingoncalves.com/241-tshirt Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:17:05 +0000 Kevin Goncalves - Architect. Lecturer. Urban Designer. https://kevingoncalves.com/241-tshirt 241 t-shirt &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Client: School of Architecture and Planning &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Status: complete &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Budget: ZAR300 per t-shirt&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Services Offered: full suite <img width="1191" height="1684" width_o="1191" height_o="1684" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff03bb9c42beb92c8b637787f81140bd31a410af212df5b11c0c4e61c810de82/t-shirt.jpg" data-mid="81393215" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff03bb9c42beb92c8b637787f81140bd31a410af212df5b11c0c4e61c810de82/t-shirt.jpg" /> The School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand put out a competition to design a t-shirt to celebrate the merging of the Department of Architecture and the Department of Town and Regional Planning. I decided a simple pattern printed on a standard t-shirt was not ambitious enough to mark the occassion. I proposed a new ‘t-shirt’ (‘the twisted side seam’) which enhances fit on the body that is reversible (two t-shirts in one) that incorporated the School’s new branding. Using the t-shirt is to reinforce the structural changes that were being undertaken and the reverible nature allowed more value / mileage out of the garment. A pattern print could be incorporated onto the 241 (two for one) t-shirt. In collaboration with Shayna Goncalves. https://kevingoncalves.com/Fantastic-Devland Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:51:00 +0000 Kevin Goncalves - Architect. Lecturer. Urban Designer. https://kevingoncalves.com/Fantastic-Devland &nbsp; &nbsp; Fantastic Devland - a multi service station in Armadale, Devland. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Client: Thesis Project: Master of Architecture (Professional) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Status: complete &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Budget: - &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Services Offered: - <img width="1425" height="465" width_o="1425" height_o="465" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02a6e6c11b8a236bb11349f004972449bf9054f5af770eadeb0380bfd3d93419/viking-collage-cropped.jpg" data-mid="82118190" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02a6e6c11b8a236bb11349f004972449bf9054f5af770eadeb0380bfd3d93419/viking-collage-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="1417" height="1417" width_o="1417" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cffe8b06c44cf03c1545e74308195713feaf94db3bb21fe6a79e97dd612fb9a9/fills-up-with-everything.jpg" data-mid="89305650" border="0" data-scale="65" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cffe8b06c44cf03c1545e74308195713feaf94db3bb21fe6a79e97dd612fb9a9/fills-up-with-everything.jpg" /> collages describing the wide variety of infrastructure (’orgware’) that has gradually filled the wetland. &nbsp; <img width="1199" height="771" width_o="1199" height_o="771" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d8e7b5963b61225fd62ffa58169b5a8656e3425d30a9e2d40ed7edcece47859/contaminated-map.jpg" data-mid="89305946" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d8e7b5963b61225fd62ffa58169b5a8656e3425d30a9e2d40ed7edcece47859/contaminated-map.jpg" /> the pollutants have been allowed to contaminate the wetland, transforming it into a buffer zone. This thesis began with a simple question: what might the five previously iconic but today nearly derelict petrol stations all on the same site called the Viking become today? Then, the Viking was strategically located in the Baragwanath Buffer Zone. The buffer separated the white suburbs of Johannesburg from its black suburbs. Today, due to four outside forces, the Viking has fallen into near dereliction:1. the collapse of Apartheid, so the buffer zone has been ‘decomissioned’ and thus placing the Viking within the sprawling city;&nbsp;2. the construction of better motorways (N1); 3. Improvements in motor vehicles’ fuel economy has meant that motorists can travel further without needing to refuel as often; and4. the standardisation of fuel quality, which has mitigated fuel and petrol station brand loyalty among motorists. <img width="709" height="709" width_o="709" height_o="709" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59ce29f7b3dfc1bab7c026054e79a7ceb8068aee0a3bfdde940563a4e2ff506e/global-viking-infographic-01.jpg" data-mid="82116975" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/709/i/59ce29f7b3dfc1bab7c026054e79a7ceb8068aee0a3bfdde940563a4e2ff506e/global-viking-infographic-01.jpg" /> I began my process by reviewing the existing. I made two observations that I felt had design implications since both were to do with potential user groups. The major users of the Viking were long distance truckers hauling goods from harbours in the Cape to as far as Kenya. The second was that the buffer zone has been inhabited by approximately 50,000 squatters. It became clear that the Viking could become a facility that supports both the exhausted truckers and these vulnerable citizens. The facility became a truck stop managed by the municipality and manned by local entrepreneurs who were meant to have been trained and mentored in-house. <img width="869" height="366" width_o="869" height_o="366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80465fcee802cc8f45170d8eabea1a158fbe011820dc6308c42557f05c65a0c3/fantastic-devland-building-rationale.gif" data-mid="82116966" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/869/i/80465fcee802cc8f45170d8eabea1a158fbe011820dc6308c42557f05c65a0c3/fantastic-devland-building-rationale.gif" /> <img width="2755" height="3508" width_o="2755" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/621276fb32347f3c88e7c303686a3a1a7400875fe3d5aa85c7d3bea75d5905ef/programme-diagram-01-01.png" data-mid="82117223" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/621276fb32347f3c88e7c303686a3a1a7400875fe3d5aa85c7d3bea75d5905ef/programme-diagram-01-01.png" /> <img width="1425" height="976" width_o="1425" height_o="976" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f72ae6e7e897ad117b61dfde849033b3c0bd849a3f576e8b5e7dee15b47f1c5/fd-7-cropped.jpg" data-mid="82122323" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f72ae6e7e897ad117b61dfde849033b3c0bd849a3f576e8b5e7dee15b47f1c5/fd-7-cropped.jpg" /> When the truck and trucker arrive at the Viking the trucker would exit his truck and ascend to first floor. The vehicle would remain on ground on a conveyer belt where it would be serviced by locals. It would be weighed, washed, receive a minor check-up and the tachometer would be reset. The driver would be serviced too: he could fire weapons in the shooting range, complete an obstacle course, visit a doctor, stretch or swim laps in the pool, spend a few hours in a hotel room, enjoy local specialities in the food court, watch sports or participate in a sporting activity or shower. The replenishment would take 45 minutes. <img width="2835" height="1417" width_o="2835" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27a8bea334c4681e7c0c987cc9514765904b8e4c74d715a14446deddddd5235a/cross-section-3.jpg" data-mid="82116965" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27a8bea334c4681e7c0c987cc9514765904b8e4c74d715a14446deddddd5235a/cross-section-3.jpg" /> section through the medical consultation rooms, obstacle course and pool on roof and vehicle workshops beneath. <img width="2835" height="1417" width_o="2835" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b68e38182b52e9c13962dc83be9420d96307808fb50d119aa575219297a13e2/cross-section-2.jpg" data-mid="82116963" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b68e38182b52e9c13962dc83be9420d96307808fb50d119aa575219297a13e2/cross-section-2.jpg" />section through the foodcourt on roof and municipal offices (peoples’ centre) beneath. <img width="2835" height="1417" width_o="2835" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc6f3c3ec6627286dc83a4bbd1258ca5eea5772ed463b6db8ebad2386f0c7b5f/cross-section-1.jpg" data-mid="82116962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc6f3c3ec6627286dc83a4bbd1258ca5eea5772ed463b6db8ebad2386f0c7b5f/cross-section-1.jpg" /> section through grandstand on roof and municipal offices’ (peoples’ centre) consultation cubicles beneath. <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/347e74af46671c4d973c4533f557aa5df3d026826bcf9768b3ac2b333873614b/model-photograph.jpg" data-mid="82116980" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/347e74af46671c4d973c4533f557aa5df3d026826bcf9768b3ac2b333873614b/model-photograph.jpg" /> model of the Devland Multi-service centre. <img width="1417" height="998" width_o="1417" height_o="998" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f86a5aab8b0b96aa06558fa3decba8ae8c3ee91bcc94d1d4544904050a40538/diy-devland-diagram.jpg" data-mid="89305358" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f86a5aab8b0b96aa06558fa3decba8ae8c3ee91bcc94d1d4544904050a40538/diy-devland-diagram.jpg" />information leaflet describing how the Devland Multi-service centre would be built. It is intended to be a collaboration between skilled and unskilled local labour. <img width="1425" height="1425" width_o="1425" height_o="1425" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1453fa68e7ae997c6fcbb5100aa6ad862f3ab677f3b9eac488e7397a9a4075ee/fd-8.jpg" data-mid="82116969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1453fa68e7ae997c6fcbb5100aa6ad862f3ab677f3b9eac488e7397a9a4075ee/fd-8.jpg" /> <img width="1425" height="1425" width_o="1425" height_o="1425" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/608ef1247660e8ef714e5b8a87601d368762e56fa7db06919940e89f458f52de/fd-9.jpg" data-mid="82116973" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/608ef1247660e8ef714e5b8a87601d368762e56fa7db06919940e89f458f52de/fd-9.jpg" /> https://kevingoncalves.com/Beauty-s-Beast Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:13:16 +0000 Kevin Goncalves - Architect. Lecturer. Urban Designer. https://kevingoncalves.com/Beauty-s-Beast Beauty’s Beast - Johannesburg’s Tower for Cosmetic Transfiguration &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Client: The Berlage Thesis &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Status: complete &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Budget: - &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Services Offered: - <img width="1072" height="1440" width_o="1072" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7890a26c4e2485c0edad2ee9dcf670d3b3bd1c13e0d576cf867b3f67a5d4ea78/joburg-art-deco.jpg" data-mid="82087202" border="0" data-scale="96" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7890a26c4e2485c0edad2ee9dcf670d3b3bd1c13e0d576cf867b3f67a5d4ea78/joburg-art-deco.jpg" />First Stab Poster a collage that celebrates the influences that gave rise to a Johannesburg sky scraper (Astor Mansions) that was built in an architectural style that celebrates a great African civilization (Ancient Egyptians) that was refined in the USA (NYC and Miami) is exported back to Africa to be consumed.<img width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76a57c2620b444a88758998afbd76a1070091593aa86e113980ae1d796ea2789/vlcsnap-2013-06-10-17h49m34s247.jpg" data-mid="82110571" border="0" data-scale="58" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/76a57c2620b444a88758998afbd76a1070091593aa86e113980ae1d796ea2789/vlcsnap-2013-06-10-17h49m34s247.jpg" />&nbsp; <img width="856" height="1072" width_o="856" height_o="1072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b96ae815a32f75aa29767d5bb88287c5fec786a57eb25b4d9af4719c333e3c4/artist-orlan-1_04_47-The-Future-of-the-Body-with-Performance-Artist-ORLAN.jpg" data-mid="82110524" border="0" data-scale="35" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/856/i/6b96ae815a32f75aa29767d5bb88287c5fec786a57eb25b4d9af4719c333e3c4/artist-orlan-1_04_47-The-Future-of-the-Body-with-Performance-Artist-ORLAN.jpg" />Strabismus of Venus Orlan creating a new man-made beauty...does beauty have to mean pain? <img width="701" height="565" width_o="701" height_o="565" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b4f62b1e3b52ef4544c7e8105ff5706117760cd41b7496ccbbe3825fef811cd/casa-batllo-exploded-facade-axo.png" data-mid="82113616" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/701/i/1b4f62b1e3b52ef4544c7e8105ff5706117760cd41b7496ccbbe3825fef811cd/casa-batllo-exploded-facade-axo.png" /> Casa Batlo is an alteration and renovation of a neoclassical townhouse <img width="1772" height="1358" width_o="1772" height_o="1358" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/160f9c306d85e0a70a5092c8905254746d75d18a6ccefe79a33400fc3dfe662b/existing-facade-version-150x115mm.jpg" data-mid="82113463" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/160f9c306d85e0a70a5092c8905254746d75d18a6ccefe79a33400fc3dfe662b/existing-facade-version-150x115mm.jpg" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="1772" height="1358" width_o="1772" height_o="1358" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcc3b4a5be77ecb0efee9fe9453de0f5ee4848662ca3c7985ab555c3d0c73cb2/botta-version-150x115mm.jpg" data-mid="82113459" border="0" data-scale="45" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcc3b4a5be77ecb0efee9fe9453de0f5ee4848662ca3c7985ab555c3d0c73cb2/botta-version-150x115mm.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="1358" width_o="1772" height_o="1358" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65c6cffa3c698e11aaabd77098a75506e2a0e2a141f5a5c0e332b84861a22a58/mies-version-150x115mm.jpg" data-mid="82113545" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65c6cffa3c698e11aaabd77098a75506e2a0e2a141f5a5c0e332b84861a22a58/mies-version-150x115mm.jpg" /> &nbsp;<img width="1772" height="1358" width_o="1772" height_o="1358" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2406ecd8341b20082ab2be202e34df2aed65292abb103d4dff5c4c67239a32f7/ando-version-150x115mm.jpg" data-mid="82113458" border="0" data-scale="45" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2406ecd8341b20082ab2be202e34df2aed65292abb103d4dff5c4c67239a32f7/ando-version-150x115mm.jpg" /> Johannesburg’s Skin Trade grafting super-star facades onto Strathearn Mansions using the Chinese Ratio to order the elevation This project was formulated within ‘the Good Life’ theme at the Berlage. Initially, I was interested in the infrastructure that facilitates our aspirations. My own desire for differentiation from those in my class who also approached the challenge from that perspective pushed me to explore facilities that help us to artificially represent ourselves as having reached our aspirations. I became interested in the spaces that allow humans to appear as if they are living the good life...because ‘I love acting, it is so much more real than life’. The facility that is easily accessible to many people and, for me, most clearly captured our desire to transform ourselves into fantastic figurines was the hairdresser. (The cosmetic surgery is not easily accessible and the gym’s too time consuming, even with the use of stimulants). The institution that most clearly celebrates aspiration and our ability to transform our environment into the fantastic, for me, in architecture was heritage. The narrow method that heritage is enforced (its obsession, almost fetishisation, with the appearance of a past and stifling development) made it the ideal architectural canon. <img width="2242" height="3543" width_o="2242" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3d900c71a723b5dddc360c66d17e4d9013491a1a675370e87a14a5de5fdf5eb/site-plan-01.jpg" data-mid="82087203" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3d900c71a723b5dddc360c66d17e4d9013491a1a675370e87a14a5de5fdf5eb/site-plan-01.jpg" /> Why does beauty have to mean pain? I explored this fallacy in this thesis. Like the French artist Orlan and musician Michael Jackson, I do not feel that we should be limited by what we were born. Similarly, in architecture, I do not think a society should be limited for having a former architect’s work in their city... I do not think we should be limited by our inheritance or heritage. We should change what we are not happy with and proactively and deliberately work with it. <img width="1417" height="1417" width_o="1417" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01cfcf584f04b53f7b1970d7786bbeb0f6c7b93e440d43299ff8e2b3be9163dd/3d-image-getting-completed.jpg" data-mid="82087198" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01cfcf584f04b53f7b1970d7786bbeb0f6c7b93e440d43299ff8e2b3be9163dd/3d-image-getting-completed.jpg" /> a space for cheatingpatients enter the Tower for Cosmetic Transfiguration to bypass their natural limits and social norms This position means I challenge society’s norms on beauty. It also means I challenge the organisations who slavishly preserve leftover structures. This position is similar to David Lowenthal in his ‘Heritage Crusade and the spoils of History’. &nbsp; In this project I made provisions for the burgeoning cosmetic surgery industry in the heritage building that once housed the (in)famous Charlie Parker African hair accessories store on its ground floor. <img width="1417" height="1417" width_o="1417" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6f26298e2b2da552052f865d4f2028c2af5260b0da372b7018de7fdfbd86c2c/3d-image1.jpg" data-mid="82087199" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6f26298e2b2da552052f865d4f2028c2af5260b0da372b7018de7fdfbd86c2c/3d-image1.jpg" /> &nbsp; The grotesque, the vane, the maimed, the lazy and the envious would be welcomed into the central atrium to be operated on in the centralised anatomical theatre. The procedures would be broadcast for consumption by onlookers. The anatomical theatre is the focal point of the interior. It is the tower’s alter. The upper floors house ancilliary programmes like counselling facilities, look-book libraries, a gym, recovery rooms, a pool, preparation beds, minor surgery beds and office space. (see the ‘gengmei’ app).<img width="1417" height="1417" width_o="1417" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f863630283d5602d30e42095ee4e24cee9bae9581ca30bcc68cd3f297a9ac69c/3d-image2.jpg" data-mid="82087201" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f863630283d5602d30e42095ee4e24cee9bae9581ca30bcc68cd3f297a9ac69c/3d-image2.jpg" /> The existing building’s floor plan was maintained. The neighbouring building (also owned by Charlie Parker’s) was removed as it looked like a growth. The existing building’s footprint was mirrored for beautiful symmetry and warped where necessary for the programme.&nbsp; https://kevingoncalves.com/designBouts Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:21:58 +0000 Kevin Goncalves - Architect. Lecturer. Urban Designer. https://kevingoncalves.com/designBouts <img width="474" height="981" width_o="474" height_o="981" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/843898f28957709e9f2021c38464dbcbc91668280e91cee8a587927b813ddd72/designBouts-mobile-screenshot-copy.jpg" data-mid="224772315" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/474/i/843898f28957709e9f2021c38464dbcbc91668280e91cee8a587927b813ddd72/designBouts-mobile-screenshot-copy.jpg" /> designBouts - the home of architectural contests&nbsp; designBouts.com designBouts.com is a platform that administers architectural contests. It celebrates design merit. Clients request to have their commission posted and designers compete to win the commission. The client is guaranteed an executable proposal. The winning designer is paid. Unsuccesful designers receive feedback as to why they did not excel and assurance that their ideas will not be stolen. All completed submissions receive a payment. The value for Clients is that they are exposed to a wider pool of designers and design possibilites; while for designers it is a platform for them to showcase their ability to a broader array of clients who are interested in design. Their client pool is not limited to their network. The site is designed for both android and ios operating systems and for mobile and desktop devices. It is presented from a client’s point of view since they are likely to be new users while the designers are likely to be returning ones. I designed the logo, the UX and the graphics and managed the SEO and analytics. The site is a continuous rolling carousel. The metaphor of a boxing bout informs the the styling and diction of the site. Due to the site’s main audience being clients it is more informative and introductory. This is to allow users to feel in control and to avoid them feeling as if they need to commit to anything or as if the site is gathering info or learning about them in any way. The logo combines abstractions of the two benefits the site provides: better and more appropriate ideas (represented by the light bulb) and constructive conflict or fair competition (the boxing glove). The logo is then manipulated to create other artwork, like icons. On the ‘how it works’ page for example: the logo becomes a light bulb. It represents ‘idea formation’, which is what happens in the particular ‘create a brief’ stage of the process. Similarly, the logo becomes two clashing boxing gloves. It represents ‘constructive collisions’, which is what happens in the particular ‘set up your competition’ stage of the process. Finally, it becomes a rosette to represent ‘the winner’, which is what happens in the ‘choose the winner’ or adjudication stage. <img width="568" height="373" width_o="568" height_o="373" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/298d5148f0420f122fa39a2befcbc931b2fbe4ed1b4692548f07a6f0f6ef6a35/ai-create-your-competition-green-01.png" data-mid="82912259" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/568/i/298d5148f0420f122fa39a2befcbc931b2fbe4ed1b4692548f07a6f0f6ef6a35/ai-create-your-competition-green-01.png" /> &nbsp;the ‘create your brief’ icon is an abstracted&nbsp; &nbsp;light bulb <img width="568" height="384" width_o="568" height_o="384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b6f40d86cdd8928de63f54ebdae9d8e3e2e617f7e247bf49fc4a7301b424fef/ai-how-it-works-2-red-01.png" data-mid="82912270" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/568/i/4b6f40d86cdd8928de63f54ebdae9d8e3e2e617f7e247bf49fc4a7301b424fef/ai-how-it-works-2-red-01.png" /> the ‘set up your competition’ icon is two clashing boxing gloves <img width="333" height="288" width_o="333" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca229cfd6bebc46b5d91efc580abcdd0966c88447c171a465ff90f21ef458afa/how-it-works-3-yellow.png" data-mid="82911986" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/333/i/ca229cfd6bebc46b5d91efc580abcdd0966c88447c171a465ff90f21ef458afa/how-it-works-3-yellow.png" /> the ‘choose your winner’ icon is a rosetta <img width="3508" height="2539" width_o="3508" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37a8374a75d485d7cae8b345587f859950da75458e3e14b278f1272bb2484b8d/designBouts-pc-screenshot-2.jpg" data-mid="224772171" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/37a8374a75d485d7cae8b345587f859950da75458e3e14b278f1272bb2484b8d/designBouts-pc-screenshot-2.jpg" />