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Exploration of Waste Reclaimers’ Challenges within their Waste Collection Journey
Framed around the Robinson Landfill Site
Site Map. Mlambisa, S. Unit 15X. 2021.
Sisikelele Mlambisa
BArch 2021Supervisors:
Unit Leader: Dr Finzi Saidi
Unit Leader: Jabu Makhubu
Unit Tutor: Dickson Adu-Agyei
Unit Tutor: Mathebe Aphane
Unit Assistant: Nomalanga Mahlangu
UNIT 15X︎︎︎
Toxic [Urban] Landscapes
My project is framed around the Robinson Landfill in the South of Johannesburg. The objective of the project is to follow the journey of the waste reclaimers and unpack the challenges that they experience throughout their journey. I explore the spaces where they sleep, collect waste, pass through and where they eventually sell the recycled waste.
The project explored what toxicity means to me. I observed the different forms in which toxicity manifests itself and how it impacts humanity and the environment. The project explored interventions in multiple scales of interventions. The proposal is to establish mutually beneficial partnerships with waste recycling companies that will then collect the recycled waste from the vending machines and remunerate the waste reclaimers.
The project proposes interventions on three sites: the first intervention site is The Valley Road in Parktown. A speculative road within a suburb that the waste reclaimers collect waste from. I identified multiple obstacles such as unmaintained sidewalks and access control to the street which is a public road.
The second site is the Eland Square. An underutilised public space in Braamfontein that is surrounded by churches, schools and businesses. It also shows the direction at which the waste reclaimers travel and why this space as an acupuncture point
The third intervention site is the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown. The square has a capacity for over 50 000 people and provides an outdoor space for a wide array of activities, including outdoor film festivals, concerts, markets, carnivals and exhibitions.
The project explored what toxicity means to me. I observed the different forms in which toxicity manifests itself and how it impacts humanity and the environment. The project explored interventions in multiple scales of interventions. The proposal is to establish mutually beneficial partnerships with waste recycling companies that will then collect the recycled waste from the vending machines and remunerate the waste reclaimers.
The project proposes interventions on three sites: the first intervention site is The Valley Road in Parktown. A speculative road within a suburb that the waste reclaimers collect waste from. I identified multiple obstacles such as unmaintained sidewalks and access control to the street which is a public road.
The second site is the Eland Square. An underutilised public space in Braamfontein that is surrounded by churches, schools and businesses. It also shows the direction at which the waste reclaimers travel and why this space as an acupuncture point
The third intervention site is the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown. The square has a capacity for over 50 000 people and provides an outdoor space for a wide array of activities, including outdoor film festivals, concerts, markets, carnivals and exhibitions.
Keywords:
Inequality, Economic, Transformation, Spatial Injustices
Inequality, Economic, Transformation, Spatial Injustices
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