Michael de Beer

Designing places / Participation

Enkundleni

Enkundleni · Somerset College, South Africa · Completed 2022

A completed place for memory, reflection and gathering. It shows how the wider practice of understanding a place through dialogue can also shape a small, specific intervention.

Students and teachers gathered around the Enkundleni space at Somerset College
A gathering and remembrance space at Somerset College

The design question

How can a small place support gathering, remembrance and belonging within a school community?

My contribution

I co-designed the space through a participatory process with students and teachers, using workshops to explore what the place could mean and how it could be used.

The value

A completed place for memory, reflection and gathering. It shows how the wider practice of understanding a place through dialogue can also shape a small, specific intervention.

Independent collaboration with the Somerset College community. My contribution: participatory design and workshops.

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