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perspectives interview
is actually happening in the city. I wanted to
make work that counters these constructed
narratives about 'lack' on the African
continent. I believe that here, in the fringes
and the margins, we can truly fi nd what
Johannesburg and African design languages
can look like. Counter is not working from
a place of anti but from a place of other with
the idea and intent that there are multiple
and myriad possibilities, realities, and worlds
waiting to manifest themselves.
Your fi rm's philosophy is centered on
Created for Play Africa, a children's museum in Johannesburg, the Children's
Courtroom comprises kid-sized furniture made from wood and blue metal elements
'designing from a place of difference.'
How does that inform your approach?
I'm in love with buildings and architecture,
but there are so many other ways of
spacemaking in other traditions that are not
only focused on the static. Think of the many
African ways of being-from ritual, dress, and
adornment to sound. So much can be created
without much physical infrastructure, which
is why we need to supplement our inventory
of design language to include new ways of
seeing. The dominant Western narrative has
taught us that ornamentation is a crime and
that such forms of expression have no place
in architecture. Even though I work within
certain conventions, I also very much believe
in privileging other modes of representation
because our forms of articulation are
limited. We can only see and think through
what's possible with the language we have
to articulate it. Once we expand on that
language, we can produce entirely diff erent
worlds.
Large iridescent mirrors in different color gradients make up
the Folded Skies installation, shown at the Spier Wine Estate in
Stellenbosch, South Africa as part of the Spier Light Art Festival
Did you always have a love for design?
I spent much of my childhood at my
grandfather's stores on Ntemi Piliso Street
across from the Diamond Building in the
heart of Joburg. Many South Africans didn't
(or still don't) have the opportunity to interact
with worlds outside of their own-spaces were
(and still are) very much segregated. Walking
the streets in the city-especially walking to
the Joburg Library-let me into worlds that I
wouldn't have seen and experienced otherwise.
It's very gradual, but I always had this desire
to work in the city and to have a practice that
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brings together diff erent parts of the city into
the same world.
What led you to launch Counterspace
Studio in 2015, while you were
still a student at the University of
the Witwatersrand and the University
of Pretoria, both in South Africa?
Counterspace was born out of a desire to
create a diff erent canon and to be able to fi nd
what we were missing in our architectural
education. I felt very deeply that there was
a lack of response from architecture to what
In what ways does your work center
communities that are often excluded
from the conversation?
Everything I look at is through the lens
of a fundamental interest in territory,
identity, belonging, and trying to understand
architecture beyond that which is built. My
hope is that I get to work on many more
cultural projects that are concerned with
our narratives and with manifesting our
identities and who we are. I'm interested
in understanding how we can reconfi gure
these so that we bring about diff erence.
Architecture is complicit in separating,
othering, and excluding, but it can also be a
force for the opposite. The architecture that
moves me most is architecture that makes an
off ering about the human condition and has
something to say about our relationships to
each other and our relationships to territory
and place.
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contents
from the editor
behind the design
people: cityscene: washington, dc
sketchbook
trends: members club
interview: sumayya vally
interview: k.j. hughes + alex mustonen
interview: philippe starck
interview: sheela maini søgaard
hdac spotlight: ashli johnson
profile: refractory
made in america
flooring
lighting
textiles
big ideas
saint laurent men’s spring/summer 2023 fashion show
the water drop library
taipei performing arts center
holdsworth center
sanya farm lab
symbiotic architecture
hotels in the metaverse
european library of information and culture
the future belongs to what was as much as what is
 biodynamic community
the ellinikon
projects
ace hotel toronto
hotel marcel
kimpton kitalay samui
ad index
back space: andrew zobler
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - Intro
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - Cover1
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - Cover2
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 2
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 3
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - contents
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 6
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 7
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - from the editor
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 9
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - behind the design
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 11
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - people: cityscene: washington, dc
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 14
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - sketchbook
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - trends: members club
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - interview: sumayya vally
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - interview: k.j. hughes + alex mustonen
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - interview: philippe starck
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - interview: sheela maini søgaard
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - hdac spotlight: ashli johnson
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 50
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - profile: refractory
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 52
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - made in america
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 55
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 56
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 57
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - flooring
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 59
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - lighting
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 61
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - textiles
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 63
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 64
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - big ideas
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - saint laurent men’s spring/summer 2023 fashion show
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 67
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - the water drop library
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 69
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - taipei performing arts center
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 71
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - holdsworth center
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 73
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - sanya farm lab
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 75
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - symbiotic architecture
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - hotels in the metaverse
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - european library of information and culture
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 79
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - the future belongs to what was as much as what is
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 81
Hospitality Design - September 2022 -  biodynamic community
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 83
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - the ellinikon
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 85
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 86
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - projects
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - ace hotel toronto
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 90
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 91
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - hotel marcel
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - 95
Hospitality Design - September 2022 - kimpton kitalay samui
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - ad index
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Hospitality Design - September 2022 - back space: andrew zobler
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