Refresher Course in Johannesburg, South Africa

Inner-City Revitalization in Southern Africa

From 16-27 August Alonso Ayala and Ellen Geurts from IHS conducted a refresher course on “Inner-city revitalization in Southern Africa” in Johannesburg. Twenty participants from different cities in South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe were exposed to a series of lectures, excursions and workshop that at the School of Architecture of the University of the Witwatersrand.

Drawing from the successful and novel experiences from Johannesburg, participants reflected on their own cities experiences. The course was highly successful, thanks to the wide variety of our professional alumni from private and public sectors, academics and NGOs. Local experts provided an excellent insight into the interventions undertaking in Johannesburg. The inner-city of Johannesburg provided an excellent platform to study many different aspects of inner-city revitalization, such as housing, planning, infrastructure, security of tenure, gender inclusiveness and sustainable development. The successful cooperation between IHS and the School of Architecture of WITS University continues with other activities.

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Refresher Courses for IHS Alumni