015: Architecture, And: Social Impact

Episode 015: Architecture, And: Social Impact [or Social Justice]?

How are individuals using their training in architecture to explore diverse career paths?

Guest:

Wandile Mthiyane, CEO at Ubuntu Design Group

Wandile Mthiyane is an Obama Leader, Tedx Fellow, architectural designer, social entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Ubuntu Design Group (UDG). Ubuntu Design Group is an architectural organization that focuses on social impact design projects ranging from individual housing to urban design scale. Influenced by his childhood experiences growing up in post-apartheid South Africa, Wandile founded UDG on the core idea that if apartheid architecture could be used to segregate and oppress, then community-led design should liberate and enable opportunities for all.

Learn more about Ubuntu Design Group:

Ubuntu Design Group exists to solve architectural design and financial inclusion problems of low-income communities around the world. Our mission is to empower inadequately sheltered families to overcome economic and social challenges and barriers, through innovation and collaboration in designing for the future vision of their home and community.

Show Links:

https://ubuntudesigngroup.org/

https://www.ubuntuasa.org/ 

related podcasts:

https://tinyurl.com/youngarchitectWandileMthiyane 

https://tinyurl.com/midnightcaretteWandileMthiyane 

articles:

1.https://www.archdaily.com/947507/i-grew-up-where-architecture-was-designed-to-oppress-wandile-mthiyane-on-social-impact-and-learning-from-south-africa 

2.https://archinect.com/features/article/150208185/undoing-apartheid-architecture-with-wandile-mthiyane

3.https://www.noma.net/news/the-architects-of-systemic-racism-south-african-wandile-mthiyane-tells-an-american-story-on-architizer/