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WITS University Art Gallery

PROJECT INFO

SAIA ENDORSED INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: FINALIST: Wits University Art Gallery Johannesburg South Africa 2011

 

First round team: Henri Comrie as director of Comrie Wilkinson Architects & Urban Designers

Finalist in a two-stage open competition. The design is for the redevelopment of a corner building with offices on the upper floors and a university-managed art gallery on the street-facing lower floors.

The design is informed by an urban design analysis of the pivotal corner site located in Johannesburg’s Braamfontein regeneration precinct.