Media Release: Future Cape Town urges a firm stand and leadership against urban sprawl
On the 2nd of May 2013, Future Cape Town hosted its first Summit on the topic of Urban Sprawl in Cape Town. This mid-morning session took place at the at the Protea Breakwater Lodge Hotel, and hosted a small gathering of local government officials, urban developers and planners, as well as academics. The aim of the Summit, in light of recent developments in the city, was to create a forum to discuss the contentious issue of urban sprawl, and formulate a way to facilitate sustainable spatial urban growth in the City.
Media Alert: Future Cape Town in New York
Future Cape Town will be travelling to New York between May 25 and June 10 to participate in a conference at the Harvard Business Club, and meet with people and organisations operating in the field of urbanism.
Rashiq Fataar will be attending the Harvard Business Review and Siemens’ Future Influencers Global Meeting on May 27-29 in New York City in his capacity as Managing Director of Future Cape Town, and as a member of Future Influencers. Future Influencers is a global think tank, initiated by Siemens, connecting today’s and tomorrow’s thought leaders, on key future sustainability topics – through networking, debates and collecting ideas.
Press Release: Close to 50% vote to ‘demolish’ the Foreshore Freeways
On Friday 17 May, curious onlookers and pedestrians were drawn to a bright yellow modular box structure in the centre of Church Square in the Cape Town CBD. The structure known as the Your City Idea Project is a ballot box installation that was created to breakaway from the traditional techniques of gathering information from the public while at the same time facilitating meaningful public engagement on social and urban issues.
Media Release: Lower Main Road Turned into a Playground
On 25 May 2013, between 13:00 to 17:00, Lower Main Road from Main Road in Observatory to Malta Road in Salt River was closed off to cars and opened to people to experience their street differently. The opening ceremony was completed by a group of children who signed their names on the street in chalk, endorsing the Open Streets Manifesto. This invites everyone to treat all who use our streets with respect; to actively create inclusive public streets and to find ways to bridge the social divides of our city.
Media Statement: Wescape and the future of Cape Town
Future Cape Town was party to a packed meeting hosted by the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the Cape Institute for Architecture (CIA) on Wednesday night at which Wescape’s defenders were able to take questions from professionals of the built environment.
Media Alert: Vote with ‘Your City Idea’ on Church Square
[ May 17, 2013; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] After another satisfactory run at Cape Town International Airport, the bright yellow ballot box will return to the CBD area where citizens can come and take a minute or two of their time to vote on two urban issues. On Friday 17 May, members of the public can make their way to Church Square ,situated at Spin Street and Parliament Street between 9am and 3pm .
Resourcefulness, not resources, key to driving South Africa’s economic growth
[ May 14, 2013; 10:00 am; ] Key takeaways from a recent presentation from Dr. Maphai and Dr. Akinyemi’s at Accelerate Cape Town on job creation, development, and innovation in Cape Town.
Media Release: Future Cape Town releases position statement on Cape Town Stadium
Future Cape Town has today released its formal Position Statement on Cape Town Stadium and the Green Point Urban Park in relation to the business plan and related proposals as part of the public participation process that ends on 31 March 2013.
We believe that the outcome for the Stadium has the potential to affect all [...]
Artscape and the Future
What would a better Artscape look like? Brett Petzer explores the possibilities of a different future for Cape Town’s Opera House.
Views on Cape Town’s future belong to all who live in it – and love it.
Future Cape Town is delighted that our view on the future of the Green Point Athletics Stadium have attracted attention from the publicly appointed architect for the project.
