Building Identity by Co-Building Spaces

Chalmers University of Technology

Year: 2024
Location: Melusi 3, Pretoria, South Africa
Project type: Reality Studio
Focus: Social Practice / Participatory / Built

A participatory fieldwork project in Melusi 3 exploring how small, co-designed interventions can strengthen community identity and spatial belonging. Workshops, interviews and community project days translated local needs into tangible changes around play, safety, visibility and access.

Built roadside children’s zone with painted tyres, a reed fence, and a Slow Down Kids Zone sign.

Community project timeline connecting fieldwork, co-design, interventions, and the participating stakeholder groups.

Skills and children’s dream workshops, community interviews, and the needs identified through participation.

Community intervention cards and photographs of the fence, visual identity, and roadside children’s zone.

Completed signs and gate construction with stakeholder reflections, evaluation, and before-and-after photographs.