Project proposal : to construct and manage Moya weKhaya - spirit of home : a cultural centre in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study consists of a proposal to construct and manage Moya weKhaya, acultural centre on a vacant site linked to an existing park in A Section,Khayelitsha. The cultural centre is an innovative vision of urban renewal. Theintention is to contribute towards addressing current social and cultural needsand challenge the historical realities of apartheid planning.The concept was initiated by two community-based organisations (CBOs) andthe proposal has been developed through a series of meetings andworkshops with the initiating CBOs.The approach to the project, from its inception, was based on acommunicative planning approach and the intention of this proposal is tostimulate dialogue with government and other potential partners and garnersupport for the project.The proposal presents the rationale, vision and objectives of Moya weKhayaand describes the background and context in which the project wasformulated. It locates the project within the current South African legislativeand policy framework and within current planning discourse.The thematic and ecological approach to the architectural design is presentedand the proposed usage of the cultural centre and the envisaged activities aredescribed.Strategies to raise funds for capital costs and partnership options areexplored. A preliminary operating budget and income generating strategies tomaintain the centre are presented.Potential challenges and solutions are discussed.The proposed cultural centre is an ambitious, costly, and complex project andit raises two fundamental issues.- The challenge to the CBO partnership to raise its own capacity toimplement and manage the project on its own and / or to negotiate andformalise a public-private partnership to build and manage the centre.- The challenge by the CBOs to government in particular to support theproject and bridge the gap between the legislative framework thatpromotes grassroots driven development and the institutionalmechanisms (and political will) to facilitate such processes.This proposal is an attempt to present a framework in which to address theseissues.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University