MICRO-BIO

• I am an urban designer and a town planner. I am currently working as a lecturer, teaching urban design theory at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  I am an urban designer and a town planner. I am currently working as a lecturer, teaching urban design theory at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

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EXPERIENCE

• University of the Witwatersrand

  • Associate lecturer
  • School of Architecture and Planning
  • January 2016 to Present

• Gauteng Provincial Treasury

  • Client support consultant
  • Supply Chain Management
  • January 2015 to December 2015

• ASM ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS

  • Intern
  • urban design
  • January 2013 to February 2014

EDUCATION

• University of the Witwatersrand

  • PhD Town planning
  • April 2017 to Present

  Research title: WHY DO PEOPLE WALK ON THIS STREET? A correlation comparison of the impact of street-level conditions relative to neighbourhood conditions

• University of the Witwatersrand

  • Master of urban design
  • January 2011 to December 2015

  • In addition to course work I have been part of three urban design studios, which are intensive, concept driven , three-month design processes that simulate urban design projects from inception (site analysis, policy review and brief formulation) to completion (physical planning, modelling, costing and phasing). • My Masters research explored the use of enabling frameworks as a means of shaping nodal development in Johannesburg in a manner that focuses on the creation of public space whilst expanding the inclusiveness of the planning process • The research concludes that enabling frameworks would go a long way in institutionalising urban design within the South African state and in improving the inclusiveness of well-designed public space but their adoption as an urban design approach is limited by (among other things) their lengthy implementation cycles

• University of the Witwatersrand

  • BSc urban and regional planning (Honours)
  • February 2006 to June 2011

  • My Honours research explored the use of value capture (a variety of public-private property development options) as a means of financing public infrastructure. • Using two stations in Ekurhuleni as its focus area, the research concluded that while that city had the largest rail network in southern Africa, the feasibility of value capture was nonetheless limited by:(1) the City’s development corridor policies, which emphasised road transport; and (2) Complicated ownership arrangements that limited state department’s ability to transfer or sell land

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