Episode 04: What Should Groove Architecture Look Like? In Conversation with Tumi & Thato

Episode 03 of Ikhon' Intekhalayo podcast, presents Urban Scholar, Street and Creative Culture enthusiast Sibonelo Gumede, and who shares his experiences of Gqom culture as a youth growing up in Durban. He breaks down the chronicles of the evolution of Gqom culture from isgubhu (sound), umdanso (dance), impahla (fashion) and amatemu (language) and how all this was unfolding is Urban space and Architecture throughout Durban's townships and Inner City.

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Episode 03: Durban The City That Raised Me; with Sibonelo Gumede

Bantu.Lab is a creative collective comprised of Architects, Urban Planners and Urban Designers focused on the conceptualisation, visualisation,
imagination and realisation of black spatial imaginaries. 

Our laboratory is focused on black youth culture and its economy. Our work is about making sense of these connections and what they reveal about urban growth and street dynamics. As urban spatial scientists, our work starts by finding the right instruments through which to test these realities. We investigate Fresh Produce, Music, Fashion, Youth Culture and Transport, Sounds, Signs, Smells and Tastes; in how they are layered and composed in ways that seem chaotic but actually work in harmony within black spaces.

At the heart of our agenda is redefining the worth, reimagining the futures and reconciling spatial academic competencies with our lived spatial realities. Our main area of study is decoding the vibrancy, culture, identity and complexities of black spaces.

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