University of Johannesburg student, Senzo Mamba, received a special merit award at the recently held, Corobrik Student Architecture Awards.
This award was handed to him for his contribution to the built environment. He accepted this as well as a R25 000 cash prize. His thesis, entitled Bricolage: The architecture of waste, proposes to turn vacant buildings into recycling factories as an alternative way to deal with waste issues within our cities. Processing materials on-site will reduce energy consumption, transportation and the carbon footprint.
The 2019 awards ceremony had to be postponed due to Covid-19, but Corobrik adapted and instead decided to host the 2019 and 2020 awards ceremonies together in a single exclusive event. Winners were announced at a first-ever hybrid event hosted by the company.
Eight regional winners from each year presented their theses virtually to an esteemed panel of judges in a Johannesburg studio during two separate days in May, from where the winners were selected. “Corobrik’s vision for the competition is to give up-and-coming architecture students a platform to showcase their architectural talent and creativity,” said Corobrik CEO Nick Booth.
