UCT Landscape Architecture Programme

If you are in Centlivres today ortomorrow, pop past our HATLA I visual essay mini-exhibition in the Crit room!

Led by Kekeletso Ramodibe, the class has been exploring visual harvesting techniques in order to reveal cultural landscapes that enrich dominant narratives about landscape architecture.

We are hoping to share some more of this work in the future so watch this space....

"How do we get to know the world and how do we locate ourselves within it?" (Awan & Sharma, 2025)

Led by Kekeletso Ramodibe, the History & Theory of Landscape Architecture I course seeks to understand and expand landscape architecture through recognising precolonial, colonial and post-colonial histories.

In their ongoing exploration of vernacular visual cultural engagement, the HATLA I class recently visited the Humanity exhibition at the Iziko South African Museum.

Photo credits: Sophia Brown, Kekeletso Ramodibe

Awan, Nishat & Ish*ta Sharma. (2025). “Weaving worlds”, Journal of Visual Culture, 24 (2).

International applications for study in 2026 have already closed but local applicants still have a chance to apply for one of our postgraduate qualifications in Landscape Architecture!

For more info to go to our Application Process and Information link on our website (link in bio).

Please join us this Thursday 23 October 2025 from 13:00 - 14:00 (SAST) for a co-hosted ILASA / APG School Talk as Ilham Gabier, Julia McLachlan and Lauren Grootboom share their Perspectives in Blue-Green Infrastructure.

Ilham Gabier is a landscape architect and a Director at ACG Architects. Her presentation titled Asanda Village Wetland Park - Restoring Nature, Connecting Community will reflect on the transformative urban rehabilitation initiative led by the City of Cape Town turning a once-degraded open space into a vibrant, ecologically functioning park.

Julia McLachlan is a qualified landscape architect, with both architectural and urban design degrees and a passion for exploring innovative design solutions for the urban landscape. Her contribution to the conversation around Blue-green Infrastructure is Rethinking Cape Town’s Mono-functional Stormwater Ponds.

Lauren Grootboom, PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering at UCT's Future Water Institute, explores Women as Water Custodians: how Indigenous Knowledge Systems employed by women enhance water resilience through Blue-Green Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions in South African communities.

The talk will be in-person in the Pink Room and online at the following details:

Meeting ID: 345 270 904 301
Passcode: eH2Ho2bu

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2Y5MDcyOTUtNjMzNC00MjIwLWIyNWUtMmExOWMzNDcwZjli%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2292454335-564e-4ccf-b0b0-24445b8c03f7%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225e4ff616-9d15-498e-b099-ea0665ed4400%22%7d

There will be a virtual attendance register for SACLAP CPD (0.1 Category 1 points).

Image sources: P Mguni and City of Cape Town