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Arch For An Arch - Temporary Public Artwork Installation in The Company's Garden

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We are an architecture firm based in Johannesburg and are currently working with Interactive Africa (founders of Design Indaba) to realise a project in the City of Cape Town to honour a global hero, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The installation is to be in the form of a temporary arch in commemoration of the Archbishop's life achievements and is to be erected in the Company's Garden, Cape Town, for a period of 5 years. The project consists of a 14-member timber arch that is representative of the 14 Chapters of the Constitution of South Africa. The site is situated at the junction of Government Avenue and Wale Street, with the arch to span over Government Avenue at the eastern entrance of St George's Cathedral (Erf 95164) and the public entrance to the Company's Garden. The arch leverages of the legacy of South Africa's foremost campaigner for democracy, in creating a platform for public participation in upholding the Constitution.

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Arch for an Arch: To honour and herald Archbishop Desmond Tutu The project consists of a 14-member timber arch that is representative of the 14 Chapters of the Constitution of South Africa. The site is situated at the junction of Government Avenue and Wale Street, with the arch to span over Government Avenue at the eastern entrance of St George’s Cathedral and the public entrance to the Company’s Garden. The physics of an arch is that it is held together by a keystone. The keystone of this arch is the Constitution of South Africa, as a telling reminder of the importance of the Constitution to the legitimacy of our democracy. It is a metaphor for the integrity of our democracy: you damage the constitution, and the democracy falls down. Importantly, the location of the arch is astride Parliament, as a constant reminder to the lawmakers, and next to St George’s Cathedral, which is the seat of the Archbishop of Cape Town, at the public entrance to the Company’s Garden, that’s been in existence since 1652, and is the most popular walk for citizens accessing the cultural precinct of Cape Town. An Arch for an Arch is more that a memorial for Archbishop Desmond Tutu: it leverages of the legacy of South Africa’s foremost campaigner for democracy, in creating a platform for public participation in upholding the constitution, and a permanent reminder of what we sacrificed to get here, and why we should protect these rights for generations to come.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 14:26

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