Of the five schemes designed and presented by the students during the travelling studio, the City Council felt that Share the Glow would be the most feasible and easily adapted to their needs of the city, as well as their vision. This exciting project, looks at the Upstream and downstream development of informal trade systems to foster social, ecological and economic value, through the implementation of a social network, modular vendor unit, urban farm and administrative hub.
Given the limited project time frame we needed to quickly identify key areas where small interventions would provide greatest impact and flow on effects to initiate positive social, ecological and economic change.
Through the implementation of a social network, modular vendor unit, urban farm and administrative hub we see opportunities to bridge the gap between the existing informal and formal trade economy.
The multifaceted system can be implemented through a stage-bystage roll out; whilst these stages can be interconnected they are not interdependent and can be initiated individually. This system aims to uplift the social and environmental development of Pretoria, South Africa."