KITSO EXCHANGE HUB
BA HONOURS MAJOR PROJECT 2020
The Kitso Exchange Hub provides an educational programme for a city setting focusing on the regional impacts and common goals developed to help the local population in Magaliesburg. Its local community values and sustainable economic growth values can be used to define the City’s area. With the commitment of user-centred design and the collective impact of its citizens, the people can be taught on social programmes concerning appropriate resource consumption and conservation to develop better self-sustaining city. Workshops and communal gatherings can be held to share sustainable lifestyle, technological and construction techniques practiced at the Kitso Exchange Hub to improve housing situations, service infrastructure and resource consumption in Magaliesburg.
The Kitso Knowledge Exchange Hub promotes the transformation of South African youth as well as the development of the labor force ecosystem as the country progresses towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The proposed program is designed to develop both critical problem-solving skills and technical skills through an experience-based learning framework designed to impact the future population of South Africa. With the collaboration of introductory-level workshops, sharing of objectives, and industry experience, a knowledge exchange network can be accomplished as a model to educate and conserve the natural global context for future generations while concurrently promoting social inclusion and innovation wiIth traditional teachings and vernacular design practices.
The Kitso Knowledge Exchange Hub promotes the transformation of South African youth as well as the development of the labor force ecosystem as the country progresses towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The proposed program is designed to develop both critical problem-solving skills and technical skills through an experience-based learning framework designed to impact the future population of South Africa. With the collaboration of introductory-level workshops, sharing of objectives, and industry experience, a knowledge exchange network can be accomplished as a model to educate and conserve the natural global context for future generations while concurrently promoting social inclusion and innovation wiIth traditional teachings and vernacular design practices.
