Cape Town Library Built with Apartheid-Era Demolition Rubble by The MAAK
By
Jon Astbury
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
The MAAK architecture studio collaborated with The Otto Foundation to create the Rahmah Library in Cape Town's District Six, using local clay and rubble from buildings demolished during Apartheid to create bricks and fittings. The library serves Rahmaniyeh Primary School in a neighborhood historically subjected to forced removals and demolitions under Apartheid, making the architectural project both functional and symbolic of reclamation and healing.
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Created with literacy charity The Otto Foundation for Rahmaniyeh Primary School
The library is located in Cape Town's District Six – a neighbourhood subject to forced removals and demolitions
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