‘Impilo ya ko kasi’

Residents are often the designers, builders and users in informal settlements. These communities harness their inherent skills and determination to develop homes to make their lives more meaningful.

The spaces between these ‘DIY-homes’ is minimal and sometimes non-existent. This creates a tight, high density housig fabric fostering social interactions at a community level.

eKasi represents an urban environment emerging in spite of ineffective laws and administration (Habraken, 1998), where individuals use their agency to create homes.

Urban Density

The video showcases the diepkloof region as a heavily populated neighbohood with low density buildings (shacks) that are closely packed together, creatng a sense of overcrowding.

Adaptability

The capacity of a building or space, i.e. Diepsloot shacks, to be changed so as to respond to changing social, technological and economic conditions.

Enclosure

This refers to the degree to which streets and other public spaces are visually defined by buildings, walls, trees and other vertical elements