adaptive reuse infrastructure

Cape Town 2025: Between Concrete Dreams and Daily Realities

Cape Town is making big changes by 2025! They are spending billions to make water, power, and roads better. New…

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Cape Town After Dark: How a R2.3 Billion Hidden Grid Keeps the Lights On

Cape Town keeps its streets bright with a clever, hidden system costing R2.3 billion! A team of 18 people watches…

3 weeks ago

Jakes Gerwel Drive: Cape Town’s 3.4-km Holiday Reprieve Opens Tomorrow

Get ready, Cape Town! The Jakes Gerwel Drive is reopening tonight at midnight, just in time for your holiday trips.…

3 weeks ago

Kloof Road: Anatomy of a Collapse – How One Storm Unravelled 120 Years of Mountain Engineering

A huge storm hit Kloof Road, making the mountain crumble! This road, built over 120 years, couldn't handle the rain…

3 weeks ago

Cape Town’s Underground Metamorphosis: 49 Kilometres of Fresh Arteries for the Mother City

Cape Town is doing a massive underground makeover, replacing 49 kilometers of old water and sewer pipes with super strong…

3 weeks ago

Cape Town’s Silent Revolution: How Two Mega-Projects Will Tap Sewage and Sea to Keep the Taps On

Cape Town is building two huge projects to get water. One project will clean sewage water, turning yesterday's flush into…

3 weeks ago

Cape Town’s Four-Day Plumbing Transplant: How the City Will Pause Its Own Pulse to Build a Smarter, Leak-Proof Future

Cape Town is doing a big plumbing upgrade for four days in December 2025. They're replacing old pipes and adding…

3 weeks ago

Reimagining Cape Town’s Unfinished Freeways: Vision, Resistance, and the Future of Urban Mobility

Cape Town’s unfinished freeways are giant concrete reminders of a past full of broken plans and division. Engineer Gareth Ramsay…

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