Boukunde

A lovely young energetic vibe among the architecture students. Very friendly and welcoming. Plenty of great models and works in progress to view.

My reasoning for this rating is twofold.It’s earned four stars because it really is an excellent showcase of the architecture projects that the students do and it’s lovely and all that. Nice to go see some time, so think about making a trip one day.But what about that last star? Well, you see - architecture students are a rather insular bunch. Nobody REALLY knows an architecture student except architecture students. They don’t emerge much, they don’t talk to other people and they often just live inside the Boukunde building for days on end without ever emerging - because it isn’t necessary to emerge. It’s a self-sufficient little community in there that is a complete mystery to the rest of us.Yes, I’m sure I can walk in any time and see them scurrying about, moving in the shadows and such, but it would be nice to actually get to know one or two. Maybe one day.

The Department of Architecture is a flagship member of the University of Pretoria.

Close-knit relationship between peers qnd lecturers