Tebogo Ramatlo
Tebogo Ramatlo is an architect, artist, and academic at the Tshwane University of Technology. He is passionate about the transformation of cities, education, and policies for the betterment of sustainable human environments. He is currently a Doctoral Candidate in architecture and his thesis focuses on the defragmentation of post-colonial cities in Africa from the centre, the in-between and the periphery. He established himself as an architect and teacher who integrates thinking and making in his practice since his master’s dissertation, uses large scale model building and stop frame animation to narrate an urban future in which migrant women with children help build the city in which they seek shelter. In 2018, he collaborated in the Time, Space Existence Exhibition at the Venice Biennale with Nadia Tromp of Ntsika Architects where they built an installation raising awareness about refugees from Africa and Europe as part of a global architectural discourse. He frequently collaborates with local and international practices/Institutions on projects that focus on the transformation of South Africa’s built landscape. Since then, he has travelled extensively to Zanzibar, Cairo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Istanbul, Ayacucho, São Paulo and Los Angeles where he has given lectures and collaborative workshops on migration, informality, African urbanism, sustainability and homelessness in cities.