Cape Town is one the South Africa's capital cities, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest with more than 4.5 millions of inhabitants. Its spectacular natural landscape including dramatic mountains and a long coastline has molded its development, as well as the historical heritage of the apartheid that stubbornly results in a segregated city and a sprawling urban form.

At the request of the City of Cape Town and with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), Les Ateliers is organizing an international urban planning workshop in Cape Town in order to find innovative solutions and improve the City processes in the implementation of the main planning documents of the city, the Municipal and District Spatial Development Frameworks.

During this 5 days flash international workshop, 15 international and local participants (urban planners, architects, geographers, landscape designers, environmentalists, sociologists, economists ...) will take part in an intense collective and strategic work in three different teams.

At the end of the session, the participants will present their work in a Forum to a panel of local stakeholders, official, national and international experts.

Les Ateliers are looking for external support for the scientific preparation of this workshop. The assistant will be under the management of the director of project and the coordinator of Les Ateliers. He/she will be part of a team with them and the 2 scientific directors (pilots) of the workshop. The mission consists in 3 major tasks:

• Diagnosis : Collecting resources and writing of the “Context Document”
• Participation in the preparation of the program of the workshop
• Assisting the teams during the workshop

Mission from 20th of July to 5th of October 2022.

Profile

Young university graduate (or about to graduate), young professional. Urban planner, architect, economist, geographer, landscape architect, sociologist,etc.

Autonomous, ability to work collectively and with a close team, curiosity, appetence for discovering new horizons and working in multicultural environments. Fluent speaking and writing English. Mastering the Indesign software. Mission based in Cape Town.
Required availability: about two days a week from 20th of July to 20th of August, full availability required from then, in September and during the workshop.

The first part of the mission takes place with the team working remotely, with regular videoconferences and messages. The coordinator will be on site to prepare the workshop with the assistant from the end of August.

Transportation and other professional costs are covered, and a global compensation will be ensured.

Want to enhance your experience by participating in this collective creative experience?
Prepare your application with the attached documents and send it to candidatures@ateliers.org