Completed in 2015 in Moruleng, South Africa. Images by Natasha Dawjee Laurent. The rural town of Moruleng is found along the slopes of the M
"The brief for the project was to renovate the existing museum, restore the adjacent historic Dutch Reformed Mission Church, and develop a cultural precinct. The layering of new and heritage architectural structures and landscapes as palimpsest is an integral part of the spatial, exhibition, and narrative experience. Throughout the precinct, a deliberate effort has been made to enable visitors to distinguish between historic renovations, pre-colonial reconstructions, and the new elements on the site. The raked amphitheater kgotla has been carved into the landscape with a latticed pergola structure providing shading. The pergola design is a contemporary reinterpretation of the lekgapo patterning traditionally used on floors and walls, using lathes and steel. When the sun is overhead, beautiful shadows of these traditional patterns are cast on the ground."
