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October 19, 2025City & SocietyOpen Access

Occupied Futures: Co‐Design, Repair, and the Struggle for Housing in Cape Town

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Overview

Activists challenge gentrification and displacement through co-design in Cape Town, indicating the importance of housing solutions.

Key Points

  • The co-design initiative aims to improve living conditions in a politically contested occupied space.
  • Activists from the Reclaim the City movement focus on addressing issues of gentrification and displacement since 2017.
  • The article explores how co-design and repair practices serve as complementary tactics in urban activism.
  • It contributes to understanding urban political sensibilities tied to housing and architectural design within Cape Town.

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Laurin Baumgardt (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f43ef4854d1061a58abb87https://doi.org/10.1111/ciso.70019
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