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A previous lecturer at Wits University, Johannebsurg, Fanuel now practises as an Architect and Urban Designer in the province of GAUTENG, which is South Africa's and effectively Africa's financial power house. It is here where Fanuel is Director of Motsepe Architects (M ARCH) (Pty) LTD, which is located within the Central Business District (CBD) of Johannebsurg. At M Arch he a number of inner city projects as part of the rejuvenation of Johannesburg CBD and South Africa's capital city Tshwane.
Fanuel's architectural philosophy focuses on a design approach that is culture receptive through the concept of Botho/Ubuntu. This concept is 'said to reflect a deep rooted African maxim, "A person is a person through other persons" - "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu".'David Olivier, Faith and Earthkeeping, 1988). Fanuel Belongs to a school of thought which identifies the need for more culture-inclusive design philosophy, aimed at addressing the culture-exclusive doctrines and practices of built environment professions in South Africa.
Motsepe
Architects is rooted in the architectural
philosophy of Botho/Ubuntu, the spirit of family - hood, coupled with
the knowledge and experience gained in the architecture as theorized
and practiced in Africa and the international world.
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