Conradie Park tour
What does inclusive urbanism look like in practice?
Visit Conradie Park to learn about a new model for contemporary city-making in South Africa. Developed on a former hospital site in the heart of Cape Town's urban core, the precinct brings together mixed-income housing, public space, active mobility networks, social infrastructure and everyday amenities in a neighbourhood designed around walkability rather than sprawl. Led by the architects and urban designers who conceived the precinct's design, this Design Week South Africa tour offers a chance to examine how design, policy and development can be levers for a more compact, integrated and socially diverse urban precinct.
This tour is part of the UNBUILT programme, sponsored by dhk Architects.
Why Conradie Park matters
It is one of South Africa's first large-scale mixed-income, mixed-tenure developments, integrating social housing, affordable housing and open-market housing in a single precinct.
It repurposes well-located public land to address spatial inequality and reduce the distance between housing, jobs and services.
It demonstrates a live-work-play-learn model with schools, retail, green spaces and community facilities integrated into the masterplan.
Its urban design prioritises walkability, public space and active mobility, offering an alternative to conventional suburban development patterns.
It is increasingly being viewed as a model that could inform future precinct development elsewhere in South Africa.