Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art“This is a cellular building made from a bunch of tubes. Big, big concrete tubes,” Heatherwick says. From the very beginning, one of the questions was whether or not to keep the building.

While shiny new museums are popping up all over Asia, that approach didn’t make sense here in Cape Town. “Our role has been to find a language that keeps the soul of this building that functioned for so many years.”

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Heatherwick Studio at Design Indaba

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Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art“This is a cellular building made from a bunch of tubes. Big, big concrete tubes,” Heatherwick says. From the very beginning, one of the questions was whether or not to keep the building.

While shiny new museums are popping up all over Asia, that approach didn’t make sense here in Cape Town. “Our role has been to find a language that keeps the soul of this building that functioned for so many years.”

Photo courtesy: Heatherwick Studio