Facilities

Facilities remain the school’s #1 priority over the coming 18 months. New studios are underway at FADA, on our Bunting Road Campus, and will be ready for 2018. We are also actively pursuing a GSA Feasibility Study for a new building located in the city by 2020.

We have four main sites:

The GSA Studios - FADA
(University of johannesburg)

Our GSA Studios are located at FADA, within the Faculty and alongside the eight other departments of FADA, including the Undergraduate Programme, the DoA.

Dedicated studio spaces, a seminar room and a common room are available to all GSA students on a first-come, first-served basis at the beginning of the year.

As the school continues to grow and expand, we are looking for additional studio spaces both at FADA and at our downtown home, the GAP.

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  • The GAP
    (Graduate Architecture Platform)

    Our 700sqm review and exhibition space, located on the mezzanine level of the former Museum of African Design at 281 Commissioner Street is our flagship public venue.

    Our international lecture series talks are held here, as well as our Crossover exhibitions held three times a year and all student reviews. With ample wall space and a bar, we encourage our students, their friends and families to make this wonderful industrial building in the heart of the city a regular go-to space for all things architectural.

The Creative Co-LAB
(Workshop)

Founded in 2017 with the assistance of The Coloured Cube, in charge of all GSA Exhibitions, students across all Units use the Co-LAB as their in-house workshop, fabricating anything from paper-maché to aluminium.

Fully-trained staff and assistants help students turn flights of fancy into carefully crafted, realised objects at a range of scales and finishes.

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  • THE FABRICATION YARD
    (UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG)

    Developed by Unit 17 at the GSA under the tutelage of Greg Katz, the Fabrication Yard is an open-air space available to students wishing to prototype models and material samples at 1:1.

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