Facilities

Facilities remain the school’s #1 priority over the coming 18 months. New studios were completed in 2018 at FADA and Denver Hendricks, HoS of the Undergraduate Programme (DoA), is in charge of designing and implementing a brand-new FADA FAB LAB, scheduled for completion in February 2019. 

We have three 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.

  • FADA FAB LAB
    (UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG)

    Under the careful design and guidance of the Head of the Undergraduate School (DoA), Denver Hendricks, the FADA FAB LAB is a cross-faculty initiative that aims to provide all FADA design students with access to a world-class fabrication laboratory in the heart of FADA. Slated to open in February 2019, this facility will at last see GSA students able to walk across from their studios and take advantage of the machinery and expertise that any good school of architecture ought to provide. 

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