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South Africa 2005: Utopia. Nowhere. Close.

Apartheid Museum - Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Gapp Architects and Urban Designers + Mashebane Rose Architects + Britz Roodt association + Linda Mvusi Architecture and Design

This linear museum, half-buried in the mining landscape south of Johannesburg, traces the origin, development, implementation and deconstruction of South Africa's notorious apartheid system. It is located adjacent to the 'Gold Reef City' tourist theme park and Casino. In a twist of capitalist perversion, the Apartheid Museum was funded by the license holders of the Casino located across the road. It was conceived, designed, built and fitted in a 20-month period. As a container for the story of our violent history, it is located in a neglected and highly charged landscape on the edge of the city.

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