Description: Traces the migrations of architect Hans Heyerdahl Hallen (1930-2022), revealing how European philosophies were fused with local vernacular practices to shape modernist architecture in South Africa.
Brief description: Professor Tom Avermaete is Chair of the History and Theory of Urban Design at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His research focuses on the architecture of the city and the changing roles, approaches and tools of architects and urban designers from a cross-cultural perspective. Avermaete is editor of OASE. Journal of Architecture and member of the advisory board of the Architecture Theory Review and Docomomo Journal.