Brakdak House
Karoo, South Africa
Research and restoration
2016
Som en del af et større forskningsprojekt af den hengemte sydafrikanske byggeskik 'Brakdak' (en traditionel byggeskik til at stampe jord), var Djernes & Bell involveret i undersøgelsen og restaureringen af Akkedis brakdak-hytten beliggende i Swartberg, Karoo, et af verdens ældste landskaber. Studiet var inspireret af Sydafrikas mest elskede modernistiske og kulturarvseksperter, parret Gawie og Gwen Fagan, som udførte en række fotografiske undersøgelser af Brakdak-byggeri i 60'erne.
Djernes & Bell forsøgte at lokalisere og præcisere eventuelle overlevende huse. Djernes & Bells forskning i Brakdak-bygninger blev finansieret af Statens Kunstfond.
As part of a larger body of research into the lost South African building tradition of ‘Brakdak’ (a vernacular rammed earth technique) houses. Djernes & Bell were involved in the surveying and restoration of Akkedis brakdak cottage located in the Swartberg, Karoo, one of the worlds most ancient landscapes.
The research was inspired by South Africa’s most loved modernist and heritage experts, couple Gawie and Gwen Fagan, who carried out a body of photographic survey of Brakdak building in the 60’s. Djernes & Bell tried to locate and pinpoint any surving houses.
Djernes & Bell research into Brakdak buildings was funded by the Statens Kunst Fond.
