The site is on the south side of the Eerste River (Southbank), within 450 ha of land, which comprises a combination of 80 ha of grapes, fallow agricultural land and a unique combination of flora known as fynbos and renosterveld. Adjacent to the site on the north bank is the leisure infrastructure of the Spier Estate (155-bed hotel, conference facilities, restaurants and retail outlets). To the East, the Estate is bordered by the Spier wine cellar and, to the West, the intersection of the Bonte and Eerste Rivers. The site, like the region as a whole, is part of a rich and sensitive ecological context.

The competition calls on architects and designers to define and apply new spatial approaches in order to create a community that will serve as a model for sustainable living elsewhere on the continent and beyond. At the core of the competition are universally relevant questions: in a globalizing world, how can new spaces come into being that simultaneously acknowledge the creativity of its inhabitants, the abundance and fragility of its natural settings, and the dynamics of urban growth?

Es handelt sich um einen offenen, internationalen, zweiphasigen Wettbewerb für ein ca. 80 ha großes Areal außerhalb von Stellbosch, auf dem eine neue Siedlung geplant werden soll, sowie der Neubau für das Africa Centre, ein Kunst- und Kulturzentrum. Das Raumprogramm umfasst ca. 150,000 qm BGF.

Dates:
First stage "image/bank": 
Deadline for registration: July 16, 2006
Upload period: July 17 to August 7, 2006
Deadline for submission of entries (online): August 7, 2006
 
Second stage "south/centre": 
Selection of finalists: September 15, 2006
Dispatch deadline for submissions: December 20, 2006
Announcement of winner and commencement of realisation process: January 20, 2007 
 
www.southbank-competition.org/