Industrial Heritage Protection and Redevelopment

Michael Louw is the director of CMAI Architects and senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town's School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. He completed his architecture degree at the University of Pretoria in 1998. In 2005, he attended the Glenn Murcutt Master Class in Australia and then completed a postgraduate MPhil degree in Sustainable Development Planning and Management at the University of Stellenboschin South Africa. His research interests include architectural history and temporality, technology, craft, and design-build practices. Michael co-convenes a design-research studio in the Architectural Master's and Honors programs called Adapt, which focuses on adaptive reuse, and he convenes the second year Technology course in the Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) program. He is also the project leader for the school's annual design-build project, which is known as the Imizamo Yethu water platforms.