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CV

Ilana Steenkamp
 

Cape Town, South Africa

ilanasteenkamp@gmail.com

Education

 

Aug 2016 - May 2018  Master of Architecture AP (Prof)

Parsons School of Design, The New School,

New York, USA (Fulbright Scholar)

Jan 2013 - Dec 2014 Master of City Planning + Urban Design

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, ZAF

Jan 2009 - Dec 2011 Bachelor of Architectural Design

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, ZAF

Experience

Sept 2019- Present

Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers

(Urban Designer and Architect)

Jun 2018- Aug 2019 

ZGF Architects, New York office

(Architect II)

Jun 2017- Aug 2017 

SITELAB Urban Studio, San Francisco

(Summer internship)

Nov 2015- Jul 2016 

VPUU +Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods Development, Cape Town

(Urban Designer)

Feb-Nov 2015 

dhk Architects & Urban Designers, Cape Town

(Junior Urban Designer)

Nov-Dec 2013

VPUU, Cape Town

(Urban design intern)

 

2013- Semester 1 

Tutoring at the University of Cape Town for 2nd year History and Theory of Architecture Course (HATA3).

Oct-Dec 2012

Jana Urban Space Foundation, Bangalore

(Urban design intern)

March-Oct 2012

ST&AR Architects, Kalk Bay

(architectural technologist)

July 2010

Slum Dwellers International, Cape Town

(architectural intern)

 

 

 

 

Grants & Awards

 

2016-2018 Foreign Fulbright Scholar

2014 National Research Foundation- Scarce Skills Scholarship

Skills

 

Adobe Photoshop + InDesign + Illustrator │ Revit │ Enscape │AutoCAD │SketchUp │V-Ray for SketchUp/Rhino │Rhino │ Microsoft Office │ Hand Drawing + Rendering│Model making│ Laser Cutting │ Ceramics

Conference + Competition + Workshops

 

PARSONS GLOBAL STUDIO WORKSHOP- HONG KONG, MACAU + SHENZHEN. with Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Shenzhen University. in Hong Kong. January 2018.

 

PARSONS LIGHTING THE DEVELOPING WORLD, HAITI. with Roots of Development. Solar lighting installation for public space in Gran Sous, La Gonave, Haiti. May 2017.

LES ATELIERS 2015 WORKSHOP– AN INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY IN WESTERN GRAND PARIS.  September 2015. (Member of winning team.)


UIA 2014 CONFERENCE Presentation of project our Project “Re-Hydrating Durban” which was shortlisted as one of the finalist student projects. 


UDISA CONFERENCE 2014 involved in running a 2 day Charette Process for the workshop component involving 3 sites around Stellenbosch, RSA.

Media + Publication

DENSITY, URBAN FORM AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM A PANDEMIC, in Pro-Landscaper Africa- Sustainability Issue, Jul 2020, Page 19-21

https://issuu.com/paperplanepublications/docs/prolandscaper_july_2020_issuu

AGENDA: HOW DO WE CREATE PUBLIC SPACE THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE WHO USE IT?, in Pro-Landscaper Africa- Walkability Issue, Feb 2020, Page 8

https://issuu.com/paperplanepublications/docs/prolandscaper_february_2020_issuu

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