{"id":593,"date":"2015-02-04T17:49:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T17:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ksa\/?p=593"},"modified":"2015-02-04T17:49:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T17:49:57","slug":"student-profile-themba-mtwazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ksa\/2015\/02\/04\/student-profile-themba-mtwazi\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Profile – Themba Mtwazi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Themba<\/p>\n

Themba Ben Mtwazi<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m a product of the 80s, born and bred in post independence Zimbabwe. My father was a small time, self taught screen printer, pop artist and a partisan of Andy Warhol and his movement. Growing up surrounded by bottles of ink and stencils; music and graffiti; third world norms and politics; these life encounters of craft and societal barriers somehow merged to become the design of infrastructure – Architecture<\/span><\/p>\n

Why did you chose KSA?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

KSA for me was a no-brainer; a fairly new school just over 5 years old at the time, already sitting at number 6 on the architecture league tables…… I had to find out what the secret was.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are you working on at the moment?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a few things which I am working on at the moment:<\/span><\/p>\n

– Faversham creek revitalisation project, Faversham, Uk<\/span><\/p>\n

– 39 Llewelyn road cottage design, Gweru, Zimbabwe<\/span><\/p>\n

– Third article for the RIBA blogs (for the first two follow the links below)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.ribablogs.com\/?p=9385<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.ribablogs.com\/?p=9362<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– recently completed poster designs on HIV Criminalisation for the Denialism and Human \u00a0 \u00a0rights conference recently held at Maastritch University, Netherlands<\/span><\/p>\n

\"10966538_928407660523976_231837343_n\"Which building or architect has the greatest influence on your work?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I think architecture is a journey of discovery, it’s like a tour in a foreign town, with what’s lying round the bend totally unknown. I guess until I can say I have encountered ‘every’ architect’s\/designer’s work in the world, shall I able to say I have found that ‘ONE’; but so far I am intrigued by Peter Zumthor, Santiago Calatrava and Renzo Piano’s work.<\/span><\/p>\n

What advice would you give someone embarking on an architectural degree?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A drawing or a sketch is the picture of one’s latent thoughts.The trick to being a good design student lies in how you are able to express and manipulate an idea on a physical piece of paper.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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