Thandi Loewenson
Thandi Loewenson (Harare, 1989) is a Zimbawean-British architect and researcher. She received the Wheelwright Prize in 2024.
Thandi Loewenson
- Name
- Thandi Loewenson
- Born
- 1989
- Birthplace
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- Occupation
- Architect
- Awards
- 2024 Wheelwright Prize
- Nationality
- Zimbabwe · United Kingdom
- Honours
- Wheelwright Prize
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Thandi Loewenson (Harare, 1989) is a Zimbawean-British architect and researcher. She received the Wheelwright Prize in 2024.
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• Name — Thandi Loewenson • Born — 1989 • Birthplace — Harare, Zimbabwe • Occupation — Architect • Awards — 2024 Wheelwright Prize
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Born in Harare, Loewenson holds a PhD in Architectural Design from The Bartlett, UCL in London. She is a co-founder of the architectural collective BREAK LINE, formed at The Bartlett in 2018 to "oppose the trespass of capital, the indifference towards inequality, and the myriad frontiers of oppression present in architectural education and practice today." In 2021, her project Lumumba in Space: African Space Programs and the Project of Liberation was awarded a Graham Foundation grant for research. Two years later, she received another Graham Foundation grant for her exhibition proposal The Uhuru Catalogue, which was featured in the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture and received a sppecial mention as part of the International Exhibition alongside Twenty Nine Studio / Sammy Baloji and Wolff Architects. In 2024, she received the Wheelwright Prize for her proposal Black Papers: Beyond the Politics of Land, Towards African Policies of Earth & Air, which explores social and spatial dynamics in modern Africa and introduces a framework titled «The Entanglement of Earth and Air».
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- 1.Dr Thandi Loewenson. RCA Website.
- 2.Smith, William. Thandi Loewenson Awarded 2024 Wheelwright Prize. Harvard Graduate School of Design. 2024-06-27.
- 3.Graham Foundation > Grantees > Thandi Loewenson. Graham Foundation.
- 4.Graham Foundation > Grantees > Thandi Loewenson > The Uhuru Catalogues. Graham Foundation.
- 5.Brodka, Claire. Representing Africa at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale: Recurring Concepts and Approaches. ArchDaily. 2023-06-02.
- 6.Biennale Architettura 2023 The awards of the Biennale Architettura 2023. La Biennale di Venezia. 2023-05-20.
- 7.Fakharany, Nour. Harvard Graduate School of Design Awards Thandi Loewenson Wheelwright Prize 2024. ArchDaily. 2024-07-02.
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