Séminaire de recherche | Archiver des architectures « inarchivables »

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Thu Jul 23 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

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Canadian Centre for Architecture | Montréal, QC

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Research Seminar | Archiving ‘Unarchivable’ Architectures
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Archiver des architectures « inarchivables »
Séminaire de recherche avec Bongisa Msutu


En Afrique du Sud, le township — une zone résidentielle racialisée conçue pour l’installation forcée de populations noires démunies — est devenu un espace d’appropriation. Archiver les architectures, les intérieurs et les paysages des townships constitue une nouveauté dans le patrimoine architectural sud-africain, les archives traditionnelles ne valorisant généralement que les ouvrages conçus ou construits par des personnalités éminentes. À travers une sélection d’objets issus de la Collection du CCA et en s’appuyant sur l’étude de cas du township sud-africain de Bophelong, Bongisa Msutu réfléchit à des stratégies applicables à l’échelle mondiale pour construire des archives architecturales « non archivables » dans le cadre d’un projet décolonial.

Bongisa Msutu est une artiste, designer, enseignante en design et chercheuse, dotée d’une solide culture en arts visuels. Elle est titulaire d’une licence en architecture d’intérieur de l’University of Pretoria, ainsi que de crédits de troisième cycle en anthropologie de l’UNISA et en études du patrimoine de la Wits University. Elle enseigne actuellement au département d’architecture d’intérieur du Greenside Design Center, en Afrique du Sud. Ses travaux de conception et de recherche s’intéressent aux imaginaires et aux matérialités spatiales et archivistiques des communautés noires et marginalisées.

Cet événement est présenté en anglais. Il est gratuit et ouvert au public, mais le nombre de places étant limité, l'inscription est obligatoire. L’entrée au musée est incluse dans l’inscription.


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Archiving ‘Unarchivable’ Architectures
Research Seminar with Bongisa Msutu

In South Africa, the township—a racialized residential area designed for the forced occupation of impoverished black people—has become a geography of appropriation. Archiving township architectures, interiors, and landscapes is new to South African architectural heritage, because the traditional architectural archive more often values artifacts that have been designed or built by prominent figures. Through selected objects from the CCA Collection and by using the case study of South African township Bophelong, Bongisa Msutu explores globally applicable strategies of building an “unarchivable” architectural archive as a decolonial project.

Bongisa Msutu is an artist, designer, design educator, and researcher with a strong foundation in visual arts. Msutu holds an undergraduate degree in Interior Architecture from the University of Pretoria, along with postgraduate qualifications in Anthropology from UNISA and Heritage Studies from Wits University. She currently teaches in the Interior Design Department at the Greenside Design Center, South Africa. Her design and research focus is centred on exploring the spatial and archival imaginaries and materialities of black and marginalized communities.

This event is presented in English. It is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so registration is required. Admission to the museum is included with your registration.



Image :

Andrew Tshabangu (photographe), 324 Interior in Bophelong, 2022. Avec l’autorisation d’Andrew Tshabangu et de Bongisa Msutu

Andrew Tshabangu (photographer), 324 Interior in Bophelong, 2022. With the permission of Andrew Tshabangu and Bongisa Msutu

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