Cape Town is still dominated by an urban structure that reduces interaction between different ethnicities and social classes. The International New Town Institute, the African Centre for Cities and the City of Cape Town Planning Department proposed a project to study the possibilities for increasing Cape Town’s urban density.

Our strategy introduces an integrative approach for Maitland.Pilot projects are located on strategic sites that represent typical situations in Cape Town and along Voortrekker Road: Leftover spaces along transport infrastructure, over-dimensioned school yards, low densities on well accessible spots, fragmented public spaces around train stations. As such the strategy could be extended to induce a gradual transformation of Apartheid’s urban heritage into a more inclusive urban environment inside of Cape Town’s economic heartland.