{"id":44316,"date":"2024-11-12T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T06:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/new-mass-timber-dome-in-green-point-shares-khoisan-culture-and-history-20241112\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:07:08","slug":"new-mass-timber-dome-in-green-point-shares-khoisan-culture-and-history-20241112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/new-mass-timber-dome-in-green-point-shares-khoisan-culture-and-history-20241112\/","title":{"rendered":"New mass timber dome in Green Point shares Khoisan culture and history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cape Town\u2019s first mass timber dome, featuring a Khoekhoen heritage exhibit, is set to open in Green Point Urban Park on 20 November. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inspired by traditional Khoi hut structures, the eco-friendly dome serves as an educational space for learning about First Nations history and culture. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Dome Education Centre and Experiential Education Garden offer interactive learning experiences and will be available for educational programmes and events.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The country\u2019s first mass timber dome based in Green Point Urban Park is set to open later this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This three-dimensional structure will feature a permanent Khoekhoen exhibition and offer educational programmes to share the history of the First Nations People (Khoisan, Khwe and San). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will also serve as an outdoor environmental-education space for learners and a safe place for visitors to immerse themselves in nature (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/park-has-a-new-dome-20240422\" target=\"_blank\">Green Point\u2019s historic three-dimensional timber dome nears completion<\/a>\u201d, <span><em>People\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span>, 23 April 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_22cd8b04\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12397\/cdb0020012fa45a8b907bd0de8109cad.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8ac4a87428b04b98a3bafd373bbb936f.jpg\" title=\"The domed educational space imitates a Khoe dwelling.PHOTO: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The domed educational space imitates a Khoe dwelling.PHOTO: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Eddie Andrews, Deputy Mayor and Mayco member for spatial planning and the environment, said the R9 million project will officially open on Wednesday 20 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the Experiential Education Garden (EEG) is already open to the public and that the Dome Education Centre will be available for bookings for educational programmes and special events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe vision of the Dome Education Centre was to make the space a celebration of Cape Town\u2019s Khoi First Nation peoples, who once moved freely across this fertile land with their herds of sheep and cattle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-inspired\">Inspired<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained the idea behind the design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe inspiration for the Dome\u2019s design was the simple yet clever traditional Khoi dome-shaped huts. In essence, the structures were a skeleton of flexible branches covered with a patchwork of reed <em>matjies<\/em> (mats) to give shade in summer, warmth in winter as well as good ventilation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the design of the huts was perfectly suited to the Khoi\u2019s \u201cnomadic lifestyle\u201d as they could be disassembled and carried when the tribe moved on in search of new grazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Andrews, the Dome is an ingenious example of eco-conscious environmentally sustainable construction, attracting global attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/park-has-a-new-dome-20240422\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Green Point\u2019s historic three-dimensional timber dome nears completion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to <span><em>People\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span> previously, Andrews said this was the first three-dimensional mass timber dome ever to be 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