Promotion

The current portfolio member responsible for Promotion is Daniel van der Merwe.

 

BIOGRAPHY: DANIEL VAN DER MERWE                                       

Daniel van der Merwe studied Landscape Architecture at the University of Pretoria, and then continued to complete his studies in Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1988 He worked as an architect for the practice Stefan Antoni Architects in Cape Town from December1989 until October1990- working on mostly residential scale projects, where after he joined the practice Manfred Hermer, Grosskopff and Lombart Architects in Johannesburg. He gained experience in residential, retail, office, hospital and other commercial projects and was involved in the design, technical documentation and project management of these projects. He joined the Department of Architecture at the then Technikon Witwatersrand in June1992, and continued as a senior lecturer in architecture at the University of Johannesburg. Daniel set up his own practice in 1994, and has continued to practice simultaneously as a symbiosis between industry and academia. He joined the Cement and Concrete Institute in September 2008 as architect to allow for the promotion of architecture and architectural concrete.

Daniel is presently doing research towards the completion of his Masters Degree- investigating the links between psychology, cultural identity and architecture within the South African context. In this regard he has attended several conferences, locally and internationally, and has published articles in South African journals and magazines.

Daniel has developed extensive links with Industry through his practice work, and with other academic institutions by serving on advisory boards of several university departments of architecture. He has also act as an external examiner at the University of the Free State; Tswane University of Technology, University of Pretoria and Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Contact details:

Daniel JS van der Merwe

Telephone landline: 011 315 0300

Mobile phone: 083 2844451

E-mail:   daniel.vandermerwe@cnci.org.za         

Postal address:

PO Box 168

Halfway House 1068