ANNUAL REPORT 2009 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 1 SACAP Annual Report 2009 - 2010 Section One Governance Highly competent Operationally ensuring Transparency: architectural excellence in Disclosing information professionals performance and responsibly and compliant with service delivery and promoting a culture of international best fostering collaborative openness practice and serving relationships with Respect: Treating the needs of roleplayers in order to: everyone with the developing • be responsive to the highest regard and economies. needs of the public dignity starting with • maintain a quality and greeting sustainable skills Accountability: base in the Accepting responsibility profession Courtesy: Being • ensure good friendly, helpful and governance which thoughtful at all times results in a positive Professionalism: impact on built Vision Conducting ourselves in environment practice line with best practice, • grow the information Values e.g. good planning, and knowledge hub decision-making, • promote communication, doing Mission transformation and one’s job, doing what is diversity within the right built environment Integrity: Exhibiting honesty, trust and ethical behaviour 2 SACAP Annual Report 2009 - 2010 Section One Governance ANNUAL REPORT 2009 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 3 SACAP Annual Report 2009 - 2010 Contents SECTION ONE SECTION TWO SECTION THREE SECTION FOUR GOVERNANCE OPERATIONS MANDATES ACCOUNTS & INTRODUCTION: THE ROLE OF THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER REPORT ACCREDITATION 40 FINANCIALS ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION IN 34 RESEARCH 41 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER’S REPORT SOCIETY 7 SACAP STAFF ORGANIGRAMMES 68 REGISTRATIONS 42 REPORT OF THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT 36 AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE MALCOLM CAMPBELL 8 CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT 72 REPORT OF THE INCOMING PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT 51 38 MR PHILL MASHABANE 10 SACAP COMBINED ANNUAL RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR 54 74 DOROTHY BRISLIN 12 ENDED 31 MARCH 2010 LEGAL COMPLIANCE 58 SACAP COUNCIL 14 SACAP EDUCATION FUND FINANCIAL EDUCATION FUND 59 ANNUAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR COUNCILLOR’S PROFILES 15 104 PROFESSIONAL FEES 63 ENDED 31 MARCH 2010 COMMITTEE STRUCTURE 19 IDENTIFICATION OF WORK 65 COUNCIL COMPOSITION 20 SACAP CODE OF CONDUCT 66 MEETING ATTENDANCE 21 GLOSSARY 117 STRATEGIC VISION 24 STAKEHOLDERS 25 INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT 28 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 30 Section One Governance 5 SACAP Annual Report 2009 - 2010 Section One Governance 6 SACAP Annual Report 2009 - 2010 Section One Governance Introduction: The Role of the Architectural Profession in Society Architecture can be described as an societies, and the environment. art or a complex technical, cultural and philosophical spatial language. It Architecture, like science or philosophy, should be reveals the way we feel about experimental, taking on conceptual problems and ourselves as well as our attitude interests much larger than itself. Architectural towards others. professionals are specialised operators of many architectural tools, all of which add up to an act of ne of the primary roles of South translation. They are able to offer many different African architecture is the visions of our world which are able not only to speculative, experimental and shelter and sustain us, but to inspire us. inspirational reframing of our O Buildings outlive people, and this makes them a society post-1994. Architecture frames just as we legacy for future generations. Architectural frame it. professionals have the worthwhile task of ensuring Contemporary South African architecture does that the buildings they design are both sustainable not cater to the wider community, nor does it and that they reflect the innovative thinking of actively encourage the formation of an Architectural professionals need to begin an their time. imaginative public domain. experimental re-imagination of themselves as Reference: Sarah Calburn - Opening Plenary at the “new” South Africans; as thought-makers in the The thinking that guides architectural design has Green Building Conference 2009 world. always been to give the clients what they want. This thinking has effectively removed architectural Buildings cannot be seen in isolation from their professionals from the position of being urban inhabitants, cultures, societies, systems, or visionaries. Architectural professionals ought to landscapes. Buildings become infrastructure and be claiming space for their highly specialised art; part of the landscape. The architectural imaginations, instead of allowing themselves to be profession needs to take responsibility for its relegated to the decorators of entities. work; to consider its impact on the cities, 7 SACAP Annual Report 2009 - 2010 Section One Governance Report of the outgoing president Malcolm Campbell (1 April – 31 October 2009) his report marks the end of my eight-year They formed part of a large pool of unregistered universities and former technikons to tenure as SACAP President. It also architectural practitioners (considerably larger support mobility and portability between brings to a conclusion a significant than the relatively small pool of registered these institutions, as promoted in the T25-year chapter in my life, during which architects) and were responsible at the time for National Qualifications Framework. I have persevered in pursuing and implementing approximately 80% of all plans submitted • Facilitating regional platforms between the goals of creating a regulatory body which is nationally to local authorities for approval. In the universities and former technikons to INCLUSIVE - in covering all categories of main, these plans were related to residential work promote co-ordinated approaches to architectural practitioners and in protecting all of less than 500m2, which was not protected in admissions, academic co-operation and the sections of the public, particularly the poorest and terms of the Architectural Act of 1970, in force at sharing of resources. most vulnerable and TRANSFORMED. the time. This meant that except for the relatively small section of the public executing work of over • Incorporation of the heads of technikon My work within this area commenced during the 500m2, an overwhelming majority of the public departments of architecture in the National 1980s and early 1990s, when I taught in the were left unprotected when commissioning Heads of Architectural Schools Committee, Department of Building and Architecture at the architectural services. which considers national imperatives with then Peninsula Technikon in Bellville. At the respect to architectural education. time, I soon observed that a large number of my Over the past 25 years, through pressurising students, unable to find continuous work within SACAP’s predecessor and through active • Implementing the Recognition of Prior a perennially suppressed economic environment, collaboration within SACAP structures, the Learning (RPL) mechanism as championed were offering their services directly to the public. following significant achievements can be in the National Qualifications Framework, Many of them were offering a competent service, recorded under my leadership: which permits practitioners to be promoted despite the fact that the technikon course at the from a lower to a higher category through • Revision and enhancement of the time offered little to support this role. A number an assessment of their knowledge base. curriculum for programmes at former of these students demonstrated skills which technikons (now called universities of • Replacing the Architectural Act of 1970 should have ensured them an easy passage technology) to support graduates in terms of with the South African Council for the through university towards qualifying as an their role in practising independently. Architectural Professions Act No 44 of architect, but were denied this by being 2000, which registers four distinct categories • Enhancement of progamme offerings at economically and educationally disadvantaged of architectural professionals and through former technikons to permit graduates to largely as a consequence of their prejudiced status the Identification of Work Policy (IDoW), qualify as architects from these institutions. in apartheid society. which determines that each category may • Facilitating mechanisms between only perform work which they are 8 SACAP Annual Report 2009 - 2010 Section One Governance competent to undertake. grow in confidence and, towards the end of the term, displaying a willingness and ability to • Developing an IDoW after extensive and engage in debate in a robust manner. Three of difficult consultations with a wide range of these members have been appointed to the new stakeholders. The policy is now in its final Council and it is hoped that the new Council will approval stages prior to promulgation. benefit substantially from this period of initiation. • Developing and implementing a continuous Lastly, I must credit the staff of SACAP who have professional development (CPD) survived a number of challenges and upheavals as programme, which ensures that all registered a result of the organisation’s rapid growth. Credit professionals take responsibility for ensuring must also go to the Registrar, Dorothy Brislin, for that they keep abreast of new developments providing strong leadership and for her singular in the profession. determination in safeguarding the transformation • Putting in place a number of committee goals of SACAP and ensuring that