Frederick Kannemeyer
I am a South African–trained architect with experience in architectural practice, spatial research, and design-led collaboration. I am particularly interested in research-driven methodologies, including archiving, mapping, curation, and documentation, and have collaborated with sociologists and anthropologists to integrate social analysis into spatial design(both physical and digital). My practice is grounded in storytelling, cultural sensitivity, and a critical engagement with history and place.
I am a South African–trained architect with experience in architectural practice, spatial research, and design-led collaboration. I am particularly interested in research-driven methodologies, including archiving, mapping, curation, and documentation, and have collaborated with sociologists and anthropologists to integrate social analysis into spatial design(both physical and digital). My practice is grounded in storytelling, cultural sensitivity, and a critical engagement with history and place.
+44 73 7584 5746
kannemeyerfj@gmail.com
kannemeyerfj@gmail.com
Education
2018 - 2019
MTech, Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg
2013 - 2016
Bachelor of Architectural Studies, University of Cape Town
Work Experience
2020 - Current
Freelance Artist and Web Designer, London
2022 - 2023
African Futures Institute, Web Designer and Researcher, Remote
2021 - 2022
Counterspace, Part II Architectural Assistant and Researcher, London/Johannesburg
2017
Some Architects, Part I Architectural Assistant, Cape Town
2016 - 2017
Barak Mizrachi Architects, Part I Architectural Assistant, Cape Town
Residencies
Selected Collaborative Work and Commissions
2025
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Archive of Prefiguration with Leela Keshav, AA Communications Studio, London
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Mangroves and British Colonial Archives with Eddie Bruce-Jones and Tao Goffe, SOAS, London
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Imagining Borders Otherwise with Nivi Manchanda, QMUL, London
- Malaffat, Network of Arabic Alternative Screens, Berlin
- Grand Tour, a film by Jo Fetto, Munich
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The People’s Carriage, Dhaqan Collective, Bristol
- Shared Horizons: Politics and Poetics of Transnational Abolition with Vanessa Eileen Thompson, SA Smythe and Engy Mohsen, UCLA and University of Toronto
2024
- Abolitionist International, QMUL, London
- LSE Human Rights 25th Anniversary Conference, LSE, London
- House of Weaving Songs, Dhaqan Collective, Southbank Centre, London
- Cultural Atlas of Solidarities with Vali Mahlouji
- Reproductive Injustice and Racialised Frictions with Babette May, LSE, London
- Housing, Migration and Health Lab with Charlotte Sanders, Nikita Simpson and Iona Gaskell, SOAS, London
- Rural Futurisms Archive with Lesego Bantsheng, Rural Futurisms, South Africa
2023
- Archive Stories with Sara Salem and Mai Taha, LSE, London
- Pinpoint Index with African Futures Institute, Venice Architecture Biennale
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Voices and Visibility, Department of Surgery, UCL
- From Walls to Corridors with Sharri Plonski, QMUL, London
2022
2021
Frederick Kannemeyer