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Educational mass timber dome in Green Point Park opens to celebrate Khoisan culture

Educational mass timber dome in Green Point Park opens to celebrate Khoisan culture

Jan_-_Educational_mass_timber_dome_in_Green_Point_Park_opens_to_celebrate_Khoisan_culture__1.jpgCape Town's first mass timber dome in Green Point Urban Park officially opened

  • Cape Town's first mass timber dome, located in Green Point Urban Park, has opened to educate the public on Khoisan culture and history.
  • The dome features a permanent Khoi exhibition and an experiential education garden, aimed at teaching children about local history and environmental conservation.
  • Supported by local leaders, the dome is intended for use by all community members to foster education and deter youth from crime.

Cape Town’s first three-dimensional mass timber dome was officially opened to the public in Green Point Urban Park on Wednesday 20 November.

 This unique structure, known as the Khoi Dome, serves mainly educational purposes, to be used as a classroom and featuring a permanent Khoi exhibition.

It offers educational programmes that share the history of the First Nations People.

Visitors to the dome can also take a walk in the experiential education garden (EEG).

Eddie Andrews, Deputy Mayor and Mayco member for Spatial Planning and the Environment, said the Khoi Dome recognises the first nations.

 “This will help us reflect on history and keep on telling the stories. I believe the EEG, including the new dome structure, exhibition and planned learner activities will, in a creative and fun way, reconnect children living in our city with our heritage and the environment. I trust this new facility will assist in teaching our children more about the local history and its people.”

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The opening also marked World Children’s Day, celebrated on 20 November annually.

It is fitting that we launch an environmental educational centre for children to help them learn about the environment in a fun manner.

King Dr John Petersen, Emperor of the Cochoqua First Indigenous Tribe and Kingdom of South Africa, welcomed the facility and said it must be used by all.

 “Everyone can use this place as an educational centre. This is not the Cochoqua dome; it’s the dome of the Khoi and San and the people of the Western Cape. We don’t want our children to become gangsters. Education is a weapon to get ourselves out of poverty and the only way is to go to school and to get a career to better yourself.”

 Nicola Jowell, Ward 54 councillor, expressed her gratitude to the team for bringing the dome to life, saying the dome plays and integral part in connecting people to the environment.

 To enquire about booking educational programmes in the Dome Education Classroom and Experiential Education Garden (EEG) email: smartliving@capetown.gov.za

Source: News24

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