Jaco Booyens Architect
  • Projects
    • Buffelsdrift Gold Medal Domus International Restoration Awards
    • Contemporary Mud House Buffelsdrift
    • Buffelsdrift Renovation
    • Buffelsdrift Staircase
    • Buffelsdrift Pumproom
    • Subsistance Farm Rysmierberg
    • Damaraland Clay Project
    • Big Tiny House Glencairn
    • Project Phoenix
    • Walvisbay Container Terminal Entrance
    • CAM Plywood Structure
    • Fort Haasbroek Swakopmund
    • Rammed Earth Desert House Swakopmund
    • Off the grid house Prieska
    • New BP Green Headquarters Cape Town
    • African trade mission in Rome
    • Vertical Village on the River Tyber
    • Staircase house du Plessis
    • Olijven Hof brick vault Montagu
    • Cape Town Offgrid Scyscraper
    • Gate to industrial park
    • Furniture design
    • Thesis 1996 - Emergency center for earthquakes
  • Design Philosophy
  • About
  • Publications
  • Sketchbook
Jaco Booyens architect, South Africa, work on remote sites with difficult access, no electricity or other services  by building with clay, earth and site specific materials with the purpose of creating complete self sufficiency. 

CV

Born 17 April 1969 in Pretoria, South Africa
1996-B-arch UP, University of Pretoria, South Africa ( Cum Laude )
1997-Employed at Bob Mould Architects, Walvisbay, Namibia
1998-Winner of design competition Project Phoenix with 
          Ferdinand Holm and Albrecht Holm  
1999-Employed at CMAI, Thesen Islands, Knysna, South Africa
2001-Winner of South Africa's  Rome Scholarship
2001-Register as Professional Architect at The South African 
          Council for the Architectural Profession (no 7357)
2002-Employed at DHK Architects, Cape Town, South Africa
2005-Contractor & Architect at Damaraland Clay Project, Ugab River, Namibia
2006-13-Rysmierberg off-grid project, Klein Karoo, South Africa
2017-20-Buffelsdrift restoration project Ladismith, Klein Karoo, South Africa
​2020-Winner Gold Medal Domus International Restoration Awards in collaboration with SAOTA

CAD

-Archicad 24 advanced
-Graphisoft Eco designer star intermediate ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140-2007 
-Grasshopper intermediate/advanced
-Twinmotion rendering

Net zero energy
2019-Completed NetZero Energy course at DelftX 

Sustainability skills
15 years practical experience in off-grid living with specific technical 
knowledge of hybrid PV & wind systems, direct solar heating, boreholes 
and solar pumps, alternative pump technology including ram pumps and 
air lift pumps.

Technical experience
Practical experience of construction including:carpentry,welding, machining 
lathe, mill, brick laying, rammed earth, adobe, poured earth, electrical work
plumbing, laser cutting, water jet cutting, steel folding & bending, irrigation
Picture
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  • Projects
    • Buffelsdrift Gold Medal Domus International Restoration Awards
    • Contemporary Mud House Buffelsdrift
    • Buffelsdrift Renovation
    • Buffelsdrift Staircase
    • Buffelsdrift Pumproom
    • Subsistance Farm Rysmierberg
    • Damaraland Clay Project
    • Big Tiny House Glencairn
    • Project Phoenix
    • Walvisbay Container Terminal Entrance
    • CAM Plywood Structure
    • Fort Haasbroek Swakopmund
    • Rammed Earth Desert House Swakopmund
    • Off the grid house Prieska
    • New BP Green Headquarters Cape Town
    • African trade mission in Rome
    • Vertical Village on the River Tyber
    • Staircase house du Plessis
    • Olijven Hof brick vault Montagu
    • Cape Town Offgrid Scyscraper
    • Gate to industrial park
    • Furniture design
    • Thesis 1996 - Emergency center for earthquakes
  • Design Philosophy
  • About
  • Publications
  • Sketchbook