Daniel Xu
Daniel is a director at S&P and part-time lecturer at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the School of Explorative Architecture (SEA). He was selected as a Norman Foster Foundation Digital X fellow and consults for the African Centre for Cities. His work has won multiple competitions and awards including the Lake Club and Zandvliet WWTW. He passionately drives S&P’s creative strategy, marketing and global expansion into various markets including Spain, Switzerland, UK and the Middle East.
Daniel graduated from the University of Cape Town with distinction and as the top postgraduate student of his cohort. His previous experience at award winning practices has led him to work on international residential, leisure and commercial projects.
Daniel’s core strengths include strategy, concept design, client management, graphics and research. His research and design interests are centred around an architecture of inflection and dialogue: an architecture formed of the landscape and a landscape formed of architecture. It focuses on the boundaries between the natural and artificial and explores the kinship between architecture and landscape through various technologies.
- 2018: University of Cape Town, Master of Architecture (Professional)
- 2017: University of Cape Town, Bachelor of Architectural Studies (Honours)
- 2015: University of the Free State, Bachelor of Architectural Studies
- 01. Part time lecturer at the University of Cape Town Department of Architecture.
- 02. Part time tutor at the School of Explorative Architecture (SEA).
- 2018: South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) Best Student Award
- 2018: Cape Institute for Architecture (CIFA) Best Student Graduating in the Post Graduate Architecture Programme
- 2018: Cape Institute for Architecture (CIFA) Best Student Graduating in the M.Arch(Prof) Programme
- 2018: Corobrik Regional Architecture Student of the Year First Runner Up
University of Cape Town M.Arch(Prof) Top Design Research Studio Student: ‘sCapes - 2017: University of Cape Town BAS(Hons) Top Design Research Studio Student: ‘sCapes
- 2015: University of the Free State Top Third Year Design Student (ONW300)
- 2015: University of the Free State Des Baker National Student Architectural Competition