Researcher Jhono Bennett

Short CV

Jhono Bennett is an architectural urbanist based in Johannesburg, having been trained in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg he holds a master’s degree with distinction from the University of Pretoria.
Jhono has worked with Architecture for Humanity on the Football for Hope Initiative, the South African Shack Dwellers International Alliance but developed a critical stance in regard to the role of design in the fluid and dynamic developing areas of South Africa during the Slovo Park Project; a student and community research, design initiative.
Jhono is a researcher at the University of Johannesburg under the DSD Desis Lab and has a focuson themes of socially engaged design practice while managing the operations of 1to1 - Agency of Engagement; a non-profit entity that provides a design based collaborative service between grass roots organisations, professionals, academia and government.