The completion of the Cape Town Foreshore in the 1950s and 1960s has given rise to much controversy over the years, as notions of racial segregation, specified land usage, and economic class differences grew in... the area. This has created an area divided by wealth, race, and employment. The industrial area of the Foreshore is therefore separated from the high-flying business sector of Metropolitan Cape Town, as are the surrounding communities separated from each other and each of these working spaces. This is compounded by the placement of the M5 highway entering Cape Town, which physically separates the Foreshore. Furthermore, controversy continues over the unfinished highway sections, which stand as permanent reminders of a failed project.

The intention of our action plan is to reimagine a connected space, transformed into connected communities and recreational areas. Our future foreshore includes parks and garden areas, pedestrian boardwalks catering for walkers, joggers and runners, as well as skateboarders and roller-skaters. The ocean once occupying the now reclaimed land is represented in the coral-like texture and finish of the pedestrian boardwalk, which connects each section of the unfinished highways together in a contemporary, yet organic-looking bridge. In between each section of the pedestrian boardwalk flows a river for fishing and wading, again linking to the once present ocean.

This once concrete jungle will be transformed into an organic, vibrant foreshore where nature intertwines with the concrete that promotes the environmental sustainability initiatives of future Cape Town.