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Senior Lecturer
Name: Amanda Breytenbach
Location: Ground Floor G037A, FADA Building Bunting Road Campus
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Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0)11 559 1120
Email:听abreytenbach@uj.ac.za
About Ms. Amanda Breytenbach
Ms. Amanda Breytenbach is a trained and registered architect with over 30 years of experience in higher education. She not only teaches undergraduate courses but also supervises master’s degree students and, as an academic, contributes to accredited research output. Throughout her career, she has taken on several managerial roles within the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) and possesses extensive knowledge and experience in curriculum planning, quality assurance, and teaching and learning strategies. Ms Breytenbach is committed to continuously exploring innovative and relevant teaching methods that can enhance student performance. In addition to her lecturing duties, she has actively participated in numerous higher education forums and professional organisations. Her roles include serving as President of the Design Education Forum (DEFSA), chairing the Education Committee of the IID, and being a member of the GLOW Redesign Educators Forum, as well as chairing the GIfA Heritage Committee.听
- Conference Papers
听International conferences
Deminey, EPM & Breytenbach, A. 2019. Restricting factors in the selection and specification of sustainable materials: an interior design perspective. Designing sustainability for all. Proceedings of the 3rd LeNS World Distributed Conference, 3-5 April, Volume 4:p1100-1106. Available:
Hoods, JK & Breytenbach, A. 2018. An urban acupuncture point: tracking a placemaking ripple effect.
4th Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD). Singapore, 22-23 October 2018, Global Science & Technology Forum
Geyer, S & Breytenbach, A. 2018. From the inside out: The contributions of interior design within inner city regeneration and placemaking strategies in a creative cluster. 4th Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD). Singapore, 22-23 October 2018, Global Science & Technology Forum
Killian, C & Breytenbach A. 2017. Designing for the Marginalised: Understand the Value of Participatory Design, Cumulus Conference; Letters to the Future. Bengaluru, India, 20- 23 November.
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Janse van Rensburg, R & Breytenbach, A. 听2017. Lessons for the Future: A design-led well-being approach, Cumulus Conference; Letters to the Future. Bengaluru, India, 20 to 23 November.
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National conferences
听Deminey, EPM and Breytenbach, A. 2023. Reflecting on lessons-learned for BIM implementation in design curricula in South Africa. Vulindlela – making new pathways. 17th听 DEFSA Conference. 21-22 September 2023, p283-291.
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Walter, C, Deminey, EPM, Breytenbach, A. 2021. The influence of the fourth industrial revolution: A multi-discipline approach for design education. DE+AFRIKA+4IR+: Design education/ Afrika/ 4th Industrial Revolution. Ninth International DEFSA Conference. p292-302
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Breytenbach, A & Deminey, EPM. 2019. The Postgraduate Supervision Space: From formal meetings to late-night calls. Designed Futures. Eighth International DEFSA Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 9-11 September, p16-25.
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Breytenbach, A. 2017. Postgraduate Supervision space: Spaces, journeys and new horizon鈥檚, 6th Biennial International Conference on Postgraduate Supervision, 28-31 March 2017, Stellenbosch.
- Professional Memberships
Registered Professional Architect with SACAP (South African Council for the Architectural Professions)
Member of GIfA (Gauteng Institute for Architecture)