TEACHING

Derick de Bruyn was identified by the Department of Architecture at the University of Pretoria for his recognised practice profile and therefore was appointed as full-time staff member in 2009. He currently co-ordinates the second year undergraduate program while teaching second year construction, theory and environmental history. He is the coordinator for the BHons research field studies elective. He has been an external examiner at the Universities of Cape Town, the Free State and Witwatersrand, and the Tshwane University of Technology.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Derick de Bruyn is a SACAP member. He and his students have participated in and won recognised national corporate competitions. They have also participated in the Cool Capital Biennale. Derick has been invited to present lectures on his own architectural work at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and the University of the Free State. He has curated exhibitions for the Italian Institute of Culture and the Embassy of Japan, and has arranged several open lectures, some by internationally recognised speakers.

RESEARCH

Derick de Bruyn has written articles and delivered conference papers which have been published by the South African Journal of Art History. He is currently engaged in a PhD study concerned with subversive social place during apartheid South Africa. His main research interest is the hermeneutical understanding of architecture situated in South Africa and how that translates into a design theory.

PUBLICATIONS

1. De Bruyn, D. 2013. Is it immaterial? Matters of architectural matter. South African Journal of Art History, 28(2), 57-71.
2. De Bruyn, D. 2012. Atavism of skin markings: Surface patterns in architecture. South African Journal of Art History, 27(2), 21-38.
3. De Bruyn, D. 2011. Stone cladding as artificial ruin for triggering nostalgia. South African Journal of Art History, 26(2), 45-54.
4. De Bruyn, D. 1997. House Mabet: Waterkloof, Pretoria. Architecture South Africa, May/June, 26-29.