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SCHIRMACHER was the founding member of the Urban Action Group (UAG) formed in 1967. Early in 1986 the architect Hans SCHIRMACHER went from office to office contacting a handful of colleagues in order to do something about the the fact that the architectural profession was not engaged in reflecting on the impact of the tenth anniversary of the Soweto student uprising. SCHIRMACHER, the recipient of an SIAA Award of Merit from the establishment was a hater of racism as well as an impatient, mercurial and flamboyant personality. Thus was Architects Against Apartheid (AAP) born. When the motion was put to a specially convened meeting of the members of the institute, there was a commotion and a counter-motion tabled that the motion "be not put". That was carried. Hans SCHIRMACHER's home in 6th Avenue, Melville, was visited by the Security Police and for a while Hans went into hiding. Members suffered prolonged harassment through phone tapping, surveillance, night calls, death threats at 2am in the morning and even a campaign of disinformation. SCHIRMACHER resigned from the ISAA in disgust and soon thereafter emigrated. by Ivan SCHLAPOBERSKY, Clive CHIPKIN and Henry PAINE. | ||