Architect and Builder Sep/Oct 2023
Architect and builder headline articles_Sep/Oct 2023 _Volume 74
Architect and Builder Magazine
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Below is the list of articles covered in this volume:
OCEANS MALL
Recently opened in uMhlanga, the luxurious Oceans Mall is the new addition to the award–winning Oceans uMhlanga Mixed Use Development. Offering a new and exciting shopping experience, the mall is designed to cater for all walks of life and will transform the lifestyle of the entire northern region with a unique KZN mall experience. For the first time in KZN, a mall has been able to attract twelve international fashion brands who have invested over R300m in their stores despite the recent upheavals in the province. Some of the brands in the Platinum Walk include Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, and Burberry.
PEAK STUDIOS
As part of the Thrive Student Living by Growthpoint Portfolio, the award-winning Peak Studios student accommodation is setting the standard in this sector. GASS Architecture Studios were tasked with the provision of a unique brand and student accommodation offering which allows for the efficient, optimal and economic design of living units. This includes a mix of studio, two single bedroom and three single bedroom units. Requirements for accreditation with the University of Cape Town as well as EDGE accreditation were paramount to the client to ensure responsible and sustainable development.
15 FREDMAN DRIVE
Paragon Architects were approached by Zenprop who had owned this building for a number of years. The building had been vacant for quite some time and had become difficult to let due to very narrow floor plates, limited parking and its dated aesthetic. The architects were tasked with coming up with a design that resolved the main difficulties related to the current iteration of the building and met the requirements of the new tenant, Primedia. The primary design approach was to make the building more functional, which entailed redesigning the building’s narrow and disconnected floor plates.
GETWORTH
The new getWorth headquarters is strategically located at a major entrance into Atterbury’s new mixed-use Richmond Park in Cape Town. The facility sits at the intersection of Tygerberg Valley Road & Lionel Solomons Avenue, set back behind a buffer of landscaping, parking and pedestrian walkways designed for the optimal human experience, both from within and around the building. The development promotes the successful business through improved efficiency, increased vehicular capacity and superior experiences for both the staff and public through 8,650m2 of showroom spaces integrated with 1,280m2 office and customer facilities.
MATUS
Situated in Gosforth Park in Germiston, the new Matus facility aims to seamlessly integrate client facing provisions and industrial logistics processes into a holistic experience for visitors and staff alike. Developed for Matus by Bidvest Properties, the new office and distribution centre is a complete upgrade from their original home. The facility is designed to facilitate the supply, distribution and repair of all manner of tools and supplies to the building trade industry, with a more efficient storage system for the distribution goods. Matus’s new facility allows for easier collaboration between clients and staff, ensuring their clients to have a dedicated collection and drop off location away from the staff interface.
ECOLAB | LOBSTER INK
Lobster Ink is a global training and content developer in the hospitality, food and beverage sector. It is a subsidiary of Ecolab - a Fortune 500 company - and the two brands share premises in Cape Town. They were looking to possibly relocate and refresh their workspace and worked with the JLL Market Advisory team to do a stay-versus-go analysis of their real estate needs. The result was relocating to a space more aligned to their corporate culture and brands in re-gentrified Woodstock, Cape Town. The neighbourhood is an eclectic mix of retail, residential and commercial offices and has become a concentrated hub for developers and freelance content producers in the city which has been ranked as one of the top four destinations in the world for digital nomad work.