SA Building Review - Volume 9 : 2021

VOLUME 9 | 2021

A sustainable future:

Green buildings are key to reducing energy consumption

Construction industry

unites to form a national umbrella body

Greening the inner city

through ‘massive-small’ impact

Expect more buoyancy

RSA R60.00 incl VAT

in affordable housing sector, says expert

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

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Editor's Note The coronavirus global pandemic has been the trending topic for the past couple of months since it hit us in March 2020. It has had a disastrous impact on the economy, disrupting many industries and livelihoods, and it is still uncertain how COVID-19 will impact the future.

What is certain is that the construction industry like many other industries needs to be revived soon in order to regain momentum.

also have to take into consideration is to ensure that we support and buy local.

Now is not the time to sit back and relax. It is time to collaborate for a prosperous future ahead of 2021.

On this note, the future of the construction industry is looking bright after it recently united to form a national umbrella body, known as the Construction Alliance of South Africa (CASA) to ensure an innovative, competitive and transformed industry. For more information about the alliance, please refer to page 28.

Indeed, a welcoming achievement for the construction industry of South Africa.

The formation between the various associations and industry bodies in South Africa definitely sets an example to all industries. It is important that we all follow and support one another, not only during these unprecedented times but beyond, to ensure that we build a wealthy construction industry. One thing we

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Compiling this edition of SA BUILDING REVIEW wasn’t an easy one but it once again shows the great support we have received from the industry, even during these difficult times, and we are very thankful for all the support from all our contributors and advertisers.

We look forward to a great tenth anniversary edition which will be due out for distribution in February 2022.

Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss opportunities to feature your company, projects, products and services in our next edition.

Best wishes for 2021!

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Creating Concrete Possibilities

FOREWORD

Unity is key to re-building the construction sector The burden of COVID-19 has been catastrophic for the construction industry in ways that we are yet to fully understand. As I write this, we are in the middle of a second wave of the disease and there is no doubt that COVID-19 is the single biggest health and economic threat to our industry. The pandemic has laid bare the need for urgency to create work opportunities, to make the industry more inclusive, transformed, innovative and competitive. This is a task that is beyond the ability of any individual or organisation.

John Matthews, Chairperson and spokesperson, Construction Alliance South Africa As we are confronted with the enormous challenge of re-building our industry out of the rubble of COVID-19, the need for unity in the sector cannot be over-emphasized. It was with this understanding that South Africa’s construction industry united on 21 January 2021 to form an umbrella body, Construction Alliance South Africa (CASA) that is made up of 29 of the sectors’ professional, contractor, supplier and other bodies.

In April 2020, we came together to form a Construction COVID-19 Rapid Response Task Team (CC19RRTT). This team was created to formulate a joint response by the industry to the threats posed by the pandemic.

Following recorded successes of the CC19RRTT, CASA was then created to lead a post-COVID recovery of the industry and also tackle long-standing problems we have in the industry. Its formation is notable because it comes at a crucial time when the construction industry is leading the country’s economic recovery efforts, through the rollout of Strategic Integrated Infrastructure Projects to revive the economy.

John Matthews Chairperson CASA

The Alliance is governed by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) endorsed and signed by all the members. The MoU was drafted in a spirit of genuine and co-operative engagement and is a demonstration of what can be achieved when open and transparent dialogue, an unwavering determination and a common purpose are at the core of our efforts to confront the challenges we have as a sector. These include accelerated transformation of the sector, protection of the industry from subsidised foreign competition as well as dealing with corruption and unethical business practices.

The formation of CASA magnifies the scale of efforts we have been making as individuals and organisations. It also unifies and amplifies the voice of the industry and broadens the channel of communication with government, particularly at this time when construction is taking the lead in the economic recovery of South Africa. I have no doubt that CASA is the correct vehicle to take on this responsibility and invite more hands to join this push towards a recovery of our industry! ■

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A MESSAGE FROM SACAP

Ownership of copyright in architectural drawings Architectural professionals are often hired to provide a wide range of architectural services, including preparing drawings, designs, plans or models of buildings. It is of paramount importance to understand who rightfully owns copyrights for the designs embodied in architectural drawings produced by architectural professionals in terms of intellectual property laws in South Africa.

The key emphasis is on copyright protection in relation to architectural works, in particular, building plans and designs. In South Africa, protection of intellectual property is derived from the Copyright Act. Copyright subsists automatically in artistic work provided that the work is original, i.e. a product of independent effort on the part of an architectural professional. There is no requirement of registration to be able to claim protection against unlawful exploitation of intellectual property.

In terms of section 1 of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 (as amended) artistic work includes works of architecture, being either buildings or models of buildings; or works of craftsmanship.

In terms of the Copyright Act, copyright in an artistic work grants exclusive rights to the author to reproduce the work in any manner or form whatsoever; or to make adaptations of the work in any form whatsoever. The copyright owner has exclusive rights to make reproductions or adaptations on architectural drawings.

Architectural professionals are afforded protection on a wide range of architectural works, including sketches, drawings and models of buildings, as well as the actual building itself. It does not matter whether the sketches or drawings were hand-drawn or created by software.

In whom does copyright subsist on architectural drawings?

Copyright vests with the author of architectural drawings, except in cases where architectural work was performed by an employee of an architectural practice in the course of employment. In such circumstances, copyright subsists with the employer.

An architectural professional commissioned by a client to prepare architectural drawings owns copyright. Secondly, architectural professionals who are employed by practices and who perform architectural work under an employment contract, do not own copyright of architectural drawings; the copyright subsists with the employer unless the contract of employment provides otherwise.

Rights of clients to use architectural drawings

The Copyright Act stipulates that copyright in a work of architecture or in the relevant drawings shall not be infringed by the reconstruction of that work on the same site in the same style as the original.

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However, a client who has commissioned the work is entitled to use the copyright solely for the purpose of the project for which they have paid the architectural professional for in full. The implication is that even if a client terminates a contract of service with an architectural professional and appoints another architectural professional, the client is entitled to use the designs for the project they were commissioned for. However, a client may not reproduce some parts of the architectural drawings for reuse, such architectural drawings or building plans in another project.

Infringements of copyrights and remedies

Copyright shall be infringed by any unauthorised reproduction, directly or indirectly, or adapting artistic work in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional form. The main remedies which can be sought by the copyright owner is an interdict and an award for damages suffered as a result of infringement of copyright.

Architectural professionals should be proactive to maximise protection afforded by the Copyright Act. It is important that before undertaking to perform architectural work, an architectural professional sets out the express terms of appointment in writing; that the client is only entitled to use the architectural drawings for the relevant project and the drawings may not be reused or duplicated in another building or modified or adapted in any way whatsoever. â–

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A sustainable future:

Green buildings are key to reducing energy consumption

Construction industry

unites to form a national umbrella body

Greening the inner city

through ‘massive-small’ impact

Expect more buoyancy

RSA R60.00 incl VAT

in affordable housing sector, says expert

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

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Cover Feature: 117 on Strand

Editorial Features

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Greening the inner city through ‘massive-small’ impact

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Construction industry unites to form a national umbrella body

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Expect more buoyancy in affordable housing sector, says expert

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A sustainable future: Green buildings are key to reducing energy consumption

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Contents Featured Projects

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Paragon Interface completes multi-company fit-out at 1 Park Lane

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The Augusta

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Capitec Bank’s new headquarters – innovative interior drives productivity & operational efficiencies

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Cutting-edge Massmart distribution centre

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Prime Cleaning Services warehouse – striking angled lines, bold monochromatic pallet

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House Hijlkema, Inanda

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Paragon conceptualizes workplace design solution for Deloitte

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Chapel Towers proves to be worthy investment for short-term rental market

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Abandoned building repurposed, boasts only open area seated amphitheatre in Jo’burg

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Cintocare Hospital head and shoulders above the rest

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Forty on L a new mode of compact urban living

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Durban Heights Reservoir 3

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Sassen Residence

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The reconstruction of Quoin Rock Winery

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Tlhabane Square – local labour, products, skills transfer at the heart of construction

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Office space repurposed - derelict office blocks transformed into e-commerce and distribution hubs

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Constantia Emporium

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Exxaro Head Office – The Connexxion

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A hybrid of heritage and contemporary architecture

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COVER FEATURE Sika South Africa

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On Strand Street Situated in the heart of Cape Town, just minutes away from the V & A Waterfront, sits 117 On Strand Street. It is a multi-purpose building that recently underwent further development with the addition of new apartments and office blocks.

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The building houses a Virgin Active Gym, three floors of premium grade office blocks, two floors of retail stores and 117 luxurious apartments. All of these have ample parking included, regarded as a luxury in Cape Town!

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Thereafter, the glass was fitted on site at 117 Strand Street and finished off with a final seal using Sikahyflex®305 AP as a weather sealant. This is a one-component neutral moisture curing weather sealant, designed for weatherproofing where durability under severe conditions is required. It has excellent resistance to water and is UV stable. For the test of time, Sika® Aktivator-205, an adhesion promoter on various substrates i.e. aluminium and steel, was applied prior to the Sikasil® SG-500, for that extra special bond.

The primary challenge for this project was to have it completed in just 18 months. Using the products described, this seemingly impossible task was made possible.

The project was successfully completed on schedule in November 2019. The 117 On Strand building was left with a beautiful meticulous finish. The perfect architecture, and strategically placed glass windows and panels all around, provides awesome views over the Atlantic Ocean, Table Mountain as well as the Mother City. ■

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EDITORIAL Green Building

Greening the inner city through 'massive-small' impact

Samson Moraba, Chairperson of the Board at TUHF and financial analyst Sqiniseko Mbatha, share their views on the importance of adopting a green building approach to urban regeneration.

TUHF Sqiniseko Mbatha and Samson Moraba

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EDITORIAL Green Building

There is much debate in the market – from science fraternities to professional services firms and environmentalists – about the benefits that green and sustainable building principles promote. TUHF, a member of the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), has long been committed to investing in South Africa’s inner cities and has adopted the green agenda from inception. Through its membership, engagements with international and multilateral funding agencies, TUHF has direct exposure to the latest developments in green and sustainable building practices.

As commercial property developers adopt green building as best practice more frequently, residential developers are beginning to do the same. Property entrepreneurs in the inner city are no exception. A powerful driver has been a rampant increase in utility costs in the country.

“Between 2006 and 2016, electricity prices have increased by more than 300%. This has pushed our clients and the market in general, to look at mitigating the risks of these spiralling costs,” says Mbatha.

Although previously building green was considered 'too expensive', the reality today is that the technology has become more readily available and this is driving costs down with the return-on-investment benefits of incorporating green technology becoming clearer. For example, tenants are increasingly considering the cost of utilities when making their overall rental cost decisions and this gives them a more comprehensive affordability comparison.

“More and more property entrepreneurs have explored ways in which to contribute to sustainability by creating green assets using things such as heat pumps, solar options, and LED lighting. Our financing has benefited from this with the creation of more resilient building assets. This has become the impetus behind the need to come up with a more formalised green practice,” Mbatha continues.

Massive impact, one unit at a time

Sqiniseko Mbatha, Financial Analyst at TUHF

In 2018, TUHF received technical assistance from one of its funders to develop a concept of what a green inner-city building would look like. TUHF then started developing a methodology for what this building strategy would encompass and act as best practice for all green initiatives going forward. In collaboration with several institutions, TUHF standardised this green build approach and formalised it with the introduction of the Luhlaza (meaning ‘green’) Initiative.

While buildings might look the same, the focus is on extending the economic life of a building through green initiatives. Properties that have these elements in place are more resilient and hold their value for longer. This in turn bodes more long-term value for investors and developers.

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“We are looking at people who want to shore up their business with long-term resilience,” Mbatha says. “Today, adding green elements to a building has become financially feasible. For example, five-years ago LED lighting was considered too expensive and now it is virtually part of standard development practice. The market is quickly getting to a point where being green is no longer an option but instead integral to creating a quality asset and to retaining tenants.”

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The pandemic adds momentum “From the pandemic experience, there are two focus tracks that we see influencing the adoption of green and sustainable buildings,” says Moraba.

“Firstly, that buildings generally (whether an office or apartment building) have a significant role to play in combatting COVID-19 because this is where people come together. This means that buildings can be used as part of the prevention and containment measures to combat the spread of the virus.

“Secondly, the condition of buildings becomes an important consideration.

This is where the issue of green buildings becomes prevalent as these buildings offer enhanced measures to control and prevent the spread of the virus. This includes things like promoting natural light and ventilation in the building design, the quality of building materials and indoor spatial planning for physical-social distancing,” he continues," he adds.

Moraba adds that with both financial and human health factors driving greening residential property, TUHF is working hard to back Luhlaza up with finance and demonstrate how their buildings are contributing towards establishing green environments that are feasible over a long-term. He says it has been difficult to gain traction in the residential environment because of the unique energy make-up of each building. Ultimately, TUHF’s focus is to ensure that the end-user benefits the most from green initiatives.

“At TUHF we remain passionate about our 'Massive Small' vision – to create impact through scale. This vision is central to the ethos of the Luhlaza Initiative, which aims to connect investors who want to invest in a green product and property entrepreneurs who want to create green assets that will not only contribute to their portfolios but also positively impact the environment and society,” Moraba concludes. ■

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PROJECT FEATURE Paragon Interface

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PROJECT FEATURE Paragon Interface

This was the challenge that faced interior architecture company Paragon Interface, part of the Paragon Group, at 1 Park Lane in Sandton. “Essentially what you end up with then is a number of smaller, self-contained projects contained within the whole,� comments Paragon Interface Associate Kirsty Schoombie.

Located within the new Katherine Street mixed-use precinct, 1 Park Lane is a P-grade development within walking distance of Sandton City and the Sandton Gautrain Station. It has seven levels of parking and a ground floor, with Bidvest Financial Services occupying the building from reception to Level 4.

There is an impressive double-volume space on Level 5 that forms the shared reception area for both Peregrine and Citadel. This is an elegant, high-end space containing various-sized meeting rooms. The signage and artwork in this space was designed in collaboration with Citadel marketing agency Bain & Bunkell.

It came up with the unique concept of naming each meeting room after a prominent Johannesburg street or location, including specific photographs and locallycommissioned artwork to differentiate and individualise each space.

If designing the interior fit-out for an iconic building is not enough of a demanding challenge, imagine the complexities that arise when such a building contains a number of different clients, each with their own requirements, branding and aesthetics.

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The southern wing contains a client entertainment area, in addition to an auditorium that is glazed on two sides to allow for breathtaking views over Johannesburg.

The auditorium posed a particular technical challenge in terms of its acoustics and unique positioning.

Peregrine and Citadel occupy Level 6 to 10, consisting of Peregrine Capital, Citadel Wealth Management, A2X and Peresec. The latter is a newly-listed company on the Johannesburg

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PROJECT FEATURE Paragon Interface

Stock Exchange that takes up Level 9 and part of Level 10, which is a hi-tech trading space that includes a bar and entertainment area, with panoramic views over northern Sandton.

Each client has a distinctive look and feel

“A main feature of our design approach was to give each

and every one of our clients a distinctive look and feel, especially as each one has their own corporate identity,� notes Schoombie. This was achieved by means of specific furnishings, colour palettes, fabrics and fixtures, while also accommodating the specific technical requirements of such financial services companies.

Paragon interface associate Kirsty Schoombie

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PROJECT FEATURE Paragon Interface

While the entire 1 Park Lane project was handed over in September last year, Schoombie has maintained close contact with her clients to gauge how the different companies have adapted to their new office environments.

“One of the biggest changes has been from a traditional closed-off office plan to a more open-plan set-up. We spent a lot of time with these clients to ensure that a level of privacy was maintained while still taking optimal advantage of the natural light and creating a more open collaborative space,” Schoombie concludes. ■ www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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EDITORIAL Construction

Construction industry unites to form a national umbrella body South Africa’s construction industry has united to form an umbrella body, Construction Alliance South Africa (CASA) that is made up of 29 of the sectors’ professional, contractor, supplier and other bodies. The alliance was officially launched on 21 January 2021.

Gregory Mofokeng and John Matthews Industry stalwart, John Matthews who is the Chairperson of CASA, explained that the alliance was an important step towards uniting the voice of the industry and in facilitating smooth dialogue with government.

post-COVID recovery of the industry, but also tackle other long-standing industry issues that include accelerated transformation of the sector, protection of the industry from subsidised foreign competition as well as dealing with corruption and unethical business practices.

“The need for unity in the sector cannot be overemphasized, and because we all have the shared vision of an innovative, competitive and transformed industry, the formation of CASA is a historic and welcome achievement.

It is also important as it comes at a crucial time when the industry is in engagements with the Presidency on the rollout of Strategic Integrated Infrastructure Projects to revive the economy,” said Matthews.

The construction industry successfully formed a COVID-19 response team at the beginning of the pandemic in April 2020. The Construction COVID-19 Rapid Response Task Team (CC19RRTT) was key in developing a wellcoordinated industry response to the coronavirus pandemic including the safe re-activation of construction sites as lockdown restrictions were eased. The Task Team was also instrumental in coordinating and presenting the industry’s thinking on the national economic recovery plan.

Emphasizing the need for a united industry voice in confronting the industry’s challenges, Gregory Mofokeng of the Black Business Council in the Built Environment (BBCBE) who is the Deputy Chairperson of CASA, said it was important for the industry to forge a united front to demonstrate a serious commitment to collectively respond to industry issues.

Alliance will lead a post-COVID recovery of the industry CASA is made up of different industry bodies from across the sector with the broad objective of having joint representation in engagements on matters of mutual concern. It is expected that the alliance will not only lead a

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John Matthews Chairperson CASA

Construction Alliance South Africa membership consists of: Association of Architectural Aluminium Manufacturers of South Africa (AAAMSA), Association of Construction Health and Safety Management (ACHASM), Association of Construction Project Managers (ACPM), ASPASA, Black Business Council in the Built Environment (BBCBE), Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Clay Brick Association of South Africa (CBA), Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA), Construction Management Foundation (CMF), Cox Yeats Attorneys, Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA), Master Builders South Africa (MBSA), National Construction Incubator (NCI), National Spa & Pool Institute of Southern Africa (NSPI), South African Affordable Residential Developers Association (SAARDA), South African Association of Consulting Professional Planners (SAACPP), South African Black Technical and Allied Careers Organisation (SABTACO), South African Geomatics Institute (SAGI), South African Green Industry Council (SAGIC), South African Institute of Architects (SAIA), South African Institute of Black Property Practitioners (SAIBPP), South African Paint Manufacturing Association (SAPMA), South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA), South African Women in Construction and Built Environment (SAWIC & BE), The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS), The Concrete Institute (TCI), The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), Western Cape Property Development Forum (WCPDF),with Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal as the Convenor. ■ www.sabuildingreview.co.za

How often do you find yourself displeased with the cold drafts from air conditioners?

The evolution of air conditioning is interesting, from using basic fans to using the latest digital air solutions which feature Wind-Free™ technology. Staying cool when it is hot outside is a priority to many, however, there is more to air conditioning than just reducing heat.

Samsung’s Wind-Free™ 4-Way Cassette represents a revolution in the way air conditioners function to make the lives of users pleasant. It has been designed to improve airflow to bring new levels of comfort to our daily climate control requirements with the world’s first Wind-Free™ Cooling technology.

Samsung’s Wind-Free™ 4-Way Cassette provides stable temperatures without direct cold drafts to create the ideal working or living conditions. Cool air is gently dispersed through 15,700 micro air holes to create a “still air “environment with a very low air speed of just 0.15m/s and no unpleasant direct drafts, thereby allowing for perfect and optimal comfort control.

Fast Cooling & Quiet Operation The Wind-Free™ 4-Way Cassette has an 84mm blade that is 31% larger than normal, meaning it can deliver cool air a long distance, reaching up to 10 meters and it has an optimised blade shape, to cool an entire room fast and evenly without leaving any “dead zones”. During the low speed Wind-Free™ operation, the Wind-Free™ 4-Way Cassette reduces noise while gently dispersing cool air across the room through tiny micro holes. As a result, it produces only 34dB(A) of sound, which is significantly less detectable than when in normal cooling mode.

Energy Saving & Fresh Air Electricity costs have significantly increased in South Africa due to several factors. Therefore, it is imperative for manufacturers to bring in energy efficient solutions to respond to the energy crisis.

Wind-Free™ Cooling reduces energy by 55% to save costs.

When operating in the Wind-Free™ mode, the outdoor unit uses minimal power compared to normal cooling mode.

However, it can still provide adequate cool air to maintain your desired temperature without a sizable electricity bill.

According to the WHO, there is less chance of distributing bacterial infected air if there is more fresh air distributed into buildings, “a well maintained and operated heating, ventilation and air conditioning system can reduce the spread of COVID-19 or other similar viruses in indoor spaces by increasing outdoor air change”. It is important not to recirculate air and increase fresh air intake.

The Wind-Free™ 4-Way Cassette maintains a healthy indoor environment by introducing fresh outside air to the room. Without access to clean air, people may inhale air contaminated by bacteria and mold, as the same air is continually recirculated.

The Wind-Free™ 4-Way Cassette unit is an excellent representation of Samsung’s continued history in innovation in the air conditioning industry.

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The lack of wind will blow you away.

There is more to air conditioning than cooling down a room. The Samsung Wind-Free™ 4-Way Cassette quietly and gently disperses air through its 15 700 micro holes maintaining the desired temperature and eliminating direct cold drafts while reducing energy usage by up to 55%*. In addition, the turbo fan’s wide blades provide evenly distributed cooling and heating from four separate outlets, so the entire room cools down or warms up faster. Stay comfortably cool, without the wind. *Compared to normal cooling mode.

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PROJECT FEATURE Bonadei Architects Conceptworks

The

Augusta Recently completed in Rondebosch, Cape Town, The Augusta – a 5 000m² multistorey residential property - proposes an inhabited and abstracted ‘mountain’ as homage to its context and the Table Mountain backdrop.

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PROJECT FEATURE Bonadei Architects Conceptworks

Architect Developer Principal agent & Quantity Surveyor Main contractor Structural Engineers Electrical & Wet Services Engineers Fire Engineers Mechanical Engineers XA Consultants Town Planning Consultant Land Surveyor Landscaping

Bonadei Architects Conceptworks Newland Developments Du Toit Pienaar WBHO De Villiers Sheard CKR Sutherland Paragon Systems Design Structatherm Willem BĂźhrmann Town Planners Cape Survey Melanie Wilson

The site is at the confluence of major arterial roads and near the corner of the vast open space of the Rondebosch Common. It is a transitional zone between low-, medium- and high density sub-urban built fabric.

The surrounds contain individual houses, many of which were designed in the Arts & Crafts era with timber detailing, as well as row houses, small apartment buildings and a number of medium rise apartment towers, including some fine examples of Art Deco blocks. This is all contained in a strongly treed and planted environment. The site affords panoramic views in all directions.

The studio was approached to design a residential development, replacing the former derelict Arts & Crafts house and introducing high-density urban dwellings.

Site constraints and response

The constraints on the site included various town planning setback requirements at different levels and that the resultant building needed to recede progressively with height.

Rather than organise the building along the perimeter and shape of the plot with long circulation passages, the studio took on the challenge of creating desirable apartments and terraces at the higher levels and setting the apartments back as far as possible from the surrounding boundaries and buildings.

The solution was to embrace the opportunity to use available height and to develop a series of receding, floating platforms above a base urban form, and in so doing to celebrate this with a more vertically oriented circulation core. The building would therefore read as www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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an articulated stack of inhabited spaces referencing the immediate- as well as wider urban-, sub-urban- and natural contexts.

and pool composed of abstracted floating planes and a crystalline body of water.

Structured movement

The architectural response is to set up a clustered system of frames that create vantage points from which to survey the landscape. These represent a contemporary analogy of the eye, or ‘oog’, of a seasonally habitable cave.

The experience of visiting the building – its approach and movement through - seeks to enact the experience of climbing Table Mountain. It involves rising up through a metaphorical wooded ravine or kloof, to pass through cracks and ultimately arrive at a flat mountaintop with rock pools.

In keeping with the concept of the architecture as a deconstructed mountain, movement is thus structured as a ritualised and repetitive enactment of climbing, referencing the human use of the surrounding natural landscape and the habitation of its ecological niches since primordial times.

The process begins with a slight descent into an outdoor soaring atrium as a planted ecological niche. It than progresses through a series of staircases that double back and break out above the tree line with views onto the surrounding landscape.

A vertical shaft of planting rises the full height of the atrium and is reminiscent of tight, mossy and wooded crevices. The terraces and ledges on the upper levels of the construction recede and mimic deep rock shelves.

The experience of climbing culminates on a roof terrace

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The architectural response

The frames are alternated, overlapped, engaged and embedded to form a woven three dimensional, deep matrix. There is a rhythmic syncopation that plays off the underlying structural and spatial orders. The rotated fin walls at the corners of the frames provide inflections that direct primary views out of the apartments.

The frames echo the reading and transient use of landscape through the lens of the Cape’s spatial archaeology.

The frames can also be regarded as abstracted virtual ‘addresses’ in the sky – a pixelated pattern reflecting the urban locus of human habitation in the information age.

Secondary layers of vertical striations by means of recesses and timber wall elements – as analogical or abstracted ‘trees’ - echo the wooded nature of the site, its wooded surrounds and the forested eastern face of Table Mountain.

Close up, the walls, terrace surfaces and timber cladding seek to emphasise a tension between abstraction and the experience with a tactile materiality. This materiality also references the numerous Arts & Crafts era buildings in the www.sabuildingreview.co.za

PROJECT FEATURE Bonadei Architects Conceptworks immediate surrounds. The geometric formality similarly responds to a number of nearby Art Deco buildings.

The internal spaces are arranged as architectural journeys from front door to terrace, and each room has a primary locus from which to survey the outside landscape. The illuminated kitchen counters structured around the ovens and cooking surfaces are a contemporary rendition of a cooking hearth, and the carefully arranged media walls in the open plan living areas are an analogue for the focus point of a virtual open fire.

The building seeks to make its physical bulk become transformed at dusk and as night falls so that it becomes de-materialised, ethereal and floating.

Technology and construction

The design process entailed careful multidisciplinary engineering and optimisation of structural, services and energy efficiency. The overhanging frames and recessed glass lines inherent in the design assisted in achieving a good performances in both Annual Energy and Demand Intensities with a rating approximately 7% better than the XA analysis benchmark targets. The domestic hot water system is by means of a centralised heat pump. LED lamps throughout and movement sensors also contribute to reduced demand. Separate hot and cold-water taps, rather than mixers, for

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example, allow users the option of avoiding unnecessary hot water consumption at sinks and basins. All drainage was by means of integrated, concealed stacks in shafts using a branch and ball system for soil and waste.

The construction process was fast-tracked with the use of post-tensioned slabs, and the rapid process entailed the installation of kitchen, for example, while upper-level slabs were still being cast.

The complex structural design, despite the relative lightness of the majority of the slabs, needed a compensating transfer slab at the fifth floor, which was also partially the outcome of anti-seismic requirements and to counteract interacting deflection. This involved a significant single continuous pour lasting nine hours and totalling 530m3 of concrete using two boom pumps at opposite ends. â–

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Partners at home

Hansgrohe products are used in buildings all over the world, as the company supplies products to over 140 countries and directly into the homes of the people. It goes without saying that Hansgrohe is the preferred partner on projects for everyone.

About the Hansgrohe Group

With its brands AXOR and Hansgrohe, the Hansgrohe Group, based in Schiltach/Southern Germany, enjoys a reputation as a leader in quality, innovation and design within the bath and kitchen industry.

The Hansgrohe Group brings form and function to water with taps, showerheads and shower systems. The 116-year history of the company is marked by innovations such as the first hand-held shower with multiple spray types, the first pull out kitchen tap, and the first wall bar to hold a hand-held shower. The Hansgrohe Group, its brands and products have won numerous awards, including more than 500 design prizes since 1974. Sustainable production of resourceconserving products is central to the company’s business activities around the globe.

iF design leader in the bathroom industry

In the current 2019 ranking of the International Forum Design (iF) of the best companies in the world of design, the Hansgrohe Group, with its brands AXOR and Hansgrohe, ranks in the TOP 10* among 4 215 listed companies.

The Black Forest based showers and fixtures specialist outperforms famous brands such as Apple, Audi or Daimler and reconfirms the company’s leading position* in the bathroom industry.

At the iF Design Awards 2019, eight AXOR and Hansgrohe-branded products received an award.

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EDITORIAL Affordable housing

Expect more buoyancy in affordable housing sector, says expert

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EDITORIAL Affordable housing

High demand, easier lending conditions and transfer duty relief is driving the entry-level housing market in Cape Town with developers unable to keep up, according to property expert, Toni Enderli.

Ihlathi

Current buoyancy in the lower end of the property market will continue, he added, particularly in light of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s increase of transfer duty exemption to R1 million.

Some banks have responded to the demand by offering 100% finance, “because they see the entry-level sector as an incubator for growth,” Enderli added.

He said the demand in this sector was behind the launch of Ihlathi, the ninth entry-level gated community by International Housing Solutions (IHS), a global private equity fund focussed on affordable housing and offering one-bedroom apartments from R689 999, to penthouse units at R1.2-million - including transfer costs.

Toni Enderli

Ihlathi (forest or greenbelt), is located in Parklands, outside Cape Town, which Enderli says is one of the country’s most popular, integrated, well positioned and affordable suburbs.

Situated around a park and bordering a nature reserve, Ihlathi offers environmentally-friendly technologies which use 20% less electricity and water, excellent security and up to 10% annual capital growth.

IHS’s SA MD, Rob Wesselo, predicts the affordable housing market will continue to soar in popularity, particularly in Parklands, which is less than 20km from Cape Town’s CBD and which offers easy access to schools, shops, work opportunities and some of the country’s most beautiful beaches.

Enderli, who heads up Realtor of Excellence, said Ihlathi had launched the first phase (102 of a total 384 units), available for occupation early 2021. ■

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PROJECT FEATURE dhk Architects

Developer Architects and Interior Architects Interior Designers Project Manager Quantity Surveyor

Capitec Properties dhk Architects Collaboration SIP Project Managers De Leeuw Group (Stellenbosch office)

Structural, Civil, Rational Fire, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers Health and Safety Landscaping Main Contractor Acoustic Consultant Disability Consultant

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Land Surveyor

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Capitec Bank's new headquarters

- innovative interior drives productivity & operational efficiencies Capitec Bank, one of the largest and most progressive banks in Africa, has unveiled its innovative new headquarters, iKhaya, meaning ‘home’ in Xhosa. Designed by multidisciplinary studio, dhk Architects, the three-storey curvilinear building is defined by its dynamic interior architecture, which embodies the company’s progressive outlook and embraces the concept of agile working. Striking and otherworldly, dhk’s holistic architectural approach considers both the exterior and interior to optimise corporate expenditure, internal flow and sustainability - demonstrating that commercial offices can be innovative and cost-effective while driving operational efficiencies.

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Capitec’s success and growth over time meant that the company came to occupy numerous offices. These offices were geographically dispersed, resulting in departments becoming increasingly isolated from one another with the need to move between buildings to meet face-to-face. Consequently, Capitec opted to consolidate its staff and facilities into one operationally efficient headquarters. Located in the scenic Cape Winelands in South Africa, a key driver of the design concept involved capturing panoramic vistas and drawing the landscape within.

The building form optimises the shape and size of the site while referencing the brand’s distinctive curved logo. The three-storey superstructure wraps around itself, which creates a unique ‘doughnut’ shape and forms a central triple-volume atrium - an internal ‘social spine’ at the

heart of the building. Contributing to the contemporary appearance, white aluminium panels clad the building’s sinuous form which is further accentuated with continuous ribbons of fenestration.

Internally, the design resonates with the company’s progressive outlook - ensuring guests and staff unequivocally feel the spirit of the brand throughout the building. Once at reception, visitors are greeted by a generous triple-volume space that immediately showcases the sophistication and simplicity of the interior architecture.

Wide open-plan floorplates loop around the periphery of the atrium which are connected by a series of dramatic bridges and staircases. This was an intentional design element which inter-connects the various departments, creating opportunities for chance collaborative encounters and personal interactions.

Reinforcing Capitec’s brand identity, the company logo is embossed into the ceiling above reception. Overhead, clerestory windows and large roof lights ensure plentiful natural light and further facilitate the connection to the outside world.

Meanwhile, touches of timber have been added throughout the office to introduce a feeling of warmth.

Fosters a company culture of creativity, innovation and collaboration

The new headquarters by dhk fosters a company culture of creativity, innovation and collaboration with a large emphasis placed on optimising internal flow and departmental interaction. The first and second floors, containing the office’s open-plan work areas, are largely void of hierarchal structure and closed-off cubicles.

Embracing the concept of agile working, a raised access floor throughout the building facilitates maintenance and future upgrades to services. On each level, a total of four ‘cores’, containing centralized amenities such as kitchenettes, meeting rooms, breakout areas, lockers, bathrooms and fire escapes, serve to augment the floorplates into departmental zones.

Throughout the building’s ‘social spine’ there are a variety of breakaway areas; from a large ground-floor lounge at reception for guests to await meetings and co-workers to engage, to pause areas on bridges, and an internal landscaped courtyard for staff to rest. These spaces fuel creativity and innovation by allowing employees to slip away from their resident desks to enjoy a moment of solitude,

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conduct a private meeting or brainstorm ideas in small groups. Not only do these breakout areas increase job satisfaction, but they boost staff productivity and efficiency.

Furthermore, there is a full-service kitchen and canteen area with ample seating, a small satellite cafĂŠ, and a grand multifunctional stadium staircase/seating area for company presentations and talks. Other useful facilities include a recording studio, Capitec Bank branch and an ATM lab facility.

Championing environmental sustainability and employee well-being

Capitec championed environmental sustainability and employee well-being throughout the building, particularly where it made sense and value could be demonstrated.

Natural light is optimised via clerestory glazing, roof lights and internal courtyard windows, while artificial lighting is zoned and activated by sensors. Environmental performance modelling directly influenced the articulation of the façade. The process informed areas of fenestration, glazing specification, glare control measures and solar shading. Performance modelling also informed the primary ordering of the internal layouts. For example, a circulation zone was provided along the external perimeter of the building to distance resident desks from sources of radiant heat. www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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The thermal mass of the concrete building superstructure is also exposed in various areas and the basement is naturally ventilated. Other sustainability measures include ice storage to offset peak electrical demands, a greywater system, water-saving fittings, building management system for extensive metering and monitoring, double glazing throughout, use of good quality and low maintenance materials, locally sourced materials, water-efficient heat rejection, zero ODP (Ozone Depletion Potential) refrigerants, use of low VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) finishes, borehole and rainwater harvesting for irrigation, water-wise planting and refuse management to encourage separation of waste and recyclables.

To promote employee well-being, the building is purposefully limited to only two passenger lifts for its workforce of approximately 2 000. This is supplemented by a variety of generous feature stairs to encourage walking and limit the use of confined lift spaces. As such, the fire escape stairs were designed for dual functionality; where the quality of finishes were upgraded, they serve as ‘communication’ stairs.

Further promoting employee well-being and to ensure that the needs of universal access were met, Capitec engaged with a disability consultant and an acoustic specialist early on in the design process. The recommendations of both specialists were incorporated into the building. For example, sound-absorbing

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materials and acoustic separation between meeting rooms were included throughout the building to achieve a specified performance in terms of decibel reduction.

Additionally, and beyond the requirements of the regulations, consideration of car parking locations, emergency evacuation, ablutions and vertical circulation, are all examples of how the spirit of universal and inclusive access have been addressed.

Capitec also rehabilitated a neighbouring area of public open space to be used by staff and the broader community as a recreational area for activities such as walking and running. Fittingly, the building also provides cyclist facilities and purpose-designed showers.

Looking to the future, the development incorporates a car parking structure on an adjacent site that follows iKhaya’s core principles, designed for future adaptation into an office should there be a modal shift towards public transportation and less reliance on private cars.

Peter Stokes, a partner at dhk and lead architect on the iKhaya project says: “Capitec is a renowned South African brand that highlights values of simplicity, innovativeness and collaboration. dhk sought to create an extraordinary, world-class office that is progressive and relevant in the South African context - designed to be agile, drive productivity, increase operational efficiencies and ultimately reduce company operational expenditure”. ■ www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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dhk Architects has a firmly established reputation as a design-led multidisciplinary studio which incorporates architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and interior design.

More than 110 people contribute to the success of the company across these disciplines making dhk one of the largest architectural practices in Africa. dhk’s integrated approach to design in the built environment, coupled with innovative solutions, has garnered international recognition with projects across Africa and in Europe, and offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

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CASE STUDY Knauf Insulation

Knauf Insulation partnership

creates sound solution for University of Pretoria When the foyer to the Medical Campus at the University of Pretoria was refurbished, an acoustic solution was needed to dampen reverberation and prevent sound from disturbing students in the adjacent library and lecture theatres. With this in mind, the architect 81_Mass had specified a ceiling build-up comprising acoustic insulation from Knauf Insulation and acoustic ceiling panels from Knauf Group.

Knauf Insulation For the main ceiling, Knauf Insulation’s 50mm Acoustic Roll was specified. Acoustic Roll is manufactured from glass mineral wool and is designed to reduce the transmission of noise between rooms. Glass mineral wool has an open structure that traps sound between its individual strands and turns it into heat energy. As a result, sound cannot travel through the structure into an adjacent room or reverberate back into the source room as an echo. Acoustic Roll also has a non-combustible Euroclass A1 Reaction to Fire Classification, which means it will not add to the development or spread of fire should it occur.

Acoustic Roll was used in conjunction with Knauf Cleaneo Acoustic panels. The panels are manufactured from plasterboard and feature perforations to deliver unrivalled sound absorption performance. The perforated patterns together with a brilliant white paper finish are designed to turn ceilings into design features. The panels are laid with butt joints for ease of installation.

For areas where the ceiling was plastered, Knauf Insulation’s Ceiling Roll (Multi Pack) was used. Ceiling Roll (Multi Pack) offers excellent thermal performance, is non-combustible with Euroclass A1 Reaction to Fire Classification and it complies with SANS 10177 parts 5

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and 10 A/A1. It is a two-in-one glass mineral wool insulation roll designed to offer installers maximum flexibility. Each pack contains 32.4m2 of insulation. This can be achieved by splitting the roll, without the need for tools, into two layers, each 50mm deep. Alternatively, the roll can be installed at 100mm depth to provide 16.2m2 of insulation. The rolls can easily be cut to suit joist centres.

The striking curved design of the foyer presented some challenges, but Knauf Insulation Mineral Wool insulation can easily be cut to the desired shape. Furthermore, both Acoustic Roll and Ceiling Roll (Multi Pack) are lightweight and easy to install.

The insulation was supplied by trade stockists CAPCO and UBS (Unlimited Building Supplies) and installed by Eticon Construction.

Unique technology

All of Knauf Insulation’s glass mineral wool products are manufactured using ECOSE® Technology, its unique bio-based binder, which binds the strands of mineral wool together. It contains no added formaldehyde or phenols, so is low VOC. ECOSE® Technology makes our insulation pleasant to touch and easy to handle.

Combining Knauf Insulation’s Acoustic Roll with the Knauf Cleaneo Acoustic panels has created a beautiful welcoming entrance for the University of Pretoria Medical Campus while preventing noise from disturbing students’ learning. Thanks to the addition of Ceiling Roll (Multi Pack), the entrance will maintain a stable internal temperature, helping to save energy too. ■

About Knauf Insulation

Knauf Insulation is a leading provider of high performance, sustainable Glass and Rock Mineral Wool insulation solutions. With more than 40 years of experience in the insulation industry, it is one of the fastest growing and most respected names in insulation worldwide.

As part of the Knauf Group, a €6,5bn turnover multi-national family-owned manufacturer of building materials and construction systems, Knauf Insulation employs over 5,500 employees and has 40 manufacturing sites in 15 countries, with a turnover of €1,8bn in 2018.

Knauf Insulation’s mission is to challenge conventional thinking and create innovative insulation solutions that shape the way we live and build in the future, with care for the people who make them, the people who use them and the world we all depend on.

Its vision is to lead the change in smarter insulation solutions for a better world. Its aspiration is to be the world’s most trusted insulation partner providing high performing and smart insulation solutions and services for a better world. www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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PROJECT FEATURE Francois Du Toit Architects

Cutting-edge Massmart

distribution centre Massmart’s brand-new, cutting-edge centralised distribution centre for the Western Cape has been completed and is one of the largest, and most impressive of its kind in Cape Town, at just under 53 000m2 in size.

Redefine and VDMV Property Holdings This striking building, which is situated at Brackengate 2, was jointly constructed for Massmart by VDMV Property Holdings and Redefine Ltd and is the second biggest distribution centre for the retail giant - with the Gauteng DC measuring 70 000m2. Massmart’s previous DC in the Western Cape measured only 19 500m2.

Tyrone Kleinjan, development manager for VDMV, explains that VDMV and Redefine contracted the services of Francois du Toit Architects (FD/A) to design the warehouse, as well as the services of Isipani Building Contractors to carry out their visions. Kleinjan unpacks some of the modern design element that differentiates this world class warehouse.

Innovative design, materials and construction methods

“The Massmart DC boasts a beautiful, high, curved and seamless roof – which measures over 60 000m2 - making it one of the largest single roof surfaces in Cape Town. The

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most important element in warehouse design is the shape of the roof, and the Massmart DC has a continuous roof sheet system to minimise any potential weak points where water can enter the building. This is extremely important when dealing with exceptionally large roof areas,” he says.

“At the centre of the warehouse, under the heart of the vaulted roof, the height measures 15.5 metres. The roof is at its lowest above the dock faces, where we only required a 10m height clearance. The result is a volume that is high at the apex and low around the perimeter - this resulted in a saving in material and also allowed us to reduce the size of the columns and foundations.

“In terms of the façade, Rheinzink Cladding was applied to a majority of the building to create a modern industrial look. This material is a titanium zinc alloy that is a sustainable resource (zinc is an element that is abundantly available), has longevity (zinc is resistant to corrosion) and www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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it is recyclable. It is maintenance free and has a service life of +/- 150 years.

“We also opted for tilt-up panels and columns, which is an innovative method that allows for the rapid construction of concrete walls and columns. It is a two-step process; first, slabs of concrete are cast horizontally on the building floor slab. Then they are lifted with a crane and set on prepared foundations to form the exterior walls or columns. This method, along with the Rheinzink cladding, allowed us to build rapidly and cost effectively,” explains Kleinjan.

The Massmart DC consists predominantly of steel components – and not traditional brick and mortar.

The structural steel elements created the necessary framework to make use of unconventional practices such as the tilt-up panes, Rheinzink Cladding and tilt-up columns.

“A final important design distinction in this project was the change from conventional concrete floors in the interior of the warehouse to Steel Fibre Reinforced Floors.

The main rationale behind this was to create a flooring system that has fewer joints therefore decreasing maintenance and repair requirements in the future - and facility down time during repairs. These floors also provide greater comfort to forklift operations as the joints are smooth and so deliver a shock and vibration free surface,” Kleinjan adds.

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Sustainable elements and a focus on green specifications

In keeping with the need for all construction to embrace green elements, VDMV, Redefine and FD/A Architects ensured that the new Massmart DC incorporated sustainable design principals in all elements and stages of the project.

According to Kleinjan, it began with the orientation of the building, which is essential to consider in order to ensure maximum thermal comfort.

“If these fundamental principles are not considered in the early stages of the design process, it results in a building which becomes energy intensive to temperature fluctuations,” he says.

The air-conditioning system for the offices makes use of inverter-type technology, which offers a 25% saving on electricity. All the lighting is energy-efficient LED fittings and motion sensors have been installed throughout the building to ensure that lights are switched off in areas that have no activity.

All sanitaryware installed at the DC is water saving and other water saving methods include air cooled air conditioning as opposed to water cooled systems.

There is also a rain-water harvesting system connected to the expansive roof which provides water to irrigate the landscaping. The landscaping outside the DC was carefully considered with water-wise plants.

“It was a priority for the landscape architect to select only those plant species which are hardy and require very little water, whilst promoting the growth of a natural ecosystem,” adds Kleinjan.

Izak van der Merwe, Founder and Chairman of VDMV, explains that the construction of the new Massmart DC was a flagship project for VDMV’s property development division.

“This has been an exceptional project to be involved in, from conceptualisation to finality and it has been extremely rewarding to watch innovative concepts come to fruition. It has also been the biggest project to date for VDMV and we were able to deliver this DC to Massmart in a little over 12 months by employing modern design and construction methods. Our team and contracted suppliers rallied together perfectly – employing their collective skills for a great end results,” he says.

The greater Brackengate industrial precinct is 160-plus hectares in extent and the last substantial swathe of industrial land available in this area. The first phase comprised 35ha and VDMV Property Group started developing it from 2008.

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“We had our eye on the land for some time as we identified the potential in the area and we finally managed to secure it with a view to launching a commercial and industrial development,” explains Van der Merwe.

“VDMV, as co-developers of Brackengate 2, is proudly involved in this fast growing, extremely popular commercial node in Cape Town, which is enjoying great success. Its prime position off the R300 freeway, on the corner of Bottelary Road and Cecil Morgan Drive in Brackenfell, with easy road access from almost every direction, including the N1 and N2, the Stellenbosch Arterial and the R102, makes it perfect for a distribution centre of this nature. The site is perfectly situated for logistics and warehousing, with easy access to the Cape Town harbour, Cape Town International Airport and the Brackenfell railway station. Other large groups such as Food Lovers Market and Shoprite have also chosen this precinct for their new distribution centres.” ■

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PROJECT FEATURE Atterbury Properties

Prime Cleaning Services warehouse

- striking angled lines, bold monochromatic pallet Constructed by Atterbury Properties at the Old Mint Park Industrial development, the new Warehouse for Prime Cleaning Solutions makes its mark on the horizontal skyline of the N1 highway.

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The brief was for a 7 000m² warehouse with a 600m² office space. Two separate yard areas were required for dispatch and receiving.

The fall of the site dictated that the large dispatch yard area would be placed on the northern façade with the office component on the western side facing the highway.

The architecture makes the most of the building’s prominent position on the N1 highway, with striking angled lines and a bold monochromatic pallet.

Conceptually the architect avoided designing the office as a separate element that often feels detached from the warehouse aesthetic, and instead incorporated the office space by including it under the warehouse roof.

The offices entrance on the western corner peeks out from under the warehouse sheeting whilst the roof cantilevers

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six metres to achieve an unobstructed view of the entrance.

Eye-catching architectural elements were incorporated to express the company’s identity. Their triangular logo was used as inspiration. The triangles were multiplied in a pattern for the feature laser cut screens at the entrance.

The triangle theme was continued to the warehouse design. The angles of the roofs are outlined in contrasting flashings to achieve a strong angular design aesthetic.

The black outlines that frame the white side sheeting, reference that of the architect’s original concept sketches, hinting at the idea that the sketch has come to life.

An angled wedge of polycarbonate side sheeting allows for natural light into the warehouse space, on the western façade. Louvres situated on the northern roof monitor also allows for natural light for the warehouse space, significantly reducing the need for lights during the day.

Sun louvres on the glass office entrance façade ensure that the western side is controlled. Their angular arrangement also continues the building’s theme.

Often, the challenge of highway-side architecture is to make an impact, within a few seconds. The Prime Cleaning warehouse achieves this by offering a quick view of understated elegant industrial architecture, that is memorable for all the right reasons. ■

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PROJECT FEATURE Archiway Architects

House Hijlkema,

Inanda

Archiway Architects transformed this home from an average looking 800m2 three-bedroomed home to an amazing double storey home with three large en suite bedrooms, a large study on the first floor and a home office and spacious living area on the ground floor.

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By creating generous overhangs over the large windows and by adding sliding timber louvres, the architect, Mireille Koster, was able to maximise on the glazing to create unique views into the large garden from each bedroom.

A beautiful, covered patio area finishes off an amazing modern home which is perfect for entertaining in summer and winter. The contrast dark grey colour brings out the special features. â–

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EDITORIAL Energy Efficiency

A sustainable future:

Green buildings are key to reducing energy consumption Thabang Byl

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Construction is a key sector to address South Africa’s housing shortage and infrastructure needs, and thus is unlikely to slow down. The sector is also at the forefront of economic recovery plans as it has the double advantage of being labour-intensive with a knock-on effect on many industry sectors in its supply chain.

As a consequence, the construction industry worldwide is facing growing challenges in conserving material and energy resources, as well as reducing its CO2 emissions.

Buildings presently account for approximately 40% of the world’s energy consumption, and that figure is on the rise. Beyond energy use, buildings also are responsible for nearly half of all greenhouse gasses, specifically carbon dioxide.

With 31 October named ‘World Cities Day’ by the United Nations, it is pertinent to consider what South Africa can do to improve efforts towards sustainable – and smart – cities. The country’s real estate industry needs to improve its focus on the energy performance of their buildings through energy benchmarking of their properties, identifying best practices and developing strategies to increase efficiency of the built environment.

With Africa facing rising urbanisation and population growth, construction is a sector which cannot be overlooked when considering green initiatives.

There are two separate but complementary approaches to reducing building energy consumption: 1. Implementing energy efficiency measures, and 2. Integrating renewable energy sources.

South Africa has committed to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals which means taking tangible action towards achieving these goals. Three goals in particular come to mind when considering the construction industry: sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, and climate action.

Further, South Africa has its own National Framework for Sustainable Development which provides the basis for a long-term process of integrating sustainability as a key component of the development discourse and shows South Africa’s commitment to the principles developed at international summits and conferences.

To achieve optimal results and optimise investment, building energy efficiency measures should be considered first. This is especially true for existing buildings, where investments are usually made progressively over time.

For new buildings, the net-zero energy consumption requirement is specified in the early stages of the project.

With such a goal clearly in mind, a building can be designed from the beginning to be net zero, ensuring that the building can incorporate renewable energy sources and will support active energy management systems and effective building operation.

Boosting energy efficiency

Energy efficiency measures also fall into two categories, passive and active. Passive energy efficiency measures simply avoid the unnecessary use of energy. One example of a passive energy efficient measure is switching from conventional light bulbs to energysaving lighting such as halogen incandescent, compact fluorescents (CFL), and LED lightbulbs, which produce the same amount of light but use less energy.

Active energy efficiency is about taking the control of the energy use. This type of energy efficiency measure typically requires continuous monitoring—using power measurement devices and cloud-based or on-premises power monitoring software—and active management, including an action plan and following up on results.

Incorporating renewable energy

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EDITORIAL Energy Efficiency

Consisting primarily of photovoltaic (PV) and wind turbine systems, these renewable technologies are, however, variable intermittent energy producers. To achieve the overall objective of mastering and optimising energy use while also becoming more independent of the electrical grid, these energy resources can be coupled with storage or other more stable electricity generation technologies, such as combined heat and power generation (CHP).

Another important element of designing, constructing and managing green buildings is using control and optimisation solutions that play an important role in improving the way energy is produced, consumed and stored.

A first layer of control, called the Energy Management System (EMS), is key. Usually cloud based, these systems are able to forecast and optimise energy usage, leveraging on-site distributed energy resources to reduce energy bills and better integrate renewables. In addition to an EMS, a Power Management System can be used to operate the system on-site.

The aforementioned solutions are part of a larger green building ecosystem that provides some of the most effective means to achieving a range of South Africa’s development goals, such as addressing climate change, creating sustainable and thriving communities, and driving economic growth. â–

Thabang Byl joined Schneider Electric in 2020. As the Digital Energy Lead, Thabang is responsible for managing and leading the Digital Energy Team and a network of certified system integrator channel partners in the cloud and service providers, utilities, health care, electro intensive industries, buildings, hospitality, electro-intensive energy users and mining segment.

His focus is on rebuilding the relationship with end-customers and ensuring that Schneider’s rapidly advancing digital energy business serves our customers and enables our channel partners to succeed in the power management and buildings market characterized by interconnectedness, digitization, technology automation and alignment to the internet of things.

Prior to joining Schneider in 2020, Thabang has held various sales, technical and leadership roles in the electrical engineering sphere. He has spent more than 17 years working across various industries and markets, including utilities, mining, commercial buildings, renewable energy and cities.

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PROJECT FEATURE Paragon Architects

Paragon conceptualises

workplace design solution for Deloitte

When global professional services firm Deloitte decided to consolidate its offices into its new African headquarters, bringing together 3 700 employees in a customdesigned building geared for future expansion, it turned to Paragon to conceptualise the workplace design solution. The architecture and interior architecture company clinched the bid for the project at the end of 2018, just when it was completing its award-winning fit-out of the new Discovery Place head office in Sandton.

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The 42 500m2 Deloitte development in Waterfall City in Midrand, Johannesburg is known as River Creek. It is a 50/50 joint venture between Attacq and Atterbury.

River Creek comprises a ground floor, six office-space storeys and four basement parking levels with almost 2 000 parking bays.

“As a large single-tenant facility, this fully digital, connected ‘smart’ building has been designed to enable a dramatic cultural shift for this progressive organisation,” comments Paragon Director Claire D’Adorante.

The aesthetic interior design concept conceptualises a distinct and identifiable Deloitte brand experience through the extensive and deliberate use of its primary and secondary brand colours. Balanced with warm timbers and the extensive use of planting, a natural and inviting indoor environment flooded with natural light from the central atrium has been created.

The six levels of workspace incorporate a dramatic cascade of colour, representative of the Deloitte brand colours, which enhances the overall brand experience of the facility, as well as providing a distinct way-finding mechanism. Large open floor plans, with no cellular offices, allow the multiple business units to easily share working spaces and building facilities as well as enabling interaction, collaboration and social engagement.

To offset the loss of traditional offices, a variety of cellular and open-plan collaborative spaces have been provided to deal with the need for quiet and also for group working spaces. The ground floor has been designed to create a seamless client experience and be open and welcoming for the client-facing meeting and training rooms, as well provide all the shared lifestyle facilities.

A coffee shop, restaurant, pub and an external pizza oven complete the overall employee experience. The ground floor is also home to Deloitte’s new Xcelerator experience comprising eight distinct and unique spaces that offer clients a range of high-tech opportunities and digitally immersive experiences to ideate and prototype breakthrough solutions.

A ‘neighbourhood’ and ‘energy’ concept

The workplace strategy was conceptualised around a ‘neighbourhood’ and ‘energy’ concept, explains Paragon Associate Dale Friedman. Zones of higher energy, linked to louder and more active environments, are located nearer the primary circulation routes and zones of intersection. This ensures that these spaces are active and promote collaboration and interaction.

The lower-energy functions, which require greater focus and a quieter space, are located further away from the central core to aid in the focused work required here.

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that allow for the varied task-based functions required.

The atrium edge has also been activated through the incorporation of an agile and task-based workspace corridor, affectionately known as the ‘racetrack’ and connected by the link bridges.

As Deloitte works mainly on laptops, these shared collaboration spaces enable staff to work where they feel comfortable, based on the task at hand. The multigenerational workforce also meant from the get-go that a ‘one-size-fits-all’ design principle would not work.

“Everyone can find a type of setting best suited to them and their task, meaning happier staff who enjoy their working environment,” highlights Friedman.

Technology a seamless support for users

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that someone can sit down anywhere and have all the necessary tools at hand.

“Often technology can be challenging to use and frustrates people when you cannot connect easily.

Therefore, it was an important driver to ensure that technology was a seamless support for users,” stresses Friedman.

A custom-designed iconographic signage system with integrated QR codes, developed specifically for Deloitte, provides users with information on how to use each agile workspace and is linked to the ‘smart’ building system. QR codes allow users to easily find out more about the workspace, such as the particular etiquette for the quieter spaces to the more collaborative settings, and also how to connect to the technology and log any faults that users may experience. ■ www.sabuildingreview.co.za

PROJECT FEATURE Asrin Property Developer

Chapel Towers

proves to be worthy investment for short-term rental market Chapel Towers, the upmarket urban development by one of the Western Cape’s leading property groups, Asrin Property Developers, saw final completion with the owners taking occupation in November 2019.

Located in Zonnebloem in the heart of the Mother City, the development’s initial launch was met with resounding enthusiasm. A total of 90% of the units were sold, with the remaining 10% held back for a second and final release. Investors have enjoyed impressive returns thanks to a demand for short-term rental properties. The development is currently receiving a new flurry of interest due to the low interest rates currently offered by the banks.

With this in mind, prospective buyers are encouraged to secure their dream home in the city now while there

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are still units available. With prices starting at R1 890 000, these units are ideal for up-and-coming executives and young families wanting to position themselves in the centre of a vibrant urban metropolis.

Perched between the ocean and mountains, Cape Town is a sprawling city world-renowned for its natural splendour and cool, urban energy. As one of the world’s top tourist destinations, it’s no surprise that offshore buyers are flocking to the area to invest in property of their own. With so much international interest, now is the time for locals to secure their share before it becomes completely unattainable. www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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Those lucky enough to call Chapel Towers ‘home’ will find themselves conveniently surrounded by all the best that Cape Town has to offer. Aside from pristine beaches and Table Mountain's countless hiking trails, Cape Town also has a flourishing restaurant and arts scene, making it a world-class culinary and cultural destination.

Inspired by the interplay of light and shadow, the design of each apartment’s interior was steered by the principle of minimalism. From the outset, the intent was to create an urban retreat of sorts, a place where residents can escape from today’s demanding lifestyle to recharge and reconnect with loved ones. Each apartment is enhanced by the highest

quality fittings and fixtures that include engineered stone countertops, Smeg appliances, porcelain floor tiles and Hans Groher bathroom fittings.

Care has been taken to minimise the development’s carbon footprint by incorporating green features such as heat pumps, resulting in reduced utility bills for residents. All units are Wi-Fi and DStv-enabled and the top floor apartments are air-conditioned. Entrance to Chapel Towers is access controlled with a ground floor reception area, ensuring peace of mind for those who live there. Other notable facilities include underground parking, a gym, and onsite laundry.

Chapel Towers sets the benchmark for inner-city living. The development features a rooftop lifestyle deck, complete with swimming pool and outdoor entertainment area - the perfect spot to take in the city’s unmatched panoramic views, all set against the backdrop of majestic Table Mountain.

A reflection of the style and spirit of this great African city, Chapel Towers is an investment worth making today.

For more information about Chapel Towers, contact Rehana Moosa on +27 (0)84 055 4431 or email marketing@asrin.co.za ■

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EDITORIAL Sustainability

Equator Belt Factory™

- a stellar performance for the fashion industry When it comes to industrial buildings, you’d be hard-pressed to find major inspiration from their external appearance. Unlike commercial buildings which are often iconic statement pieces that stand out in cityscapes, industrial buildings are instead containers for efficient processes and complex machine operations - they are ‘everyday’ buildings that don’t aim to impress with fashionable looks, but with function.

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Light industrial buildings are not typically considered ‘green’ buildings, so you might be surprised to discover that the plain ‘clothing’ of this unassuming ex-textile mill in Durban (which services the fashion industry), tells an important sustainable story beyond its walls. One about a company and building, deeply committed to pursuing a balance between the needs of the environment, the fashion industry, customers, and its own people.

You’d also be looking at the Green Building Council South Africa’s first Green Star - Existing Building Performance rating in the CTFL (clothing, textile, footwear and leather) production sector, which achieved a leading 5-Star rating that signifies excellent building performance. This is the story of Equator – The Belt Factory™…

More than a building, but a culture

Equator is a belt and accessory manufacturer that supplies the retail, wholesale and branded fashion industry in Southern Africa, servicing big name brands such as Woolworths, TFG, Polo, and Levi’s, to name a few. Export has to date remained a small part of its sales.

The company formed in 2001 and, having outgrown its previous premises by 2018, a decision was made to move to a 4 500m² former textile factory in New Germany, KZN. Built in 1967 – in a different era – the features of the original building paid little heed to green building principles such as energy and water efficiency, waste management, and comfortable working environments.

Thus, Equator took the opportunity to retrofit the building in a sustainable way. They soon realised that sustainability did not stop at just the building itself and committed to a long-term sustainability journey that not only transformed the company but is having ripple effects across the fashion-manufacturing industry in South Africa.

efficiency, but also waste streams, cleaning materials, air quality, and workplace conditions.

Sustainability Consultant, Catherine Luyt, from Ecolution, explains that this project is significant because it, “displays that green building certification is not reserved for high-end office blocks but can also be adopted by industrial projects, and those in the fashion industry. It opens the discussion to a new industry and pushes the boundaries of the green building agenda”.

The CTFL supply chain is also one of the least sustainable industries in the world, according to Buhr, so transformation in this area is much needed.

Waste not, want not

The building sports some of the typical features one might expect from a green building, such as waterefficient fittings, smart-metering and rainwater harvesting; a hyper-efficient cooling system; natural daylight in conjunction with LED lighting; highperformance double glazing and insulation; and a stateof-the-art building management system. Other features which stand out are the ‘employees first’ approach to optimising working conditions, air quality control, and employee management and engagement. But perhaps most notable is the approach to waste management, particularly because the solutions implemented have already started to have knock-on effects with other fashion manufacturers in the country.

“My biggest learning was that sustainability is not merely about a ‘green building’ but becomes central to a company’s culture,” says Leon Buhr, Founder, Director and Head of Marketing, Innovation and Growth at Equator. “Our people at all levels have embraced it and it has definitely driven their sense of purpose and productivity. As our journey continues, it is driving innovation, material and fabrication rethink, packaging and logistics and now we are able to drive the message backwards along our supply chain (many suppliers have been inspired to become more sustainable), and forwards to our customers (ditto).”

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Being an industrial building comes with its own challenges, most notably being the type of waste that is generated on site, explains Luyt. Equator was committed to applying circular economy principles throughout.

cup of tea (based on 2019 production average). Buhr emphasises that part of the importance of getting a Green Star certification was to certify the company’s sustainability claims.

“For Equator, a constant challenge was the question of what to do with the leather offcuts. Ideas were constantly brainstormed and each month a greater volume of offcuts was donated or sold to those who were able to use them for other projects,” Luyt adds.

“Many people make sustainability claims that are not benchmarked, or certified, leading to more confusion and greenwashing,” he says, adding that many companies fall into the trap of making bold and misleading sustainability claims that don’t hold weight, particularly in the fashion industry.

Already over 60% of Equator’s leather and other fabrics are responsibly sourced. In the case of leather this is increasingly from LWG (Leather Working Group) certified tanneries. LWG is a global tanning industry certification around sustainable tanning methods, and other fabrications are increasingly sourced from certifications like Oekotex or REACH compliant synthetics.

Equator is, however, the real deal, and the proof is in not only the building, but the product. ■

“Whilst we are not 100% able to use certified materials; as the industry increases its sustainability focus we can increase our percentage annually,” says Luyt.

A long-term commitment

It’s clear that Equator’s commitment to sustainability is a long-term one, and one about making incremental and constant improvements along the way. Buhr proudly claims that at the Equator Belt Factory it takes less energy to make a belt from start to finish than it takes to make a

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PROJECT FEATURE AMA Architects

Abandoned building repurposed, boasts only open area seated amphitheatre in Jo'burg Towers Main is a redevelopment of an existing abandoned 30-storey building in Johannesburg CBD, into a mixed-use office and residential development.

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It also includes public ground and mezzanine floors, featuring a coffee shop and entrance lobbies to office and residential tenants, an art gallery, and a sensitively activated piazza including the only open area seated amphitheatre in Johannesburg overlooking the pedestrian realm.

Above this, there are nine office floors (with ABSA as the tenant) and then, 19 residential floors (518 units) ranging from small studio units to twobedroom apartments.

A clubhouse area on floor 15 offers magnificent views of the city, and includes a business centre, gym and children’s area.

A full revamp of the façade was also completed where a lightweight ETICS façade was introduced, with the externally painted swirling vortex pattern creating new life and vibrancy to the Johannesburg skyline.

On the office levels, a contemporary curtain wall was introduced as well as window wall glazing, allowing for improved passive design strategies with regards to heat loss and heat gain.

The vision behind the redevelopment was to create a multifunctional, inclusive and diverse neighbourhood, which is also in keeping with the global new urbanism trend.

This design of a redeveloped city building by AMA Architects has extended the lifespan of this landmark building on the city skyline and is a standout, repurposed project. ■ www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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With 26 years' experience in the precast industry, owneroperator Annemerie Coetzee realized that there was a gap in the precast concrete market for custom-made products and once-off items. In the concrete pipe and manhole market for example, the emphasis is on high volumes, and the effort and time required to design and build once-off moulds for non-standard products disrupts any normal well-oiled production line, and also requires additional skills and supervision. This makes custom-made, one-off product manufacture an unprofitable business for mainstream, high volume operations. However, not all building contractors have the necessary expertise, manpower and facilities to manufacture such products on-site.

Twinstar Precast was founded in 2014 with the express aim of assisting specifying civil engineers and civil engineering contractors with complicated sites and situations where currently available precast concrete products would not work.

Twinstar Precast strives to be a problem solver, and is solution driven in all aspects of precast concrete. With products ranging in weight from 2kg up to 6 tons, the company is capable of solving almost all precast problems and turning nightmare requirements into a quick and affordable solution.

To date, it is the only company in South Africa specialising in custom-made and one-off precast concrete products, only keeping a few fast-moving products in stock which are standard spec for tenders and drawings.

Twinstar Precast has a unique relationship with mainstream precast concrete companies who pass on referrals and use Twinstar to supply certain non-standard products to keep their clients happy. As far as possible, Twinstar Precast uses small local suppliers and SMMEs, rather than large corporate

companies, to transport its products. Marketing is done mostly online, but direct contact is made with specifying engineers to make them aware that their need for custom-made products can be met.

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In 2016, Twinstar Precast assisted a client in successfully closing old mineshafts in Gauteng which were previously closed but could not withstand vandalism, and were rife with illegal mining activities. Twinstar Precast's mineshaft slabs are still intact, and no illegal activity has been reported since.

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In 2012, Annemerie Coetzee was part of the team which received the CMA Award for Excellence in Innovation for her contribution in the design and development of bomb-proof ATM enclosure.

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EDITORIAL Infrastructure

Consulting engineers and scientists are important sources of the skills and experience required to build infrastructure and re-ignite the economy.

Infrastructure recovery hinges

on urgent action, innovation Hopes of a recovery in South Africa’s economic fortunes rely heavily on more infrastructure spending, but the COVID-19 pandemic is further complicating this difficult task; speed and ingenuity are now of the essence, according to SRK Consulting Partner and Principal Engineering Technologist, Steve Bartels.

Steve Bartels “Government’s establishment of Infrastructure South Africa to streamline project roll-out, and the recent prioritisation of strategic integrated projects, is a promising step,” said Bartels. “But all this work needs a strong and capable construction sector – and years of decline are now being aggravated by the local impact of the pandemic.”

He said the role of infrastructure investment in stimulating economic growth should not be underestimated, citing the creation of eight million jobs

by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration in the US after the Great Depression.

He also pointed to the similar vision of another great US president, John F. Kennedy, who once said: "It is

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not wealth that built our roads, but roads that built our wealth".

"If South Africa implemented a similar programme and managed it correctly, it could potentially be the key to the recovery of South Africa’s economic fortunes,” Bartels said.

His involvement in poverty alleviation projects and labourbased projects for provincial government has given him first-hand experience of how this type of employment can transform lives and communities.

“I witnessed how local contractors and workers were lifted out of poverty by infrastructure projects in KwaZulu-Natal – and no longer relied on handouts to feed their children,” he said. “A little done wisely goes a long way.” www.sabuildingreview.co.za

EDITORIAL Infrastructure Bartels said the construction sector had been under significant pressure in recent years as government spending on infrastructure declined, with a number of large contractors closing doors or entering business rescue. During 2020, restrictions related to COVID-19 were expected to cause an 8.7% decline in the construction sector this year, and the loss of up to 100 000 jobs. This situation needed to be turned around as a matter of urgency, to preserve the capability of the sector, he said.

While having to redirect funds to address COVID-19 impacts, government still plans to commit R100-billion to its National Infrastructure Fund over the next decade – to help prepare and package projects and provide catalytic finance.

“South Africa’s future demands that we make full use of our scientific and engineering expertise, to focus our development efforts and achieve more with the fewer resources at our disposal,” he said. “The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that science-based decisionmaking is the only way out of the various crises we currently face.”

He highlighted that consulting engineers and scientists are important sources of the skills and experience required to build infrastructure and re-ignite the economy. Vis Reddy, Managing Director of SRK Consulting, warned that the plight of the construction sector during 2020 had seen many consulting engineering firms having to reduce pay or even shed jobs.

“This sector could risk losing essential talent and experience, which could seriously undermine South Africa’s recovery efforts in the infrastructure space,” said Reddy. “The danger is that large-scale job shedding invariably means that many qualified and experienced professionals are forced to take up other careers – so we often can’t get them back after a prolonged downturn.”

increasingly important tools in the ‘new normal’ working practices and social distancing.

“While most of these technologies were available before – such as virtual private networks to facilitate the sharing of documents and information – not everyone was using them effectively,” he said. “Now they will become vital for continued efficiency.”

He said that infrastructure development would also benefit from innovative new ways of gathering detailed visual and other data, which were traditionally gathered by physically visiting and investigating project sites.

“High-definition photography and photogrammetry, as well as the technologies such as drones and remote sensing to deploy these tools, will become more valuable,” said Bartels. “GIS and GPS technology will continue to grow in their applications, helping to accurately geolocate data points for various scientific and engineering applications.”

The adversity of the COVID-19 pandemic had also been accompanied by opportunity, he said, where more use was being made of younger scientists and engineers within SRK Consulting.

“Many of our most experienced staff are vulnerable to Covid-19 due to their age, so we have made more use of younger staff where projects require travel and on-site time,” he said. “These young, well-qualified and resourceful professionals have already proved to be valuable assets in their new roles – and are now accelerating their contribution and their learning curve.” ■

He emphasised that the skills and experience of consulting engineers were a crucial foundation for recovery and needed to be well deployed and nurtured.

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Building South Africa’s future with transparent utilities To define a property’s value proposition in a crowded market is to invest in solutions that recognise the needs of the tenant and property owner. To add value where it can be added, and to lock in values like trust, transparency and accessibility. This can be hard to do in South Africa, a country with its fair share of complexity, but it is not impossible. According to Citiq Prepaid Managing Director, Michael Franze, simple tools that are reliable, authentic and capable can make all the difference to how a property is perceived.

“There are numerous obstacles that developers and architects have to overcome for their clients in order to gain traction in the market,” he explains. “One of the most common is, of course, utility management.

Control and admin can cause difficulties and this can cause distrust, mismanagement and damaged reputations. These are just some of the reasons why companies are opting for prepaid sub-meters because they turn challenges into simple solutions.”

Prepaid sub-meters add immediate transparency. Tenants pay upfront, and they manage their spend directly through online purchases or recharge outlets. There are no shared bills with other tenants or complicated municipality readings. Everything is managed directly from the unit, by the tenant. With Citiq Prepaid this is further refined by the addition of an online portal that allows for landlords and tenants to access their own customised areas.

Landlords log in to find reporting functionalities and metre allocations that give them much needed visibility and tenants log in to find data around spend and recharging.

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“Our prepaid sub-meters remove any chances of hidden fees or unexpected costs,” says Franze.

“They also contribute to South Africa’s economic development. Well, they do through the Citiq Installers Club (CIC) that offers installers from around the country the opportunity to engage with new markets, receive helpful training materials, and get access to valuable resources. We have designed our CIC to provide electrical contractors with opportunities that they may not have had in the past.”

Citiq Prepaid has embedded transparency into the quality of its prepaid sub-meters, the online portal, and the service. But it adds value to the developer and the architect in that it assures them of prepaid sub-meter installations that benefit society, and the property. With Citiq Prepaid, professional quality sub-meters ensure tenants of transparent and secure utility management and property managers of reduced admin and fraud. It’s an easy fix for a complicated situation. www.sabuildingreview.co.za

PROJECT FEATURE GBCSA

Cintocare Hospital

head and shoulders above the rest Tshwane’s new Cintocare Hospital is a poignant physical embodiment of a usercentred approach to healthcare and healthy buildings – more recently brought into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A partnership between Growthpoint and Cintocare, the hospital - which focuses exclusively on head and neck, spinal and vascular surgery - was awarded a Green Building Council South Africa 5-Star Green Star Custom Healthcare Design rating in May 2020, making it the first healthcare facility in Africa to be recognised for its sustainable achievements.

The 29 000m² seven-storey building, designed by A3 Architects, is situated in the Menlyn Maine Precinct of Tshwane, adjacent to the Central Square shopping centre, also a Green Star-rated development. Construction began in July 2018, and the building is aiming for completion at the end of 2020.

The hospital has 100 beds (which can be expanded to 160 beds), 20 consulting rooms and five surgical theatres, one of which is a hybrid theatre, equipped with advanced medical imaging devices which enable minimally invasive surgery.

The front of the building features a horizontal shading device, designed to be evocative of spinal vertebrae found in the neck, which swoops across an impressive glass façade - hinting at the inner purpose of the building.

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working environment with state-of-the-art equipment and technologies, while patients and visitors benefit from excellence in healthcare, customer services and personalised attention,” says Growthpoint’s Chief Investment and Development Officer Rudolf Pienaar.

“Energy intensive ventilation, air conditioning and filtration systems in hospitals are key for infection control and cannot be compromised. Finding a balance between functionality, indoor environment quality and energy efficiency is the ultimate challenge in a hospital. Strategies like a high performance façade that still allows expansive views, an internal atrium to punch daylight deep into the core of the building, and heat recovery chillers were implemented to find this balance.” says Martin Smith, Zutari’s Building Services and Environmentally Sustainable Design Expertise Leader.

Sustainability consultant, Adrie Fourie, who worked for Zutari at the time of the certification concurs: “With an increased focus on health and wellness in office spaces, more attention is being paid to elements around indoor air quality and creating spaces that support reduced absenteeism and increased productivity. This project however went above and beyond, realising that for healthcare facilities it would be imperative to place the end user experience (staff, visitors and patients) as a focal point for the design strategy.”

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Healthy buildings = healthy people

Conventional hospitals often have considerable carbon emission profiles due to the energy and water consumption required for their daily operations, explains Smith. The Cintocare Hospital was able to reduce its operational footprint considerably, “while creating a place of healing not only a place for treatment”.

The user-first approach informed some of the key design decisions. These included designing an appropriate HVAC system that places infection control and indoor air quality at the fore, while also ensuring increased maintenance access to keep it functioning optimally.

Other green building features include high levels of thermal comfort for 95% of the usable area, a recycling waste storage facility, metering of energy and water use, a rainwater storage tank for routine fire protection, entryway walk-off mats which capture particulates from occupants’ shoes, and the creation and implementation of a sustainable procurement guide.

The inclusion of as much daylight as possible was also critical. “Natural daylight is an environmental factor that has a great impact on health and wellbeing of people within a space. Research suggests that healthy hospitals, where

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these factors are considered, improve patient outcomes and assist in the recovery process,” emphasises Pienaar.

The glazed façade ensures that 92% of the bedded areas have access to daylight and external views.

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To facilitate the Green Star certification of the hospital, Zutari led the creation of a new custom Green Star tool. The creation of a new tool focused on a previously unrepresented sector like healthcare, is a strong illustrator that any industry can and should 'go green' - it reaches a completely new sub-set of design professionals, healthcare practitioners, product suppliers and manufacturers, and creates momentum for a ripple-effect of wider industry transformation. Spreading awareness and facilitating change are the building blocks that will move the green building agenda to new heights.

Pienaar believes that healthcare facilities should always aim to make an impact on the broader environment, and more specifically they should benefit the people who use them. The Cintocare Hospital is leading the way into that arena head and shoulders above the rest. “‘Healthier’ healthcare facilities with direct benefits to human health will be sought after more and more in South Africa in the years to come,” Pienaar concludes. ■

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PROJECT FEATURE Blok

FORTY ON L a new mode of compact urban living Developer Fire Engineer Electrical Engineer Mechanical Engineer Architect

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FORTY ON L represents a significant evolution for Blok, heralding the first development in its Blok Raw division. In its ongoing exploration of new modes of compact urban living, Blok Raw emerges not only as an evolution of the urban developers’ design principles, but as a response to an increasingly dense city.

Urban centres are becoming increasingly more important for their ability to offer both work and education opportunities, however, the pressure on economics and human dynamics is being increased. The fast-changing nature of our urban culture is conflicting with the urban planning approaches that have been used in the past to design our cities which, in many instances, exacerbates socio-economic tensions.

“As developers, we play an important role in the built space and form of our cities,” says Jacques van Embden, Blok MD. “We need to recognise the many ways in which we have the ability to impact the community in this regard, and need self-examination to ensure that we make beneficial contributions to the urban fabric of the city.”

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living and efficiently accessing the full range of social services available in the inner city. The latter is to offer highly considered, compact apartments to the strained middleincome market, within a new, more diverse, integrated residential development.

“The challenge for us is not to halt the growth of our city, but to rather focus on how the city grows through collaborations with the public sector and community,” says van Embden.

Located as it is within Cape Town’s historical Bo Kaap district, FORTY ON L also necessitated a far more considered approach to contextual integration — adding to the character and value of the neighbourhood rather than distorting it.

“Contextually, FORTY ON L is a neighbourhood and a community with a strong history and identity, both culturally

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PROJECT FEATURE Blok

and architecturally. The opportunity and challenge is then to create something that adds to and evolves these elements whilst simultaneously innovating within the urban development market,” says van Embden.

FORTY ON L - connected communal living

FORTY ON L comprises of 69 compact, urban apartments which include a mix of studio (34-51m2), one-bedroom (49-67m2), two-bedroom (73-174m2), three-bedroom (130-164 m2) apartments, and penthouses (231-257m2).

The building is pet-friendly with high-speed fibre internet, and continues to build on the Blok ideal of shared spaces, promoting connected communal living, through shared and common areas, such a swimming pool and entertainment deck.

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All of the apartments open onto a balcony, with the compact apartments at street level opening onto a ‘stoep’.

In this sense, the design mimics and celebrates the strong relationship between the public street edge and homes that are so prominent within the Bo Kaap area. The development also includes a series of staircases to mimic the pedestrian nature of the Bo Kaap, encouraging physical activity and promoting access to fresh air. As a result, the design provides shared open spaces, emphasising the visual connectivity of the development and promoting interaction between all residents at FORTY ON L. The contemporary design of FORTY ON L was guided by a contextual and urban fabric analysis prepared by an independent third-party firm, making it respectful of the nature and character of the Bo Kaap area, while

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simultaneously interpreting it in a modern way.

This is to ensure that the development protects the vibrancy of the area and adapts itself to the area’s hilly topography, diverse demographic and communityoriented lifestyle.

Interiors

As the moniker implies, Blok Raw developments prioritise a sense of materialism, and FORTY 0N L is a wonderful example of this principle. Whereas Blok developments are characterised by meticulous finishing and crisp detailing, this flagship development foregrounds its subcutaneous form: wood, concrete, glass, and steel become decorative as well as structural in an unusual harmony between architecture and interior design.

It manifests a bold expression of confidence in the underlying design of the building, as the raw craftsmanship lies bare under the scrutiny of abundant sunlight. For the homeowner, this stripped back aesthetic invites imagination; a spacious and calming minimalist foundation with infinite potential to personalise.

“Our concept team had to ensure that whilst delivering on the ambitions of Raw, we create a building that speaks to its landscape and context. Insofar as connections go, we wanted the building to interact with its immediate surroundings as far as possible,” van Embden explains.

The building and site

Capitalising on the elevation change, the parking of the building is not visible and resides on the slope beneath the apartments in the core of the building. This pushes the rear units of the building up, resulting in a terraced form which serves to democratise both light and views for most of the apartments, giving them a more than 180 degree view of Table Mountain, the city centre and the City Bowl - all of this framed with the palettes of colour that brighten our experience of built form.

Beyond referencing the Bo Kaap in flourishes of colour and idiosyncratic material references, the defining sense of community in this 250 year-old neighbourhood was perhaps the greatest inspiration for the architects.

“Living in this culturally rich area, abounding in colours, scents, sounds, textures and stories, gives FORTY ON L a special appeal. A village-like existence on the doorstep of the city really does exist. The trifecta of comfort, convenience, and community make this a rare opportunity to create a dream home in the heart of the most beautiful city in the world.” ■ www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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SIKA South Africa In 2003 a full diagnostic survey of the concrete roof panels was done. A variety of issues were identified, but of interest was the existence of a micro-climate within the reservoir. This microclimate with wet dry cycles creates a favorable environment for contaminants to be absorbed into the reinforced concrete panels causing corrosion of the reinforcing.

Based on the original diagnostic survey, rehabilitation proposals and the subsequent product trials, Sika solutions and innovative products were deemed the best performing repair system for this project.

Umgeni Water appointed Royal HaskoningDHV to take on this rehabilitation project as the project engineer, and Sika products were specified on the tender, while Smart Civils Construction (Pty) Ltd was the specialized civil contractor.

As the work was being done in an operational reservoir, the product choice was paramount to health and safety in ensuring they posed no risk of water contamination. The project’s next challenge was identifying alternative methods of gaining access to the roof structure and shortening the repair time.

Smart Civils developed an inventive idea where access to the roof was provided by a design innovation.

This involved erecting 550 tons of scaffolding, in a bird-cage configuration, from the floor to just under the soffit. The scaffolding would give the contractor access to a quarter of the roof at any given time, before being dismantled and re-erected as the works progressed.

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rebar protective coating for the concrete repair to protect the reinforcing of steel and inhibit corrosion.

Due to the difficult conditions, Sika MonoTop®-610 was used as a primer to the concrete substrate. The decision to use Sika MonoTop®-412 NFG as a repair mortar was because of its unique properties as an excellent wet spray mortar.

This application method improved the compaction of repair mortar and increased the application rate of the product. Sika MonoTop®-412 NFG also differentiates itself as a one-component, polymer modified, fibre reinforced, low shrinkage structural repair mortar with Sika’s worldrenowned Sika® FerroGard®-903 Plus corrosion inhibitor.

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Sika® FerroGard®-903 Plus innovative technology delays the start of corrosion and reduces the corrosion rate when it occurs. It also increases the service life of a reinforced concrete structure

Sika’s carbon fibre fabric impregnated with a structural epoxy resin, SikaWrap®-230C was used, due to the age of the structure and minimal concrete cover.

The perfect product for refilling the ducts - Sika® Injection-307. Sika® Injection-307 is a low viscosity elastic polyacrylic injection resin that can be adjusted to set at a pre-determined time, forming a passivating permanently elastic matrix.

Two protective coating systems were applied to the panels.

Sika® FerroGard®-903 Plus, this corrosion inhibitor penetrates down to rebar level over time and forms a protective monomolecular layer on the surface of the reinforcing steel.

The final protective coating in the solution is the Sikagard®-705 L. A single component, low viscosity, solvent-free and reactive impregnation product for concrete and cementitious substrates based on silane. Its unique properties allow moisture vapour to escape from the concrete panels, ensuring that they stay dry and thus preventing further ingress of contaminants.

Other Sika systems used on site included Sika® Primer-3 N and Sikaflex® PRO-3 i-cure, a one-part, moisture curing elastic joint sealant with high mechanical resistance used to seal the expansion joints of the soffit.

Sikadur®-43 ZA is a solvent-free, three-component, repair and filling mortar used to do roof repairs next to the cable ducts.

Smart Civils generated 100 local jobs for the duration of 14 months in the Reservoir Hills community. The use of highly durable and high performing Sika products in the refurbishment of this reservoir will have lessened the future refurbishment cycles, saving on material consumption and time throughout the structure’s lifespan.

Sika was honoured to be a part of such a challenging and rewarding project. ■

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Sassen Residence

Nestled in a valley next to the Disa River, this virgin plot of land is surrounded by various peaks of Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. The larger area is known as Hout Bay, with the Afrikaans word ‘hout’ meaning wood, referencing the large number of Yellow Wood trees the original Dutch Settlers found in the area when first arriving in the Cape. The area has mostly kept its rural character throughout the development of the greater Cape Town area with some of the larger plots exceeding a hectare in size.

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Project location Architecture Firm Lead Architect Clients Main contractor Engineering Interior design Joinery

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PROJECT FEATURE SALT Architects Upon first discussion with the client we agreed that the new dwelling needed to draw from the rural like typology of farm buildings in the area, whilst still accommodating contemporary needs. Furthermore, two dwellings already existed on the property, and the placement of the building needed to be done in such a way that the feeling of spaciousness of the area is maintained.

The building footprint was consequently decided to take shape as close as possible to the river without compromising the ecology of the Disa River. By placing the building closer to the south-eastern corner, only one of the other homes on the property is visible from the new home. Also, by placing it so far back, uninterrupted views of Table Mountain’s Geelklip Buttress and Myburgh Kloof are afforded.

On establishing the position of the building on the site, placement of the functions could be logically deducted. The car garage, scullery and service yard is placed towards the western boundary of the site: closest to the neighbouring property. This allowed the plan to open up towards the north and east of the property.

The north-eastern corner is arguably the most important part of the layout. Here the living area opens up via cavity sliding glass doors to an external living area covered by the cantilevering main bedroom above. The importance of this corner is emphasised with the reference to the traditional barn-like gable on the main bedroom façade.

The roof forms an integral part to the design and was conceived specifically to address the scale of the building in the landscape. The traditional gable ends taper towards a straight line, thereby referencing traditional architecture without an imposing scale. The main entrance to the building acts as a link between the mountains to the north, and the river to the south.

The entrance opens with large timber double doors, opening up to a double volume space framed with glass on either end, and a flat concrete roof separating the two angled roof structures on either side. The entrance space opens at the southern end with a central pivot door that opens towards the garden leading to the Disa River. This entrance space also acts as a threshold between the kitchen and living areas on ground floor, and as separation between the main bedroom and kid’s bedrooms.

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A number of design elements refer to the simplicity of an agricultural homestead - basic geometry with a simple palette of materials. The public living areas are distinguished from the more private bedrooms. This is done in a two-fold manner: a differentiation in level, and a contrast in material. White textured plastered walls frame the ground floor level where friends and family can be entertained. The upper floor - clad in black timber - is reserved for the bedrooms and a family lounge overlooking the majestic mountains that surround the site. â– www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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The reconstruction of

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The main objective of the Quoin Rock Wine Estate renovation was to introduce a level of creative modernity and contrast by combining existing brick walls structure elements with completely new glass and metal structures.

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Symbolism became a driving force of the reconstruction project as the idea was to respect the surrounding nature and landscape which provide the resources to create the product – a range of wines. The red soil, water streams from Simonsberg Mountain and wine form the circle of life which is reflected in the architectural and structural elements.

The original shape of the building prior to renovation looked like two long parallelepipeds which were bisected with a new element, the pergola. The pergola’s crisscrossed I-beams structure is filled with laser cut panels, and now offers aesthetically pleasing shading for the outside wine lounge and restaurant area.

The former warehouse of the winery has been renovated into what is now referred to as the 'Venue Hall'. The whole northern facing long side brick wall was removed to completely open that side of the facade of the Venue Hall into its picturesque natural surroundings.

The inspiration was to seamlessly bring the spectacular exterior landscape into the interior space. The Venue Hall includes marble flooring, glass walls; huge pivot screens with laser cut panels which hide the two doors leading to the industrial restaurant kitchen, and beautifully finished with magnificent brass chandeliers manufactured by Charles Haupt (Bronze Age Studio in Woodstock).

When the northern side wall was disassembled, it was discovered that the main concrete columns of the building had lost their structural strength.

It was decided to replace the previous concrete columns with metal. This resulted in a conversion of the space using a strong combination of existing concrete and brick structures seamlessly interwoven with the new metal structures (metal columns, pergola, and venue extension).

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Mirroring the original within the new metal structure

The idea with the venue extension was to re-create and ‘mirror’ the original body or silhouette of the existing building within the new metal structure. But the main body of the extension had to effectively disappear into or merge with the surrounding landscape. The reflection of the venue’s tinted glass panels introduced into the renovation achieves exactly that. Now the Venue Hall Extension effectively portrays as a beautiful ‘mirror box’ set within the new metal structure, which repeats the shape of the original building’s façade, and reflects the beautiful natural surroundings. www.sabuildingreview.co.za

The main entrance to the winery uses a combination of strong symbols: water, the soil of the Simonsberg mountain slopes, the aligned structural layout of the surrounding vineyards, and the silhouette of the Simonsberg mountain range.

Rusted metal frames in Domex create an illusion of the entrance being a portal into what promises to be a mysterious experience. These frames are the same colour as the red soil of the Simonsberg slopes. The outside waterfalls and a pond symbolize the streams and river which feed the vineyards. The design was inspired to effectively reflect the circle of life in the winelands.

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The theme of symbol combinations is continued in the reception area. Charles Haupt (Bronze Age Studio in Woodstock) created a 5.5 metre vine sculpture in bronze for the reception area.

Using antique solid French Oak panels throughout, Pierre Cronje created a silhouette of the Simonsberg Mountain range for the reception space – the different textures and colours of the French Oak panels allowed him to bring a level of depth in the composition which creates an almost three-dimensional feel. The theme of the French Oak panels is repeated in the reception desk; and in a unique bar counter in the restaurant area which resembles the

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wooden egg-shaped wine barrels housed in the cellar.

Cronje also manufactured the restaurant’s tables and chairs to reflect the overarching architectural design – the inspiration was to design and create ergonomic and luxuriously comfortable furniture unique to Quoin Rock and complementing the restaurant space perfectly.

Clive Giliomee (water feature designer and engineer at Water In Motion) created unique waterfalls and ponds. The water theme was, for example, also incorporated into the bronze vine sculpture in the reception area which seems to be ‘drenched’ in water droplets – this gives the sculpture a sense of aliveness. ■

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PROJECT FEATURE Betts & Townsend (Pty) Ltd

Tlhabane Square - local labour, products, skills transfer at the heart of construction Tlhabane Square, a new mixed-use precinct being developed by the Public Investment Corporation in Rustenburg, is being constructed using a significant percentage of local labour and locally-sourced building materials, and is facilitating skills transfer at the same time. Through this, the project is helping to drive a national imperative to build skills and access to opportunities, while also building pride in the local community.

Project managed by Betts & Townsend and constructed by Trencon/WBHO in a 70/30 joint venture, Thlabane Square represents a significant investment in a part of Rustenburg which needs uplifting. Situated along the along the Swartruggens Road (R104) and bordered by Monareng Street and Motsatsi Street, the precinct consists of: • A retail mall offering 31 000m2 of GLA • Offices of 12 000m2 of GLA (incorporating Home Affairs, SASSA, a Labour Department office and a hotel with a conference facilities) • Ancillary buildings including a police station at 10 000 m2 GLA • New Magistrate’s Court of 8 000m2 GLA • The refurbishment of the existing service station, and • A new taxi drop-off, tyre fitment centre and traders’ market.

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The retail mall itself comprises two levels of retail together with parking. In addition, direct on-grade open parking will be available throughout the precinct. Ultimately, the precinct as a whole will serve the shopping and service needs of customers, offering them the benefits of a regional mall combined with access to social amenities and government departments. Its excellent position, visibility and access make it ideal for this purpose.

Maximising community impact during the construction and development

Not only is the success of the final project important – much emphasis has been placed on maximising community impact during the construction and development process, too. Preferential procurement criteria were set out by the client in the tender requirements, indicating that 30% of the work needs to be undertaken by local, 51% black owned companies.

George Honey, contracts manager for Trencon, explains that the JV drew up a procurement plan in the initial stages of the project which ensures that this requirement will be met. The majority of the unskilled labour being used on the general building work is local, as is much of the semiskilled labour.

Because of the relative remoteness of the site, building materials are also procured locally as much as possible.

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“We passed on the same preferential procurement requirement criteria to our specialists subcontractors in a back-to-back contract. Meeting this requirement is not always easy, but so far everyone has stayed on target and our reporting reflects that,” says Honey.

Local labour and construction materials have so far been used in a variety of areas including civil works, electrical and plumbing work, reinforcing steel, concrete and formwork erection. The construction of a standalone Cashbuild on the site has been subcontracted to a Level 6 CIDB registered contractor.

In formulating a strategy for recruiting local people, the construction team has focussed mainly on unskilled and semi-skilled people who can be upskilled.

“We have a labour desk officer who was elected by the local community. He has a database of available people and we source labour through that database when needed,” Honey explains.

A minimum wage which is well above the basic statutory minimum wage was set in the initial stages of the project.

Active skills transfer is taking place on site, especially from the specialist subcontractors. People have been

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trained not only in construction skills such as concrete placement, crane operation and scaffolding erection (to mention just a few), but in administrative tasks including time and attendance management, health and safety administration, and even first aid and fire prevention.

“If we have a post vacant, we identify someone within the local community and train them up in one of these skills,” Honey says. This includes giving them on-site training and formal training as required.

Local suppliers are being utilised extensively, with the bulk of the building materials being locally sourced except for a few specialist capital and equipment items.

All the sand, cement, bricks, concrete, mortar, reinforcing steel, filling material, plant, equipment, stationery, provisional and general items, and even Covid-19 sanitation items have been sourced from local suppliers.

“While the use of local suppliers fall under our 30% procurement plan, it is safe to say that around 40% of our supply is included on what we report on, and some 60%

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falls under the subcontractors,” Honey notes.

Hands-on involvement from consultants

When it comes to managing a project of this complexity, it is essential to have the kind of hands-on involvement that a specialist project management consultancy like Betts & Townsend provides.

“We pride ourselves on the fact that everyone in our team has construction experience and we work as part of the team, heading off problems before they arise on site and proactively managing value for the client,” says Etienne Hairbottle, the project manager responsible for Tlhabane Square.

With so many requirements to meet – and ultimately needing to deliver a project on time and within budget – the task can be daunting. And while unexpected glitches like geotechnical difficulties and the national lockdown response to Covid-19 have been setbacks, the project is currently progressing well and is on track for completion around the end of July 2021. ■

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Sustainable use can be defined for biocidal products as the objective of reducing the risks and impacts of the use of biocidal products on human health, animal health and the environment.

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PROJECT FEATURE Inospace

Office space repurposed

- derelict office blocks transformed into e-commerce and distribution hubs

A derelict office block in a predominantly industrial part of Wetton, in Cape Town’s southern suburbs, has been given a new lease on life and converted into a multi-tenant industrial park. Called Wetton Works, this new space helps meet the growing demand for smaller distribution centres located closer to residential areas, as e-commerce gathers momentum locally and globally.

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“Online shopping was just gaining momentum in South Africa when the pandemic hit, disrupting value chains and logistics around the world. In anticipation of the impending shift towards so-called micro-fulfilment centres with only the most popular products that can be replenished easily, we began aggressively pursuing a strategy of setting up small-format, industrial-based parks targeting urban neighbourhoods,” says Rael Levitt, CEO of Inospace.

“The economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the decline of offices as an asset class. The future of offices still depends on how the pandemic plays out and whether large numbers of office workers will head back to work, but the picture is already becoming clear with many large office blocks in prime locations standing empty.

Estimates for capital of office property values in 2021 range from a fall of over 20% to 25%,” says Levitt.

The Wetton Works business park is a case study in repurposing an office block into a small-format logistics park servicing 35 tenants, ranging from food production to online retail. Not only is it Inospace’s first park in the southern suburbs but it is the first time an office block has been changed into a multi-let industrial park.

those changes are hitting harder and faster than anyone expected,” says Levitt.

“The pandemic has been called an accelerator, fuelling trends that were already on track. Industrial is the prime example. The market has, in many ways, been a beneficiary of the pandemic. On the other hand, office and retail assets were already set for major changes, and now

“Throughout the world investors are asking how to repurpose and reinvent emptying shopping malls and office blocks. The concept of converting empty office blocks into apartments is not new in South Africa but we see an opportunity of converting vacant buildings into industrial

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PROJECT FEATURE Inospace sites. A big opportunity exists and Wetton Works is our live example of how it is possible to do that.”

Wetton Works is located on a site that was, until acquisition, standing vacant. The derelict property had become an eyesore, and was frequently vandalised, much to the chagrin of the local business community. Now this site in Mercury Crescent has been repurposed as a business park that offers tenants a variety of services, including a staffed reception area, meeting rooms, a free business hub and a trendy coffee shop.

“Our first southern suburbs business park is a case study of change of use. Refurbished, the business park now provides an opportunity for a ready flow of goods

to retail locations within short distances, for final-mile delivery. With their relatively low-cost structure, these business parks provide companies with the ideal avenue to introduce new products and brands with relatively low investment,” says Levitt.

“Every day, Inospace sees many of the goods that make modern life possible flow through our business parks.

These days many goods may never see the inside of shopping centres, and many administrative workers do not need to be based at an office, but every item needs to be manufactured, stored, or distributed somewhere.

The increased demand for Inospace's parks and spaces demonstrates how much multi-let industrial real estate has expanded and will continue to do so.” ■

More than just a business park, tenants at Wetton Works have access to a business hub as well as a host of other services.

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Constantia Emporium Constantia Emporium is a boutique convenience and lifestyle centre located in the well-known wine producing area of Constantia, Cape Town. It is located on a land restitution site, previously Lot 10 and 11 of a Constantia Farm known as Sillery.

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The Solomon family settled on the land in 1902 and built a sustainable farming facility. In 1961, the family was forcibly removed, destroying the livelihood of the family and community. After a long land restitution process, the family trust regained the Title Deeds through the Land Claims Commission in 2012, 16 years after the land claim had been made and 110 years after the land was first purchased by the family.

Shoprite was selected by the family to develop a noteworthy, sensitive and architecturally sophisticated project. It is envisaged that the new retail centre will

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act as a catalyst for further development on the remaining restitution sites. The completed project has been lauded as a positive example of the development potential of other restitution sites. The reunification of the family, however, is regarded as their ultimate achievement through the entire restitution process.

The heritage of the site and the journey of the land owners has been remembered in the public spaces of the centre.

A solid brass memorial strip imbeds the location of the old site dividing boundary within the parking lot surface and the feature stair case contains a permanent historical photographic exhibit. www.sabuildingreview.co.za

PROJECT FEATURE SVA International (PTY) Ltd

Practical and honest nature of farm shed design

Inspired by the captivating rural wine making surrounds, the practical and honest nature of farm shed design was deemed a fitting motivation for the contemporary architectural language of the project. This dressed-down and hard-wearing style celebrates the familiar homestead forms using exposed portal steel framework, timber beams and corrugated cladding. The generous use of finely detailed timber screening and cladding gives the scheme a sense of warmth and elegance and represents a unique departure from the typical material palette of convenience centre architecture while making a strong statement of commitment to locally sourced natural material.

Timber slats and supporting steel structure give depth and layering to rational and minimalist elevations, casting evocative shadows and framing views. Intricate conical timber slatted planters pepper the parking deck in further celebration of timber, suggestive of deconstructed wine barrels.

Powerful geometries which break up the mass

The development aims to be what it could have been, if allowed to develop naturally, by creating what is perceived to be a grouping of individual buildings connected by a double volume mall. The massing and set backs were key to creating an appropriately sensitive response to the farm-land context. The result is powerful geometries which break up the mass of the Checkers shed, puncturing the strong diagonal back wall of the store facing the highway. Conversely a finer grain of massing and generous setbacks are incorporated on the Spaanschemat River Road and Ladies Mile Road edges facing the residential Constantia neighbourhood beyond.

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The centre is predominantly single level retail with an upper level dedicated to offices. There is plenty of convenient ongrade and undercover parking. Anchored by the flagship Checkers FreshX, the centre is home to Woolworths, Clicks, two eateries and offices. The ground floor accommodates a careful selection of line shops, anchor tenants and eateries, with office spaces located on the upper level.

The flagship Checkers FreshX supermarket offers customers a world-class shopping environment with a unique artisanal market experience, wider aisles, silent floors and fresh departments designed as dedicated destination areas.

Pushing the boundaries of standard retail aesthetics

Much of the character of the building is derived from carefully proportioned exposed H-section portals married with finely detailed timber beams and slats. The result is an understated elegance and sophistication. The design of the centre pushed the boundaries of standard retail aesthetics.

The project team and client ensured that there was attention to detail in all the building features and finishes.

Examples include the stepped soffit off-shutter concrete feature stair, bespoke planters to the exterior parking, the continuous LED strip light that weaves its way through the mall and the feature steel and timber trusses and ceilings over the central eatery.

The feature trusses of the main barn roof over the central eatery brings interest and character to the dramatic double volume space. Six pairs of custom designed crisscross rectangular hollow section trusses converge at the roof apex in an elegant bolted plate connection. This is complimented with solid timber cladding, elegant tension cable detailing and delicate dropped ceilings which follow the form of the trusses.

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The elegant double height structural steel canopy is the main feature of the entrance façade. Topped with aluminium slats for solar control, the minimalist steel C-section framework cantilevers generously over slender circular steel columns with expressed bolted connections. Stainless steel planter cables reach high up to the frame from the sumptuous planters below and were carefully coordinated to avoid on site drilling or welding. The lower main entrance canopy continues the theme by combining exposed suspended H-section framework with finely detailed timber slats and timber sub-structure.

At the centre of the mall, the grand off shutter concrete feature staircase with its custom-built stepped soffit exhibits formidable craftsmanship, its features accentuated with subtly designed lighting.

Simple black steel balustrades topped with shaped timber maintain the minimalist theme from the stair and bridge floating above. Opposite the stair three central glass lifts provide customers with convenient access from the undercover parking to the ground floor mall.

The mall that threads itself through the buildings, is filled with natural light and is detailed and finished with simple elegance. The material palette is toned down and light concrete greys are offset by raw timber features, accented charcoal surfaces and hidden cove lighting. Playful, snaking strip lights animate ceiling surfaces and reflect off the glass shopfronts; overall creating a serene shopping experience.

The unique architectural design of the mall exterior and the light-filled interior has been well received by the community. â–

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PROJECT FEATURE AMA Architects

Exxaro Head Office - The Connexxion

This culturally rich and expressive building is home to its diverse African workforce and its continental visitors alike. The Connexxion embodies the African philosophy of inclusivity in design through true diversity and the foundational philosophy of ‘Ubuntu - I am because we are’.

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The 18 000m2 office building is generous in its 'spatial poetic' and noticeable in its urban scale.

Its curvaceous form creates a seamlessly flowing experience of boundary and has pedestrian links from the Gautrain Station to the Centurion Mall.

In Africa we respond to nature, its pristine light, its lush plants, fresh air, and the natural textures of soulful and organic materiality. Through its generous fluid like spaces, the presence of the sky forms an abstract cloudlike-pattern, reflected in the curves of the glazed ‘canvas’ envelope. www.sabuildingreview.co.za

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The interior of the building is designed to reflect rich earth patterns with geological veins and fissures, engrained in the stone and timber surfaces.

Light patterns celebrate the loftiness of the highveld sky, and shaped sound attenuation panels offer visual contrast with the off shutter concrete wing walls.

The Connexxion has a 6 Star Green Star Rating as well as a first time Wellness rating in Africa, reflecting the architects' social responsibility journey made tangible as an uplifting and greatly valued architectural experience. â–

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PROJECT FEATURE Robert Silke & Partners

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As architects for the iconic Tuynhuys apartments opposite the Cape High Court, as well as the upscale Onyx apartment hotel on Cape Town’s Foreshore, Robert Silke & Partners is known for its sculpturally curvaceous buildings that transcend the ascetic functionalism of the developer norm. Vīb is pronounced ‘vibe’, as in ‘vibrant’, and the Best Western brand concept calls for design excellence and smart, svelte new buildings on tight sites in AAA-grade locations around the world.

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VīB is targeted at the young, smart, tech-savvy traveller to whom wi-fi speeds are far more important than the big old motel-style rooms of yesteryear. The voluptuous and curvaceous architecture of VīB Cape Town references the upbeat tropical modernism that marries serious European design of the twenties and thirties, with the flamboyant luxury of the great coastal resort cities of Miami, Rio & Honolulu.

Cape Town’s VīB is one of only four around the world, and this one instantly recognisable by its gigantic roof-top pool-deck that playfully cantilevers 25m over Main Road in Green Point, sporting aquarium-grade portholes in the bottom and a giant plexiglass smile on the front. VīB Cape Town evokes the grand tropical modernism of Sol Kerzner's original seaside hotels. It’s like Bauhaus on heat.

Art hotel

VīB Cape Town further distinguishes itself as an art hotel, inspired by The Betsy Hotel in Miami. Jaffer Modern is the dedicated, purpose-built modern art gallery located immediately below the roof-top pool, with dramatic vistas over Green Point Common towards the sea, as well as playful porthole views up into the actual pool, akin to a human aquarium - making this the world’s first art gallery with its own ensuite pool-deck.

Architectural intervention

VīB Cape Town smartly packs a king-size bed, a study area, a large-screen TV and a state-of-the-art ensuite bathroom into 72 smart and compact 18m² guest-rooms. In addition there are three 36m² senior suites, as well as an accessible 27m² junior suite.

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Some rooms face due east, enjoying the optimal climatic orientation to make the most of morning light - whilst protected from the afternoon heat. Other rooms face due north, enjoying breathtaking panoramic views over the Green Point tree canopies, over the Green Point Common and towards the Atlantic Ocean. Most rooms sport floorto-ceiling windows to maximise blue sky and views down to the sea. Whilst the hotel boasts a world-class roof-top pool-deck, and even its own modern art gallery, there are no wasteful and expansive public areas, conference halls or ballrooms.

The brief for the hotel was tight, muscular and svelte and is ultimately all about luxury, value and design which enabled the clients to build a blue-chip hotel in a world-class location, at relatively affordable room rates.

The ground floor reception level offers guest check-in facilities as well as a sophisticated, bistro-style bar-lounge and pavement cafe - as well as social areas and private meeting areas and workspaces. The design style is modern, sculptural and optimistic. Futuristic even.

Architectural futurism

Futurism succeeded the Art Deco style in Europe and the USA, but never made it to South Africa where it was sadly eclipsed by austere and ascetic architectural Modernism, which (largely due to cheapness of construction) became the dominant force in generic buildings across the country.

Futurism was, in contrast to Modernism, sculptural and decorative, playful and optimistic. First pioneered in Italy

by Filippo Marinetti, Futurism was kept alive in the 1960’s

by John Lautner’s flying saucer houses in California and is today best represented in the work of Zaha Hadid Architects.

Futurism is synonymous with bespoke, premium properties in forward-thinking global centres. In pursuit of an aesthetic system in which to frame a new, state-of-theart boutique hotel, the Futurist architectural aesthetic is the perfect fit for VīB Cape Town.

Crisp clean palette

All VīB’s are modern, crisp and white - an idiom with which we are very comfortable - and our facades are therefore detailed in a contrasting gloss black, with dark tinted glazing. The overall facade aesthetic is mostly white, with black eyeliner and beauty spots, reminiscent of the elegant stormtrooper uniforms from Star Wars. The only colour in the facades is limited to the crimson red of the VīB logo.

Rooms are finished in Ancient Oak flooring, whilst public areas are generally finished with solid stone floors and solid oak ceiling features. Crimson red detailing throughout the hotel really pops against the generallymonochromatic materials choices. Custom and bespoke Cara Saven wallpapers feature throughout the hotel, with each guest room lined in a hand-drawn locality map of the Green Point area, because (rather than escapist fantasy) VīB Cape Town is about the joy of living here now. ■

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PROJECT FEATURE dhk Architects

A hybrid of heritage and contemporary architecture

A heritage building, 32 on Kloof, situated along popular Kloof Street in Cape Town, has undergone a metamorphosis. Originally constructed in 1922 by prominent architecture firm Parker & Forsyth for the United Tobacco Companies Limited (UTC), the building once housed the company’s administration department. Transformed by multidisciplinary design studio, dhk Architects, 32 on Kloof’s rich history has been respected via a contemporary aesthetic that references, rather than replicates, its existing heritage.

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PROJECT FEATURE dhk Architects

UTC, a South African subsidiary of the United Kingdom’s Imperial Tobacco Company and the United States’ American Tobacco Company, was founded in 1904.

Shortly thereafter, the company began to acquire portions of what had been the Nooitgedacht farm on the doorstep of the historic Company’s Gardens to establish premises for manufacturing cigarettes and tobacco products. Several buildings were erected in phases between 1900 and 1922, forming the UTC campus which comprised a warehouse, factory and staff facilities.

The collection of historic red and white masonry buildings still occupy the 112-year-old precinct and have since been recognized by the Western Cape as heritage buildings to be protected and preserved. Developed by Growthpoint Properties and designed by dhk, the primarily landlocked site flanked by Kloof Street is undergoing development and represents a R550 million investment in the city. Once complete the revitalized precinct, now named ‘Longkloof’ will invigorate the area, providing new commercial and retail spaces, a 150-key Canopy by Hilton hotel, and secure pedestrian routes linking Kloof Street to Cape Town’s CBD.

Attractive ‘front face’ of the Longkloof precinct

The client brief for Longkloof’s catalyst project, 32 on Kloof, was to establish additional premium rentable space by adding two floors to the existing building, maximising the floorplates and reinventing the windowless basement.

Ultimately, the client’s vision was for 32 on Kloof to serve as the attractive ‘front face’ of the Longkloof precinct concealed from Kloof Street. dhk’s response was to respect the buildings’ heritage and intentionally contrast its existing order and rhythm with a new contemporary addition. This concept allows for an honest dialogue between heritage and contemporary elements, forming a hybrid of architecture that politely enhances the building’s street presence.

To increase the building height and provide additional commercial space, the existing hipped, red-tiled roof (originally added in the 1990s) was removed to allow for a two-storey orthogonal addition atop the heritage masonry building. Not only does the glazed façade showcase the property’s enviable Table Mountain and City Bowl views, but the two distinct levels provide a clear distinction between old and new – referencing, not replicating, the building’s heritage.

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permitted by Heritage Western Cape were contested.

Overall, the minimalist design refrains from competing with nor detracting from the building’s heritage, ensuring that the total building mass and scale are sympathetic to its surroundings.

Occupied by Workshop17, a provider of co-working spaces, the building offers 30 private offices, nine meeting rooms, three boardrooms, a seminar room, event space and bar, six lounges and libraries, and a courtyard and café. Striking yet respectful, the contemporary addition modernizes Kloof Street’s streetscape and serves as an indicator to the upgrades occurring behind the building.

Courtyard another notable element of the design The new sunken courtyard is another notable element of the design. Constructed at the rear of the building, the

courtyard was reinstated by demolishing the twostorey 1990s annexe building and lowering the existing courtyard to align with the basement level. The existing retaining walls were broken out to create new glazed frontage facing the courtyard with external staircases on the northern and southern ends connecting the courtyard to Kloof Street and the remainder of Longkloof. A café occupies the courtyard and basement, engaging the local community and forming an exciting new hub of activity within the area.

The building’s vertical circulation, a contemporary glass-clad lift and stair core, was primarily relocated from inside the building to the sunken courtyard, outside the footprint of the heritage building. The significance of relocating the circulation is that it again acts as a ‘stitching device’, which provided the required floor space within the main building footprint and the opportunity for an open-plan layout with a potential split tenant. This maximised the usability and quality of the rentable office area without detracting value from the historic building.

Overall, the modernist and minimalist aesthetic of the new addition is juxtaposed against the ornate detailing of the original masonry building. This allows a new tectonic extension to celebrate rather than dominate the historic stereotomic building below.

Pierre Swanepoel, a partner at dhk and lead architect on the project, says: “32 on Kloof respectfully enhances the streetscape of Kloof Street, creates frontage for the Longkloof precinct behind it, and serves to protect, preserve and celebrate the heritage of the building.

Marrying historical and contemporary influences, the building successfully pays homage to our past while looking to the future”. ■

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Jabulani Transit Oriented Development (TOD) In urban planning a (TOD) maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport.

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Florida Clinic Florida Clinic has been one of the City’s health care facilities due for redevelopment. The clinic’s revitalisation into a modern healthcare facility, designed to effectively and efficiently meet the growing healthcare needs of the local community, will be realised. The clinic is being delivered by the JDA on behalf of the City’s health department.

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Paterson Park Paterson Park is a modern architecturally designed recreational facility, which will provide a safe space that facilitates the development of fundamental skills like reading and writing, in conjunction with sport, physical activity and health to stimulate growth and development in the community.

As part of the City of Johannesburg’s strategy to meet this demand for new social infrastructure, the JDA has completed the construction of the Paterson Park MultiPurpose Centre, which will benefit the community of Norwood, Orchards, Orange Grove and adjacent neighbourhoods.

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The real benefit, however, for the modern consumer is that copper is naturally biostatic so it prevents bacterial

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Tests show that after seven days of immersion in water, 80% of stainless steel and 90% of plastics were coated in a biofilm where bacteria had begun to form – this is not the case with copper. Copper has the natural ability to inhibit the growth of 99.9% of bacteria such as Legionella, MRSA and Ecoli which ensures a copper-based system is inherently safer for the well-being of the consumer.

Dr Bill Keevil at the Centre for Applied Microbiology & Research (CAMR) recently found that while it took 34 days for ecoli0157 to die on stainless steel and four days on brass, it took just four hours for the same bacteria to die on copper.

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