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Cape Town, South Africa
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The Business Centre
Cape Town, South Africa
Vivid Architects were appointed by Rabie Property Group as the lead Urban Designers for the exciting new Bridgeway Precinct in Century City. This site occupies a strategic position, and is seen as a 'gateway' site. The need to create legible street edge was the starting point for the urban response, with permeability and scale as important factors. The aesthetic design used real materials and human proportions, aiming to instill an architecture of quality and longevity for the future designs for the precinct. These factors, along with the brief for an efficient commercial office building, informed an appropriate design of built form.
Each building has 4000sqm of commercial office rentable area, encompassing good passive design principles, having both been awarded a Greenstar 4 star rating. The built forms hold the street edge firmly, with a central parked courtyard, which enables both wind free access and amenity spaces for both buildings.
The elevation presenting to Ratanga road allows views through to the iconic Crystal Towers and the future Bridgeway urban precinct beyond, while informing the visitor of the entrance location and parking amenities. The importance of the Ratanga Road corner ‘gateway’ presence meant the design response warranted more open form and welcoming gesture.
The built form intentionally enforces a dominant built street edge, and breaks slightly for the impression of a collection of buildings. 24hr public pedestrian permeability is maintained through the heart of the site, bringing the pedestrian directly to a front door address.
The site is accessed by vehicle from Kinetic Way with parking allocations on surface grade: 1m up to a raised parking deck and 2m down to a naturally ventilated basement level. The building entrance is on the raised parking deck, a space accessible at all hours and which has been conceived as an urban square in both feeling and scale.
The floorplate of the building has been carefully considered to maximize commercial efficiency, while satisfying the urban responses discussed above.
The facades have been articulated to enhance the ‘gateway’ stature and give measured visual complexity while addressing appropriate pedestrian scale. The architecture is hoping to set a benchmark for the architectural language of this precinct, providing a new contemporary aesthetic and continuing the resurgence in fresh and modern buildings within greater Century City.
Each building has 4000sqm of commercial office rentable area, encompassing good passive design principles, having both been awarded a Greenstar 4 star rating. The built forms hold the street edge firmly, with a central parked courtyard, which enables both wind free access and amenity spaces for both buildings.
The elevation presenting to Ratanga road allows views through to the iconic Crystal Towers and the future Bridgeway urban precinct beyond, while informing the visitor of the entrance location and parking amenities. The importance of the Ratanga Road corner ‘gateway’ presence meant the design response warranted more open form and welcoming gesture.
The built form intentionally enforces a dominant built street edge, and breaks slightly for the impression of a collection of buildings. 24hr public pedestrian permeability is maintained through the heart of the site, bringing the pedestrian directly to a front door address.
The site is accessed by vehicle from Kinetic Way with parking allocations on surface grade: 1m up to a raised parking deck and 2m down to a naturally ventilated basement level. The building entrance is on the raised parking deck, a space accessible at all hours and which has been conceived as an urban square in both feeling and scale.
The floorplate of the building has been carefully considered to maximize commercial efficiency, while satisfying the urban responses discussed above.
The facades have been articulated to enhance the ‘gateway’ stature and give measured visual complexity while addressing appropriate pedestrian scale. The architecture is hoping to set a benchmark for the architectural language of this precinct, providing a new contemporary aesthetic and continuing the resurgence in fresh and modern buildings within greater Century City.
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