We collaborated with accomplished design and construction teams as the appointed tent experts, to create the extraordinary Noka Camp. Set along an elevated ridge with breath-taking views overlooking the winding Palala River, Noka is an icon of South African wilderness fabric architecture.
Our scope was to design-engineer, supply and supervise the installation of tensile membrane roof structures, insulated canvas wall & ceiling envelopes and the privacy screens.
The project’s design strategy was driven by complex engineering processes to arrive at de-cluttered, highly optimized ecological structures.
Economic challenges included rationalizing structural and envelope costs while overcoming the complex rocky ridge topography and local climate conditions.
The ecological challenges were to create signature structures that at the same time sit harmoniously in their surroundings upon a visually exposed relief.
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