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Station House
Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
Station House sits proudly on a historically significant intersection where the dynamic energy of the Sea Point high street interfaces with the much sought after residential address of Fresnaye.
Developed by the Berman Brothers Group and D2E Properties, Station House pays tribute to this pivotal site and history in both name and design. Facing onto the landmark Sea Point Fire Station and the location of the old tramway link to Camps Bay, the architectural language takes cues from these in it’s simple, practical and
robust materiality that presents an elegant timeless industrial aesthetic.
The Concept
Designed by Vivid Architects, Station House celebrates community and convergence. It intentionally opens up at ground level to welcome all into its concourse. External street life blurs into the internal hospitality experience to ensure an active urban edge to the development in line with the street culture of Sea Point. Key to the architectural concept of Station House is ensuring constant life and activity that animates the building
24/7. This is successfully done by two beautifully designed restaurants that were an integral part of the early design concept. Sonny & Irene is a restaurant and deli that activates and greets the street. The Nines, the 9th floor restaurant and bar, allows the public to experience the rooftop of the building with breath-taking 360º views of Table Bay and Table Mountain further highlighted by the Atlantic Seaboard’s extraordinary sunsets and vibrant Sea Point lifestyle below.
Station House is a truly mixed-use building not only in its accommodation and uses but just as importantly in its ability to integrate public and private domains within a secure and safe environment. The building comprises basement parking, a convenient family Pick n Pay store, two bespoke restaurants, a 40-room
aparthotel with guest facilities, 160 residential apartments and amenities. Both the residents and hotel guests are able to relax and enjoy the spectacular private pool and sundeck on the 10th floor.
The Design
The split zoning scheme parameters on the site resulted in a stepped form of the building that allowed Vivid to sculpt and articulate the architecture to mitigate against a monolithic form with crafted upper level setbacks, terraces and gardens. The lower front portion facing Kloof Street is 10 storeys whilst the rear portion
has an extra 2 floors that accommodate more residential apartments overlooking the front with two spectacular luxury penthouses.
The early conceptual reference to the old Tramway station link influenced the materiality and detail of the architecture as a more robust, bold and quasi-industrial palette of finishes and tones. The Station House façade is sculpturally articulated in a simple palette of robust honest finishes. Sophisticated elements of the randomly
aligned aluminium façade screens is offset with elements of raw off-shutter concrete and black painted fair-face brickwork. These finishes are then complemented by the lightness and transparency of full height black aluminium glazed shopfronts, timber accent walls and well curated landscaping. The finishes and colour specified highlight the two tiers of the building. The base has been conceived as a darker more grounded design, whereas the building sets back at the upper levels and is finished in a lighter colour and texture.
The requirement of air conditioning apartments individually as opposed to a centralised system created the challenge of how to locate and conceal them on the balconies so as not to be an eyesore. The architects conceptualised an aluminium vertical screen element supported on an aluminium fascia fixed to the slab edges to allow the AC units to be housed and accessed on each and every balcony. This screen element gives the building yet another layer of detail and animation that makes Station House such a unique and bold design.
The building is designed to respect the principle of good passive and sustainable design. The balconies, with their recessed doors and windows ensure good sun shading and hence lesser heat gain into the units. The aluminium screens also add further shading to the building which in turn assists in reducing energy consumption and costs. Well-designed ground level landscaping and upper floor planting brings in more organic and natural life to the façades. As previously noted, critical to the architecture of the Station House is life and activity. This is enhanced through the apartment design by designing private balconies for all units in the scheme thus, allowing residents and guests alike to live inside and outside on those perfect Sea Point days.
People living and enjoying this unique lifestyle offering whether on the ground floor restaurant terrace, on their private balconies, at the residents pool deck or chilling at the rooftop restaurant and bar will constantly animate and activate the building extremities at all levels.
Interior
Internally Station House boasts a sculptural 12 storey atrium that links the ground floor hotel reception lobby to the residential floor levels above. This atrium is enhanced by natural daylight and activated amenity room pods, access walkways and landscaped communal social areas.
The palette of external finishes is then brought through into these spaces with a mix of raw painted brick, timber cladding and industrial steel glazed shopfront screens. It is within this atrium space that residents and guests will enjoy and benefit from modern fresh glass amenity pods comprising a gym, yoga studio, business centre and private lounge space.
Sea Point boasts one of the last great high streets in Cape Town. It has a wonderful rich mix of retail and restaurants offerings that generously open up on the pedestrian street edge. Station House builds on that by intentionally opening up at ground level to welcome all into its concourse. The Station House foyer and reception can be likened to a station concourse – an energetic active hub of residents and patrons who will be welcomed to enjoy the many offerings the development has to offer.
Developed by the Berman Brothers Group and D2E Properties, Station House pays tribute to this pivotal site and history in both name and design. Facing onto the landmark Sea Point Fire Station and the location of the old tramway link to Camps Bay, the architectural language takes cues from these in it’s simple, practical and
robust materiality that presents an elegant timeless industrial aesthetic.
The Concept
Designed by Vivid Architects, Station House celebrates community and convergence. It intentionally opens up at ground level to welcome all into its concourse. External street life blurs into the internal hospitality experience to ensure an active urban edge to the development in line with the street culture of Sea Point. Key to the architectural concept of Station House is ensuring constant life and activity that animates the building
24/7. This is successfully done by two beautifully designed restaurants that were an integral part of the early design concept. Sonny & Irene is a restaurant and deli that activates and greets the street. The Nines, the 9th floor restaurant and bar, allows the public to experience the rooftop of the building with breath-taking 360º views of Table Bay and Table Mountain further highlighted by the Atlantic Seaboard’s extraordinary sunsets and vibrant Sea Point lifestyle below.
Station House is a truly mixed-use building not only in its accommodation and uses but just as importantly in its ability to integrate public and private domains within a secure and safe environment. The building comprises basement parking, a convenient family Pick n Pay store, two bespoke restaurants, a 40-room
aparthotel with guest facilities, 160 residential apartments and amenities. Both the residents and hotel guests are able to relax and enjoy the spectacular private pool and sundeck on the 10th floor.
The Design
The split zoning scheme parameters on the site resulted in a stepped form of the building that allowed Vivid to sculpt and articulate the architecture to mitigate against a monolithic form with crafted upper level setbacks, terraces and gardens. The lower front portion facing Kloof Street is 10 storeys whilst the rear portion
has an extra 2 floors that accommodate more residential apartments overlooking the front with two spectacular luxury penthouses.
The early conceptual reference to the old Tramway station link influenced the materiality and detail of the architecture as a more robust, bold and quasi-industrial palette of finishes and tones. The Station House façade is sculpturally articulated in a simple palette of robust honest finishes. Sophisticated elements of the randomly
aligned aluminium façade screens is offset with elements of raw off-shutter concrete and black painted fair-face brickwork. These finishes are then complemented by the lightness and transparency of full height black aluminium glazed shopfronts, timber accent walls and well curated landscaping. The finishes and colour specified highlight the two tiers of the building. The base has been conceived as a darker more grounded design, whereas the building sets back at the upper levels and is finished in a lighter colour and texture.
The requirement of air conditioning apartments individually as opposed to a centralised system created the challenge of how to locate and conceal them on the balconies so as not to be an eyesore. The architects conceptualised an aluminium vertical screen element supported on an aluminium fascia fixed to the slab edges to allow the AC units to be housed and accessed on each and every balcony. This screen element gives the building yet another layer of detail and animation that makes Station House such a unique and bold design.
The building is designed to respect the principle of good passive and sustainable design. The balconies, with their recessed doors and windows ensure good sun shading and hence lesser heat gain into the units. The aluminium screens also add further shading to the building which in turn assists in reducing energy consumption and costs. Well-designed ground level landscaping and upper floor planting brings in more organic and natural life to the façades. As previously noted, critical to the architecture of the Station House is life and activity. This is enhanced through the apartment design by designing private balconies for all units in the scheme thus, allowing residents and guests alike to live inside and outside on those perfect Sea Point days.
People living and enjoying this unique lifestyle offering whether on the ground floor restaurant terrace, on their private balconies, at the residents pool deck or chilling at the rooftop restaurant and bar will constantly animate and activate the building extremities at all levels.
Interior
Internally Station House boasts a sculptural 12 storey atrium that links the ground floor hotel reception lobby to the residential floor levels above. This atrium is enhanced by natural daylight and activated amenity room pods, access walkways and landscaped communal social areas.
The palette of external finishes is then brought through into these spaces with a mix of raw painted brick, timber cladding and industrial steel glazed shopfront screens. It is within this atrium space that residents and guests will enjoy and benefit from modern fresh glass amenity pods comprising a gym, yoga studio, business centre and private lounge space.
Sea Point boasts one of the last great high streets in Cape Town. It has a wonderful rich mix of retail and restaurants offerings that generously open up on the pedestrian street edge. Station House builds on that by intentionally opening up at ground level to welcome all into its concourse. The Station House foyer and reception can be likened to a station concourse – an energetic active hub of residents and patrons who will be welcomed to enjoy the many offerings the development has to offer.
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