African project The Crossing – South Africa
Johannesburg , South Africa
Brief rief was to maximize the allowable floor area ( 0.6 ) and to design an office building with le space that could accommodate either one tenant or multiple tenants . Being at the section of two arterial roads , William Nicol and Main Road , the building had to be visible from ain intersection travelling northwards . It also had to take advantage of sensational distant s over Bryanston towards the Magaliesberg mountain range . A large terrace at the top of the ing capturing this view was required . The scope of work was to provide a full Architectural ce as well as interior design of the public areas .
Site f the main problems on the site was traffic access . The solution was a large circular dabout at the entrance to obviate traffic back-up into the arterial road . Another problem was rientation facing west . “ We used mainly solid wall construction facing Main Road and kept the façades facing north and south , which produced a solar efficient solution .”
Building uilding is 4300m 2 in area with a double parking basement which together with surface parking
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