Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa January/February 2015 | Page 78

BLUEPRINT ARCHITECTS JOHANNESBURG: 011 447 4190 CAPE TOWN:
021 426 2622 Email: [email protected] Web: www.blueprint.co.za Blueprint Architects was established in 2000 as a permanent joint venture company between Jonker & Barnes Architects and KMH Architects, providing architectural, interior design and space planning services. The combined resources of the two practices provide a substantial resource base to engage in large projects which enable Blueprint Architects to further its BEE and Employment Equity aims. TONIC JOHANNESBURG: 011 327 2028 SHOWROOM:
011 262 4513 3 Desmond Road,
Kramerville Web: www.tonicdesign.co.za Tonic is a design consultancy that offers clients a comprehensive service for their projects. With considerable experience across the fields of corporate, retail and hospitality design, our clean-lined aesthetic and meticulous detailing have been widely acclaimed. From large-scale planning and project management through to curatorship of private homes, every Tonic interior is characterised by a bold use of shape and form, and an unusual juxtaposition of elements. Additional luxury toilets and two new ‘Room with a View’ toilet cubicles have been added to augment this popular feature to five such cubicles. The lower level kitchen was completely revamped to include induction plate cooking facilities and new cold room storage. This kitchen serves the new upper kitchen by means of a dumb waiter. On the upper level, a new suspended tunnel fire escape bridge was designed as an escape route from the lounge into the existing fire escape stairwell adjacent. Technical & Construction KFDW Structural Engineers assisted Blueprint Architects with a design solution which allowed for modular constructability. A crane, with limited reach, delivered materials to the roof deck for transport to the site. A steel support structure for the façade, with an integrated cleaning platform, was built initially, to enclose the roof deck and allow for further work to take place. The specialised sound proof double curtain wall panels were fitted internally. Interior Design Brief The brief to Tonic was twofold. The existing Slow Lounge had proven to be very successful and was under huge pressure to expand to meet the increased capacity. The need to extend the lounge had been looked at for some time but it took a lot of planning to get the approvals for the extension due to the nature of the FULCRUM FLOORING Sydney: 082 552 7766 [email protected] Fulcrum Flooring is proud to complete another quality timber floor for Comair Slow Lounge. Fulcrum supply and install a wide range of floor coverings nationwide. Our products also include timber decking and pergolas, decorative cement floors, polished concrete and decorative cement wall finishes. Our innovative range X TEC Stoneflow and X TEC Superflow was launched last year, creating a buzz in the market due to its versatility and custom options. Visit our Ideas Center in JHB with everything under 1 roof. 78 Slow Lounge