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GAIA Offices – South Africa
AIA’s offices are located in a striking building in the southern suburb
of Claremont in Cape Town and was designed by well-known
architect Professor Roelof Uytenbogaardt. The building’s façade,
made up of concrete and exposed brickwork, exudes an industrial
feeling that is cleverly juxtaposed with organic elements, like curved
walls and timber beams.
Inhouse Director, Phillip Wyatt and team leader, Megan Cloete,
steered the interior design and were inspired by both the
infrastructure industry and the building itself, which came with
curved glass windows and intricate timber-clad ceilings. They opted for an
industrial-organic aesthetic, and incorporated GAIA’s corporate colours of black,
blue and gold, into the design.
Cloete explains: “The building is absolutely beautiful. The aim of our design was to