African project Culross on Main Office Park – South Africa
The brief was to design an office building as a part of the existing Park , commercial in nature and flexible in floor design so as to accommodate a variety of tenants or alternatively , just one . And in a highly competitive market along Main Road . Each façade has been carefully considered and there is no “ back ” to the building . Proportion is a feature of each façade , as is the bold use of colour .
The style is modern and the concept bold . It follows a theme established in the rest of the office park , only it is more individual than the other buildings and bolder in the use of colour . Signage to the Main Road was also a consideration on the blank west walls . “ The inspiration behind the design is actually a continuation of the design of the earlier buildings in the Park . This was influenced by the De
Stijl movement of the early 20th century in Holland , particularly the work of Gerrit
Rietveld .
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