Can you give us a short background
on yourself and your practice?
The project was done in collaboration
between A4AC and Innovators Interiors.
A4AC is a young design practise established
in 2013 with three partners; myself, Anton
Bouwer and John Saaiman. Our practise has
a strong social and community aspect to it,
but we also do commercial work such as
the radio studios. We acted as the project
architects.
Innovators Interiors was founded in
1988 and specialise in lightweight steel
construction, broadcast and recording
studios, reception counters, signage, and
acoustics for the corporate market. Since
1990, due to market demand, the main
focus of the company has progressed to the
design, manufacture and supply of various
acoustic treatments and finishes, acoustic
panels, doors and windows, technical
furniture and desks and equipment racks.
Leon Coetser is the owner and founder of
Innovators Interiors (also my father).
What was the brief?
To redesign the look and feel of the studios,
modernizing the interior and adding digital
signage and screening for information and
branding. The studios had to be state-ofthe-art in order to see the brands through
for the next 8-10 years. The new studio
had to be planned in such a way for better
manoeuvrability than the previous studio
designs, while glass fronts and video
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