PROJECT FEATURE
GATEWAY WEST
GATEWAY WEST Waterfall City, Gauteng
CLIENT Atterbury Property Developments Attacq
PRINCIPLE AGENT CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE Pro Arnan( Pty) Ltd
ARCHITECT & PRINCIPLE AGENT Aevitas Group
QUANTITY SURVEYORS NWS Quantity Surveyors
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS DG Consulting Engineers
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS OneZero Consulting
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Adaptive Resource Engineers
WET SERVICES Wat-Sol Design Technology
FIRE ENGINEERS Specialised Fire Technology
GREEN BUILDING CONSULTANTS Ecocentric Ecolution Consulting( Commissioning Agent)
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Daniel Rebel Landscape Architects
SAFETY CONSULTANTS Cairnmead Industrial Consultants
MAIN CONTRACTOR Group Five Building
PHOTOGRAPHY Tristan McLaren
Waterfall City is a new city development which is conveniently located between Sandton and Pretoria with easy access- via Allandale Road- to the N1 highway. It is the largest urban concept development in South Africa and aims to be a truly integrated mixed-use development that focuses on best-practice Urban Design Principles to create a pleasant and sustainable live / work environment.
The project site is located at the main entrance and gateway to the broader Waterfall City development- directly in front of the recently completed Mall of Africa. It sits on the main pedestrian axis of the City that links the City entrance, mall and public park to the rest of the City. Topographically, it is also located at the high-point of the City and is clearly visible from several points along the N1 highway.
Brief First and foremost, the brief was to create an iconic statement that would mark the entrance to Waterfall City. The form and façades of the building needed to be bold, progressive and iconic and needed to make a statement about buildings as‘ gate-keepers’ to a city.
It was equally important to ensure that the building responded – from an urban design point of view – to the very prominent pedestrian and sight-line axis that it sat on. This axis runs north-south through the entire length of the City and acts as a critical link through several key functions and landmarks. Beyond this it needed to be a P-grade building with enough flexibility to house either a large single tenant or an array of small / medium-
The project site is located at the main entrance and gateway to the broader Waterfall City development, directly in front of the recently completed Mall of Africa
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