PROJECT FEATURE
CTICC 2
CTICC 2
Foreshore, Cape Town
CLIENT
Cape Town International Convention Centre
PROJECT MANAGERS
Osmond Lange Architects & Planners
Target Project & Construction Management
ARCHITECTS IN A JV
Makeka Design Laboratory Architects
SVA International
Van der Merwe Miszewski Architects (VDMMA)
QUANTITY SURVEYORS
Mbatha Walters & Simpson
TOWN PLANNERS
Urban Dynamics Western Cape
ALL SERVICES CONSULTING FROM 2017
SolutionStation Consulting Engineers
CIVIL, STRUCTURAL & FAÇADE ENGINEERS
Sutherland
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
WSP
Mott MacDonald PDNA
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
WSP
T
he CTICC is a well-established convention facility on Cape Town’s Foreshore, with
a proven impact on the local economy worth billions of Rands per year. The facility
had reached its maximum capacity, booked out months in advance and there
was a lot of pressure from the expo and convention industry to expand the facility. The
brief was to double the capacity of the existing CTICC, with the new building forming a
seamless extension to the existing facility – that is, 10,000m 2 of multi-purpose, divisible
exhibition space and as much meeting and ‘break-away’ space as possible.
The site of the new building is substantially smaller than the existing facility,
necessitating a double storey configuration for the halls. Having 20,000m 2 of exhibition
space would put the CTICC in the league of a handful of long haul convention centres
and ensure it could compete in the global convention industry. The brief was therefore to
create a world-class convention centre and employ global best-practice as a benchmark
for quality, green credentials and flexibility.
Concept
Convention centres have become the town halls of modern cities. They are largely public
buildings which host a variety of high-profile events and as such, flexibility is the key
consideration when designing such a building. The new CTICC facility is a composition
of 2 main architectural elements: the ‘dark box’ (exhibition halls), expressed as a solid
stone form and a transparent enclosure (main concourse and meeting suites). The
new facility is linked to the exiting building and allows unrestricted movement between
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS
AECOM
SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANTS
Arup
ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT
SRL South Africa
HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANTS
Frontline SHEQ
HERITAGE CONSULTANT
Vidamemoria Planners
MAIN CONTRACTOR
Aveng Grinaker-LTA
PHOTOGRAPHY
Courtesy of SVA International and CTICC
The brief was to double the
capacity of the existing CTICC,
with the new building forming
a seamless extension to the
existing facility
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CTICC 2