buildings for both users (behind a controlled point
of access) and staff (via a tunnel build below the
Heerengracht). The proposed bridge connecting
the buildings has not been completed, but will be
constructed during a second phase of construction.
Planning
The new building is an extension of the existing
CTICC and must therefore be considered in this
context. As such, the planning of the CTICC East
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expansion took many cues from the principles
employed in the existing CTICC facility – access
to halls and meeting spaces directly off a public
concourse, loading from the north side under the
elevated freeways, clear and controlled separation
of front- and back-of-house “worlds”.
Site
The site for the building was an empty lot on
Cape Town’s foreshore (the area of reclaimed
CTICC 2