Building Architecture Taking Amazon’ s corporate culture and best practice as the main driver of the architectural design, Paragon Architects then took inspiration from the surrounding areas, with their roots in Cape Town’ s industrial heritage. The team spent a lot of time researching the different typologies and extended these elements into the modern industrial design of the buildings.
A series of beams and columns were cast to form the exoskeleton of the structures and the façade detailing was then worked onto the exoskeleton by breaking up the mass in certain areas and playing with the roof pitches to echo the form of industrial rooflines. A series of dormer roofs break up the roof mass and also allow light into the building.
The base of the building forms a skirt, with a series of arcades allowing pedestrians to remain under cover. Double volume spaces crown the building, allowing for striking entertaining areas with expansive vistas over the precinct.
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