31º EAST,
DUBE TRADE PORT, DURBAN
FWJK was appointed by Eureka Capital
to develop a new 21,500m² development
located at the business hub of Durban's
new International Airport within the Dube
Trade Port.
The brief to the architects was to design
an A-Grade office and ground floor retail
development to be rolled out in three
phases offering flexibility in office size which
was to provide a minimum office suite area
of 100m² up to total floor plate of 1,200m².
The development roll out plan envisages
the lease or 98 year sale of office suites on
the FWJK Co-development at cost basis
of development which brought with it the
challenge of selling leased office space on
a 98 year sectional sub-lease basis as Dube
Trade Port holds the lease over the land.
With 31º East, AECOM has worked closely
with Dube’s sustainable design guidelines
to create a clean, stylish contemporary
architecture that talks to sustainability and
energy efficiency. Durable materials, sun
screens, planting and ventilated courtyards
and corridors deliver a high level of comfort to
tenants of the high-tech Dube City/Tradeport
precinct. The buildings will take advantage
of the beautiful inland and foreground urban
views available from the high-tech Dube
City precinct.
In line with the common purpose of
enhancing and sustaining the world’s built,
natural and social environments, Dube City’s
promise of a burgeoning aerotropolis is an
exciting prospect to deliver this development
using AECOM’s unique, integrated Building
Information Modelling (BIM) platform using
4 and 5 dimensional technologies. AECOM’s
services engineers will model equipment,
controls and designs to provide the tenant
with systems and equipment of high quality,
easily maintainable, energy efficient and
cost-effective, while still maintaining a work
friendly environment.
Project Developers: FWJK
Project Managers: FWJK
Architects: AECOM
Quantity Surveyors: FWJK
Structural Engineers: AECOM
Electrical Engineers: AECOM
Mechanical Engineers: AECOM
Wet Services / Fire Engineers: AECOM
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