Architect and Builder August/September 2019 | Page 87

CTICC 2, Foreshore, Cape Town
OVERALL TRANSFORMATION AWARD
The 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.
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 two 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
movement between buildings.
The halls are wrapped in a sandstone cladding. The
main concourse features a performance glass façade and
is covered by a flat roof. Solar control is dealt with by
slatted canopies and timber balconies on the glass façade.
A large sawtooth roof provides natural light to the public
concourse. Extensive use of steel in the concourse façade
allows the structure to be expressed as light and clean.
The main challenge on this site was to fit the required
brief into the limited site. The requirement for minimal
columns in the halls necessitated very large spans, further
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complicated by the loading requirements which are higher
than normal due to the nature of possible exhibitions.
The CTICC 2 is a much awaited addition to the
phenomenally successful original conference centre that
has put Cape Town on the map with regards the hosting
of world class conferences.
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
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
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