PROJECT FEATURE
ZEITZ MOCAA
AND SILO HOTEL
DEVELOPER / OPERATIONAL MANAGERS V & A Waterfront
PROJECT MANAGER / PRINCIPAL AGENT Mace Management Services
LEAD DESIGN ARCHITECT Heatherwick Studio ( London )
EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT VDMMA
HOTEL FIT OUT ARCHITECT Rick Brown Associates
MUSEUM FIT OUT ARCHITECT Jacobs Parker
ICA Matrix Consulting Services
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ( ROOF ) Planning Partners
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL Sutherland
MECHANICAL / WET SERVICES AND FAÇADE Arup
FIRE & ELECTRICAL SolutionStation
QUANTITY SURVEYOR MLC Quantity Surveyors
LIFT CONSULTANT Solutions for Elevating
MAIN CONTRACTOR WBHO Construction
HERITAGE CONSULTANT Nicolas Baumann
INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ADVISER Industrial Heritage
TOWN PLANNER Neil Schwartz Town Planning
EMP CONSULTANT Ecosense Environmental Practitioners
HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSULTANT Eco-Safety
ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT SRL South Africa
DISABILITY CONSULTANT Disability Solutions
SECURITY ENGINEERING Diversified Security Engineering
LAND SURVEYORS David Hellig & Abrahamse
PHOTOGRAPHY Iwan Baan Myburgh du Plessis Mark Williams
As much a part of the history of Cape Town ’ s harbour as the Clock Tower , the once utilitarian Grain Silo , a functional ugly duckling , has been transformed into the showpiece of the V & A Waterfront ’ s new Silo District .
Background The Grain Silo was the tallest building in Sub- Saharan Africa at 57m when it was opened in August 1924 after three years of construction . It was decommissioned in August 2001 after nearly 80 years at the heart of South Africa ’ s industrial and agricultural development . The Silo played an integral role in terms of international trade as an export facility , but it also provided vital infrastructure to South Africa ’ s regional agricultural economies supporting local farming communities whilst also making a major contribution to the economic activities of Table Bay harbour .
The Silo consisted of a number of buildings with two main sections – the Elevator Tower , in which The Silo Hotel is located in the top half of the tower , which housed the mechanical bulk handling of grain , and the circular storage silos themselves ( the Storage Annex ), now housing the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art ( MOCAA ). The Elevator Tower was known as the working house and it served numerous functions . It received grain by rail from the track shed , lifted it to the top of the building by the use of vertical conveyor belts and provided facilities for the grain to be weighed , cleaned and distributed . The Storage Annex consisted of 42 individual , tube shaped concrete silos with interstitial , star shaped storage bins in between linked to the Elevator Tower on the top floor and in the basement via conveyor belts .
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