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AS FEATURED IN ARCHITECT & BUILDER
DECEMBER 2016 ISSUE
NO 5 SILO
NO 5 SILO
V&A Waterfront
DEVELOPER/CLIENT
V&A Waterfront
OPERATIONS MANAGERS
V&A Waterfront
PRINCIPAL AGENT
Mace Management Services
ARCHITECTS
Van der Merwe Miszewski Architects
Jacobs Parker Architects in a JV
QUANTITY SURVEYOR
MLC
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Arup
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Worley Parsons
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER & TRAFFIC
GIBB
RATIONAL FIRE DESIGN
Sutherland
LIFT CONSULTANTS
Solutions for Elevating
SUSTAINABILITY
Arup
LANDSCAPING (ROOF)
Planning Partners
T
he Silo District has taken shape around one of the city’s most prominent industrial
relics, the 1921 grain silo complex, that has now been reinvented as the Zeitz
Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. The client, the V&A Waterfront, wanted to
create a vibrant, mixed-use and sustainable district that would combine residential, office,
leisure and retail opportunities as well as creating a pedestrian-friendly link between
the Waterfront and the city.
No 5 Silo within the District
No 5 Silo is the third building in the District to be completed and was designed by VDMMA
Architects in collaboration with Jacobs Parker Architects. The prime requirement was
for new office space to increase the client’s commercial office rental stock, but also to
extend the sustainable and public nature of the precinct.
The precinct plan provided for an open shaft of public urban space between No
5 and the future No 6, named the Boulevard, starting from the south façade of the
historical grain silo building and extending to South Arm Road. Entry for pedestrians
was required from this open shaft of space to the West of the building, but also from
the basements (a shuttle lift) and from the South and East to the newly created external
urban Public Realm.
Design
No 5 Silo therefore became pedestrian permeable, with a public street and arcade
allowing access to and through the building from all sides. The intent is that the
building be accessible and public, but also easing access from the bus stop and from
WET SERVICES
Arup
HEALTH & SAFETY
Eco-Safety
FAÇADE ENGINEER
Arup
ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT
SRL South Africa
LAND SURVEYORS
David Hellig & Abrahamse
INTERIOR DESIGN (PWC)
Formist
(Formerly Interior + Architecture Inc)
INTERIOR DESIGN (END USER)
Collaboration
ICA
Matrix Consulting Services
MAIN CONTRACTOR
WBHO Construction
PHOTOGRAPHY
VDMMA
Riaan West
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