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GATEWAY OFFICES WEST – WATERFALL CITY
A new office development is currently
under construction at the Gateway to
Waterfall City. The development will be the
first of two P-Grade buildings designed by
Aevitas Group.
The site is located directly in front of
the recently completed Mall of Africa and
the two identical buildings will frame the
northern piazza and entrance to the mall.
With prominent exposure to Lone Creek
Crescent and access off the main ring road
of the City, the building enjoys a prominent
position within Waterfall City.
The development comprises four basement levels of parking and seven office
levels above ground with four lifts serving
all floors. With over 13,000m2 of Rentable
Area and direct pedestrian access to the Mall
of Africa, the building will be an attractive
proposition to blue-chip tenants.
The brief was to create an iconic
statement that would mark the entrance
to Waterfall City and set the standard for
future buildings. As such, the architecture is
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bold and progressive, employing sweeping
curves and dramatic cantilevers that give the
impression of a sculpted or moulded form.
At the base of the free-form buildings are
moulded landscape berms which ground the
buildings and give them a sense of weight.
The berms also serve as privacy screens to
the offices and help soften the street edge.
The design is conceived to respond to
both the street as well as the public piazza.
It will have a grand triple-volume atrium that
faces onto the piazza creating an impactful
sense of arrival and seamless integration
with the public space. Inside, the atrium will
comprise bold, monolithic forms with floating
bridges that pierce through the heavy walls
and link the two wings of the office.
The façades are a combination of unitised
curtain wall glazing and a lightweight EPS
system that is clad in aluminium. Aluminium
louvres are provided to protect the glass
from solar heat gain.
The building is targeting a Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Silver rating. A full energy model of the
building has been completed which has
analysed thermal loads on the building and
the façades have been designed accordingly
to be a combination of single and doubleglazing. Rain water will be harvested in tanks
located in the basements and reused.
The building will be constructed by
Group 5 and completed in 13 months.
Client: Attacq
Architect: Aevitas Group
Quantity Surveyor: NWS
Civil and Structural Engineer:
DG Consulting Engineers
Mechanical Engineers: Adaptive
Resource Engineers
Electrical Engineers:
OneZero Consulting
Fire Engineer: SFT
Wet Services: Watsol
Landscape Architect: DRLA
Green Consultant: Ecocentric / Ecolution
Main Contractor: Group 5
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