PROJECT FEATURE
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
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
The 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
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