Architect and Builder December 2016 | Page 49

THIS SPREAD: PwC Interiors energy saving features are effectively utilised and operating at maximum capacity. • Water: Low flow sanitary fittings have been installed throughout. Indigenous vegetation has been planted on the rooftop garden and in the public square. An innovation point was achieved for considering feedback from a public participation process with the surrounding office staff on the public facilities to be provided in the public realm. restrictions. The building sits on two panels and is bisected by an expansion joint. The two portions of the building are independent and the two sides of the atrium are linked by jointed steelwork, façades, structures and bridges with hidden expansion joints. The saw toothed roof has sliding joints on one side and fixed joints on the other. The design for the steelwork was intricate and the Arup engineers worked closely with the architects to co-ordinate the process effectively. Structural No 5 Silo is a conventional reinforced concrete frame building and was built on top of a preexisting basement which presented certain load PwC Interiors The design brief was to create an ‘office of the future,’ taking Pricewaterhouse Coopers Cape Town’s approximately 650 staff out of No 5 Silo 47