Interface Sustainable Modular
Flooring For Discovery
Leading flooring supplier, KBAC Flooring, provided and installed 60,000m 2 of flooring for the
impressive new head office of the Discovery Group in Sandton.
T
he imposing building comprises
three linked office towers each
featuring a ground floor, eight
office floors, and a roof level to house
Discovery’s gym and sports facilities.
Designed by Boogertman + Partners,
with the interiors specified by Paragon
Interface Architects, the new iconic
head office is the largest new building
certified by the Green Building Council of
SA (GBCSA), and has received a five-star
Green Star rating.
Lesley Fidrmuc, Interface Sales Con-
sultant at KBAC Flooring, says KBAC’s
popular and ultra-sustainable Interface
modular flooring dominates the interiors,
designed by Claire A’Dorante and her
design team at Paragon Interface. KBAC,
the sole Interface distributor in Southern
Africa, supplied and installed the following
Interface flooring: colours interspersing and creating subtle
curves throughout the building’s flooring.
“The Interface Composure collection is
exceptionally durable and easy to main-
tain, and therefore ideal for high traffic
commercial or private spaces. The pile
material consists of 100% solution dyed
nylon which is extremely colour fast and
resists fading,” Lesley explains;
Interface Composure
Installed in five different colours, with
Diffuse ( 3 0,0 0 0m 2 ) , and Solitude
(16,000m 2 ), serving as the two main
‘field carpets” with the other Composure Interface Net Effect One
1,200m 2 installed in the public, and
reception, as well as pause, areas
alongside “high design” bright coloured
Interface Touch and Tones, Heuga 530
Some of the colourful flooring supplied and installed by KBAC Flooring
for the new head office of the Discovery Group in Sandton
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Ginger with toning Marmoleum sheeting
of six colours also complementing the
design. “The pause areas on each floor
are demarcated by an individual colour,”
Lesley states.
“In addition, KBAC installed Belgotex
Westminster broadloom carpeting in
the auditoriums, as well as Marmoleum
Forbo sheeting for the roof gym areas,”
she adds.
Co - designer of the interiors of
the acclaimed new building, Paragon
Interface’s Anthony Karam, says: “The
dynamic use of colours and textures is
drawn from Discovery’s own corporate
identity and conceptually drives the way
through the eight levels of the Discovery
campus building. Through a tactile and
engaging environment, the design intent
brings life and vibrancy to the atrium, and
stimulates the ‘buzz’ around the building.
We carefully selected the floor finishes
to enrich the diverse user experience and
deliver a memorable aesthetic throughout
the building.”
To create an environment centred
on staff health and well-being, Paragon
Interface incorporated both active and
calm environments, formally structured
throughout the building. The typical office
floor plates are designed for activity-based
working to enhance collaboration.
Discovery took occupation of the
property, jointly owned by Growthpoint
and Zenprop, at the end of 2017.
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