PROJECT FEATURE
THE CITADEL
THE CITADEL Claremont
CLIENT Citadel
DEVELOPERS Atterbury Catalyst
ARCHITECTS / PRINCIPAL AGENT Louis Karol Architecture & Interiors
DESIGN ARCHITECT & INTERIOR DESIGNERS Robert Silke & Partners
PROJECT MANAGERS KIAM
QUANTITY SURVEYORS De Leeuw Group
The Citadel in Claremont has achieved a 4 Star Green Star- Office Design v1 rating. The building is part of a long continuum of corporate office buildings by Louis Karol. However, what distinguishes Citadel from so many of our buildings, is that it is not situated in the CBD of a major city but rather in a suburban context of Claremont, opposite a large shopping centre. The design of the building has thus needed to create its own sense of scale and of civic importance.
The building, developed by Atterbury and Catalyst, is the headquarters of Citadel, one of South Africa’ s foremost wealth managers, and thus, a highly complex building for a blue-chip tenant. Louis Karol were the principal agents of the project as well as being the architects. What was of particular importance to Louis Karol was the control of both the documentation process and the construction on site in order to ensure a beautifully detailed building, delivered on time and on-budget.
Of particular importance has been the use of Revit software and the move towards its integration into the BIM environment. At the recent Construction IT Summit in Johannesburg, in a keynote address, I( Dr Eitan Karol) addressed the subject of“ BIM and the search for the Gesamtkunstwerk”, which I believe is of seminal importance in
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS DG Consulting
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS RWP
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Spoormaker & Partners
SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT AGAMA Energy
RATIONAL FIRE Neil Moir & Associates
DRAINAGE CONSULTANT David Ronaasen & Associates
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANTS Safe Working Practice
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS TKLA
LAND SURVEYORS MH & A Consulting Engineers
MAIN CONTRACTOR Stabilid Cape
PHOTOGRAPHY Mike Wesson ActionLens
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