Planning Considerations Due to the scale of the project and the various components that had to go into it , the planning process happened in 3D by stacking simple building blocks . Large volumes of parking are required to accompany this type of brief and this was located in a naturally ventilated semibasement of 8 floors between Ncondo Place and Vuna Close . This parking block became referred to as the podium . It starts at the bottom of Vuna Close and terminated three floors above Ncondo Place .
There was a special requirement to have the dealership easily accessible from the main access road , Ncondo Place , and to give the dealership exposure to Umhlanga Rocks Drive . The residences and the hotel would be positioned on top of the podium at the part of the site where the height limit allowed for a tall block . It seemed fitting that the larger resident component would be on the seaside and the hotel box on the street side . The public component of the high street was placed on top of the podium occupying the 3rd floor above Ncondo Place . This also allowed for
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