Architect and Builder January/February 2016

PROJECT FEATURE PAM GOLDING ON MAIN PAM GOLDING ON MAIN Kenilworth, Cape Town CLIENT Summerley Property Investments PRINCIPAL AGENTS/ARCHITECTS Vivid Architects QUANTITY SURVEYORS Alan Chandler & Associates CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS De Villiers Sheard ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL/RATIONAL FIRE SolutionStation HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANTS Safetycon ENERGY MANAGEMENT Agama Energy TOWN PLANNERS Planning Partners LAND SURVEYORS Ken Hodge Land Surveyors MAIN CONTRACTOR Isipani Construction P am Golding on Main is situated on the Wynberg end of Main Road, Kenilworth on the significant and busy intersection with Summerley Road and Mains Avenue. ARCHITECT’S REPORT Location It is an integral part of the Kenilworth retail street environment and now commands an active presence and landmark status to the streetscape. The property is in a highly sought-after location within the Southern Suburbs area with convenient access to the public transport node, bus and taxi routes. The site now fulfils a long awaited convenience retail need to the local neighbourhood area and is a welcome upgrade of this southern bookend of Main Road. Client Brief Pam Golding Properties first launched its business in 1976 and, soon after, rented their first offices across the road from the current site, so the area has significant history and memories for the family-owned business. They acquired the property in the early 1990s. Vivid Architects were appointed as architects for the project in 2006 with an alreadyapproved scheme for the site. The new brief from the client, Peter Golding of Pam Golding Properties, was to review the approved plans and take a fresh commercial look at what opportunities could be realised for the site in line with their brand identity as well as taking cogniscance of the economic conditions of the time. The new building needed to recognise and positively contribute to the pedestrian realm and village atmosphere of Kenilworth PHOTOGRAPHY Adam Letch Sean Benjamin The design strategy was to create a simple and bold architectural intervention that would address and re-inforce the pedestrian and retail environment of Kenilworth Main Road 40 Pam Golding

Architect and Builder January/February 2016 | Page 42