Due to significant heritage indicators on site, new development required Heritage Western Cape approval, along with compliance with land use management systems, building plans and heritage protection overlay zoning. New buildings needed to respect and not detract from historic structures. Height restrictions were based on the roof heights of the adjacent Darters and Threshers buildings. View corridors into the site
had to be maintained, and façade articulation and materiality were required to reference the site’ s industrial character.
Urban Design and the Public Square dhk’ s involvement in the precinct began incrementally in 2009, with an initial brief for an office development on the larger Park Street site at MLT House with surface parking behind. The
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