This Spread:
Conference Centre
and Annex
square has a life beyond office hours and is a place
and venue that the public can enjoy 24/7.
The Square is edged by four buildings of varied
use activity. At the south east end or “head” of the
square, sits the Century City Conference Centre
and the structured parking building. The three
floor Apex office building sits directly above the
conference facility facing down the square with
its building height and mass consciously designed
to protect the square from the prevailing strong
summer south east winds.
The second building in the form of the 125
bedroom Century City Hotel and adjacent mixed
use Matrix comprising retail showrooms, offices
and apartments, makes up the south west edge
of the square. The hotel and conference centre is
linked by a shared drop off/ pick up porte cochere
that then makes these two buildings form a strong
and protective L- shaped enclosure to the square.
The third building is the Apex offices, a standalone fully glazed sculptural building that will house
three restaurants at ground floor with 6 floors of
offices above.
The square is then further defined by a free
standing walkway colonnade and the “impromptu”
language pavilion that floats over the square and
canal and contains the open end of the square
to the north west. “Impromptu” celebrates our
cultural diversity and is intended as a multipurpose
flexible space that can be a stage for concerts, a
place to meet, relax or as a playful and meaningful
backdrop to the square.
The overall architectural aesthetic is one of bold,
natural and transparent materials that allow each
Century City Square
building to develop its own “personality” within
an overriding architectural language that speaks
of contemporary longevity.
Green Principles
The Century City Square development, comprising
the Century City Conference Centre and Hotel,
the Apex, and Matrix mixed-use building are
being designed to achieve one of the first Green
Building Council of South Africa mixed use tool
design rating.
All the buildings have been planned around
sound passive design principles in order to
ensure a comfortable, healthy and productive
working environment for their occupants. The y
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