PEBBLE BEACH, SIBAYA
Pebble Beach lies in the Sibaya Coastal
Precinct, with uninterrupted views of the
Indian Ocean and overlooking a lush forest
buffer zone. The development offers 160
apartments, with state-of-the-art security,
direct access to the beach, shops, cafes
and restaurants, recreational facilities
including rooftop swimming pools and deck,
fully landscaped gardens, play areas and
swimming pools. The units include luxury
studios, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments
and penthouses.
Design Concept
The building makes use of a zigzag parti in
two volumes around an inner courtyard.
The taller rear overlooks the lower forward
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volume while providing sufficient density at
an urban scale to activate the community
facilities meaningfully. The parti further picks
up on neighbouring geometry to form a part
of a bigger city scale. This is tempered by
a human scale on street edges facilitating a
sense of urbanity.
Edge and Scale
The building provides a public, activated
edge. Human scale is provided by a
colonnade, beneath which restaurants and
retail enliven the environment. This edge is
scaled below the private residential space
and forms a ‘base’ to the building, anchoring
it into the site through the use of stone
gabions, the residential elements are set
off from the street edge. The continuity of
this ‘city’ edge is only broken on corners
of the site where parks are granted to the
public realm. The scale increases towards
the entrance, while the park opens up as one
climbs the gradient. Public bicycle parking is
provided for the precinct encouraging non-
motorised transport.
Developer:
New Cruise Investments
Project Architect: COA
Quantity Surveyor: Est QS
Project Managers: SiVEST
Engineering Disciplines: SiVEST
Landscape Consultant: Uys & White
Main Contractor: Construction ID
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