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TRELLIDOR,
PORT ELIZABETH
Muse Architects were approached
by the client for the design of their
new showroom and workshop in
Walmer, Port Elizabeth.
The new building will be located on
Walmer Main Road, a developing
node with a number of new
TEMBALETU SCHOOL SPORTS CENTRE, GUGULETHU
dhk architects has unveiled an ambitious new sports project for a disabled school in
Gugulethu, designed in partnership with OCAL Global, a non-profit focused on empowering
‘differently abled’ people.
Tembaletu School for Learners with Special Educational Needs (LSEN) was founded
in 1974 to cater for children with physical disabilities in the townships of Cape Town.
The school caters for around 200 students.
OCAL Global has partnered with dhk architects with the aim to create a world class
sports facility for the school, providing a purpose built space for both the learners and the
wider disabled community. The new sports
centre will house a fully accessible four-
court sports hall and gym with an elevated
running track that doubles up as spectator
seating for the courts below. A translucent
wraparound façade exposes the movement
within and allows light into the space while
creating a glowing beacon at night.
www.ocalglobal.com
www.dhk.co.za
boutique businesses and shops.
The brief asked for a building that
could function as both showroom
and workshop and be flexible
enough that it could be used by
different or multiple tenants in
future. Other requirements were
to use as much of the existing
dwelling as possible and to show-
case the products of the client
throughout the building.
The original walls of the dwelling
were retained and another floor
added using lightweight materials
with heavily insulated walls and
roof. The added floor simplifies the
existing footprint and allows for a
flexible letting space. The new roof
allows for harvesting of rainwater
as well as the future installation of
photovoltaic panels.
Apart
from
using
Trellidor
products in the building, another
design element was using a laser
ONE ON WHITELEY, MELROSE ARCH
Amdec has commenced construction on the latest phase of the iconic Melrose Arch
mixed-use precinct with the striking One on Whiteley.
The development of One on Whiteley is already well underway, confirms Nicholas
Stopforth, MD of Amdec Property Development. “We are delighted to be building the
next phase of Melrose Arch. We have appointed Group 5 as the main contractor and
construction has begun on One on Whiteley’s basement, retail, hotel and residential
components,” says Stopforth.
Building is forging ahead for the first two Marriott-branded properties in South Africa --
the signature brand Johannesburg Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch and the Marriott Executive
Apartments Johannesburg Melrose Arch. Amdec has also released its final phase of
exclusive residential apartments for sale. The first phases of One on Whiteley apartments
are already sold out amid high levels of interest from investors. Enjoying continued strong
demand, with the release of the final phase of apartments for sale, this means that 70%
of its total 241 new residential apartments are now sold.
Melrose Arch is a privately owned, maintained and operated precinct with its own
excellent infrastructure. Located in the heart of Johannesburg’s leafy green northern
suburbs, it is a complete lifestyle experience in an immaculate city with an unlimited choice
for everyday needs. Its New Urbanist design is people-friendly and environment-friendly.
The development of One on Whiteley distinguishes Melrose Arch even further and
adds to its unique collection of international boutique lifestyle brands, especially the
variety of its hotel, hospitality, restaurant and entertainment. www.amdec.co.za
cut trellis as a sunscreen as well
as the dynamic angles to create
an eye catching façade. The façade
is further softened by introducing
timber to reduce the scale and to
add warmth.
A number of other issues informing
the primary design response were:
i) Urban Fabric; the area, although
changing, still has a residential
scale and it was therefore impe-
rative that the new building is
sensitive to its surroundings ii)
Environmental; recycling of the
existing structure and control of
north light as well as maintaining
views to the outside.
www.muse-arch.co.za
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