Location and Brief
The Farrell’s brief was for a visually striking and
contemporary office building. The 4,020m 2 site
is located in a small industrial park. A stream
forms the Northern and North-western boundary
of the development, which is adjacent to the Old
Paarl Road. This road in turn runs parallel to the
N1 National motorway and the site consequently
enjoys high visual exposure.
Zandwyk Park is home to several fairly humble,
semi-industrial buildings and as such is not visually
very intriguing. The small scale workshops,
Lion's Pride
showrooms and warehouses are governed by a
malleable architectural guideline that promotes
a simple, gabled and shed-like architectural
typology. The requirement for a striking and
contemporary office building in this setting was
therefore quite a challenge.
Fortunately, the establishment of the Mercedes
Benz showrooms and workshops introduced a
more contemporary and streamlined aesthetic
along the interface between the Northern/
entrance boundary of the industrial park and the
major roads.
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