ORACLE SA
INTERIOR DESIGN: TREND GROUP
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MAIN CONTRACTOR: ARCHSTONE
ne of Trend Group’s most prestigious projects to date
has been the new headquarters for Oracle South Africa
in Woodmead Office Park. The brief was to deliver a
purpose-built new building that rationalised the enterprise giant’s
operational requirements by implementing a dynamic global
strategy optimising its space usage, Trend Group Senior Designer,
Dorethe Swiegers, explains.
The process of engaging with the client to design the interior
space, and setting out the overall vision, began in June 2018.
Oracle partnered up with one of South Africa’s largest property
development companies, Zenprop Property Holdings, to undertake
the delivery of a strategic joint programme, constructing the
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PHOTOGRAPHY: THOMAS KRIEL - MONOGRAPH
base build and interior fit-out works simultaneously to achieve
an expeditious completion timeframe.
This called for a highly-integrated project and intuitive
collaboration between the professional team, including Main
Contractor, Archstone Construction. The building envelope
was designed by Empowered Spaces Architects, while Emma
Ogazuma, Oracle Architect and the regional team Morena
Rakometsi, Facilities Project Manager and Alice Matee, Facilities
Manager monitored standards and facilitated stakeholder sign off
for and on behalf of Oracle. Project managers, @Hart Property
development oversaw the progress and works ensuring quality
standards were maintained at all times.
Oracle SA