Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa July/August 2014 | Page 71

OTHER DEVELOPMENT WINNER
UCT New Engineering Building

The New Engineering Building site is located
on the historic Upper Campus of the University
of Cape Town. The site has views towards Devil’s
Peak and McClear’s Beacon towards the west
and over the Campus and City below towards the
east. The building consists primarily of academic
offices and laboratories as well as formal and social
learning spaces.

by the Café / social learning space on the entrance
level that opens up to a semi-public courtyard.
Pedestrian linkages into the precinct are
promoted by cascading steps along the South Edge
that opens to smaller landscaped social terraces
where students can relax or study between lectures.
A new pathway along the western edge allows easy
access to