3ARTS VILLAGE
3ARTS VILLAGE Plumstead
CLIENT Rapfund
PRINCIPAL AGENT SVR SA Quantity Surveyors & Project Managers
ARCHITECT KMH Architects
QUANTITY SURVEYOR SVR SA Quantity Surveyors & Project Managers
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS Sutherland
MECHANICAL , WET SERVICES & FIRE ENGINEERS Meccanitek Consulting
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Watson Mattheus
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HHO Africa Infrastructure Engineers
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS cndv landscape architects
MAIN CONTRACTOR Iguana Projects
PHOTOGRAPHY Johann Lourens
Anyone growing up in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town will be familiar with the once iconic 3Arts Theatre in Plumstead . Depending on their age , they will remember it in its heyday in the 1960 ’ s and 1970 ’ s , when it was one of the leading venues in Cape Town and one of the very few that had a non racial policy during the Apartheid era . In 1969 , one theatre goer remembers a night out at the 3Arts as a “ jaw dropping experience ” with parking attendants , an imposing foyer , plush carpeting , great acoustics and a huge auditorium . The theatre was the venue of choice for many big international acts over the years .
The retail environment is split over two levels to activate and accentuate the volume of the original ‘ shed ’, with the circulation core forming the centre piece of the composition
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