SOL-TECH
ARTISAN TRAINING COLLEGE
SOL-TECH Centurion
CLIENT Kanton
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER BOT Properties
PROJECT MANAGER Pro Arnan
ARCHITECT Jeremie Malan Architects + Interiors
QUANTITY SURVEYOR DMS QS
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER DG Consulting Engineers
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Claassen Auret Inc
MECHANICAL ENGINEER Acend Consulting Engineers
WET SERVICES ENGINEER Wills Franklin Pretorius
FIRE ENGINEER WSP Africa
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Daniel Rebel Landscape Architects
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT Bokamosa
HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANT Cairnmead Industrial Consultants
MAIN CONTRACTOR JC Van der Linde & Venter Projects
PHOTOGRAPHY Annelien Swanepoel
The Trade Union Solidarity recently completed its new Sol-Tech Occupational Training College campus in Gauteng . Funded entirely by community investments , the campus is part of a R300 million project which consists of the education campus and a student residential complex , development of which is currently underway .
Design Concept Designed by Jeremie Malan Architects , the design concept stems from the Third Vernacular Style - in particular the Pretoria Regionalist Style , which developed after the Second World War to trigger large-scale development in the South African inland regions . This architectural language responded directly to the highveld context with reference to climate and geography . The style was developed to suit inland South Africa with reference to the available building materials , the prevailing economy and social , economic , and industrial circumstances which were considered similar and appropriate for this design .
The client required ± 12,000m ² for facilities that would accommodate a fully functional artisanal training college
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