Architect and Builder November/December 2018

PROJECT FEATURE TIME SQUARE SUN ARENA AND THE MASLOW HOTEL TIME SQUARE SUN ARENA AND THE MASLOW HOTEL Menlyn Maine, Pretoria CLIENT Sun International PRINCIPAL AGENT Proman Project Management Services PROJECT MANAGERS - ARENA Neolith ARCHITECT OF RECORD LYT Architecture ARCHITECT - BACK OF HOUSE DSA Architects International QUANTITY SURVEYORS MLC Quantity Surveyors CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS WSP ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS CKR Consulting Engineers WET SERVICES - ARENA Aurecon F ollowing on from the opening of Sun International’s Time Square Casino in Tshwane in 2017, 2018 saw the culmination of the entire vision for the Time Square complex with the opening of the Time Square Sun Arena and The Maslow Hotel. Time Square Arena The new home of big entertainment in Gauteng, the Sun Arena, Time Square is a state- of-the-art 8,500-seater events arena. Not only one of the biggest music concert venues in Gauteng, the Sun Arena is a multipurpose venue that can be adapted to accommodate 1,300 banquet guests, up to 1,800 delegates in a schoolroom format and over 7,000 audience members in a theatre configuration. Conveniently situated in the Menlyn Maine precinct with its world-class restaurants and premium accommodation offerings, the Sun Arena is an ideal choice to host large delegations from all over the world. Arena Design The brief was for an arena that could seat in excess of 8,000 people in a raked seating, multi-purpose building. A high performing acoustic standard was key. Firstly to limit sound escaping the arena to avoid noise pollution to the surrounding suburb, hotels and offices. Secondly, internal sound absorption in order to achieve maximum sound WET SERVICES - HOTEL Green Planet Engineering Services HVAC ENGINEERS Aurecon FIRE CONSULTANTS Aurecon LIFT CONSULTANT CKR Consulting Engineers KITCHEN CONSULTANT KDH Catering Design Concepts SAFETY CONSULTANTS Cairnmead Industrial Consultants SOUND & LIGHTING CONSULTANTS QA Entertainment Technology Consultants LANDSCAPE CONSULTANTS Interdesign Landscape Architects INTERIOR DESIGNER - ARENA LYT Architecture INTERIOR DESIGNER - HOTEL Blacksmith Africa Interior Design MAIN CONTRACTOR WBHO Construction PHOTOGRAPHY Jurie Potgieter Courtesy of Sun International 18 Time Square

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