WEMBLEY 2
WEMBLEY 2 Wembley Square , Cape Town
CLIENT Faircape Property Developers
ARCHITECT mlb Architects
PROJECT MANAGER Mark Saacks Projects
QUANTITY SURVEYOR LDM Quantity Surveyors
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER De Villiers Sheard
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Triocon Consulting Engineers
MECHANICAL ENGINEER Sutherland
MAIN CONTRACTOR Faircape Construction
PHOTOGRAPHY Wieland Gleich
Wembley Square , previously an inner city industrial area at the periphery of the city centre and at the edge of the devastated District 6 , has become one of the nuclei of the urban renewal in Cape Town . The first residential and commercial phases of the development were built in 2002 . Surrounded by residential dwellings and double storey warehouses , a new urban scale was introduced through the development of eight storey and six storey urban city blocks which clearly defined the street edges . The development created a new centre for the neighbourhood and became an urban destination with its parking , public spaces , restaurants , retail shops and wellness facilities at street level and with sectional title apartments , a gym and offices above .
A second phase was added in 2011 , extending the mixed use precinct into the next city block adding a further 16,000m 2 of AAA grade office on eight floors and retail space at ground level .
Wesley Street , the central road of the development , has been converted into an urban square with attractive landscaping that connects the new quarter to the surrounding urban fabric . The public square is the main pedestrian access to the buildings and , in combination with its multifunctional hall , they become a platform for urban activities throughout the day .
The architecture responds to the context of the rationalist face brick architecture of the warehouses in the area and to the historical landmark of the Cape Town Archives
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