ALEXANDER FORBES
115 WEST STREET
ALEXANDER FORBES 115 West Street , Sandton
DEVELOPER Zenprop Property Holdings
PROJECT MANAGER CAPEX Projects
ARCHITECT Paragon Architects
QUANTITY SURVEYOR Schoombie Hartmann
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Sotiralis
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Quad Africa Consulting
MECHANICAL ENGINEER Adaptive Resource Engineers
FIRE ENGINEER TWCE
PLUMBING ENGINEER Ramsden Consulting
FAÇADE ENGINEER Pure Consulting
FAÇADE CLADDING CONSULTANT Andrew Riley & Associates
GREEN BUILDING CONSULTANT PJ Carew Consulting
HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANT Comprac Holdings
SPACE PLANNING & INTERIOR DESIGN Paragon Interface
KITCHEN CONSULTANT KDH Catering Design Concepts
WEB BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS Iqela Software Solutions
TENANT PROJECT MANAGER Baseline Project Management
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Insite Landscape Architects
MAIN CONTRACTOR Tiber Construction in a JV with WBHO Construction
PHOTOGRAPHY Andrew Bell
The new building replaces the existing head office for Alexander Forbes , which was spread over two buildings on the corner of Katherine Street and Rivonia Road . The client needed to consolidate facilities with a better use of space for 2,500 people . This involved modernising work operations and upgrading technology services . Considering its status as a renowned financial services company , these needed to be state of the art , with added security .
The Rationale Behind the Construction The design warranted a flexible building , hence the large floor plates , punctuated by two atria to maximise the natural daylight into the office spaces . The north-west orientation of the site also influenced the design with the powerful scallop elements to capture north and south light and protect the occupants from east and west light .
The atria also capture natural light which floods from the top down and from each side into the arrival area . It was designed to create a park like environment with the introduction of 6m high Ficus Benjamina trees sunken into the floor . A wide variety of natural materials were used , including bamboo veneer and wafer thin slate stone , to clad the meeting pods .
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