NOVARTIS
HEAD OFFICE
NOVARTIS HEAD OFFICE Waterfall City , Gauteng
DEVELOPER Atterbury
LAND OWNER Attacq
PRINCIPAL AGENTS & ARCHITECTS Aevitas Group Empowered Spaces Architects
QUANTITY SURVEYOR Pentad Quantity Surveyors
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER DG Consulting Engineers
MECHANICAL ENGINEER RPP Consulting Engineers
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Plantech Associates
WET SERVICES Wat-Sol Design Technology
FIRE CONSULTANT Specialised Fire Technology
GREEN BUILDING CONSULTANT Zutari
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Uys & White Landscape Architects
SAFETY CONSULTANT Cairnmead Industrial Consultants
MAIN CONTRACTOR Group Five Building
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Waterfall City is a new city development which is conveniently located between Sandton and Pretoria with easy access - via Allandale Road - to the N1 highway . It is the largest urban concept development in South Africa and brings all the advantages of being able to plan a new city from scratch . With 800,000m 2 of development rights in the CBD alone it will be a truly integrated mixed-use development that focuses on best-practice Urban Design Principles to create a pleasant and sustainable live / work environment . Novartis was one of the first major corporates to occupy an entire building in the CBD for their new head office .
Their site is positioned within the new Waterfall City CBD with very good exposure to Allandale Road and easy access from the main ring road of the City . The site itself is very narrow on the eastern side , widening out towards the west . There is also a considerable slope across the site with almost a 6m level difference from east to west .
Brief The brief was to create a contemporary , P-grade building to house a new head office for Novartis . The architecture needed to be in line with the quality of buildings that Novartis was occupying internationally while creating a strong local identity for the company . The planning needed to be flexible to accommodate growth and movement for various business units and subsidiaries within Novartis . It was also critical that the building created a healthy environment for its staff and that it encouraged interaction and communication between staff .
At the same time the building had to set a bench mark for future buildings within Waterfall City . It was essential that the building demonstrated best practice in responsible Urban Design and Environmental Sustainability .
Concept & Planning The basic concept was to create a building that took direction from and accentuated the physical attributes of the site . There were two major attributes which were immediately
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