RIDGE 6
RIDGE 6 uMhlanga
DEVELOPER & QUANTITY SURVEYOR FWJK Developments
ARCHITECT & PRINCIPAL AGENT Peter Ries Architects
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Hatch GOBA Consulting Engineers
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Spoormaker & Partners
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DBA Consulting Engineers
FIRE & WET SERVICES Zutari
MAIN CONTRACTOR WBHO Construction
PHOTOGRAPHY Grant Pitcher
Ridge 6 is the seventh office development FWJK has developed within the Ridgeside Office Estate in uMhlanga . This 7,000m 2 office development follows on the success FWJK has had in delivering cost effective buildings sold on a sectional title basis achieved as a result of a high design efficiency ratio in terms of top structures and basement parking design .
Client Brief The design brief to the architect , Peter Ries Architects , was very specific . Firstly , design the basement parking garage to a design efficiency ratio of one parking bay per 23m 2 and then carry the structural parking grid through to the office levels with no expensive structural transfer slabs common to most office buildings designed from the top down . Secondly , the rentable to useable area ratio had to be not less than upwards of 90 % and thirdly the external glazing to wall ratio was not to exceed 35 %. The architect was requested to use bold colours externally which is a signature of all FWJK ’ s developments .
The architect ’ s response to this brief has resulted in a desirable building that is fresh , functional and most importantly was completed in April 2015 at an all-in affordable cost of R19,000 / m 2 of sectional title area .
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