CHEVRON
HEAD OFFICE
CHEVRON HEAD OFFICE Century City , Cape Town
EMPLOYER Chevron South Africa
PROJECT MANAGER & PRINCIPAL AGENT Turner & Townsend
QUANTITY SURVEYOR & SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT Turner & Townsend
ARCHITECT Louis Karol Architecture & Interiors
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Sutherland
MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEER GIBB
ACOUSTIC ENGINEER Machoy Consulting Acoustics Engineers
INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER HHO Africa
HEALTH ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY CONSULTANT PRASC
FIRE CONSULTANT Keith Fletcher & Associates
GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYOR Kantey & Templer
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT & TOWN PLANNER Planning Partners
LAND SURVEYOR David Hellig & Abrahamse
INTEGRATED SECURITY CONSULTANT Smart Line Integration
MAIN CONTRACTOR Stefanutti Stocks Western Cape
PHOTOGRAPHY Grant Duncan-Smith Courtesy of Louis Karol
Chevron made the decision in 2012 to independently develop its own new headquarters at Century City - opting to develop as owner-occupier , as opposed to the de rigeur model of leasing a turn-key , build-to-let project from a 3rd-party developer .
Overview Louis Karol Architecture & Interiors promoted the The Naked Building , one exhibiting no artificial adornment or cladding . Since Chevron required an environmentally sustainable head office , the architect sought to achieve a building that is only built once – i . e . that a striking white concrete structure forms the actual façade - challenging the widespread commercial practice of cladding with expensive additional layers of aluminium , granite or curtain walling . The result , set around a protected garden courtyard , glows like travertine marble in the prevailing north-west light .
Chevron prioritised staff quality of life and , ultimately , wanted to be the long-term institutional owners of a “ solid ” building with a long design life , made from a solid material , rather than a veneered or clad building with a limited shelf-life .
The project stands out in terms of innovative use of concrete and aluminium cladding and its five star green rating
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