WATERWAY HOUSE
WATERWAY HOUSE V & A Waterfront
CLIENT V & A Waterfront
PROJECT MANAGER & PRINCIPAL AGENT AECOM
ARCHITECT dhk
QUANTITY SURVEYOR BTKM Quantity Surveyors
COMMISSIONING AGENT Matrix Consulting Services
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Nadeson Consulting Services
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER SolutionStation Consulting Engineers
MECHANICAL ENGINEER NAKO Triocon Consulting Engineers
FAÇADE ENGINEER LH Consulting Engineers
TRAFFIC ENGINEER GIBB
ACOUSTIC ENGINEER Machoy Consulting Acoustics Engineers
SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT AGAMA Energy
HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANT Eppen-Burger & Associates
GEOTECH ENGINEER Kantey & Templer Consulting Engineers
PORT AND COASTAL ENGINEER PRDW
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT OVP Associates
INTERIORS Inhouse Design Studio ( BAT ) Savile Row ( EY )
MAIN CONTRACTOR NMC Construction Group
PHOTOGRAPHY Wieland Gleich Adrian Shields ( EY Interiors )
Waterway House is a substantial new office development located at the gateway to Cape Town ’ s V & A Waterfront , the city ’ s premier tourist attraction and new business address of choice .
The newly completed Waterway House is the first phase of the new mixed-use Canal District . The Canal District creates a gateway for the V & A Waterfront and aims to integrate it with adjacent city neighbourhoods – both via the canal running from the CTICC to Alfred Basin and new pedestrian movement routes along Dock Road and into Prestwich Street . Development in this district will also include Battery Park ; a new city park around the remnants of the historic Amsterdam Battery , with canal side shops and cafés , as well as residential apartments .
Situated on Dock Road , Waterway House sits on a narrow linear site just over 200m long and around 45m wide , between the road and the canal . The new building is an unashamedly long linear building , following the shape of the site – its architectural articulation , both in terms of spatial form and tectonic modulation , mitigate and reinforce this linearity , while the breaks in the façade enable strong visual links from Dock Road back to the canal and Signal Hill beyond .
Heritage The V & A Waterfront is rich with heritage , with several significant historical structures ranging from remnants of early Dutch coastal fortifications from the 18th century to the Grain Silo complex which dates from the early 20th century .
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