SITE PLAN
In clearing the site a trigonometrical beacon of historical significance was found . After investigation , it was discovered that this beacon was originally the marker at the intersection that divided thee historical farms : Braamfontein , Klipfontein and Syferfontein . What would have originally been a cairn of stones with an ox wagon spoke mounted through the center , located in the middle of what is now Oxford Road , had been moved and replaced with a concrete bollard due to the construction of Oxford Road . The developer , Barrow Properties , endeavoured to reinstate and celebrate this small piece of Johannesburg ’ s history on the doorstep of this development .
The Building Oxford and Glenhove is a 22,000m 2 office development . There are two buildings , one consisting of 6-storeys of office space and the second 5-storeys . A classic courtyard typology consists of two racetrack type circulatory plans edging generous , external light flooded and permeable human scale environments . These engaging areas ground the building from within .
Each sectional title space is planned off of the circulatory space with its own front door and all amenities needed to function alone . They do however all benefit from the building ’ s spaces and amenities as a collective - such as the ground floor coffee shop .
The obstacle of the Gautrain servitude on the site meant that the planning could not encroach on the servitude at ground level but could indeed do so at higher levels . In order to maximise the bulk , the design cantilevers the floorplates at
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