the shift in paradigm of the financial services industry from watchdog to lifestyle partner .
Chapter 2 : Beyers Naude The second chapter was all about the site , the analysis of the site and the location of the site in the city of Johannesburg . It was symbolised by a picture of Beyers Naude and the story centered around his involvement in the struggle and the mental migration he made when he moved from the Aasvoelkop church to Soweto .
Chapter 3 : The Path The third chapter was about placemaking in Africa and was symbolised by a path in the veld .
In Africa , humans and animals travel and communicate on paths more often as opposed to congregating in a particular space to do so . The path is a defining element that became the major structuring device for the urban design of the area . Half of the planted boulevard will be a public road and it winds its way through a natural and indigenous landscape , stretching from the intersection of Beyers Naude Drive and Wilson Street into the office campus – a route of over 1 km . It incorporates a retail portion and office environments as well as new and existing residential areas .
The urban design catered for around 12,000 people and became an adjunct to the suburb of Fairland . It is a presentation of a new urban quarter in Johannesburg . This path defined the location , the urban context and the parameters within which the Architects designed the building .
Chapter 4 : An Aggregation of Fish Water is considered the most precious element and resource in Africa and is also considered in certain African spiritualities as the repository of knowledge and the resting place of the spirits .
This chapter focused on the building as a body of water and was structured around the notion of an aggregation of fish and how they work together as a group in this body of water .
Translating this concept for the Fairlands Project the function of the footprint is described
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