Boogertman + Partners
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Boogertman + Partners is one of Africa’ s leading architectural practices. For more than four decades, the practice has honed an approach to architecture that delivers lasting value for clients and for the people who experience the spaces it designs.
As a partner-led practice, Boogertman + Partners works across a wide range of sectors, including commercial, residential, hospitality, healthcare, retail, education, industrial, transport, infrastructure, sports and entertainment, and mixed-use developments. Its studios also include dedicated in-house expertise in interior design, landscape design, urban design and graphic design.
Boogertman + Partners’ interior design department works across all major sectors, both independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams, creating interiors that inform and are informed by the architecture. In keeping with the firm’ s philosophy of human-centred design, the interiors team designs spaces that are as beautiful as they are functional, flexible and inspiring.
Boogertman + Partners believes in the power of design to promote wellbeing, productivity, collaboration, social interaction, learning, enjoyment and relaxation.
Boogertman + Partners. Materialising tomorrow.
a powerful central space flooded with natural light. A sweeping staircase installed by the V & A Waterfront connects all three levels.
Vertically mounted against a feature wall in this void is the Red Bull Formula 1 racing car once driven by four-time world champion Max Verstappen, an icon of performance and brand legacy.
Boogertman + Partners took a thematic approach, intertwining landscape, sport and culture into a spatial narrative. Each level is associated with a layer of Cape Town’ s geography( ground, horizon and sky), corresponding with a selection of Red Bull’ s signature activities, from kitesurfing and trail running to acrobatic flying and Flugtag( Red Bull’ s iconic DIY flyingmachine challenge).
Creating a three-level spatial narrative The sculptural timber reception counter at the entrance introduces a material palette rooted in the city’ s coastline and geology, with muted tones and neutral finishes creating a warm and tactile arrival sequence. Across all levels, organic forms, warm natural materials and carefully tuned lighting create a cohesive spatial language. The fluidity of movement associated with many local sports and the natural forces that enable
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