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Architects: Architects Of Justice
Developer: Fortress Income Fund Ltd
Tenant: Bongani Rainmaker Logistics (Pty) Ltd
Quantity Surveyor: Quanticost Quantity Surveyors
Contractor: Abbeydale & Civil (Pty) Ltd
Interior Designer: On Target Interiors
Fire Engineer: Chimera Fire Protection Consultants
Electrical Engineer: MNS Consulting Engineers
Structural Engineer: BSM Baker Consulting Engineers
Photographer: Dominic Barnardt Photography
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hen Bongani Rainmaker Logistics, a successful service company with extensive logistical expertise,
had outgrown its premises, the company consulted with Johannesburg-based Architectural practice,
Architects Of Justice, to assist with its new office fit out. Having been the designers responsible for the
previous offices, the architects had existing knowledge of the company and its ethos and were well placed
to match the client’s needs with a modern, functional design.
Met with an empty shell at the new premises at the Westlake View Logistics Park in Modderfontein,
Gauteng, Mike Rassmann, partner at Architects Of Justice notes that while initially the project took a while
to get off the ground, the actual implementation on site was incredibly quick. “We had a month to complete
the fit out of the main office, yet the project grew considerably from there in the sense that we also added a
number of offices within the warehouse for the operations side of the business.”
The initial thoughts of both the tenant and Architects Of Justice when they viewed the building, with its raw
interior and exposed services and concrete, was to implement an ‘industrial chic’ look in the more public