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areas of the building, such as the reception area and the call centre, and then, as one moves upstairs to the
legal and financial departments, along with the director’s offices, present a more standard, corporate look
and feel. “Fortunately, one of the directors of the company is very design minded and had a clear vision
of what he wanted. The appearance of his business is very important to him and he wasn’t interested in
skimping. Although Bongani Rainmaker Logistics is a logistics company, through the nature of their work
they have become very tech-focussed and moved away from being purely a logistics company to more
of a solutions company. With this in mind, the directors wanted an almost Silicon Valley feel to the interiors
which assisted in formulating our design and reinforced the notion of doing the more public areas with an
‘industrial chic’ look,” he says
Architects Of Justice began the process with a breakdown of the entire operations and the businesses
requirements. In total, across 1300m 2 of primary office space over two floors, 70 staff members are
accommodated on the lower level (including eight private offices), and 30 staff on the upper office level
(including nine private offices). A reception, meeting rooms, main boardroom and executive kitchen were
also included. Furthermore, 1000m 2 of operational office space for 70 staff is located in the warehouse,
comprising individual offices, open plan offices and a 100 seater conference facility. “For the warehouse
component, we created operations offices on the warehouse floor, as well as offices on a central mezzanine
level to give the managerial staff a bird’s eye view of the warehouse activities,” says Rassmann.
Due to the short timescale of the project, an interior design firm, On Target Interiors, was brought on board to
assist. “This allowed us to focus on the space planning of the project and the basic look and feel, and the interior
designers were given certain spaces and aspects of the project, such as the accent lighting in the reception spaces
and boardrooms,” explains Rassmann, noting that the interior designers could focus on these spaces without
having to worry about the implementation of the rest of the project. “We wouldn’t have done the project any
other way because of the timeline, and you can see the results; the lighting, in particular, is striking and the ceiling
finishes above the main boardroom and the staircase are fantastic,” he says.
Acoustic tiles were specified throughout due to their sound quality properties, and flooring-wise,