Projects
Rated one of the best banks in South Africa and considering their tremendous growth , it made economic sense to construct and own a facility to house all their employees in one location to allow for future growth .
Capitec Bank set out to consolidate their staff and operations who were previously located in various buildings in
Stellenbosch and around Cape Town in multiple offices . The new headquarters , iKhaya , which means ‘ home ’ in Xhosa , involves a main campus building of 21 500m ², capable of housing 2 000 employees as well as a stand-alone car park building . Both buildings have one level of partially below ground basement , a podium level , first and second floors . The Architectural design completed by DHK Architects intended to create a collaborative space with a large focus on optimising internal flow and departmental interaction . This was achieved by the large atria spanning the length of the curvilinear building , interconnecting departments with a series of bridges and bespoke staircases .
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