African Design Magazine ADM #42 July 2018 | Page 25

SABLE PARK
This provides a sense of two
separate boxes elegantly sliding
along each other.”
Challenges
Achieving the concept of an
architectural gasket – referred
to as the shadow gap – was
extremely difficult and forced
dhk to apply lateral thinking. In
addition to design challenges,
acquiring buy-in for such
unorthodox ideas from the
client and the City Council
proved interesting. “However,
‘coffee is for closers only’, you
have to fight and win 100 battles
before you realise your product.
This was also the case with the
‘eyebrow’ canopy that hovers
over the ground floor. This
feature simply acts as a scaling
device for the building. We also
adapted lighting features into
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