sized blue-chip tenants. It also needed to act as
a visual screen to the exposed structured parking
and back-of-house façades of the Mall of Africa.
At the same time, the consultant team were
given the target of achieving a Gold LEED-rated
building that demonstrated a commitment to
Environmental Sustainability.
Concept & Planning
The development is the first of the two identical
buildings that will frame the northern piazza and
entrance to the Mall of Africa. It is comprised of
24
4 basement levels of parking and 7 office levels
above ground with 4 lifts serving all floors. With
direct pedestrian access to the Mall of Africa
the building is an attractive proposition for blue-
chip tenants.
In order to do justice to the site and the brief,
the building needed to be part architecture, part
sculpture. It needed to fulfill its requirement as
a functional, feasible and pleasant building while
at the same time creating an iconic statement
and acting as a landmark that expressed the
prominence of its position within the City.
Gateway West