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MELROSE CORNER
Located in Melrose, Johannesburg
and being developed and built by
Barrow, Melrose Corner is located
in the commercial heart of the
Melrose/Rosebank Precinct 2.
From a design perspective, a
strong emphasis was placed on
the urban context of the building.
It lies on a prominent corner of
Glenhove Road and 5th Street,
with high volumes of traffic in this
newly developing node.
The design used three floors of
twisted plates, creating the illusion
of floated floors. Each plate is
NEW OFFICES FOR DELOITTE, WATERFALL CITY
Atterbury has won the fiercely contested
tender to develop a new Gauteng office
for Deloitte in South Africa. Atterbury is
developing the new Deloitte Gauteng office
on behalf of a 50/50 joint venture between
co-owners Atterbury and Attacq Limited.
Deloitte’s new premises will be
developed at Waterfall in Midrand, joining a
number of leading corporates consolidating
operations in what is fast becoming SA’s
leading business destination. The estimated
development cost is in excess of R1 billion.
The ultra-modern premises will
comprise 42,500m 2 of quality workspace,
which will consolidate Deloitte’s current
Woodmead and Pretoria offices into a
single location. The building has capacity
for close to 5,000 people.
It will enjoy prime position right on the
Allandale interchange of the N1 highway.
The offices will boast exceptional access
and visibility, with highway frontage at the
eastern side of Waterfall City.
The office premises consist of a ground
floor with six stories of offices and four
basement parking levels including nearly
2,000 parking bays. Innovative architecture
practice Aevitas Group designed the
building, which will comply with a
Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) Green Rating.
Brief
Deloitte is currently located in a campus-
style development where various different
business units occupy a number of
separate stand-alone buildings. The brief
was to accommodate Deloitte’s extensive
space requirements in a way that improved
company culture by allowing for greater
interaction and collaboration between staff.
As one of the largest Professional
Services Firms in the world, the Deloitte
head office had to set a benchmark for
an inspiring, innovative, healthy and
environmentally sustainable development.
Concept
The major driver behind the concept
was to create architecture that could
fundamentally improve the day-to-day
experience of the workplace; the quality
and flow of staff interactions; the efficiency
and convenience of operations and
different and is expressed in the
façade with multiple cantilevered
elements
giving
it
sculptural
excitement. The entrance is off
5th Street with on-grade parking.
Pedestrians filter up a grand
staircase onto the podium and
into a triple volume reception hall.
The office wings are accessed off
the central core which houses all
the staff facilities. The ground
and second floors each house
entertainment decks. The ground
floor has a large north facing,
landscaped deck for company
functions while the second floor
houses BBQ area with expansive
views over the Killarney golf
course and northern suburbs.
Developer: Barrow Properties
Architects: Empowered Spaces
Engineers: Kantley & Templer
Contractor: Barrow Construction
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