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KAGISO MEDIA OFFICES ,
BRIGHTWATER COMMONS
Kagiso Media, a well-known TV
and film production house, will be
relocating to the existing 11,000m 2
cinema complex at Brightwater
Commons.
Designed
by
NORTHERN LIGHTS, SANDTON
Northern Lights is a 38 storey, 70,000m 2
commercial development located in
Sandton, ideally situated between the
Maslow Hotel and the Hilton Hotel at the
intersection of Fredman Drive and Rivonia
Road. It will become the focal point of a new
six lane road extension which is planned
to connect Fredman Drive with Grayston
Drive, and will enjoy spectacular 360°
panoramic views out towards the Sandton
skyline. Rhys Rocke, regional director of
FWJK Developments explains that the
office development, which is located in
the banking node of Sandton, has been
specifically designed to attract more high-
end financial and legal services tenants to
the node. The site already enjoys respected
nodal neighbours such as Investec Bank,
Rand Merchant Bank, Nedbank, ENS Africa
and the Johann esburg Stock Exchange as
well as a plethora of hotel accommodation
and quality dining establishments.
According to Derryn Lott, FWJK’s
project design architect, the building’s form
was generated by a truly concerted team
effort to arrive at a form that is powerful
yet light and responsive. By making
use of various voids and cutouts within
each core, the mass now reads as four
slender towers. These four towers provide
opportunities for individual tenant branding
identities. A multi-layered, glazed façade
forms a light outer skin that peels away
from the building’s edges, giving way to
corner balconies that run vertically up the
building edges, accentuating the building’s
height. The proportions of each tower are
further developed through each layer of
MDS
Architecture, the refurbished cin-
emas, although originally designed
for movie screenings, will need to
meet additional specific acoustic
requirements as well as accom-
modate new studios.
“The large spaces of the theatre
complex will allow us to better
accommodate
Kagiso
Media’s
specific needs. We have had to
make use of the existing building
and structures to allow the new
studios to fit into the current and
trading
Brightwater
Commons
development,” said Sean Pearce,
who is heading up the project for
MDS. The expected completion
date is April 2018.
Client: Park Road Trading 7
Development Managers:
The Moolman Group
Architect: MDS Architecture
Quantity Surveyor: NWS
Electrical Engineers: RWP
Structural and Civil Engineers:
L&S Structural Engineers
Mechanical Engineers & Fire
Consultants: ING Plan
Principal Contractor:
Probest Projects
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