Architect and Builder Dec 2017 / Jan 2018 | Page 26

Façade
Arup designed a series of different façade types
for the multi-unit residential and gym buildings,
with a particular focus on reducing the heat loads
through solar gain in order to limit energy usage.
“The client required stringent weather
performance, acoustic infiltration limits and
excellent overall product quality due to the
project’s location in a harsh seaside working
harbour and the image of the development”,
explained Tessa Brunette, Arup façade designer
on the project.
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Sustainability
Arup worked with the Green Building Council of
South Africa to develop a custom mixed-use tool
for the No. 3 Silo (multi-unit residential) and No.
4 Silo (gym), being considered as one building.
This tool predominantly takes from the Public and
Education Building as the latest tool, and borrows
from Multi-Unit Residential.
“It’s always interesting to work with the
council to develop their tools, as we have a with
a number of developments in the Silo District, as
it gives us grass-roots knowledge of what goes
No 3 & 4 Silos