PROJECT FEATURE
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PLACE
DEVELOPERS
Growthpoint Properties
Zenprop Property Holdings
PROJECT MANAGER
Morta Project Management
ARCHITECT
Boogertman + Partners
URBAN DESIGN
studioMAS Architecture & Urban Design
INTERIOR ARCHITECT
Paragon Interface
QUANTITY SURVEYOR
RLB Pentad Quantity Surveyors
CIVIL & FAÇADE ENGINEER
Pure Consulting
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Sotiralis Consulting Engineers
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Claassen Auret Inc
Conscius Electrical Consulting Engineers
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Aurecon
WET SERVICES
Sutherland Engineers
FIRE ENGINEER
TWCE
TRAFFIC ENGINEER
Kantey & Templer Consulting Engineers
ACOUSTIC ENGINEER
SRL South Africa
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Discovery Place in Sandton is the new home of South African medical and financial
services giant, Discovery. Known for its innovative approach to its product offerings
and focus on wellbeing, its new Head Office encompasses those key tenets.
Client Brief
Developed jointly by Growthpoint Properties and Zenprop Property Holdings, there were
two key factors within Discovery’s brief.
The first was to create an architectural statement that captured the essence and core
values of the Discovery brand that it could be identified with going forward. Following
on from the first was the aim to improve efficiencies in the day to day working of the
company. Staff were spread over 4 disjointed buildings around Discovery’s original 155
West Street offices and this was starting to impact on the way that they did business.
Discovery required a new building designed with their way of working in mind and
offering flexibility for future growth and operational changes.
Site
The site is on the corner of Katherine and Rivonia in Sandton. It sits at the highest point
in Sandton, which gave the building a visual dominance without us having to create a
tower, which suited Discovery’s corporate structure.
The site previously had two office parks on it and a hotel on the corner, all of which
needed to be demolished to make way for the building. The site forms part of a bigger
urban precinct that Growthpoint Properties is developing. The permeability of Discovery’s
building on ground floor is important for the connection from Sandton to this new precinct.
HEALTH & SAFETY
Comprac Holdings
LIFT CONSULTANT
Solutions for Elevating
KITCHEN CONSULTANT
KDH Catering Design Concepts
COMMISSIONING AGENT
Shared Energy Management
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
African Environmental Design
MAIN CONTRACTORS
Tiber Construction; WBHO Construction
TENANT REPRESENTATIVE
Baseline Project Management
TENANT QUANTITY SURVEYOR
MLC Quantity Surveyors
TENANT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
MWKE Consulting Engineers
TENANT MECHANICAL ENGINEER
WSP
TENANT GRAPHIC DESIGN AND SIGNAGE
Glyph
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