Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa March/April 2014

PROJECT CELL C HEAD OFFICE Waterfall Park, Midrand DEVELOPERS Atterbury Property Holdings ARCHITECTS Bentel Associates International ARCHITECTS - WAREHOUSE Empowered Spaces QUANTITY SURVEYORS NWS Quantity Surveyors STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS L&S Consulting ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Eksteen & Le Roux Consulting Electrical Engineers MECHANICAL ENGINEERS WSP Group (Mechanical) FIRE CONSULTANTS Specialised Fire Technology LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Insite Landscape Architects ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS Seaton Thomson & Associates MAIN CONTRACTOR Group 5 18 Cell C Head Office Cell C Head Office makes a highly visible statement and cements the company as a major mobile phone operator in South Africa PHOTOGRAPHY BY PHILIP MOSTERT PHOTOGRAPHY, INSITE LANDSCAPING, ATTERBURY (AERIALS) T he brief was to consolidate Cell C’s various operations into one cohesive and welldesigned campus, taking into account the excellent visibility, access and natural amenities that were inherent to the site. ARCHITECT’S REPORT In designing the main office campus, the Architects, Bentel Associates International, made use of the natural slope on the site to create a platform that protrudes from the natural ground level. This places the building on a podium, giving it maximum exposure to the adjoining highwa

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