Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa May/June 2014 | Page 50

PROJECT NO 1 AND 3 BRIDGEWAY Century City PROPERTY DEVELOPERS & PROJECT MANAGERS Rabie Property Group ARCHITECTS & PRINCIPAL AGENTS Vivid Architects QUANTITY SURVEYORS B&L Quantity Surveyors CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS S&T Consulting Engineers ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL SolutionStation BUILDING RATING CONSULTANTS P J Carew Consulting HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANT Safe Working Practice INTERIOR DESIGNERS Source IBA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Planning Partners MAIN CONTRACTOR Aveng Grinaker-LTA 50 No 1 and 3 Bridgeway Each building has 4,000m2 of rentable area, encompassing good passive design principles, having both been awarded a Green Star 4 star rating PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHANN LOURENS www.johannlourensphotography.com V ivid Architects were appointed by Rabie Property Group as the lead Urban Designers for the new Bridgeway Precinct in Century City. The site occupies a strategic position, and is a ‘gateway’ site on the corner of Ratanga Road and Century Boulevard. ARCHITECT’S REPORT The need to create legible street edge was the starting point for the urban response, with permeability and scale as important factors. The aesthetic design used real materials and human proportions, aiming to instill an architecture of quality and longevity for the future designs of the precinct. These factors, along with the brief for an efficient commercial office building, informed an appropriate design of built form. Bridgeway