Architect and Builder November/December 2015 | Page 79

CONDUIT INTERIOR E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.conduitinterior.co.za Space Planning Due to the developers rooms, which were a non-negotiable part of the brief, angled partitions as well as flooring patterns made up of a variety of flooring ranges, installed by KBAC Flooring, were used to break up the long runs of corridors and avoid the ‘hospital corridor effect’. This approach also enabled Grant to provide opportunities and zones for the above mentioned chance encounters. By delineating zones, employees of all levels are encouraged to step away from the ‘rush’ of the circulation areas and by providing varieties of furniture in these zones, their interactions are supported. Property 24 Challenges The air conditioning was a challenge in that Property24 were significantly increasing the population on the floor (being more efficient in the usage of their floorplate and maximising their return on rental), and this increase in staff required the installation of a second ‘parallel’ AC system to supplement the existing system. The vi