SA Affordable Housing May / June 2017 // Issue: 64 | Page 32

PROJECTS Play area of the retirement village. An affordable lifestyle setting for a retirement village Auas Hills Retirement Village, situated in Auasblick, Namibia, is a sought-after retirement village. It provides a tranquil setting and caters for all the needs of the more senior citizens. Images by Terraforce A uas Hills Retirement Village provides facilities like a well- equipped restaurant where you can enjoy nice meals, an onsite laundry, a day care centre, pharmacy, physiotherapist, biocineticist and a high care centre (should it be necessary). During the planning stages, it became evident that earth retaining measure would be needed to stabilise the exposed embankments resulting from excavation activities. Steffanuti Stocks, the main contractor on site, approached Namwall, Windhoek based Namibian licensee for Terraforce, to provide a design for Terraforce block retaining walls. 30 MAY - JUNE 2017 AFFORDABLE SA HOUSING Patio at Auas Hills.