Montrose / SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
Architects: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Project Team: Stefan Antoni
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Wieland Gleich
Architecture ZA 2012 Biennial Festival: Re-scripting Architecture
The AZA 2012 Biennial Festival in Cape Town, South Africa will feature six international architects to join South African architects in a conversation about architectural practice and its role in the context of the city. The participating speakers include David Adjaye, founder of Adjaye Associates, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kajima of Atelier Bow-Wow, Tatiana Bilbao, Teddy Cruz of Estudio Teddy Cruz, Rahul Mehrotra, founder of RMA Architects and Kibwe Tavares co-founder of Factory Fifteen, in addition to others. This is the second Architecture ZA event, a premier urban culture festival that brings together cutting-edge thinkers and multi-disciplinary practitioners from around the world. It will be held on September 13-16, 2012 and will include various events, talks, film screenings, conferences and tours.
Read on for more about the speakers invited to AZA 2012.
Nettleton 198 / SAOTA
Architects: Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
Location: Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Design Team: Greg Truen, Stefan Antoni, Jacques Prinsloo
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Adam Letch
The Soweto Theatre / Afritects
Architects: Afritects
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Project Architects: Clara Cruz de Almeida and Tatenda Mavunga
Company’s Owner: Laurence Chibwe
Project Team: Sergio Duarte, Tony de Oliveira
Completion: May 2012
Total Area: 5,900 sqm
Client: Johannesburg Property Company (JPC
Photographs: Courtesy of Afritects
La Lucia / SAOTA
Architects: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
Location: Durban, South Africa
Project Team: Philip Olmesdahl, Patrick Ferguson, Stefan Antoni
Interior Decor: Antoni Associates
Project Team: Mark Rielly, Ashleigh Gilmour, Staci Kinnes
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Karl Beath
Blouberg International School / Luis Mira Architects & Plus Arquitectura
Architects: Luis Mira Architects & Plus Arquitectura (Sergio Aguilar)
Location: Blouberg, Cape Town, South Africa
Project Area: 900 sqm (building) – 2000 sqm (Civil works, entrance & walkways)
Completion: 2011
Contractor: Lovemore and Company
Structural & Civil Engineers: Sutherland Engineers
Electrical Engineers: McAvinchey Electrical Engineers
Photographs: Wieland Gleich, Luis Mira Architects
Leopards Leap Vineyards / Makeka Design Lab
Architects: Makeka Design Lab
Location: Franschhoek, South Africa
Project Area: 1,500 sqm
Contractor: JJ Dempers Master Builders
Completion: December 2011
Photographs: Dave Southwood
Nettleton 199 / SAOTA
Architect: SAOTA - Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
Location: Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Project Team: Greg Truen, Stefan Antoni, Teswill Sars
Interior Design: OKHA Interiors
Main Furniture Supplier: OKHA Interiors
Completion Date: 2011
Photographs: Adam Letch
Vissershok Container Classroom / Tsai Design Studio
Located in rolling hills of Durbanville wine valley on the outskirts of Cape Town, Vissershok Primary School is a rural school dedicated to the children of farm workers and underprivileged communities living in Du Noon – a poverty-stricken township several kilometers away. Sponsored by three South African companies – Woolworths, Safmarine and AfriSam – the Vissershok Container Classroom is a 12 meter recycled container that was converted into an independent classroom for 25 Grade R (age 5-6) students. Continue reading for more.
Kuyasa Transport Interchange / MEYER+VORSTER Architects
Architects: MEYER+VORSTER Architects
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Client: City of Cape Town
Project Management and Team Leader: Iliso Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Photographs: Courtesy of MEYER+VORSTER Architects
Spa House / Metropolis Design
Architect: Metropolis Design
Location: Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Project Team: Jon Jacobson, Jenny Bath, Shani Schabort
Client: Cape Dream Stay
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Metropolis Design
House VK 1 / GREGWRIGHT architects
Architects: GREGWRIGHT architects
Location: Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Adam Letch
gmp Architekten receives IOC/IAKS Award 2011
The stadiums built by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa received the IOC/IAKS Award on 26 October 2011. In the context of the international Trade Fair for Amenity Areas, Sports and Pool Facilities (FSB), the International Olympic Committee and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) selected the Cape Town stadium for first prize and the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth for third prize in the “stadiums for competitions and events” category. The awards were received by Hubert Nienhoff, gmp partner in charge of the offices in Berlin, Frankfurt and Rio de Janeiro. More information on the projects after the break.
Nettleton 195 / SAOTA
Architects: SAOTA
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Mechanical Engineers: Spoormaker & Partners
Electrical Engineers: MAC Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 1,005 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of SOATA
Victoria 73 House / SAOTA
Architects: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Interior Design: ANTONI ASSOCIATES
Structural Engineer: Tony Cooksey Structural Engineers
Project Area: 1,099 sqm
Photographs: SAOTA
Big Bay Beach House / COA with Fuchs, Wacker Architekten
Architect: COA with Fuchs, Wacker Architekten
Location: Big Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Engineer: Edifice Consultants
Contractor: de Rooy Construction
Project Area: 535 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: COA
House in Camps Bay / Luis Mira Architects
Architects: Luis Mira Architects
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Project Team: Luis Mira, Julia Hundermark
Structural Engineer: Jeffares & Green Consulting Engineers
Mechanical Engineer: Sutherland Engineers
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 335 sqm
Photographs: Wieland Gleich, Luis Mira Architects
Red Bull’s Cape Town Office / COA
Architects: COA – Architecture and Design
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Project area: 540 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: COA – Architecture and Design
Ubuntu Centre / Field Architecture
The Ubuntu Center provides pediatric HIV testing and treatment, counseling, education, and community empowerment. The design is focused on de-stigmatization and normalization of HIV testing and treatment. It provides access to a state-of-the-art facility in a beleaguered post-apartheid community. The design is a model for sustainable development that begins with environment and extends to the preservation of life.
Architect: Field Architecture
Location: 5 Qe Qe Street, Zwide, 6200, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Project Team: Stan Field (Lead Architect, SAIA, RIBA, Int’l Assoc. AIA), Jess Field (Lead Architect, Assoc. AIA), Mark Johnson (AIA), Jeff Pilotte, Andy Lin
Local Project Architects: John Blair Architects in association with NOH Architects
Project Manager: John Blair, Tim Hewitt-Coleman
Interior Design: Field Architecture
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: Clinkscales Maughan-Brown
Structural and Civil Engineer: Iliso Consulting
General Contractor: SBT Construction (East Cape)
Landscape Architect: John Elliott, Matt Elliott
Lighting Design: Field Architecture
Acoustic Consultant for Hall: Ivan Kadey Design
Mosaic Mural: Dolla Sapeta
Networking and Communication Equipment: Cisco Systems
Project Area: 21,000 sqf
Photographs: Jess Field, Jon Riordan
Karoo Wilderness Center / Field Architecture
The Karoo Wilderness Center represents a significant shift in perspective and practice, sponsoring and provoking the learning, dialogue, and action necessary to redefine the consequence of human inhabitation on the land. The Center aims to re-establish the connection between the built and natural world as one that is mutually beneficial. Forming an exemplary model of sustainability, the Center generates its own energy, harvests its own water, processes its own waste, and provides thermal comfort using no municipal water or power. Learning from the continuum of life in the Karoo, the architecture of the Center provides a lasting connection to the landscape, and fosters an understanding of the interdependence of ecosystem health, and human well being.
Architect: Field Architecture
Location: Karoo, South Africa
Project Team: Stan Field, Jess Field (Design Principals), Andy Lin, Erik Bloom, Chris Graesser
Structural Engineers: Arup
Conservation Management: Wilderness Foundation South Africa
Environmental Impact Analysis: Integrated Environmental Management
Project Area: 21,800 sqf
Yzerfontein / SAOTA
Architects: SAOTA (Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects) – Stefan Antoni, Richard Townsend, Holger Deppe
Location: Yzerfontein, South Africa
Project area: 828 sqm
Project year: 2006
Photographs: Stefan Antoni
