Construction World December 2020

Category: ARCHITECTS

CORAL POINT Coral Point’s unique structure is composed of 1,5 basement parking levels and 5,5 residential levels. Post tensioned concrete slabs have been used to allow for thinner slabs, larger column spans, larger cantilevers and fewer structural joints thereby allowing optimal efficiency for the parking design, the residential units and the cantilevering walkways and balconies.

FOUNDRY PARK On inception, Foundry Park’s site was carefully analysed to ensure the development’s maximum bulk was achieved along with the parking and loading requirements associated with the floor area. The development was carefully puzzled together to ensure the best possible solution was achieved. F oundry Park’s steel framed structures have been designed with maximum possible spans over the different block’s varying VL]LQJ 7KH IUDPH LV LQWHJUDO ZLWK WKH H[WHUQDO HQYHORSH DOORZLQJ IRU ͥH[LELOLW\ LQ WKH UHTXLUHG XQLW VL]HV DV DQG ZKHQ UHTXHVWHG E\ SRWHQWLDO EX\HUV ,QGLYLGXDO XQLW VL]HV UDQJH IURP XQGHU P WR P with SRVVLEOH YDULDWLRQV WR DFFRPPRGDWH WKH FOLHQW̵V QHHGV 3DUNLQJ is made available with direct drive-up access to the units on a FRPPRQ GULYHZD\ ZKLFK FDQ DFFRPPRGDWH VL[ :% WUXFNV WR DUWLFXODWH WKURXJK WKH GHYHORSPHQW (DFK XQLW RQ DYHUDJH KDV D P ZLGH [ P KLJK UROOHU VKXWWHU HQWUDQFH DV ZHOO DV JOD]HG VKRSIURQW IURQWDJH 'RXEOH YROXPH KHLJKW DOORZV IRU YDULHG LQGLYLGXDO UHTXLUHPHQWV DQG VSDFH LV PD[LPLVHG ZLWK PH]]DQLQHV The outer perimeter mezzanines lead out onto private balconies SURYLGLQJ EUHDNDZD\ VSDFHV IRU WKH RFFXSDQWV 3ULYDWH WRLOHWV DQG SRVVLEOH NLWFKHQHWWH IDFLOLWLHV DUH YDOXH DGGHG ERQXVHV 7KH ID©DGHV DUH DUFKLWHFWXUDOO\ GHVLJQHG ZLWK DQ LQGXVWULDO DHVWKHWLF 7KH LQGXVWULDO DHVWKHWLF XVHG WKURXJKRXW WKH GHVLJQ includes exposed bare brickwork, raw off shutter concrete, black metal, polished concrete and exposed services creating a perfect SOD\ RI FRQWUDVWV DQG WH[WXUHV )RXQGU\ 3DUN̵V GHVLJQ FRPELQHV sleek modernity with an old world charm, creating a bold VWDWHPHQW ZLWKLQ WKH LQGXVWULDO SDUN Located at the entrance to Foundry Park is a coffee shop, encouraging and attracting pedestrian activity within the greater SDUN 7KH FRIIHH VKRS VHUYLFHV WKH JUHDWHU SDUN DQG WKHUHIRUH VHWV WKH GHYHORSPHQW D VWHS DERYH WKH UHVW Foundry Park set out to set a new bar in terms of aesthetic DSSHDO RI DQ LQGXVWULDO SDUN LQ WKH &RUQXELD ,QGXVWULDO 3UHFLQFW The issue the team faced in achieving this was to try keep the costs low while at the same time not compromising on the quality RU WKH WLPH UHTXLUHG WR SURGXFH WKH HQG SURGXFW ,Q DOO LQVWDQFHV of the aesthetic of the park, careful costing exercises were completed in order to determine the most cost effective solution ZKLFK VWLOO PDLQWDLQHG WKH FRUH IHHO RI WKH SDUN The results of these exercises can been seen in feature items ranging from the choice of a Loffelstein retaining wall (which not only gave a cost advantage but was

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• Company entering: FWJK • Client: CARDILOX • Start date: 1RYHPEHU • End date: )HEUXDU\ • Main Contractor: Rubro Building • Architect and Principal Agent: FWJK • Quantity Surveyor: FWJK • Consulting Engineer: NJV Consulting PROJECT INFORMATION

• Company entering: FWJK • Client: Coral Point Development • Start date: -DQXDU\ • End date: 1 $XJXVW • Main Contractor: Grinaker-LTA • Architect: FWJK • Principal Agent: FWJK • Quantity Surveyor: FWJK • Consulting Engineer: NJV Consulting

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