Construction World December 2023

ARCHITECTS

BOARDWALK SHEDS

future. Currently the site has an existing warehouse building with parking shared with the Garden Centre. One of the challenges for the site on its own, was to accommodate ample parking as well as a functioning delivery yard for the anchor. The fall of the site contributed to the delivery yard problem of finding a flat enough piece of land to do deliveries on grade. The only position that made commercial sense was right in the back corner of the site where the site gradient is at its steepest. A professional team of engineers and architects put their heads together to come with a workable plan. Vehicular access and movement on the site were an important consideration to enhance ease of traffic flow. Due to the limited size of the site, while planning the building, the architect was faced with another

The site for this project is located on Olympus Drive in the east of Pretoria. It is adjacent to Plantland the Wilds Garden Centre on the corner of Atterbury Road and Olympus Drive. The majority of the surrounding area comprises residential complexes and educational facilities. It borders on the start of the Faerie Glen small holdings on the way to the well known Silver Lakes residential area. Boardwalk Sheds is a +- 4 000 m² shopping centre with a Pick n Pay Supermarket, PnP Clothing and PnP Liquor as well as a Crazy Plastics and Crazy pets. This will offer the community a convenient local neighbourhood centre to shop in. The current context and location were considered and investigated by the developer. This informs a possibility of the centre forming part of a larger commercial development in

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