Lighting in Design Q1 2022

PROJECTTEAM Architects: Daffonchio Architects, Imbewu Design

Lead designer: Enrico Daffonchio Design team: Robert Dos Santos Photography: Juane Venter

tried to bring back in a contemporary fashion a lot of the heritage of Rosebank that had been lost because all of the Art Deco buildings in Rosebank and Oxford Road had been bought and demolished over time. “Technically this was an incredibly difficult project because we retained the structure and built around and on top of rather than demolishing it, so the engineering of this project was extremely complex. The energy aspect was also challenging because we didn’t have enough reliable power available to the site so we had to come up with innovative solutions such as trigeneration, solar, HVAC and insulation to make sure that the insufficient existing power supply could be upgraded and moved off the grid enough to make the whole building function,” explain the architects. This was a very challenging, highly complex project that has been resolved technically and

aestheticallywith respect to the heritage and history of the area while breaking ground aesthetically in its environment on the Highveld.

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LiD Q1 - 2022