Sol Plaatje University – Education Building
PROJECT INFO
Sol Plaatje University: Kimberley South Africa
SAIA ENDORSED NATIONAL COMPETITION – WINNER
SAIA REGIONAL AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE – 2019
Education Building
Competition project team: Henri Comrie, Amálie Comrie, Michael de Beer, Steph Potgieter (models)
Design development: Henri Comrie, Etienne Britz
Urban design framework: Ludwig Hansen Architects and Urban Designers
Promoter: Department of Higher Education and Training
Following the competition, each of the five shortlisted architects was allocated a parcel of land of roughly similar size on which to develop a design for construction. The other selected practices are: Designworkshop SA (Durban), Wilkinson and Associates (Pretoria), Activate (Johannesburg) and Savage and Dodd (Johannesburg). The three-dimensional building envelopes on each of the parcels were determined by Ludwig Hansen Architects and Urban Designers’ urban design framework.
The allocated parcel for the Educational Teaching Building, is a elongated/rectangular site towards the north of the new precinct. The program consists of lecture theatres, academic facilities for educational and teacher’s training, laboratories and staff offices. Click here to view the competition.
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