Social Hub Office Block, Part 1

NELSON MANDELA DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR, SOCIAL HUB OFFICE BLOCK

Arcadia
2006

Next to the apies river lies a seemingly calm office block. It becomes an edge on the street, with a setback and an overhanging restaurant indicating the entrance to the social square. Retail spaces form the base for most of the higher levels. The eating block is a vertical element, providing views to the river and the square. It connects the building with all social activities in the hub. A small, private courtyard is placed in the centre. Residential blocks, geometric in form but irregular in arrangement, intersect the corporate blocks. They are split open to provide areas for the housing elements. A new way of ordering is achieved in the disorder.