 Contact Artefacts | MenuHomeUpfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon | Civitas Johannes Jesaias SNYMAN: Project Architect 1973 NAREM MISTRY Architects: Architect 2009 RABANA ARCHITECTS: Architect 2009 |  | ||||||
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Click to view map Coordinates: | Formerly Department of Internal Affairs On 1968 05 08 the firm BSCC were commissioned by the then Department of Internal Affairs to design a new head office. This building was to reflect the the status of the Department in contemporary form while complying with the HOLFORD Plan for the State Boulevard among which the building was to be located. A specific requirement was that there be efficiency of movement of files (some 24 000 per day) and personnel and good connectivity between the computer centre and offices. Security of the files stored there as well as personnel and visitors was of the utmost importance. What was designed was a 31 storey deep-space office building, comprising a podium with cafeteria with basement parking (192 vehicles) and storage and 28 storey tower-block with a central concrete core having square-planned reinforced concrete floor plates serviced at the perimeter by vertical service ducts rising across the entire height of the facades. The schedule of planning was as follows: In 2021 the building was declared a health risk due to fire risk and poor ventilation and shut for use. [These notes are based on a document prepared for the coursework in the subject OMG 320 lectured by N CLARKE by student Van der Merwe, SL. 2003.'Semester opdrag 1.' based on the notebooks of JJ SNYMAN. This project resorts as TOPI 08141 in the Architectural Archives, University of Pretoria (supplied by email Karlien van Niekerk 2021 06 18)] [See also Emporis] |
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