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设计亮点
一体化定制家具、紧凑空间设计、玻璃砖立面、非洲传统与现代元素融合。

Project Brief Located at 4 Vredenburg Lane, down a narrow alley. The clients brief was complicated. To design an apartment building that speaks to its local context, that of the inner city of Cape Town, but relates to the world as something truly African. The target market: the city dweller. No parking, micro-units with ample common spaces, bicycle storage and a coffee shop.

Project Description Uxolo Apartments is the first completed micro-unit residential development located in the Cape Town CBD. The project consists of 35 residential units ranging between 24m² micro studio units and 40m² loft units, as well as a lobby and retail area on Ground Floor on a stand of only 195.5m².

The initial development intention for the project was to create an iconic short-stay accommodation destination in Cape Town, with some log-term tenants, in the same way that Tokyo has the Nagakin Capsule Tower and Rotterdam has the Cube House. The Covid-19 pandemic has however resulted in a re-evaluation of this approach, focusing on longer-stay tenants. This resulted in units that where far more complex in design to meet the considerably more extensive requirements of a permanent tenant. The change in focus required some additional planning but resulted in a building that arguably better responds to a need in the South African housing market.

For residents of South African cities there are currently few ‘curated’ and cost-effective alternatives to the South African norm of urban sprawl and long commutes. The project located on Vredenberg Lane, an alley joining Long Street and within walking distance of Kloof and Loop streets, is within easy reach of offices, eateries, transport routes and amenities. The relatively small size of the units ensures that they are affordable to a large section of the market.

In order to successfully accommodate a long-term tenant in the micro-units special attention was paid to detailing the interior of the units. A single joinery-unit, almost stretching the length of the unit, accommodates all the possible daily needs and activities of a resident. The joinery installation was designed, manufactured, and installed by Kink Design, a branch of Two Five Five Architects. The fact that the joinery installation was conceived and managed efficiently in the same office ensured that the language of the project stayed coherent. The design of the unit simultaneously accommodates a fully kitted kitchen, built in cupboard, slide out study desk, abundant concealed storage as well as a murphy bed that stows away to reveal a sofa for the lounge.

There are four of these studio units on each of the eight floors, along with a loft unit on every second floor. To accommodate these units the small site area available had to be used efficiently, with the building built right up to the 0m building lines. Too allow for natural light in the units glass blocks were used, instead of stepping the façade back for windows. The resultant flat façade was treated just as that, a flat plain on which a tapestry can be laid. The design takes inspiration from traditional patterns as seen in the work of Esther Mhlangu, as well as contemporary textile design such as rugs by Ninevites. The glass bricks on the façade were combined with different face-bricks by Corobrik to create a ‘tapestry’ that is low in maintenance and should age well.

The tapestry façade is punctuated by bright pink ‘marshmallow’ balconies on the street façade. These balconies create a valuable added footprint to the units from which the residents can look over the city to the iconic Table Mountain. At the same time, the balconies also hint the ‘iconic’ image that that was part of the developmental brief.

Project Data:

Completion Year: 2021

Gross Built Area: 1306m2

Project Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Program: Micro Apartments

Lead Architects: André Krige | Theo Kruger

Consultant Team:

Structural Engineer: MISC Engineering 

Fire Consultant: De Villiers & Moore 

Mechanical Engineer: De Villiers & Moore 

Electrical Engineer: Frame Facade

Engineers: Sutherland

Engineering Quantity Surveyor: Peregrine 

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