Continuing the process of upgrading and recycling existing building stock:
Most buildings were in a severe state of decay. In recycling buildings, key questions were posed as to whether the building was sustainable in its current configuration, how it would contribute to the housing stock of the company and what other functions could be included to make the project socially sustainable. Within a series of building, all located along Pietersen Street, a variety of challenges were addressed, from converting an existing residential hotel into rooms with shared facilities – a sought after typology to rehabilitating an iconic 1950’s Modernist building.
