INTERIOR DETAILING
The scope of works for the interior detailing at the Iress offices at 2929 William Nichol Drive, Sandton required a number of custom made interior design elements. Each element was designed with the culture of the company in mind which lead to various elements being designed and fabricated in our Decolite lightweight system.
Due to the fact that Decolite allows such ease of design when it comes to 3-dimensional decorative interior detailing, the professional team elected to use our system for the main reception feature wall, the boardroom features, and the boardroom lighting elements.
Decolite 3D map, allowing for curvature in 2 directions with relief work, allowing for the creating of a world map in detail.
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INTERIOR SCREENS
The new entrance to Sandton City office Towers required a 3-dimensional lightweight interior screen which could be custom designed for the space. Atrium on Fifth, part of Liberty Properties stable of properties is a large open space that houses the reception to the office towers. The interior screen was designed in such a way as to let the form determine the space while allowing light through and providing a screen between the reception counter and 5th Avenue traffic. Due to the fact that Decolite is so versatile, and there is no limit to radii, panel size, or shape, allows for a free flow of the design. A great example of interior feature detailing at its finest,
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CLADDING TO I BEAM
Protea Court, on the corner of Sandton Drive and Rivonia Road, Sandton, Johannesburg, was designed to become the new state of the art entrance to Sandton City Shopping Centre.
The intricate design required the circular shape of the external ring beam to be set at an angle of 11 degrees, thus creating an ellipse.
State of the art design
The steel structure, formed from I beams, created the basic shape of the roof over the court. Each I beam, supported form the lift shaft bent over rand out to meet up with the external ring beam. The challenge was to clad the ring beams in such a way as to create solid forms increasing in size while extending over the space. The material of choice was Decolite. Decolite allows for complete freedom of design, as each profile is different in size and shape to the next element.
Engineered Fixing Details
Several design considerations were suggested for the fixing of the Decolite profiles to the I beams. In order to ensure the correct fitted element, several mock-ups were manufactured to ensure the correct engineering.
Cladding of I beams
The entire structure was formed from the steel I beams and then each clad with a Decolite profile. This included the radial beams, the bifurcating arms, the vertical columns and the internal and external ring beams.
FEATURE DETAILING
Hard wearing and lightweight, Decolite allows for flexibility in design and allows for any 3 dimensional feature detail. The creative trees formed in Decolite, are the feature wall in the public area of the Southern Sun Hotel in Maputo.
On reflecting on the surroundings of the hotel, it is easy to see how the significant tree on the eastern face influences the design of the Decolite trees, internally. The relief of 100mm, offers a depth perspective which is difficult to create in any other material.
Design Freedom for feature detailing
Flexibility in interior design is key when offering creative ideas to a client, and where Decolite comes to the fore and is the natural material of choice. The final element was cut in to panels, and coated in our hard wearing polyuria finish. The panels allowed of ease of transportation to Mozambique.
Decolite has proved to be the ideal material for internal and external detailing not only in Southern Africa but Sun Saharan Africa as well.
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FLOATING BULKHEAD
The main reception area to Goldfields mall , indicates the Decolite floating bulkhead, suspended 8m below the steel roof trusses above. Each element is 16m long and curved on a different radius. The bulkhead also allows for the integration of LED lighting inside the Decolite bulkhead. This custom made floating lightweight bulkhead gives a final aesthetic and functional touch to the large open entrance space.
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FEATURE DETAIL
Internal Detailing
Table Bay Mall is a recently completed mall on the west coast. The Zenprop property has allowed for state of the art design in and features of this iconic retail project.
The challenge was to imitate the features of the surround in the form of the sea and its elements. In this case the feature was an iconic ship with its wake.
The massive mobile was constructed from Decolite, which allowed for a light weight element which encouraged freedom of design and flow. The design and installation detailing was incredibly intricate, and once again Decolite delivered.
The boat and the wake element of the boat, formed from Decolite, were suspended from the vertical bulkheads on either side.
INTERIOR BULKHEADS
Lightweight Bulkheads in Decolite
When Rand Merchant Bank in Sandton decided to add a staff restaurant to the campus, lightweight bulkheads in Decolite, formed part of the aesthetic.
The brief was to create separate areas within the basement space, but retaining the open space feel to the restaurant.
Design freedom allows for curved bulkheads
The separate areas allowed diners to easily identify service types and check out cashiers. The individual hubs were identified by the addition of lightweight bulkheads below the lay-in ceilings. Decolite was once again the material of choice due to its lightweight nature while allowing complete design freedom
The bulkheads, either curved or linear, were suspended below the ceiling T's without the requirement of any additional structure.
Decolite was also used to form the lettering above the directional signage above the tills. Each letter was individually wire cut and then adhered to the painted Decolite bulkhead.
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SIMULATED CONCRETE COLUMNS
The Decolite fins to the Virgin Active in Menlyn Maine Precinct, where a perfect application of concrete replacement. The massive 10m elements, in a simulated concrete finish, where chamfered in 2 directions in accordance with the architects requirements.
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Lightweight fins
The use of Decolite as a lightweight material made the fins easy to install while reducing the amount of structure required for support. The flexibility of design makes Decolite the perfect product for external simulated concrete fins
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