With moving day just two months away, the Daily Dispatch’s contemporary new home in Beacon Bay is nearing completion.>https://youtu.be/-V5i63iYBIsArchitect Marius Greeff and associate architect Phumelelo Setoboli said that while construction had been delayed by two weeks due to rainy weather, the Quinera Drive building, with its unconventional angles and industrial aesthetic, is on track for a mid-November key handover.
This means that should everything go according to plan, the Dispatch will move out of the building it has occupied for about 100 years and into its custom-designed new one on the last weekend of November, once the furniture, IT services and other interior finishings are in place.
The construction site, which is part of the Triple Point development, was a hive of activity this week as Greeff and Setoboli showed a Dispatch team around the building with its cutting edge exterior lines and free-flowing interiors that are being designed to maximise collaboration between departments.
Seven balconies and two “pause rooms” or coffee drinking areas will offer staff a spot to take a breather between deadlines, while adequate parking bays will alleviate current parking challenges in the CBD for staff as well as customers and visitors.
Ablutions at the new building include showers for staff members who may want to freshen up after cycling to work, or following a gym session.
In the editorial section, the central circular desk design for section editors in the current office layout will be replicated in the new building.
Dubbed the “golden circle”, and surrounded by banks of desks housing reporters, photographers and sub- editors, the department will be visible via giant windows at the front entrance. The advertising department is directly above editorial and the two are linked via a circular opening above the golden circle.
Greeff said he was looking forward to one of the last major components of the building being installed.
Massive gridnic panels, made of insulated metal sheets and cut through with glass panels, will be bolted onto the sides of the building next week. — barbarah@dispatch.co.za
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Architect Marius Greeff and associate architect Phumelelo Setoboli said that while construction had been delayed by two weeks due to rainy weather, the Quinera Drive building, with its unconventional angles and industrial aesthetic, is on track for a mid-November key handover.
This means that should everything go according to plan, the Dispatch will move out of the building it has occupied for about 100 years and into its custom-designed new one on the last weekend of November, once the furniture, IT services and other interior finishings are in place.
The construction site, which is part of the Triple Point development, was a hive of activity this week as Greeff and Setoboli showed a Dispatch team around the building with its cutting edge exterior lines and free-flowing interiors that are being designed to maximise collaboration between departments.
Seven balconies and two “pause rooms” or coffee drinking areas will offer staff a spot to take a breather between deadlines, while adequate parking bays will alleviate current parking challenges in the CBD for staff as well as customers and visitors.
Ablutions at the new building include showers for staff members who may want to freshen up after cycling to work, or following a gym session.
In the editorial section, the central circular desk design for section editors in the current office layout will be replicated in the new building.
Dubbed the “golden circle”, and surrounded by banks of desks housing reporters, photographers and sub- editors, the department will be visible via giant windows at the front entrance. The advertising department is directly above editorial and the two are linked via a circular opening above the golden circle.
Greeff said he was looking forward to one of the last major components of the building being installed.
Massive gridnic panels, made of insulated metal sheets and cut through with glass panels, will be bolted onto the sides of the building next week. — barbarah@dispatch.co.za
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