UNISA KGORONG CENTRE
Client: UNISA
When UNISA decided to revamp the main entrance to the Muckleneuk campus, HMZ Architects & BCK were contracted by UNISA to design an information centre on a steeply sloped site with the Theo van Wijk Building and an established canopy of trees as backdrop.
UNISA's brief to the design team was to reflect a new Africanism, a site of confluence of traditional wisdom transmitted to a younger generation. The Kgorong Centre was built as a gathering place for students and gateway to the rest of the campus. The centre is envisioned to become the soul, heart and spirit of the UNISA campus, while linking different levels on a steep slope through sweeping forms that relate intimately with the building architecture. The brief also called for the creation of a piazza space accessible to all. The challenge was to integrate the steep slope with the different levels of the building.
ORANGE FARM BUSINESS HUB
Client: Johannesburg City Parks
Bapela Cave Klapwijk Landscape Architects were appointed by Johannesburg City Parks to undertake the design of the upgrading and beautification of Orange Farm Business Hub, Orange Farm.
The scope of works included paved walkways and circulation routes for pedestrians, sculptures, play areas, seating walls, vendor stalls and soft landscaping. The size of the park is 4 000mē
This was a fast track project and was completed within 12 weeks.
N3 DE BEERS PASS EIA
Client: N-3 Toll Concession (PTY) Ltd
The appointment was to undertake an EIA of the proposed De Beers Pass Route to the north of Harrismith that will link Kerversfontein with Warden. Five alternative routes were assessed. This section forms part of National Route 3 from Cedara in KwaZulu Natal to the Heidelberg South Interchange in Gauteng.
MIDDELBURG EASTERN BYPASS, MIDDELBURG
Client: Steve Tshwete Local Municipality
BCK were appointed to undertake an EIA for a proposed route to the north of the town with the aim of bypassing the CBD area and relieving it of the large coal Haulage trucks. The scoping phase has been completed and the EIA phase is currently underway.
OLIVENHOUTBOS LOCAL OPEN SPACE PLAN
BCK, as lead consultants, were appointed together with MetroGis, Newtown Landscape Architects and the Urban Design Studio to develop an open space plan for Olievenhoutbos (Study Area 3) to the South West of the city.
WESTERN COEGA KOP QUARRY
Client: African Environmental Solutions.
The study recommended a final quarry form which would visually and ecologically blend with the setting and the proposed greenbelt for The Industrial Development Zone. A full set of specific rehabilitation guidelines provided the implemetation control.
DRIEKOPPIES DAM, Schoemansdal
Client: Chunnett Fourie and Partners for Komati Basin Water Authority (KOBWA).
Environmental planning, construction specifications and monotoring of construction activities for a large dam on the Lomati river. This project is on-going and includes on-site supervision and rehabilitation controls.
PHOKENG STADIUM, Rustenberg
Client: Royal Bafokeng Aministration.
BCK formed part of a multidisaplinary design team managed by VKE Inc. The site layout, paving, landscape design and sports field underdrainage comprised the design brief. All details of site signage, seating walls, lighting and playing field soil and underdrainage were designed, coordinated and quality controlled on this 40 000 seat olympic stadium by BCK.
N-3 TOLL ROAD, From Cedara to Heidelberg
Client: N-3 Toll Concession (PTY) Ltd
BCK, as the Independent Environmental Consultant, were responsible for managing and producing the environmental investigations and the scoping report respectively. Approval to proceed with the project from the Department of Environment Afffairs and Tourism was received in their Record of Decision, 7 months after project start.
MAKAPANSGAT CULTURAL VALLEY MASTER PLAN.
Client: Northern Province Tourism Board
The brief was to develop a master plan that would allow for increased, yet controlled and supervised visitor access to the Makapansgat Valley and caves.
Africa is the "Cradle of Mankind" and the Makapan Valley is one of the premier palaeo-anthropological sites on the African continent. The MVCL is unique in that preserved in its many caves, in the form of ancient sediments, fossils and archaeological remains, is a record of proto-human and human occupation and resource exploitation extending from australopithecine times about 3.2 million years before present through to the present. This evidence forms much of the foundation of the South African archaeological sequence. The are seventy or more sites in the MVCL and its immediate surrounds.
PRETORIA ART MUSEUM, Pretoria
Client: CIty council of Pretoria
The Pretoria Art Museum commissioned the sculpture garden in order to exhibit some of their own existing outdoor art pieces. The courtyard is the first permanent open air display area for the museum. The project brief was that the space should function with and without the art works, that the design was implemented by previously marginalized contractors and a component for capacity building of unskilled labours be included.
TECHNIKON PRETORIA, Pretoria
Client: Technikon Pretoria
Design of the landscape surrounding the new Administration Building as well as an under developed area adjacent to the grounds of the new building. The scope of works included a central fountian plaza for the campus, walkways, seating areas, a visitors parking area for the campus and for the new building, site furniture, lighting and planting
THUKELA VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, KwaZulu-Natal
Client: Institute of National Resources
The proposed scheme, a bulk water inter-basin transfer scheme, comprises two large dams, the Jana Dam on the Thukela River and the Mielietuin Dam on the Bushman's River, with linking aqueducts comprising either open canals and/or pipelines frmo the proposed dams to the existing Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme.
The visual assessment is a specialist study to determine the visual effects of the proposed Thukela Water Projects on the surrounding environment and forms part of the overall EIA study to assess the environmental impact.
