architecture interiors - Louis Karol

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sustainability LOUIS KAROL We are members of the Green Building Council of South Africa, and value its Green Star rating tool for its ability to focus the efforts of the design and consultant teams, and provide clear benchmarks for performance, while emphasizing the importance of an integrative design process in which ultimate energy and resource consumption are considered from the initial sketch design stage. Louis Karol is committed to the principles of environmental sustainability – which is a natural development from our core expertise of economic sustainability. Our firm is presently designing the City of Cape Town’s proposed new Smart Living Centre in Green Point (designed for five stars in terms of the Greenstar rating) – as well as Liberty Life’s Umhlanga Regional Campus – which is eligible for four star rating. We believe that (particularly in larger projects such as this) the entire consultant team (particularly mechanical and electrical) is critical in supporting architectural sustainability – and to this end we are experienced in identifying suitably-qualified consultants. Building obsolescence is an environmental catastrophe. Aside from conventional environmental priorities of energy and materials consumption – it is our firm’s view (given that buildings [non-recyclable masonry and concrete] constitute the most polluting entities on Earth) that design for detail permanence and creative re-usability will become our greatest contribution to architectural sustainability. We do not regard sustainability as a new concept in architecture – rather it is a new emphasis on the first principles of good design, translating into buildings that are responsive to their immediate environment as well as responsible to the wider one. Our years of building nationally provides us with the knowledge and depth of experience to address the challenges of creating successful, green buildings here – which remain present despite the broad recognition of the importance of sustainability – while drawing on the knowledge of our UK-based green buildings consultant. We see this as the new standard for developing buildings in South Africa, and expect to provide strong leadership in this process on all of our projects, and to produce buildings that are resource-, energy-and cost-efficient by virtue of the most effective active systems and most appropriate passive design elements. Whilst we are best versed in the Australian-based Green-Star system applicable in South Africa, we are more than happy to facilitate for parallel ratings interms of the USA’s LEED rating system – which we are excited to be getting to know. 8
PROJECTS LOUIS KAROL MAJOR PROJECTS COMPLETED SINCE 2000 2000 International Convention Centre, Sandton 2001 Nedbank Regional Headquarters, Cape Town 2002 BoE National Headquarters, Cape Town 2005 Old Mutual Headquarters Residential Conversion, Cape Town 2007 Bayside Shopping Centre, Cape Town 2007 Liberty Life Regional Headquarters, Cape Town 2008 Victoria Wharf Link Mall, Cape Town 2008 Holiday Inn Express Woodmead, Gauteng 2008 Holiday Inn Express City Centre, Cape Town 2009 Holiday Inn Express Sunnyside, Pretoria 2010 Holiday Inn Express Umhlanga, Durban 2010 Holiday Inn Rosebank, Johannesburg 2010 The Tower Residential Skyscraper (in association), Dubai 2010 Southern Sun Garden Court Three-star Hotel, Umhlanga 2010 Gautrain Stations (in association), Gauteng 2010 FIFA 2010 World Cup Stadium (in association), Cape Town 2012 Liberty Life Umhlanga Regional Campus, Durban MAJOR oUTSOURCING PROJECTS 2004 100 Crown Street (in association with CZWG), Glasgow 2004 Express Wharf (in association with CZWG), London 2007 Northwest Kent College (in association with KSS Design Group), United Kingdom 2007 Lough Road East (in association with CZWG), London 2008 Northampton School For Girls (in association with GHM Rock Townsend), United Kingdom 2009 Kingsthorpe College (in association with GHM Rock Townsend), Northampton United Kingdom 2009 Rodillian High School (in association with GHM Mentor JV), Leeds United Kingdom 2009 Pudsey Grangefield School (in association with GHM Mentor JV), Leeds United Kingdom 2009 Swallow Hill High School (in association with GHM Mentor JV), Leeds United Kingdom 2009 Granary Wharf (in association with CZWG), Leeds 2010 Fortune Green (in association with CZWG), London 9
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