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CAST-STONE COBBLES COMPLEMENT NEW CENTURY CITY PARKADE Clad with an attractive per forated aluminium screen, P3 was built for the Rabie Property Group by main contractor WBHO. It was designed by Vivid Architects (project architect – Nic Cloete) and
A pedestrian precinct and garden courtyard which flank P3, a recently completed three-storey parkade adjacent to a Virgin Active gym at Century City, has been paved with Jura Cobbles manufactured by Cape-based caststone producer and CMA member Revelstone.
the project’s civil work was done by Neil Zaaiman Civils.
“We chose Jura Cobble because it’s
Landscape architect Alistair Turrell of
a refined product with a very regular
Planning Partners designed the landscape
module,” says Turrell, “and its colour
installation for the pedestrian precinct in
tones complement the dark brickwork
collaboration with Vivid Architects and
of the garden walls and the perforated
the Jura Cobbles were laid by TJ Paving
aluminium screens.
on a sub-base of 150mm G5 aggregate.
“This is a high-traffic pedestrian zone
Combining paving space with beds of
and the irregular composition of the
indigenous foliage and trees, the paved
planting zones in the courtyard lent itself
precinct includes benches clipped onto the
to the herringbone pattern which was
raised beds, making it a space for relaxa-
adopted for the layout of the cobbles.
tion, rather than a mere thoroughfare.
They exhibit no differentiation in direction,
nor extensive patterning which might have competed with the architecture. “Moreover, we know that Jura Cobble is a durable product which has stood the test of time. We first used it 10 years ago at the Business Centre in Century City, where it still looks as good as new.” Revelstone’s Jura Cobble has also been used on several other upmarket projects, including the V&A Waterfront’s No 5 Silo project, where it lines an indoor walkway on the ground floor.
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