TygerBurger De Grendel - 10 February 2021

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PUBLIC PARK PLANNED: EXCAVATION STARTS

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hat might look like a pile of sand next to Bridgewater One in Century City, is becoming an extensive water body and public park. This as the previous fun-filled entertainment site, Ratanga Junction Theme Park, closed its gates to the public in 2018 and is earmarked for a transformation. According to the Rabie Property Group, who is currently in the process of rejuvenating the iconic landmark, excavation has started at Ratanga Park, with a total of

75 000m³ earth being moved to create a water body to hold 1.64ha of water. “The existing Century City canals will be connected with the newly shaped water body, making it possible to canoe from the one end of the precinct to the other,” the company says in a statement. The park’s planting theme is a composition of formal tall tree avenues fronting the various new building facades bordering the new parkland. From here, the landscape design transforms into rolling lawns amid indigenous, shady forest edges with sheltered grassy glades sweeping down to the perched, florif-

erous, Cape wetland edge, all set around the naturally reconfigured lake, islands and canals. “The park will serve as a well-managed and versatile green open space, one of capacity and calm in a modern urban environment. Winding paths navigate the park and its points of interest and present advantageous views towards Table Mountain and across the water body. Many existing large trees and palms will be retained, as well as two Ratanga Junction Theme Park bridges,” they add. Ratanga Park’s water will connect with the existing canals, which means that you

can row from one end of the precinct to the other. “This project is particularly complex due to the variety of components, like a hotel, residential, office and retail space. “The challenge is to create a seamless and holistic mixed-use development, integrating the different fit-for-purpose of all end users, they state. “We have to consistently wear all the different hats, making sure that we don’t lose sight of the overall experience, which must be complementary,” says Raynard Haupt, project manager at Rabie. V To page 3

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