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AWARDS OF MERIT 2008
       

 

COURTYARDS ON OXFORD : JOHANNESBURG

For G & C SHELF 63 (PTY) LTD & BLUE HORIZON

by studioMAS ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS

The project is one of spatial grandeur in the context of an urban densification on a tight urban block in a prime urban location.

The project is conceptualised as fingers of built-form interspersed by a series of pure rectilinear courtyards meticulously proportioned in relation to the enclosing built forms which they complement.

All this abuts a simply and directly conceived access-driveway flanked by private garages on one side and open visitors parking on the site-periphery. The design hinges on interlocking spaces both in plan and section which facilitates a hierarchy of spaces from public to private, all executed with an architectural deftness worthy of merit.