#Portside (Old Scheme) - 35F (137m) - Mixed Use - CBD | Cancelled

[Inertia]

Surprising? Not really

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by Inertia

Surprising? Not really

oops. I meant

APPROVED!!!

[Mo Rush]

Found out today, my close friend at UCT, her dad is doing the land surveying for this project!

[SA BOY]

so what is with the 146 m and 148m thing?

Right hand over all info mo we wanna know details

[annman]

Yipeeeeeee!!! Can't wait... this is the best news I've received in months.

[Pule]

Those are very good news.

[Lydon]

I'm so excited that Her Sexiness is getting closer and closer to construction.

[SA BOY]

any info on this (developer, GFA, Architects etc?)

[joburg]

Had another look at the buidling - it's really so beautiful! Good to hear it's been approved!!

[Jakes1]

HOORAH!

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by SA BOY

any info on this (developer, GFA, Architects etc?)

Full project team will be added soon in like 10 minutes.

[Mo Rush]

A FULL impact assessment has already been completed.
Ill add the proper list when I get home. From what I can remember its;

Architects: Louis Karol
Land Surverying: David Hellig and Abrahamse

Anyway, its the first post-apartheid skyscraper in Cape Town.

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by Mo Rush

Cape Town gets ready for Tall Buildings

A protocol for considering height departure applications for buildings in Central Cape Town is now being considered. It will guide the procedure and application requirements for the assessment of height departure applications for building developments. Tt has become necessary in the light of several "Tall Building" applications that are currently under review by the departments in the directorate.

Tall building applications are considered to be buildings above 60m.

Currently other "Tall building " applications exist apart from Portside and the Strand - Adderley developments. A Tall Buildings design Advisory panel has been established with three independent experts from an architecture, green building, urban design and heritage background. Specialists will assits this panel in all spheres including spatial planning and general infrastructure requirements.

The experts are Anya van der Merwe Miszewski (Van der Merwe Miszewski Architects), Martin Kruger (urban design and green building specialist) and John Rennie (heritage specialist).

Of course people on SSC will be some of the first to know about any other tall building proposals.

You heard it first on SSC.


High priority for city's amazing sights

By Lindsay Dentlinger

The future of Cape Town as a high-rise city, and the protection of its skyline in relation to visual marvels like Table Mountain and other heritage sites, is set to be governed by a new protocol to assess whether building development in the CBD may exceed the existing 60m height restriction.

The City of Cape Town has established the protocol following several applications which propose a relaxation of the height limit, and which are currently under review by the city's directorate of strategy and planning.

The executive director for strategy and planning, Piet van Zyl, said it was not in the city's interest at this time to support a general relaxation of this height control, given the visual sensitivity of the City Bowl in relation to Table Mountain, heritage areas and visual links with the sea and harbour.

Unlike Johannesburg or New York, for example, Cape Town was not defined by its urban skyline
"It is critical that short-term development pressures do not compromise the quality and character of the central city in the longer term," he said.

According to the existing Cape Town zoning scheme, development in the city centre may not exceed 60m. But some parts of the city have no height restrictions whatsoever.

The protocol is not intended to impact on existing development rights, but it will indicate the additional application requirements needed for significant height departures.

A general policy for "tall buildings" to supplement the city's Integrated Zoning Scheme is currently being developed, which will be applicable across the whole city.

"Up to now, there has not been a clear basis or protocol for determining whether a tall building is appropriate or will be beneficial to the overall functioning of the central city," Van Zyl said.

Unlike Johannesburg or New York, for example, Cape Town was not defined by its urban skyline and neither was it intended that this should be the case in the future.

The protocol sets out the application requirements, process and criteria for the assessment of height departure applications in the central city.

All applications must be accompanied by a full motivation on the desirability to extend beyond the zoning scheme height limit, as well as a detailed urban design analysis, wind tunnel tests, impacts on the public realm, heritage and transport impact assessments, and environmental and energy impacts, with mitigating proposals.

The city says it needs time to conduct significant research and investigation to develop a meaningful policy.

In the meantime, the protocol would provide an opportunity for obtaining knowledge and experience in dealing with tall building applications that would all contribute towards compiling a policy.

A tall buildings' design advisory panel has been established under Van Zyl's chairmanship, and includes three independent external experts from the fields of architecture, urban design, green building technologies and heritage.

They will conduct the assessments with the city's internal specialists on land use management, building development, traffic and transportation, infrastructure services, heritage, spatial planning and urban design.

The panel has no power of approval with regard to the height departure applications, and its recommendations cannot bind any city officials in making the final ruling.

* This article was originally published on page 4 of The Cape Argus on August 14, 2008

The Argus

Published on the Web by IOL on 2008-08-14 11:27:00
© Independent Online 2005. All rights reserved. IOL publishes this article in good faith but is not liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on the information it contains.

[Mo Rush]

[annman]

Thanks for all the information Mo, I know Dennis Moss of DMP very well, I know the blokes like Derick at DHK, yet I cannot understand how quickly you get "inside" information... WELL DONE!!!
Anyways, one can only call Portside, "Utterly Delicious!!!". This is going to be a major project in Cape Town I'm going to be enthusiastically following as I did the construction of the CTICC. Never since that biggy have I been this mesmerised!

Step 2: Lets get the CTICC Expansion underway, Step 3: Lets get the Adderley on Strand towers up.

[meds]

WOW!! Its gonna look so great in Cape Town
I'm very excited
Congratulations

[Inertia]

Congrats guys

[JoHaN 15]

If only it was centurion. I saw in the paper that midrand is also getting a sandton like thingy

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by annman

Thanks for all the information Mo, I know Dennis Moss of DMP very well, I know the blokes like Derick at DHK, yet I cannot understand how quickly you get "inside" information... WELL DONE!!!
Anyways, one can only call Portside, "Utterly Delicious!!!". This is going to be a major project in Cape Town I'm going to be enthusiastically following as I did the construction of the CTICC. Never since that biggy have I been this mesmerised!

Step 2: Lets get the CTICC Expansion underway, Step 3: Lets get the Adderley on Strand towers up.

[Mo Rush]