Old Mutual Central Campus

Old Mutual Central Campus
©  Perry + Anderson Architecture

OLD MUTUAL CENTRAL CAMPUS

 Perry + Anderson Architecture

ARCHITECTS
Perry + Anderson Architecture / Glen Loudon Architect

AREA
2230.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2008

LOCATION
Cape Town, South Africa

CATEGORY
Institute

Text description provided by architect.

This project was to create a new business school for the Old Mutual Investment Group.

Old Mutual Central Campus
©  Perry + Anderson Architecture
Old Mutual Central Campus
©  Perry + Anderson Architecture

Careful consideration of the existing campus of buildings at the head office of Old Mutual in Cape Town saw the positioning of the new training facility in an underutilised courtyard and existing ground floor office space.

The new portion of the building fits into its site and adjacent buildings much like a Tetris block as it had to connect to existing floor levels and circulation routes.

Old Mutual Central Campus
© Perry + Anderson Architecture
Old Mutual Central Campus
©  Perry + Anderson Architecture

We had some fun off setting a rather rigid grid (and subsequently simple box shaped building) with gentle yet defining curved walls to the training rooms and a sculptural curved concrete staircase.


Old Mutual Central Campus
© Perry + Anderson Architecture
Old Mutual Central Campus
©  Perry + Anderson Architecture
Old Mutual Central Campus
© Perry + Anderson Architecture
Old Mutual Central Campus
© Perry + Anderson Architecture


Old Mutual Central Campus
©  Perry + Anderson Architecture
Old Mutual Central Campus
©  Perry + Anderson Architecture
Old Mutual Central Campus
©  Perry + Anderson Architecture
Old Mutual Central Campus
©  Perry + Anderson Architecture
Old Mutual Central Campus
© Perry + Anderson Architecture


Old Mutual Central Campus
Old Mutual Central Campus


Old Mutual Central Campus
ground floor plan
Old Mutual Central Campus
first floor plan
Old Mutual Central Campus
sections