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PROJECT

CAPITEC IKHAYA The new head office is a sleek and
modern building

NEW HEAD OFFICE

Situated in Technopark, Stellenbosch, Capitec Bank wanted
to create a new ‘home’ for its business in the Western Cape.
The word ‘Ikhaya’ is of Xhosa origin and means ‘home’. The
project was initiated in 2016 and was completed late in
2020.

andscape architect Jaco Jordaan of with the strong architecture of the
Planning Partners was briefed to building.”
Ldesign the hard and soft landscaping
to complement the sleek, modern Landscape design philosophy
building. The landscaping was also
required to reduce the scale of the The following factors influenced Planning
building and to create an all-year-round Partners’ design philosophy:
beautiful environment for the benefit • observation of the building’s orientation
and enjoyment of Capitec employees. in terms of sun/shade conditions,
Says Jordaan: “We were tasked to design a exposure to winter, north westerly
low maintenance, water wise, indigenous winds and summer, south easterly
landscape that would be viewed both at winds;
podium level and from the offices above. • the fact that a large portion of the
The hard landscaping was to be low key landscape occurs on a concrete deck
and functional, and was not to compete with parking below so soil depths and

Aerial view showing the entrance to the basement parking and some of the podium planters

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