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LANDSCAPING SERVICES FEATURE
TERRAFORCE RETAINING WALL
AT DE AANZICHT
De Aanzicht is a residential development in Cape Town, situated at the foot of the
Durbanville Hills Wine Estate. The site presents beautiful views of Table Mountain
due to its elevated and hilly outlay, and a lifestyle centre captures this fully, with a
natural Cape indigenous garden and boardwalks as the backdrop.
Project Team
Client: Balwin Properties
Landscape Architects: TERRA+
Engineers: KCE Consulting Engineers
Quantity Surveyor and Main Contractor:
Balwin Properties
Sub-Contractors: PK Civils and Geociv
Group
Retaining Wall Installation: Decorton
Retaining Systems
Block Supplier: Klapmuts Concrete
Mixed pattern Terraforce wall design, for early
planting of a steeply inclined wall
The Terraforce retaining wall acts as a buffer between the engineered platforms on the lower level and the
protected nature conservation area to the east. The engineered flexibility provided by the Terraforce system Plant pockets constructed by turning the L12
suits the intricate nature and shapes of the terraced embankment blocks’ round face outwards at regular intervals
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