This is an amazing project of offices, funeral parlour, storage warehouse and banking facilities by one of our proud clients, Nyaradzo “Sahwira Mukuru” Group. Built on very wet-land, the buildings are supported by Pile Foundations and a lot of design thoughts were put into the project to make it a success.
The project is a double storey, that provides floor space of approximately 2647m2 , office space and storage facilities. Our design goal focused on creating a design that is environmentally and user friendly, warm, inviting and approachable for families while at the same time making it efficient. The Building has two floors with open floor plan which is a key in today’s modern design technologies. Multi-purpose open floor plan makes the space within the building both inviting for bereaving families and efficient for the users. When at the facility, one can easily forget their purpose of being there of mourning a departed someone, and so comforting starts right here. To those who can remember the site as a virgin land, it was very wetland being used as illegal sugarcane and “madhumbe” farmland. A lot of design thoughts were put into consideration to drain away ground and surface water and co-exist with the ecosystem, which made the area impassable.
Natural light was an important part of this design concept to facilitate openness between the building and the environment it is set within. We kept energy costs and the need for artificial lighting at reduced levels by implementing an effective combination of natural light, inclusion of plants and solar shield glass to filter solar heat. The rooms have expanses of glazing to open up them to the outdoors and ensure the sufficient daylight, while plants ensures fresh and cool air for the indoor climate. The correct colors selected were also a key in creating this sense of warmth, calm and peace environment.
