Project Name

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

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Project Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Year of Completion

2017

Building Type

Institutional

Building Massing

High Rise

Project Architect

Thomas Heatherwick, Heatherwick Studio

Architect Location

356–364 Gray’s Inn Road London WC1X 8BH

Owner

V&A Waterfront and Jochen Zeitz

Student Author

Rui Guo

Archived Year

12-19-2018

Climate

Warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb)

Application

Structure, Interior

Material and its Properties

Concrete, Glass unique concrete cutting techniques, pillowed glass windows

Architect Website

http://www.heatherwick.com/

Other Sources

https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59bc/1786/b22e/3813/9f00/0150/slideshow/776_5_HR_ZeitzMOCAA_HeatherwickStudio_Credit_Iwan_Baan_Atrium_vault.jpg?1505498988

https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59bc/18a3/b22e/3813/9f00/0157/slideshow/776_4__HR_ZeitzMOCAA_HeatherwickStudio_Credit_Iwan_Baan_Exterior_at_dusk.jpg?1505499276

https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/59bc/17a6/b22e/38ff/0100/037f/slideshow/776_4_HR_ZeitzMOCAA_HeatherwickStudio_Credit_Iwan_Baan_Atrium.jpg?1505499025

Environmental Response

Repurposing abandoned industrial building,

Recommended Citation

Heatherwick, Thomas, "Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa" (2017). Building Case Studies. 467.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/467