Title:
A Concrete Diamond in the Northern Cape
Author(s):
Deborah Huso
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
44
Issue:
3
Appears on pages(s):
29-32
Keywords:
wall, floor, slab, façade
DOI:
Date:
3/1/2022
Abstract:
The newly constructed Sol Plaatje University Student Resource Centre in Kimberley, South Africa, has a design like the cut of an inverted diamond. To address the extreme conditions of the Northern Cape and provide climate control, the building is encased in an insulating, cast-in-place concrete shell with an angular, origami-like roof and a thermally active building system.