Lighting in Design March 2015

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No.1 Silo was the catalyst for a mixed-use
urban development in the Silo District,
home to the historic Grain Silos which are
in the process of redevelopment into the Zeitz
Museum of Contemporary Art, Africa or MOCAA.
Designed to be the new headquarters for Allan
Gray, the 18 400 m2 GLA building was the first
in the Western Cape to achieve a 6 star ‘As Built’
Green Star rating from the Green Building Council
of South Africa (GBCSA). The GBCSA rating fol-
lowed the South African Property Owners Asso-
ciation (SAPOA) Awards, which ranked No. 1 Silo
as the best building in South Africa, and its sister
residential property, No. 2 Silo, as the greenest and
best place to live.
Working with the environment, the building in-
corporates sustainability initiatives in line with the
GBCSA rating, which is awarded to buildings that
not only incorporate sustainable principles in their
design but can also offer proof that these design
principles work in practice long after construction
is complete.
The architectural lighting brief for No. 1 Silo was
to create a P-Grade office building that responded
intelligently to external variables to create different
lighting moods throughout the day and night; to
guarantee that the office floor plates maintained a
minimum lux level at all times using the minimum
amount of energy; and to ensure that the feature
atrium space was as dramatic at night when viewed
from the outside as it was during day time hours
when inside the building.
Illuminating the Western Cape’s
first 6 Star building
No.1 Silo in Cape Town is the result of a collaboration, between developer V&A Waterfront and
tenant Allan Gray, to develop one of Africa’s most intelligent green buildings. The V&A Waterfront
gives an overview of the lighting in this award-winning project.
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