Internship. Episode #14

Site Visits, site visits... and more site visits. This past week was spent mostly in Stellenbosch on site at the Mill Square Apartments which are still in progress and the completed Eikestad Mall. Quite a bit of inspections were completed together with the snagging of finishes, shopfronts, external works and the Mill Square roof. 

Apart from being on site, it was my mentor, Niaz - his last day at work at dhk architects today as he wanted to pursue a project management position at another company elsewhere. The knowledge I have gained as well as opportunities exposed to will not be lost, since my first day working under Niaz. 

Needless to say, I wish him all the best in all his future en-devours as well as to thank him for all that he has taught me. Below are images I had taken on site in Stellenbosch this week of the complete stages and external works of the project. Enjoy.

Eikestad Mall / Andringa Walk . Stellenbosch

Complete & in-progress external works + complete internal works

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Mill Square Apartments / Delphi Building . Stellenbosch

Complete & in-progress external works + (the stunning view)

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All images are copyrighted and remain the property of Vikash Parbhoo Photography. 

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Internship. Episode #13

Thus far August has been quite a busy month, being on site most of the time the past two weeks - both visiting the Mill Square Apartments & Eikestad Mall in Stellenbosch, as well as the BP Rosmead in Kenilworth, Cape Town. The site experience has been wonderful thus far, as well as sitting in on a few meeting together with site inspections and 'snagging', with the Building Inspector and/or Foreman. 

That being said, below are a couple of images after the break captured of the nearly completed BP Rosmead as well as a few while snagging the Mill Square Apartments in Stellenbosch - not forgetting a snap of the stunning view it has to offer.

Other than site visits and meetings, the rest was spent behind my computer on AutoCAD. This consisted of rending the previously designed pergola structure located on the 4th floor of the Mill Square Apartments; compiling base plan tenant layouts for the vacant areas in Mill Square, as well as a few Inspection lists from the Rosmead and Stellenbosch Site visits.

Rosmead Site Visit - Internal works nearing completion:

Stellenbosch Site Visit:

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Internship. Episode #12

It has been quite some time since my last post, indulging upon the occurrences and work that I have been busy with at the office. Needless to say, July has definitely been one busy month, so apologies for a rather 'over-due update'. 

That being said, this past month I have shifted over to Sketchup, designing various 3D proposals for the clients approval - which of course is much more visually pleasing and effective in conveying a design idea or message, as opposed to 2D planar designs. Together with the 3D designing, which I will go more into detail about below, I completed the remainder of the outstanding Occupation Certificate drawings for council submission, for the occupied shops in Eikestad Mall, Mill Square and Andringa Walk Apartments, all of them situated in the same vicinity of Stellenbosch, South Africa. On the other hand, construction is going well on the other two projects I have been working on, being BP Rosmead and President Motors. 

As part of the design proposals, one of them was to design a type of screening situated on balcony walkway, to 'hide' drainage pipes, together with a access door for maintenance work. Being on a walkway which would be frequented often, the design had to be minimalistic and streamline, yet architecturally pleasing. Steel was the preferred material, either cold formed channels or steel plates - being more cost effective. 

Below are a few basic images of the proposed idea, currently under consideration:

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A simple balcony pergola design was also required. Basically to serve the mere purpose of proving shade together with a finishing architecturally pleasing element to finish off the fourth floor. Options were endless, as well as the designs which were thought of, having many variables as well as constraints. Anyhow, designs and details are still being manipulated, together with costing and assembling methods. 

Below are a few images of one of the many proposals for the 4th floor balcony pergola:

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