V.2 Three Decades Of Functional Elegance 17.11

Johannesburg, November 2009

three decades of functional elegance

Leon Krüger Architects Portfolio three decades of

functional elegance

A passion for precision

LEON KRÜGER of Leon Krüger Architects has a track record that would be difficult to equal. It comprises more than three decades in specialised scientific, industrial and commercial architectural design.

He has unmatched expertise in designing highly exact, dedicated facilities for MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND HIGH-TECH ENTERPRISES, as well as for DISTRIBUTION AND WAREHOUSING firms.

The forms of these types of buildings are determined primarily by their function and the accompanying engineering constraints. He has focused on creating these demanding types of designs since the 1970s.

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three decades of functional elegance

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Functional Elegant

In the process of completing more than 120 projects, Leon Krüger has developed a recognisable style, which is simultaneously FUNCTIONAL - precise, effective

and fit for purpose, and ELEGANT - simple, tasteful and restrained.

www. leonka.co.za

MEDICAL FACILITIES

Lady Dudley Hospital p.4Sunninghill Hospital p.4

Lesedi Clinic p.5Tonga Rural Hospital p.6

2. TECHNICAL FACILITIES

CSIR Convention Centre p.8 Republic Observatory p.10

iThemba LABS Cyclotron Hall p.11

3. INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES

Nestlé Distribution Centre, Durban p.12 Clicks Distribution Centre p.16

Nestlé Distribution Centre, Johannesburg p.17

4. RETAIL FACILITIES

The Piazza p.22The Deck Station Centre p.22

5. COMMERCIAL FACILITIES

GNLD distribution centre and head office p.23Federated Forum and Corner Forum p.24

Kimberly-Clark SA head office p.25Hitachi head office p.26UTI office complex p.28

Grosvenor Corner Office Development p.31

Leon Krüger has designed and refurbished industrial, commercial, retail and hi-tech buildings throughout South Africa. His many prominent clients include the

national Government, the CSIR, Nestlé, Gilbeys, GNLD, Clicks, Simba, UTI Africa, Kimberly-Clark, Hitachi and Atlas Copco.

As a result of his particular expertise in designing medical facilities, he has undertaken the design, refurbishment and expansion of more than 24 hospitals

and clinics in Southern Africa.

He has also designed nine very large, high-specification level factories, warehouses and distribution centres.

Medical facility

Renovation, upgrading and new facilities

Lady Dudley Hospital, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 1989© LKA

Medical facility

230-bed, 7-theatre, urban, private hospital

Sunninghill Hospital, Sunninghill, Johannesburg, 1991© LKA

Medical facility

Doctors’ rooms and maternity wing

Lesedi Clinic, Soweto,1988

© LKA

Medical facility

Tonga Rural Hospital, Mpumalanga, 1997

Designed for energy efficiency, self-sufficiency and sustainability.

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New 230-bed rural Government

hospital with full medical facilities.

Clinic, outpatients’ department, housing and recreational facilities for staff....

Tongs Hospital

ISO 9000 certification for construction

Remote location during construction. Open plan to allow for socialisation of patients and family...

Technical facility

CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria, 1975

New 450-seat fully multimedia conference hall. 100- and 150-seat lecture halls, with full catering facilities...

Main conference hall.

It has facilities for real-time interpretation.975

The reception area contains resin-process art by South African graphic designer & artist, Ernst de Jongh....

Technical facility

Republic Observatory, phase 1, 1979

Commissioned by CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research).

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Located in Sutherland, Northern Cape

1,458 metres (4,780 ft) above sea level

Home of the SALT - Southern African Large Telescope© Marthe Bijman

Technical facility

iThemba LABS, Faure, Western Cape, 1970

National Accelerator Centre - Cyclotron Hall and Measuring Centre

Service and Development Laboratories added in 1979

Industrial facility: Nestlé Distribution Centre

New Germany, KwaZulu-Natal, 1994

Built on site on old Falcon Ridge Power Station.

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Existing coal bunkers purchased at low cost.

Bunkers re-engineered as administration offices, workshops and parking garages....

The Nestlé Distribution Centre is a good example of cost-saving ingenuity combined with aesthetic appeal.

The design was awarded the SAPOA (South African Property Owners’ Association) Award for Innovative Excellence in Property Development.

Nestlé Distribution Centre

Near Pinetown, Durban

Power station on site demolished and site re-engineered as flat industrial land, which is scarce in the area....

Industrial facility: New distribution centre for Clicks

1999. Located in Centurion, Gauteng.

30,000 m! in size.

Industrial facility: New distribution centre for Nestlé

2003. Located in Longmeadow, Johannesburg.

30,000 m!, including 2,000 m! cold storage.

Nestlé Distribution Centre, Longmeadow

Plan for offices

“Project Efficiency”

© LKA

Design for gatehouse

“Project efficiency”

© LKA

Nestlé Distribution Centre, Longmeadow

External view


© LKA

Industrial facility

Nestlé Distribution Centre offices


© LKA

Industrial facility

Nestlé Distribution Centre loading bays

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© LKA

Distribution centre for Nestle, Longmeadow, Johannesburg

This building will still be operational after a fire, as it is divided into three fire compartments, and all essential water, electricity and IT conduits are situated externally.

Retail facility

Refurbishment and upgrade

The Piazza, Randburg, 2005

© LKA

Retail facility

New inner city shopping mall

The Deck Station Centre, Johannesburg, CBD, 2005 (in progress)

© LKA

Industrial / Commercial facility

New distribution centre and head office

GNLD, Longmeadow, Johannesburg, 2006

4,000 m! distribution centre

Industrial facility

New distribution centre and head office

Artist’s impression of interior of foyer of office area

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Commercial premises

Federated Forum and Corner Forum

Pretoria, 1983. Two shopping levels, 3 parking basements, 5-storey high atrium.

Twin towers, 15 and 12 storeys respectively.

Commercial facility

Kimberly-Clark (SA), Bedfordview, 2007

Renovation of head office, including new, external, glass-enclosed elevator....

Commercial facility

Hitachi, Boksburg, 2005

Refurbishment of offices, hardstand and industrial building....

Hitachi, Boksburg

New foyer to offices

Hitachi, Boksburg, 2005

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Façade mesh screens double as advertising space and climate control mechanisms.

Commercial facility

Offices for UTI, Kempton Park, 2005

The existing office and warehouse had fallen into disrepair and had to be stripped down to the concrete

structure, before being rebuilt and reconditioned.

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Commercial facility

Grosvenor Corner Office Development, 1996

Interior courtyard, showing visible steel structure.

Commercial facility

Grosvenor Corner Office Development (Phase 1)

Low-cost walls, clad in powder-coated aluminium panels, acting as rain guards.©

Double shielding on curved façade against South-East sun and noise.

Winner of the AAAMSA Architectural Award.

The rear of the Grosvenor Corner Office Development building.

Commercial facility

Grosvenor Corner Development (Phase 1)

AAAMSA Award winner

Rear of building

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