This 14 roomed boutique hotel by activate architects (Edward Paes-Brooks & Michael Magner makes an important contribution to the architecture of the post apartheid period through the exemplary ways it explores two architectural themes – firstly the relationship between architecture and landscape, a preoccupation of a number of other buildings completed since 1994, and secondly, the relationship between architecture and iconography, also a frequently rehearsed theme.

Interior View

• Architect: Activate Architects
• Name of Project: Forum Homini
• Location: Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
• Client: Definite Properties (Pty) Ltd
• Design Team: Edward Brooks, Michael Magner and Reon van der Wiel
• Quantity Surveyors and co-principle agent: Brian Heineberg & Associates
• Team: Colin Jones and Tapiwa Ankude
• Structural and Civil Engineers: Pure Consulting
• Team: Craig Thompson and Kevin Kincaid-Smith
• Electrical Engineers: BFBA Consulting Engineers
• Landscape Architects: Greeninc
• Design Team: Anton Comrie and Annamari Comrie
• Interior Design and Narrative: Activate Interiors
• Design: Lisa Younger
• Hydrological Engineers: Sivest (Johannesburg), Richard Hurst
• Environmental Consultants: Sivest (Johannesburg), Dave Blair
• Acoustic Engineer: Acusolv, Ben van Zyl
• Audio Visual Consultant: Digital Fabric, Gavin Olivier
• Lighting Designer: Congo Blue, Declan Randall
• Main Contract: Interkor Construction cc
• Electrical sub-contract: T & W Electrical Contractors (Pty) Ltd
• Air conditioning sub-contract: Heat and Cool Comfort
• Pool sub-contract: Little Wonder Pools
• Landscape Contract: Horticare
• Paint techniques sub-contract: Techniket
• Stonecladding subcontract: QMR Construction
• Kitchen design and supply: Foodserv
• Waterproofing sub-contract: Engineered Linings
• Joinery Suppliers: Nulu
• Artists: Marco Cianfanelli, David Rossouw, Paul du Toit, Peter Mthombeni, Craig Bartlett, Christel Antonites, Karen Vermeulen
• Software used: Drawn using Vectorworks and renderings are created using Photoshop

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