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

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.