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N2 Gateway Housing Pilot Project

2005-present · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

16°C · 11.0h daylight · 16 km/h wind

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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Climate: 16°C · 11.0h daylight · 16 km/h wind

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N2 Gateway Housing Pilot Project

2005-present · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Renzo Piano Building WorkshopRenzo Piano Building Workshop

San Francisco, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2005-presentUnrecorded
PlaceCape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaSan Francisco, California, United States
Place contextCape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaRepresentative site: Chicago, Chicago, United States
Climate16°C · 11.0h daylight · 16 km/h wind18°C · 13.6h daylight · 3 km/h wind · via Art Institute of Chicago
FocusHousing project52 works in corpus
Architects

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  • Renzo Piano
  • Renzo Piano Building Workshop
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Notable works

  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Harvard Art Museums
  • High Museum of Art
  • NEMO (museum)
Typologies
  • housing
  • social housing
  • housing estate
  • museum
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • cultural
  • cultural center
  • infrastructures
Materials
  • concrete
  • brick
  • aluminum
  • stone
  • timber
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

Concrete and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Brick

Aluminum, Concrete, and Steel look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPrivate or restricted27 of 27 recorded works are publicly accessible
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