This requires understanding how the brand is currently showing up across the various touchpoints, identifying what the customer wants and conceptualising what the Nedbank experience within branch could be.

Goal: Bring a cohesive experience to the store environment that is

• Distinctive – on brand
• Effective – does what it needs to do.
• Efficient – works for both business and customers.
• Sustainable – Is both cost effective long term, and futureproof.

Imagine offers the opportunity to create cohesion across the brand – not just within the in-store experience, but across the brand and all its touchpoints and speak the brand values that are built into every decision driving the design.

Building information

Address: Shop 24, Alex Mall, Cnr London and N3, Alexandra, Johannesburg
Total gross floor area:  269m²
Total commercial office area: 543.5m²

Sustainable building features include

• Majority of the appliances and tenant equipment in the fit-out are energy efficient, i.e. rated under the Energy Star® system or the European Energy Labelling scheme.
• All printers and photocopiers within the occupiable area of the building meet the standards for low harmful emissions.
• The fit out achieves a 66% improvement in outside air requirements of SANS 10400-O.
• All selected gaseous and fire suppression systems and thermal insulants used for the development have an Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP) of zero, to eliminate any contributions to long-term damage to the earth’s stratospheric ozone layer.
• Evaporative cooling towers or other evaporative cooling systems that creates the risk of legionella disease are eliminated from the design of the building.
• Paint, adhesive’s sealants, and carpets have low VOC emissions.
• The furniture, assemblies and floor coverings used have 3-rd parties Eco- labels and certificates, reducing the environmental impact.
• The building achieves a savings using water efficient fittings that limit the occupant water usage.

Project Team

OWNER: Nedbank
ACCREDITED PROFFESSIONAL: Solid Green Consulting
ARCHITECT: Think Design
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: Zutari
MECHANICAL ENGINEER: Pretcon Consulting Engineers
QUANTITY SURVEYORS: Nedbank
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN REVIEW: Solid Green Consulting
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING CONSULTANT: Solid Green Consulting
MAIN CONTRACTOR: Move and More
PROJECT MANAGER: Nedbank
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT COMPANY: Nedbank
INTERIOR DESIGNER: Think Design
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGER: Move and More
LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT COMPANY: Life Green Group
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Electrode Electrical Contractors
CONSTRUCTION / FIT-OUT CONTRACTOR: Move and More

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