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COMMERCIAL/ OFFICE PROJECTS
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© 2000-2006 J&A Architects Ltd. All rights reserved.
Besides his experience in France,
Mr. Sooredoo has gained tremendous expertise through his personal involvement in almost all projects of the office at all stage and has had the privilege to work among others on:
- Cite Gabriel Martial Market Fair;
- New Supreme Court at Port Louis;
- Calodyne sur Mer Hotel;
- Club Med at Pointe aux Cannoniers...
- Bridge across the Highway at Terre Rouge
- Three bus depots
- Schools at La Tour Koenig, Surinam and Bel Air
- Various buildings on the University Campus
- SSR Airport project;
- George V Stadium & Rose Belle Stadium;
- Victoria Hospital Central Outpatient Department;
- New Department of Neuro Surgery & Spinal Injury;
- Souillac District Hospital and New Jeetoo Hospital;
- 15 storey office building at Celicourt Antelme St;
Commercial/ Office Projects
J& A Architects Ltd works closely with you to achieve the ideal workplace environment and bestow many architectural accents to provide a welcome and pleasing space. Many office buildings are company headquarters where the entryways and custom façades are important design elements. J&A facilities have a coherent flow from impressive exteriors to state-of-the-art interiors with custom designed office space.
Designing Minds
J&A has extensive experience in handling the unique requirements of such facilities. Over the past two decades, we’ve designed and built commercial office projects ranging in size from as low as a few thousand square feet to as large as 120,000 square feet, including hi-rises and low-rises corporate campuses. J&A is as equally experienced in designing and building office building core and shells as it is with office interior spaces.
J&A’ s Vision
The only constant in today’s fast-paced corporate world is change, and workplace environments are no exception to this rule. Whether it’s a new office building, an expansion to an existing one, or a renovation for an interior fit-out, J&A Architects Ltd are skilled at delivering high-tech corporate facilities – no matter the scale. On all office projects, our goals are to meet the client’s quality standards within budget and on schedule, but also to capture their corporate image in a creative and appropriate way, while achieving an aura of professionalism.
Market Understanding
Many corporate headquarters these days contain much more than simple office space. Financial institutions require complex computer and telecommunications systems that must be incorporated into the interior design; modern companies integrate research and development capabilities in their office buildings; and manufacturers of all kinds add showrooms to their facilities.
BizStats: 2005
No. of employees: 14
Revenue/ Year: MUR 6 Million
Acquisitions: AutoCAD, WinXP,
Office 2003
Completed Projects (2006):
- Extension of Victoria Hospital
- Laundry for Washright Services
- New Mauritius Examination Centre
- Office/ Commercial Building (CSK)
Overall Performance
Foreign expertise in terms of staff acquired. Good profitability and positive progressive trend for improvement. New avenues in architectural design explored and experimented
Networking
- 2 X Networking Switches Ports
- Linux Based Server
- ADSL line - 24 hrs Internet Access
Vehicular Facilities
- 1 Nissan Sunny
- 1 Audi A4 IS4
IT Logistics - Computer Hardware
- 2 x Pentium 4 2.6 Ghz with 17" screen
- 5 x Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz with 17" screen
- 2 x Pentium 3 850 Mhz with 17" screen
- 1 x Pentium 4 Laptop 1.7 HGZ
Back-up Facilities
- DVD Writer
- CD Writer
- ZIP Drive 250 Mb
Computer Software Facilities
The Company is fully IT enabled and functions within an internal networking environment. The Office Suite used by the company is fully compatible with the popular software like Microsoft Office and allows exchange of documents between the two systems.
Security access is configured on a Granular Access basis. Each Member of the organizational team has a separate user account and internal ID. The internal exchange of information is monitored digitally and records maintained. Regular backup (on a weekly basis) ensure protection against loss of data. The following softwares are currently available:
- Windows XP Professional
- Internet Browser (Fire Fox)
- Mail Client (Thunder Bird)
- Backup (Amanda)
- Anti-virus (CLAM)
- Computer Aided Design
- Server Operating System (Red Hat)
- Office Suite (Open Office - 2.0)
- MS Office Professional 2003
Other Equipment
- Scanner HP 3770
- Canon NP 1520 photocopy machine
- Digital Camera OLYMPUS CAMEDIA C-720 Ultra Zoom
- Fax Machine Canon L 220
- Canon IR 3300 copier/ printer/ scanner
Printing Equipment
- Hewlett Packard A O Design Jet 450 C
- Hewlett Packard A 1 Design Jet 120 C
- Xerox A O Plan Printer Ref 3030
- Canon S4500 colour inkjet printer
- Laser Printer Lexmark C510
- Canon Pixma iP 1500
N.B - Projects market with an * has been executed under DSA Co. Ltd.
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The Celicourt
Designed to be seen from all four directions at least for quite some time , this building takes advantage of its long facade along Celicourt Antelme Street to incorporate a double height commercial arcade. The emergency staircase becomes a distinct feature in the “back elevation “ which is visible from the highway. The project comprises multi-storey commercial and office space with two levels for shops, two levels for parking and 10 levels for office space with an overall area of 10,000 sqm.Prestigious 13 storey commercial/ office building just opposite Air Mauritius Medcor building right in the heart of Port Louis.
Victoria House
The team has been selected again by the client to design a landmark for this ideally located development in the heart of Port-Louis. The entrance of the building has been organized at the corner of the two streets bordering the site. A setback greater than what is required on Line Barracks street creates the ideal environment to commercial development on the ground floor. The upper six storeys are recessed with respect to the lower four ones to avoid monumentality and give a human scale to the building.
Client: Jolima Ltd
Location: Port Louis
Project Cost: MUR 80 Million
Design/ Completion: 1997 - 2000
Size: 9,500 sqm
Client: CSK Properties Limited
Location: Celicourt Antelme St, Port Louis
Project Cost: MUR 140 Million
Design/ Completion: 2001 - 2005
Size: 10,000 sqm
The Mauritius Examination Syndicate
The project is designed to acquire an emphatic existence within the MES campus and boasts of a very contemporary architectural vocabulary. The architectural mass splits itself into gentle planes which are all tied together with a floating concrete roof at the top. The entrance is marked in stark elegance with double height curtain glazing hitting a steel granite clad wall. The ground floor has been divided into various departments whereas first floor is mainly dedicated to finance. The second floor has offices for executives and also a database lab for institute uses.
Client: Mauritius Examination Syndicate
Location: Réduit
Project Cost: MUR 70 Million
Design/ Completion: 2003 - 2005
Size: 3,000 sqm
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Ebene Cybercity Competition
The Cybercity is being set up in an area of about 64.26 Hectares at Ebene, Mauritius, 1.5 km from Rose Hill Centre. It was proposed to set up a commercial centre as part of the endeavour to meet the needs of commercial, retail and trading activities in the Cybercity. A state-of-the-art integrated IT Park wired with optic-fibre cable. An ideal location to work, play and live IT.
Year: 2002
Client: Business Parks of Mauritius
Project Value: MUR 1,600,000,000
Associate Architect: CIDCO India & Hafeez Contractor
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New Customs House at Mer Rouge
Government expects customs as essential instruments of national and international policy to strike and maintain the right balance between control and facilitation. The ever-present treat from the illegal traffic in prohibited and restricted goods has to be curbed. Mauritius, conveting the priviledge of becoming the Indian Ocean Freeport “Plaque Tournante” must modernize its Customs to attain higher levels of efficiency and facilitation without
however compromising its efficiency in revenue collection and law enforcement as a huge losses are suffered by Government through inefficiency, corruption and fraud. With the above backdrop, the design has been conducted so as to offer the best working environment to officials called to play important roles in the next phase of our economic development. The site is situated at Mer Rouge and extends over an area of 21,846 m2. It is accessed from Quay D roundabout but can also be reached from Freeport Roundabout. The sector is undergoing heavy transformation. With the development of Freeport Zone and the imminent relocation of petroleum products storage, the area will free space for major office development related to the customs and to the port in general. The design of the Customs Complex has taken this important factor into consideration. The building will be the focal point around which all developments in the area will revolve. This is one of the reasons why we have attached equal importance to the built and unbuilt masses.
Client: Ministry of Public Infrastructure
Location: Mer Rouge
Project Value: MUR 400 Million
Year: 2002
Size: 21,846 Sqm
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Client: Farmers Service Corporation
Location: Union Park
Cost: 3 M
Design/ Completion: 1998 - 2000
Size: 400 sqm
New Farmers Services Centre
The farmers community is highly organized due to agriculture being the backbone of the mauritian economy. Government has paid a particular attention to farmers being given full regional support financially and logistically. It is in this spirit that farmers services centers have been built all around the island. This center has been provided additionally with a hall on the first floor to hold conferences, seminars and to provide gathering facilities for the farmers families.
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Commercial/ Office Complex at Port Louis
Multi-storey commercial office complex comprising of shops at lower level and office spaces at upper levels on a very complex site made up of three contiguous lots of 120 sqm and burdened by a servitude that has been respected. The presence of the reconstituted old Port Louis two storey building on the left has dictated the architectural vocabulary of the architecture of the development : cornices, pitched roof, stone facing and breaking of the scale of the building through staged setbacks at different levels.
Client: Moore Stephens
Location: Corner St.Georges/ Chevreau Sts, Port Louis
Project Value: MUR 40 Million
Status: Building Permit
Design/ Completion: 2003 -
Size: 3, 500 sqm
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New Supreme Court
The New Supreme Court has been designed to meet the strict functional demand of the judicial system and yet capture the design aspiration appropriate to public buildings .Elements of the existing Supreme Court, the Cathedral and local colonial architecture have been blended into a fifteen storey imposing building that however conveys the sense of openness and transparency which should characterize the judicial process.The site in the heart of historical and civic district of Port Louis next to the Cathedral and the existing Supreme Court presents a great opportunity to address the importance of the Courthouse and its integral function in society.
Client: Ministry of Justice
Location: Dauphin & Jules Koenig Streets, Port Louis
Project Value: MUR 450 Million
Design/ Completion: 2001 / -
Size: 18,000 sqm
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New Civic Centre
The District of Black River is home to many of the top beach resorts of Mauritius. The District Council was renting houses for its offices and has decided to put up a building in line with its touristic ambitions.
The offices are organised at two levels on two wings around a central double height lobby area displaying a majestic curved Y-shaped metal staircase.
Client: Black River District Council
Location: Bambous
Project Cost: 32 M
Design/completion: 1992 - 1997
Size: 1,600 sqm
Municipality of Vacoas/ Phoenix
Extension works to the existing administrative building at Vacoas. The vertical extension of the administrative Centre of Vacoas - Phoenix Municipal Council will cover an area of about 1,100 sqm. This will cater for a councillor’s room, a Mayor’s parlor, the audit, personnel and welfare departments. It will also accommodate the Town Clerk, his Deputy, Assistant and the Registry. The councilor’s room is accessed through a monumental external metal staircase.
Client: Minicipality of Vacoas/ Phoenix
Location: Vacoas
Project Cost: 13 M
Design/ Completion: 1995 - 1998
Size: 1,100 sqm
Halkae Quadria Ishaat
This commercial/office space for a muslim religious organization is situated just opposite the Immaculée Conception, a catholic stone church dating from the colonization period with heavy gothic arches. My visit to Malaysia provided the ignition to the development of this scheme that called for an Islamic architecture without however falling into the trap of pastiche. Much thought has been given to the curtain wall design inside the arch.
Client: Halkae Quadria Ishaat -I-Islam
Location: St Georges Str. Port Louis
Cost: MUR 32 Million
Design/Completion: 1995 / 2001
Size: 2,600 sqm
A major G+8 commercial/ office development in the heart of the China Town of Port Louis. One of the first modern buildings of this area expected to grow rapidly in the next few years and presently occupied since its completion by the Ministry of Women’s Rights.
Client: Poppies Snack Ltd
Location: Cr R. Ollier/ Anquetil Str. Port Louis
Project Cost: Rs. 35 M
Design/ Completion:1992 - 1995
Size: 2,500 sqm
