This solution aims to explore the potential of the curved line in order to achieve an iconic building with a unique interior ambience.

With the bold design for the Subah Holdings Office Complex, we seek to provide easy visibility to all Subah’s clients from various prime centre of Accra.

Its organization intends to emphasize the teamwork between the users, as well as, to improve different ways of space usage. In order to accomplish that, we proposed different types of office partitioning which can easily adapt to your needs and circumstances. Even more, the solution intends to accommodate different types of spaces through mixed use comprising offices, retail shops and banking halls. 

The design includes all the technical requirements needed in this type of building, even as the necessary conditions for the extensive use of highly sophisticated technology.

This building has an organic form, shaped by the wind forces and the sun path and inspired in the Ghanaian landscapes.

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The MTower stands out as a distinctive mark in the Maputo landscape. Its development was based on a movement and torsion desire, creating a svelte yet emblematic building.

The exterior mesh clothes the building as the capulana (traditional clothing) clothes the Mozambican woman. Aside from the aesthetic value, it has more than one function: it supports the exterior elevation, it provides partial shade to spaces, it permits window bays and outdoor areas to be created, all protected by this permeable mesh. It also allows the natural ventilation of the building, an essential aspect for sustainable building management in this climate. Further attention is given to the adequate lighting of spaces; natural cooling of spaces by using free cooling; shade for the windows provided by the mesh, the reflectance of the glass and the addition of screens and blackouts – ecodesign solutions that support the adequate management of existing resources, thus minimising the impacts and costs associated with the building.

This is a competition project, a singular building, an icon that could mark Maputo’s skyline, communicating Mozambican culture to the world, its traditions and modernity depending upon institutions’ desire and approval.