The Paradigm is a premium mixed-use residential development in the heart of the Cape Town CBD.  Vantage Property and Tiber Construction appointed dhk as project architects to take the project forward, based on the original massing concept approval by Fabian Architects. dhk Interior Design created the interior designs throughout the commercial and residential spaces in the building including interior design packages for buyers to select with their purchase.
‍

The client acquired two adjacent sites along Shortmarket Street, with a view to developing a combined scheme incorporating reworked retail level design and façades, revised façades of the residential levels and an amended SDP to accommodate design improvements. The clients also needed a compelling vision for the interiors of The Paradigm.
‍

Due to the site’s gradient, the street-level frontages are activated on all three levels with retail units and restaurants, creating a human-scale sense of place for passers-by. The building’s distinctive façades on Buitengracht, Longmarket, Shortmarket and Rose Streets each have a unique character that respond to the facing context. On Buitengracht, the building reflects the tall buildings along Buitengracht and the CBD skyline to the east, while the building steps down in response to the lower-scale of Rose Street.
‍

Each apartment benefits from panoramic views of the City Bowl, Cape Town harbour, Signal Hilland Table Mountain. The Paradigm also comprises business and luxury lifestyle offerings, including retail, restaurants, shared co-working spaces and 233apartments ranging from studio units, and one-, two-, and three-bedroom configurations, and large penthouse units.
‍

The Paradigm also features a new publicly accessible courtyard facing Shortmarket Street and up to Rose Street, which enables a connection through the site to Longmarket Street. New retail stores and restaurants line this new space, offering moments of connection, a chance to linger and a place for visitors and residents to meet and greet. Secure parking, swimming pool, and rooftop lounge offers residents a chance to live, work and play in inner-city Cape Town style.
‍

The interior design introduces a neutral palette and light spaces in a calm, elegant combination, contrasted with the building’s complex geometric architecture and the busy city outside. The curated furniture pack offers buyers a range of bespoke furniture to complement the sophisticated atmosphere of The Paradigm’s interior spaces, making it easy to curate their own spaces from the moment they move in.

_

Visoo - Renders