6 Carisbrook Road Stirling

East London 5241

Tel: 0437351110 Cell: 0798937803

Fax 086 664 5221 E-mail: cidj@telkomsa.net

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PRACTICE PROFILE

Chris de Jager Architects, established in 2008, is a sole proprietorship architectural practice under the ownership of Chris

de Jager.

Chris de Jager is a qualified registered architect who spent 16 years as the City Architect / Programme Manager:

Architecture with the erstwhile East London Municipality, which then became the Buffalo City Municipality.

During this time Chris was the lead architect in the design and erection of all municipal building projects, which covered the

full spectrum from urban design projects such as urban precincts to administrative office buildings, municipal technical

service buildings and workshops, public safety buildings such as fire stations, disaster management centres and public

service buildings such as Libraries, Clinics, Community Service Centres, etc..

Chris gained valuable experience during the years at the municipality especially with regard to the aspects of community

participation in projects, as well as the regulatory environment and procurement procedures.

Chris has a special interest in architectural design with a focus on functionality, aesthetic response to the environment and

setting, and attention to detail to ensure that the final product will be money well invested.

Chris is competent at designing for the disabled with the subject of his final year thesis in 1989 being a holiday retreat for

chairbound children.

The practice provides complete architectural services in various fields but is not restricted to:

Residential; Commercial and Office projects

Various types of public buildings including schools, clinics, community halls, libraries and other community orientated

buildings.

Chris de Jager Architects also provides Principal Agent services on a contract basis.

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GUIDING PHILOSOPHY OF CHRIS DE JAGER ARCHITECTS

Chris de Jager Architects operates under the following guiding principles: All PEOPLE are equal in their own right and as such deserve the same respect and dignity no matter what their status. Architecture is the spatial envelope and environment in which PEOPLE live, love, work and play. Every project will be approached with passion, in the knowledge that the product will ultimately impact on PEOPLE. The success of a building lies not only in its appearance but also in its detail, response to the environment, and response to the needs of the PEOPLE for which it is designed. Buildings shape our living environment and will ultimately shape us and future generations as PEOPLE. Buildings will be designed as an inclusive process with the client at all times so that clients learn and understand the background and processes required to achieve aesthetical, functional, environmentally responsive human living spaces that reflects good architecture. The service provided shall be value for money.

COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT ON ALL DRAWINGS AND DESIGNS PRESENTED HEREIN VESTS IN CHRIS DE JAGER ARCHITECTS AND MAY NOT

BE REPRODUCED OR REUSED WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER.

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Assembly Area Media Centre

Science Laboratory View from Parking Lot

Classroom West View – Kulozulu JSS ECDC

Veranda Playground area

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LIVING ROOM PATIO AND POOL AREA

PATIO AND POOL AREA

ENTRANCE HALL

HOUSE SAUNDERS: NEW ENCLOSED PATIO

HOUSE HAREBOTTLE

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HAREBOTTLE: VIEW

OF LIVING ROOM

FROM UPSTAIRS

HOUSE HAREBOTTLE

PEDDIE PWD REGIONAL STORE CONVERSION TO OFFICES

BEFORE AFTER

FOYER BEHIND BLUE WALL FOYER VIEW TO SOUTH

HOUSE SIBANGO

ESTIMATED VALUE: R4,500,000

HOUSE SIBANGO

ESTIMATED VALUE: R4,500,000

HOUSE SIBANGO

ESTIMATED VALUE: R4,500,000

HOUSE GERNETZKY ESTIMATED VALUE: R1,500,000

HOUSE GERNETZKY : PROPOSED KITCHEN LAYOUT OPTIONS

HOUSE GERNETZKY : EXAMINATION OF INTERNAL SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS

HOUSE GERNETZKY : EXAMINATION OF INTERNAL SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS

HOUSE GERNETZKY: PERSPECTIVE

"It is the pervading law of all things organic, and inorganic,

of all things physical and metaphysical,

of all things human and all things super-human,

of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul,

that the life is recognizable in its expression, that form ever follows function.

This is the law."

Louis Sullivan