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  Project Title

  I&M Bank Offices Kigali

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  Winning Firm
  
  

  Planning Systems Services Limited

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  Lead Designer
  
  

  Jim Archer and Trevor Andrews

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  Awarded
  
  WINNER, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Commercial, High-Rise

• Project Location
  Kigali, Rwanda
• Project Status
  Under development
• Client
  I&m Bank


• Architectural Firm
   
• Architect Firm / Studio Name
  Planning Systems Services Limited
• Lead Architect(s)
  Jim Archer and Trevor Andrews
• Other Team Members
  Mumo Musuva, Mutua Mugambi and Michael Kinyumu
• About Firm
  We are an architecture, land use planning and urban design firm founded in 1978 whose capability is driven by an understanding of the power of design to create inspired human experiences through sustainable and vibrant spaces. With our client’s values and aspirations, each project is conceived to harness opportunities of the project site and its context while being sensitive to the practical dynamics that drive its economies modifying skylines in the process
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  Other Credits
  
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The project is a landmark in the heart of Kigali. 6 detailed design proposals were completed before settling on the final design. The brick exterior was inspired by the excellent brick industry in Rwanda and expertly built by ROKO who have years of experience building in brick in Uganda.
The atrium diffuses quality natural light and ventilation to the floors whose balcony accesses give maximum subdivision pliancy-useful in a city where businesses wanting to rent may not be big enough to fill a floor. The roof is a massive solar energy harvester and rainwater catchment area.