BUHLENI FUN CITY AND RESORT

Buhleni Fun-City Project is a hybrid of human-centred-experiences [water-playing, amusement, adventure, lodging, meailing and entertainment] and functions. The project seeks to exhibit the beauty of the wilderness whilst unlocking a high level of fun across [local and international] demography. The project is located in a fine-urban-fabric which is virgin. The Lungodlwane River defines the eastern edge of the site, which sparks tension between the vast expanse of the wilderness, contrary to the wet-belt [river].
To achieve a project that responds to the aforesaid: the program and the architecture were explored.
1. PROGRAM
1.1. AMUSEMENT FACILITIES
• Wave Pool
• Train and Train-Road
• Boomerango
• Rotating Flying Chair
• Dry Spray Squarrel
• Water House
• Tornado
• Drifting River [Lazy River]
• SPA Pool
• Slide Combination
• Paly Pool
• Water Show Stage
• Surfaboard
• Swing
• Rop Net
• Slides
• Seesaw
• Ant-shape Slide
• Playground
• Curved Road
• Pirate Ship
• Carousel
• Indoor-Games
• Boulder Maze
1.2. ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM
• Administration + Shops
• Fast-Food Restaurants
• Main Gate
• Kiosks
• Indoor Game
• Lodge Restaurant
• 30 X Chalets [2s&3s]
• Amphitheatre + Club
• Watch Towers
• Ablutions
• Snack Bars
2. ARCHITECTURE
To achieve an architecture that responds to the aforesaid:
2.1. The Architecture is nestled within the physical forms of the site. With less impact of the building-footprint [suspended architecture] on the landscape.
2.2. Where scaring of the environment was unavoidable due to the massive scale of the project we restored and make-good. Indigenous trees, where impossible to build around, were transplanted.
2.3. The masterplanning process created trajectory between activities.
Buhleni Fun-City | Buhleni Water Park | Buhleni Lodge | Water Park | Lodge
Expressions Architects | Client : Open House