Dube City will be structured around vehicular and pedestrian movement systems
Architecture will be of an international standard and will comply with guidelines designed to ensure that the built environment is distinctive in its quality, and responsive to the sub-tropical character and climate of Durban and the coast.
Dube City will be structured around vehicular and pedestrian movement systems that link it to the Airport Terminal and, in the long term, to Mount Moreland. The precinct will prioritize pedestrian movement and activity. Buildings will clearly define and shape open spaces and streets, and create a compact human scaled “urban” feel and vibrant ground floor level, particularly along the pedestrian boulevard.
Development in the precinct will be integrated with the broader Dube TradePort and the Airport site.
Public Spaces and Landscaping
Dube City’s vision strongly emphasizes the importance of active public spaces. This requires that public areas facilitate a wide range of activities including street trading, an opportunity for the precinct to be economically inclusive, spill-out areas from restaurants and entertainment venues, performance theatre and public art.
Appropriate water-wise landscaping plays an important role in ensuring that buildings at Dube City achieve the highest possible green-star rating.
Because such landscaping will be endemic, it also serves to reinforce the precinct’s unique sense of place.
Indigenous landscaping is a prerequisite in Dube City. The use of trees, planted pergolas, vertical screens and planters are encouraged. At least 30% of the overall site should be landscaped. In order to achieve this, roof gardens and planters on decks and balconies are necessary.
The use of water is encouraged in order to enhance outdoor spaces, to cool spaces and to create “white noise” to mask noise from air and vehicular traffic.
Dube Square
29 Degrees South - Offices