MTN Ghana
MTN Ghana
Ghana
Commercial, Office
The iconic competition winning design for MTN House, Accra was lozenge shaped on plan offering a curved elevation to independence Avenue. The circulation core, however, was extracted from the floor plate into separate tower at the rear, connected to the main building by bridges.
The curtain wall was to be shaded at each level with horizontal aluminum sun louvres. A glazed, enclosed atrium spanned the height of the building from the basement to the roof and at ground floor level the floor of the atrium was glass allowing natural light to penetrate the basement.
Despite winning the competition, this design was subsequently deemed to be too avant-garde for MTN and JCA was instructed to prepare two new designs for more rectilinear, shorter buildings, with bigger floor plates on the assumption that they would be less costly and would be more economical to fit out in terms of space planning.
One of the two designs has been built and completed in 2016. This boasts a spacious, double height reception lobby which houses security screening and generous waiting areas whilst giving on to a Media Centre on the public side of security and the MTN restaurant and lifts to the offices after security. The restaurant spills out onto a terrace served by an outside bar.
