This photograph looks upward into the atrium of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, one of the most celebrated adaptive reuse projects in the world.
The museum occupies the Grain Silo, built in 1921 and once the tallest building in Cape Town. Heatherwick Studio converted the disused industrial structure, and it opened as a museum in 2017. To create the atrium, the architects cut away sections of the silo’s tightly packed concrete tubes, leaving the smooth curved forms that give the space its sculptural, organic character.
In this image, the cut tubes open towards glazed rooflights at the centre, while escalators and glass lift shafts rise through the cylinders below. A suspended artwork stretches across the space, adding movement and texture against the raw concrete.
The black-and-white treatment draws out the textures, curves and play of light, from the rough board-marked concrete of the original silo to the polished surfaces of the new cuts. It is a powerful image of industrial heritage turned into a cultural landmark.
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