Marbella Karen Place is a modern office and conference facility nestled in the heart of Karen in a leafy and quiet neighbourhood.
Designed and owned by veteran architect Dr. James Kimathi, founder of K&M Archplans, the development is consistent with other K&M Archplans’ designs – creative and unique – offering great spaces for a variety of uses.
The structure includes subterranean parking, a ground floor, a first floor, a second story, an attic floor, a sub-attic level, and a roof terrace. The ground floor contains two conference facilities totaling 575m2. The first level houses a conference hall as well as a co-working/innovation space. The entire lettable area is 698m2. The second floor has four distinct office spaces totaling 791m2. There are four apartment and office spaces on the sub-attic floor’s eastern wing. K&M Archplans’ offices are located in the western wing. The attic floor is made up of office and cafeteria areas with a total lettable area of 354m2. The common roof terrace is one of the building’s intriguing breakout places, with 309m2 of usable space. It can hold various outdoor functions such as cocktails.
Salient features
The building’s location off Karen Road is excellent. Not only is it serene, it is also secure and easily accessible. Major shopping, educational, health, entertainment and other services are within five minutes of the development. There is ample basement and surface parking as well as sufficient water supply and a back-up power generator.
Green aspects
Marbella Karen Park makes extensive use of recycling and uses efficient water technologies to conserve and reuse water. A biodigester for waste management is also installed. Other features include solar energy harnessing and use of an energy-efficient window system.
Other works by Dr James Kimathi include Lavington United Church, Rock City Shopping Mall Mwanza, Tanzania Parliament, Kenya Parliament (debating chamber) and Tanzania Ports Authority Headquarters in Dar es Salaam, among many other stunning projects.
