Toyota GR Driving Academy

BRAND EXPERIENCE  ·  ZWARTKOPS RACEWAY
THE BRIEF

The former members’ club at Zwartkops Raceway, remade as the home of Toyota Gazoo Racing — a place to brief drivers, host guests and hold the brand’s competitive edge in one building.

It had to work as a functioning driver facility on a Tuesday and as a brand room on a race weekend.

ClientToyota South Africa

LocationZwartkops Raceway, Gauteng

ScopeInterior design & fitout

SectorBrand experience

Interior of the Toyota GR Driving Academy at Zwartkops Raceway, designed by Principia Design.
Interior of the Toyota GR Driving Academy at Zwartkops Raceway, designed by Principia Design.
Interior of the Toyota GR Driving Academy at Zwartkops Raceway, designed by Principia Design.

Kaizen treated as a working method rather than a slogan: sightlines that let instruction happen without resetting the room, surfaces that take daily use, and lines borrowed from the cars themselves.

Interior of the Toyota GR Driving Academy at Zwartkops Raceway, designed by Principia Design.
Interior of the Toyota GR Driving Academy at Zwartkops Raceway, designed by Principia Design.
Interior of the Toyota GR Driving Academy at Zwartkops Raceway, designed by Principia Design.
THE RESULT

A hub that reads as motorsport without dressing up as it — quick, precise, and legible at a glance.

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