African project
Mall of Africa – South Africa
Evolution on the design process
The design process was led by MDS Architecture to fulfill the client’s desire to provide
not just a mall in Africa but ‘the’ Mall in Africa, something of greatness on the African
continent. The design inspiration for the mall and the courts was drawn from the
geological beauty of the continent of Africa. This formed the direction of the design and the
inspiration of the mall interior, aesthetics and finishes were developed on this concept in a
non-stylised manner.
Exterior aesthetic
Mall of Africa’s design is based on creating an exterior aesthetic that gives the entrances,
parkades and retail stores their own architectural identities.
THE MALL OF AFRICA in numbers
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4.8 Photo voltaic installation provides 4.8MVA of
sustainable power for the centre
6 Over 6 kilometres of shopfront
40 Escalators
50 Lifts and goods lifts
300 Over 300 tenants
530 More than 530km of post tension cable used in the
construction
11 594 Average number of vehicles per day for the first
month
18 500 Tons of rebar
16 108 Number of vehicles on opening day
122 884 Foot count on opening day
205 000 m of concrete
10 410 000 Man-hours worked up to January 2016
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