Architect and Builder Apr/May 2018 | Page 68

PROJECT FEATURE CORNUBIA MALL CLIENT Investec Property ARCHITECTS Bentel Associates International PROJECT MANAGERS SIP Project Managers QUANTITY SURVEYORS Brian Heineberg & Associates STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS Pure Consulting MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Graeme Page Consulting Engineers ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS CKR Consulting Engineers WET SERVICES Wat-Sol Design Technology FIRE CONSULTANTS Adengo Consulting LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Cottontree TENANT COORDINATORS IN-TPM Project Managers MAIN CONTRACTOR WBHO Construction OTHER CONSULTANTS SMEC (Civil) Claire Deacon & Associates (Health & Safety) PHOTOGRAPHY Russell Cleaver 68 L ocated on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal, Cornubia is a strategic landholding situated within the northern corridor of the region’s commercial hub, Durban. Cornubia is the first proposed sustainable and fully integrated human settlement in the region and has been declared a national priority project. It will be spread over 1,200ha, with 80ha earmarked for industrial development and the remainder for commercial, housing and other social and public facilities. Cornubia Mall is an essential retail component of the development. Background Designed by Bentel Associates International and developed by Investec Property, this unique retail development was conceptualised by the need to provide the KZN North Coast with a differentiated shopping and leisure experience, which incorporates the numerous aspects of the KZN lifestyle, and is seen as a ‘retail park’, rather than an internalised mall. This aspect, including the various elements of nature and the surrounding landscape being incorporated into the design, placed the priority of the pedestrian at the core of the development. The open air environment has been designed to provide 65,000m² of retail within separate nodes, which are unique in their architectural language and style. Cornubia Mall Cornubia Mall