Architect and Builder April 2020 | Page 56

DESIGN FOCUS & RESEARCH Notwithstanding the sheer scale of the project, the infrastructure and the many years of collaboration and partnership to get the project consumer ready, the immense amount of project detailing is noteworthy and worth reflecting on. With what Boogertman + Partners’s Hennie Coetzee calls Interior Architecture, the mall really 56 comes to life once you enter it. The team did extensive research into future retail trends and visited top malls in the UK and the UAE to sense check their own design and to ensure that the mall had longevity. Driven by the demands of retailers for more space and the growing demand of the surround communities for increased lifestyle and brand Fourways Mall