well as being an environmentally friendly material.
It is an amazing roofing feature and has become a
talking point in the Mall,” says Kanakakis.
The ETFE roof was subjected to solar study
modelling, which revealed specific hot spots
along the length of the mall. The diagrid design
pattern on the roof responded to the hot spots in
the solar model. “The white Novofoil pattern was
specifically placed on the roof design where the
most shading was required to the mall below, with
the translucent Novofoil placed in areas in between
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to form the diagrid pattern. The combination of
white and translucent ETFE panels may appear
to be randomly designed but, in fact, the random
pattern we designed is used as a shading device,”
she explains.
Mall Interiors
Throughout the Mall, shop fronts feature high
spaces bathed with natural light. The various areas
in the Mall take their inspiration from Africa’s natural
features and landscapes but interpreted in a very
Mall of Africa