modern super yachts, incorporating curved flowing lines, contemporary materials of glass, stainless steel and aluminium panelling and natural timber. The aesthetic is continued internally with extensive timber panelling providing a warm texture throughout the mail experience. The Mall entrances are emphasised with double height flushed glazed curtain wall glass, contrasted against polished concrete entrance portals and columns. The extensive glazing provides natural light into the lead in malls. The inclusion of natural light is an essential element of the mall design and is provided by a continuous central skylight throughout the mall.
Access The Mall offers 1,300 outside and 2,000 undercover parking bays below the retail level and easy access to the retail level via three main lobbies. The basement lobbies open up to the retail level via large voids that are further emphasised by large skylights overhead, allowing natural light to penetrate into the basement lobby area. The ease of customer use and navigation was paramount and the basement lobbies are designed as an extension of the mall experience. Escalators and feature stairs provide quick and easy access to the retail level above, with service areas such as ATM’ s, public toilets, centre management offices providing essential facilities in accessible locations.
Particular attention during the design process was focused on easy access to the building by consumers arriving by car and on foot or public transport. Access to the semi-basement parking is simple and clear. From the entry points on Berkshire Boulevard, customers access the basement without negotiating any change in level and drive straight into the covered parking. From there, access to the mall is via the basement lobbies in three well positioned locations.
For customers wanting to park in the open or arriving on foot, forecourt parking is provided that includes pedestrian pathways from the external road network. The mall building faces onto the open parking area with entry into the mall via three entrances. Importantly, the main façade facing the parking is treated as an active edge with shops located along it. A wide, well landscaped walkway creates a street edge along the main façade which is further emphasised with a cantilevered canopy. From the three external entrances, the lead in malls are kept intentionally short, with the outer lead in malls being angled towards the centre of the forecourt parking.
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