quadruple space under the tensile roof structure, a‘ park-in-the-sky’ called Central Park which is surrounded by restaurants and focused around a large, interactive fountain plus a covered stage area to be used for community, exhibition and cultural events.
A new curved entrance building to Menlyn was built creating a front door with restaurant tenants and a Hard Rock Café as the anchors. The curved focal building is approached via a large traffic circle and external fountain anchoring the main access point. Four‘ Fives Futbol’ pitches were created on the top level of the existing southern parkade.
Façades Due to the scale of the existing centre’ s façades it was decided that these façades were mostly going to be repainted in three shades of grey with red accent elements in very selected areas only. The new elevations are mostly plaster and paint with the introduction of some lightweight Etics portals around signage elements rendered in the red accent colour. The external façade to the new Food Court consists of a large east facing flush glazed façade flanked by the oval shape of the Food Court incorporating crisscross bands of LED colour to add interest to this portion of the façade.
40 Menlyn Shopping Centre