Architect and Builder June 2017 | Page 42

The existing movie box on top of the old parkade was repainted in a chequerboard pattern by applying lightweight Etics façade panels over the existing crisscross plastered façades. The same chequerboard colours were used to repaint the existing precast panels of the old parkade elevations. The use of exposed steel was exploited at the new focal entrance building, the mall rooflights, as well as the structural steel elements 42 within Central Park. Architectural steel was used in combination with flush-glazed elements. Signage and Graphics All of the internal and external signage elements were revisited and refreshed to tie in with the new corporate identity of the centre. This included the rebranding of all of the parkade floors with redesigned graphics and colours and a simple Menlyn Shopping Centre