Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa January/February 2015 | Page 44
PROJECT
Rosebankmall
Rosebankmall represents a dramatic departure
for Rosebank’s retail node.
PHOTOGRAPHY: MIKE PAWLEY
CLIENT
Hyprop Investments
ARCHITECTS
MDS Architecture
QUANTITY SURVEYORS
Norval Wentzel Steinberg
STRUCTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERS
DG Consulting Engineers
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
Rawlins Wales
FIRE ENGINEERS
Specialised Fire Technology
HVAC
WSP Group Africa and Graeme Page
Consulting Engineers in a JV
TENANT CO-ORDINATON
MDSA Project Management
MAIN CONTRACTOR
WBHO Construction
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he new-look Rosebankmall has almost doubled the GLA of the existing shopping
centre to create a critical mass of retail for the precinct, at the same time reinstating
the axis of Rosebank as a vibrant, integrated urban node.
Designed by MDS Architecture for Hyprop Investments, work began on the planning
as far back as 2008 and the project was completed in November 2014.
The well-known Mall of Rosebank was already attracting shoppers from 25km away in
an area which has enjoyed an upsurge in pedestrian traffic in recent times. The completed
shopping centre, which is close to the Rosebank Gautrain station, boasts about 160
desirable local and international brands in 62,000m2 GLA. “In addition to adding
substantial new retail space, the shopping centre was completely refurbished,” says Pat
Henry, the partner at MDS Architecture heading up the Rosebankmall project team.
Brief
The mall was traditionally a linear mall and a through-route from east to west between
Cradock and Bath Avenues – it sits between the Rosebank retail node and Gautrain
Station in the east and a large office component to the west.
Initially, Hyprop Investments briefed the practice to reconfigure the mall and add
additional parking on top of the existing building. The original building was also
Rosebankmall