Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa March/April 2015 | Page 72

INTERIOR

Standard Bank

Market Square

In 2013, Savile Row Tailored Environments was requested to design the new Market Square Facility
for Standard Bank’s recently completed 30 Baker Street building in Rosebank, Johannesburg
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his facility was to include dining facilities for the staff of the
building in a new and unique manner and it was clear from
the outset that Standard Bank was not looking for “yetanother-staff-canteen”. The brief was specific in that it required
both internal staff and external visitors to be catered for within
the accommodation provided.
In a drive to further emphasize the uniqueness of the facility,
Standard Bank engaged By Word of Mouth (BWOM) to operate the
facility. They quickly developed an operational brief that included
an à la carte private Dining Area, a Café Style central dining area
and a Grab ‘n Go offering for staff on the run. These three distinct
offerings combined to assist in preparing a brief that lent itself to
varying seating configurations to satisfy the level of privacy sought

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after from the large number of users anticipated to frequent the
Market Square. With this in mind, Savile Row embraced a modern
approach to the design aesthetic that responded to the vastly
varying needs of the proposed customer base creating an allinclusive dining experience for Standard Bank.
The area available for the Market Square was approximately
2,000m2 and was to include all the back of house food preparation and storage facilities required to serve upwards of 1,500
people per day. With BWOM being a predominantly off-site food
preparation company, these facilities could be vastly rationalised
compared to facilities of similar capacities. To-order food
preparation was however also catered for in the kitchens thereby
enhancing the quality of the food ٙ