The leisure and entertainment component includes a Ster Kinekor Cinema Nouveau , restaurants , coffee shops and takeaway outlets .
The Site “ The site provides excellent visibility , good access , and is very conveniently situated ,” says Rob Bray , BAI architect and project director . The main design consideration was to create a complex that is sensitive towards the surrounding built environment , both in terms of its scale and the handling of its exterior façade .
The development took place on virgin land , which presented some challenges in terms of the design . The site is longitudinal and very steep with a strong fall from east to west . The combination of landscaping , predominantly inward facing shops and other building elements unifies the development within its site and context .
The parking levels were cut into the existing contours and the heights were limited to form a non-imposing transition from Cedar Road / Fourways Mall and the residential node to the West .
Upgrade of Access Road Infrastructure In conjunction with the developers and road engineers , solutions that were responsive to the site limitations included significant upgrades of the access roads and intersections . To increase capacity and minimise disruption to existing traffic patterns , the surrounding intersections were enlarged and the peak hour carrying capacity doubled . A flyover into the Fourways Mall across the road and a flyover into Cedar Square facilitates an uninterrupted traffic flow from the west .
A ring road has been split at the traffic circle , providing two entrances to the Square . Access
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