scale and face on the north , to a harder and larger scale to the south .
Providing circulation to and on the site proved a challenging feat , particularly because of the spatial and parking requirements . The heavily contoured site is consumed by the building , with the main access on the northern boundary into parking on grade level and two basements beneath the building . It was important to keep the surface parking to a minimum so as not to create a heat island and a sea of parking typical of many other convenient retail centres .
A small secondary road on the southern boundary of the site is used by service and delivery vehicles to access the delivery yard , and tenant parking on the first floor level – thus keeping the main vehicular access for visitors free of larger vehicles .
Brief The brief asked for a simple yet well-defined shopping environment , of which the building ’ s scale , spatial and façade composition needed to respect its suburban contextual intervention .
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