CROSS SECTION
RESIDENTIAL LEVEL 1
FIRST FLOOR RETAIL LEVEL
GROUND FLOOR RETAIL LEVEL
During the design concept stage different mixed-use models were tested with the final retail lead , residential mix eventually selected . This mix required a carefully considered design response to create two distinct environments in the same building ; one with a contemporary retail character and the other a welcoming residential character , with both part of the considered whole .
The Site To achieve the desired positive urban response to the site the decision was taken early in the project to provide the required parking across three semibasement levels . As the site falls steeply from east to west this allowed for the residential entrance to be provided on-grade on western side of the site while the mall entrance could , in turn , be accessed on-grade on the eastern side , three floors above the residential entrance . The mall itself is designed over two floors and there are a further two residential floors above the mall providing 49 one- and two-bedroom apartments .
Design At 130m long by 55m wide , Centre Point is a large building . In order to articulate the mass of the building and aid in its legibility and scale , the overall envelope is formally comprised of a base , accommodating the retail and residential entrances and parking floors , a middle , accommodating the retail mall and a top , accommodating two floors of residential apartments .
Façade The base is predominantly finished with a dark brown facebrick that has been detailed as either stretcher-bond infill panels or as an open ventilated bond . The primary concrete superstructure has been expressed to aid in the legibility of the building and to de-scale the mass at street level .
The design of the retail mall façade is somewhat more playful , acknowledging the coastal location with abstract nautical references , and is wrapped in a continuous ribbon comprised of three colours of aluminium composite panels ( ACP ). The colours have been blocked into an abstract pattern that ‘ moves ’ horizontally across the length of the façades . The ACP ribbon rises and falls to reveal the public facing areas of the mall and to signify the main entrance on the Koeberg / Loxton Road corner . The ACP ribbon is also used as a device to frame and contain the external tenant signage into managed zones .
Interior Highlights The interior concept for the mall was to use a single organising device , the 95m long , gently curving triple volume atrium , to structure the space . Line shops are arranged around the atrium providing 10,000m 2 of GLA over the two floors .
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