the leisure component is made up of a centrally positioned nursery with coffee shops and a restaurant on the north end . Anchor tenants are supported by a wide variety of clothing stores , fast food take-aways and entertainment . The tenant mix aims to satisfy the shopper on the move and the shopper with time on hand to relax and spend the day enjoying the wonderful view of the Boland mountains .
As it is an external mall it was important to soften the transition between the parking area and the buildings . The Lifestyle Centre ’ s walkway was designed to integrate with the parking area through the use of landscaping , materials and design elements . The roofs that form the walkway
canopy are a continuation of the main body of the building , thus integrating building and walkway with sweeping roofscapes . A combination of landscaping and building elements unifies the building with its site . Trees were planted along pedestrian walkways in the parking area and where they reach the walkway they terminate in large planters . These planters mimic the building in material and provide an edge to the parking side of the walkway .
The task of edging the walkway without obstructing shopfronts was achieved through the use of solid elements at low level as well as palm trees that reach up to the sweeping roof at focal points .
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