Interior Design
Vivid Architects collaborated with Savile Row
interior design consultants and the client in
formulating the interior design solutions. The
architects crafted all the external architecture,
the overall mall layouts, primary ceiling designs,
the shopfronts and bulkheads, with Savile Row
designing finishes to mall bulkheads, tile selection,
public toilets, mall furniture, feature cladding and
demising columns as well as feature node mobiles.
A feature suggested by the client and incorporated
by the design team was the inclusion of 4K LED
screens surrounding the three lift cores in the
primary nodes. These screens are dynamic and
allow the possibility of changing visual content in
an entertaining format.
Nautical Flavour
When Savile Row were approached by Zenprop
to design the interior spaces for Table Bay, the
mall’s architectural contemporary nautical design
language had been initiated by the architects.
Working with Vivid, Savile Row sought to
respond to this concept by creating a palette of
complimentary, honest interior materials and a
family of considered details that imply ‘maritime’
in a contemporary manner.
Table Bay Mall
Nautical and natural elements of the ocean are
referenced in materials, colours, forms, suspended
mobiles, light and texture, but always in a modern
interpretation of the elements, and completed with
modern finishes that were chosen for aesthetic as
well as practical reasons.
The use of a series of suspended white curved
forms, juxtaposed against glass skylights and
sinuous ceilings, are a rendition of a boat’s wake
which create a visual rhythm and act as a subtle
directional cue for visitors. At the main central
entrance into the mall, a portal entrance frames
this view down to the main central court where
a skeletal boat hull is suspended in mid air. The
ceiling form is evocative of a flowing shoreline that
draws the viewer’s eyes up to the ceiling. This is
the setting for the central event space, which was
designed to allow for a high level of versatility in
terms of sightlines, finishes and lighting.
Distinctive Courts
The mall is divided into three distinct court
areas, where customers are invited on a journey
of discovery, as each court has its own feature
mobile, inspired by sealife, boats and kites. A
unique feature to the mall are the digital walls
surrounding the lift cores, where ‘undersea’
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