Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa May/June 2014 | Page 46

The centre accommodates
7 anchor tenants over
two levels, including
cinemas on a third level

The stratum of the primordial layering is
mimicked in the floors, ceilings and façade
elements. Both the shape and colouration of
these precedents can be found in the roofscapes and entrances. Promptly dubbed the
‘armadillo’, the central feature of the external
façade - and covering the internal food court
and entertainment zones - is the strata and layer
shaped central roof-scape. Porous, both visually

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and physically from the external parking deck,
this area spills out onto a public square and
garden area. The landscaping here will hark back
to the primordial forest whilst the rest around
the centre will be more in keeping with the
current Highveld landscape. Within the public
square will be an interactive, public sculpture.
The theme of this object is a mother and child,
in keeping with the evolutionary theme and also