Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa January/February 2015

PROJECT Rosebankmall Rosebankmall represents a dramatic departure for Rosebank’s retail node. PHOTOGRAPHY: MIKE PAWLEY CLIENT Hyprop Investments ARCHITECTS MDS Architecture QUANTITY SURVEYORS Norval Wentzel Steinberg STRUCTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERS DG Consulting Engineers ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Rawlins Wales FIRE ENGINEERS Specialised Fire Technology HVAC WSP Group Africa and Graeme Page Consulting Engineers in a JV TENANT CO-ORDINATON MDSA Project Management MAIN CONTRACTOR WBHO Construction 44 T he new-look Rosebankmall has almost doubled the GLA of the existing shopping centre to create a critical mass of retail for the precinct, at the same time reinstating the axis of Rosebank as a vibrant, integrated urban node. Designed by MDS Architecture for Hyprop Investments, work began on the planning as far back as 2008 and the project was completed in November 2014. The well-known Mall of Rosebank was already attracting shoppers from 25km away in an area which has enjoyed an upsurge in pedestrian traffic in recent times. The completed shopping centre, which is close to the Rosebank Gautrain station, boasts about 160 desirable local and international brands in 62,000m2 GLA. “In addition to adding substantial new retail space, the shopping centre was completely refurbished,” says Pat Henry, the partner at MDS Architecture heading up the Rosebankmall project team. Brief The mall was traditionally a linear mall and a through-route from east to west between Cradock and Bath Avenues – it sits between the Rosebank retail node and Gautrain Station in the east and a large office component to the west. Initially, Hyprop Investments briefed the practice to reconfigure the mall and add additional parking on top of the existing building. The original building was also Rosebankmall

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