Construction World December 2020

Category: ARCHITECTS

LA LUCIA MALL La Lucia Mall is conveniently located off the M4 highway to Durban in the leafy suburb of La Lucia. Originally completed in 1974 the mall has received numerous extensions and refurbishments over the years, each resulting in added value of an additional tenant offering or aesthetic modification.

The brief to the design team was to produce a world-class design for an internationally branded 5-star hotel and serviced apartments scheme. The design had to seamlessly integrate the building with the existing principles of New Urbanism already established in the Melrose Arch precinct, and to provide for a dual branded property with shared services. T KH NH\ 0DUULRWW +RWHO DQG 0DUULRWW ([HFXWLYH $SDUWPHQWV LQ WDQGHP ZLWK D VLPLODU KHLJKW DGMDFHQW UHVLGHQWLDO VFKHPH called One on Whiteley, was designed around an enclosed private ODQGVFDSHG FRXUW\DUG IRU WKH WZR EXLOGLQJV Additionally, a double volume perimeter public areas of the hotel and branded apartments, was envisioned to create a human scale interface with the public at street level, and to integrate this new RIIHULQJ ZLWKLQ WKH SUHFLQFW 7KH -RKDQQHVEXUJ 0DUULRWW +RWHO RIIHUV WKH SXEOLF DFFHVV to a unique new offering within the greater precinct, with an DHVWKHWLF DͦQLW\ WR WKH H[LVWLQJ DUFKLWHFWXUDO H[SUHVVLRQ EXW DQ H[SUHVVLRQ RI PDWHULDOV ZKLFK SURYLGHV D GLVWLQFW LGHQWLW\ 7KH 0DUULRWW +RWHO LV WKH VLJQDWXUH EUDQG RI 0DUULRWW ,QWHUQDWLRQDO whose F&B offering is integral to the guest experience, including JOHANNESBURG MARRIOTTHOTEL& MARRIOTT EXECUTIVE APARTMENTS

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PROJECT INFORMATION

PROJECT INFORMATION

• Company entering: Bentel Associates International • Client: $0'(& 3URSHUW\ 'HYHORSPHQW • Start date: 2FWREHU • End date: 'HFHPEHU • Architect: Bentel Associates International • Principal Agent: $0'(& • Quantity Surveyor: Darcy Hedding Partnership • Consulting Engineer: Anderson Consulting Engineers

• Company entering: Bentel Associates International • Client: Growthpoint Properties

• Start date: -DQXDU\ • End date: 6HSWHPEHU • Main Contractor: WBHO

of basement parking, two SXEOLF ͥRRUV and the hotel and serviced apartment DERYH ƒ

• Architect: Bentel Associates International • Principal Agent: 0 $IULFD &RQVXOWLQJ • Quantity Surveyor: RLB Pentad • Consulting Engineer: Escongweni BPI

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