Lighting in Design August-September 2017

Springs Mall: a warm and inviting ambience

Springs, the last town in the east of the Witwatersrand before entering Gauteng’s platteland, now boasts a new 50 000 m 2 shopping centre, Springs Mall, which opened its doors in March 2017.

T he retail centre was developed by Flanagan & Gerard and designed by MDS Architecture. It is a two-level structure, which is split to allow access to the building on both the upper ground and lower ground levels. Despite its size, the building blends into the landscape from a distance. “We broke the scale of the building down by designing landscaped inspired patterns onto the plaster work

and by using tactile materials such as glass, timber and off-shutter concrete,” explains Pierre Lahaye, a partner at MDS Architecture. Entrances The four prominent entrances at the two-level Springs Mall are areas of focus, with covered walkways leading up to porte cocheres – dog leg

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