The architectural language of St Johns Village estate is carried through into the shopping centre. The concept was a clear deviation from a basic strip mall into a ‘cluster’ of well detailed buildings around a courtyard which resembles an intimate village centre rather than a basic retail strip mall.

The design brief called for a shopping center of 5 000m2 which would accommodate a major retail anchor, selected retail tenants which would service the local community as well as offices. 

The developer was deeply involved throughout the process – from the concept design through to hand selecting sculptures for the centre to finish it off. This added tremendous value as the architects we were far more focussed on the aesthetics and detailing rather than the design process being strictly driven by commercial requirements.