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<p>Scope: 37,500m² flagship mall with 37,000m² GLA including retail, Carrefour hypermarket, restaurants, VOX cinema, medical clinics, and 1,000-space parking.<br>Challenge: Deliver MAF's refined leasing strategy within Oman market while coordinating multiple stakeholders (anchor tenants, cinema operator, hypermarket) through design and construction. Achieve LEED Platinum certification while meeting strict project cost guidelines - balancing sustainability investment with economic targets.<br>Approach: Close client and stakeholder collaboration throughout design and supervision phases optimized GLA at 37,000m². Cost-conscious design process integrated sustainability features required for LEED Platinum without exceeding budget parameters. Coordinated anchor tenant requirements (Carrefour, VOX) into cohesive mall design.<br>Status: Completed</p>
Urban planning and design
Landscape design
Architecture design
Interior design
Structural engineering
Mechanical engineering
Electrical engineering
Infrastructure enigneering
Solid waste management
Construction supervision
Architect of record
Laceco responded to the above objectives by:
Designing a consistent urban framework that nevertheless provided a diversity in the individual architectural character of buildings.
Curating a seamless pedestrian experience in a site that had a challenging topography and was exposed to dominant winds.
Anchoring the site along three platforms linked to each other by a continuous game of terraces, stairs, suspended bridges and esplanades that gently slope down the length of the development.
Conducting value engineering and cost optimization studies to preserve economic viability of the development.
MAF aimed to achieve four objectives: a commercial center that is aligned with its well-honed leasing strategy, to work with a consultant that is capable of managing multiple stakeholders and collaborating closely with the client, to integrate sustainability features and meet project cost guidelines. Laceco worked closely with the client and the stakeholders during design and supervision stages to design a mall that optimized GLA at 37,000 m², meet the full requirements for LEED Platinum rating and integrate cost awareness within the design process to help the client achieve economic objectives.
