APPENDIX 2
(Previous Appendix 4)
THE MALLS SHOPPING CENTRE, BASINGSTOKE
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT – SCHEDULE OF WORKS
ALENCON LINK FRONTAGE (Phase One)
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Provide a gateway structure (see attached sketch)
Improved hard and soft landscaping along this frontage
Include features that provide colour, advertisements, information, signage etc.
Possible inclusion of Information Point ? (subject to management
arrangements)
STATION MALL
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Provide new ceiling finish (see attached sketch)
Provide designed lighting scheme
New paving (see attached sketches)
Construct entrance foyer and provide access to former first floor Allders
restaurant area, opposite Sainsburys entrance
Information point if not provided as above ? (subject to management
arrangements)
Improve wall finishes
Improve / provide new signage
CASTLE SQUARE
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Remove first floor balcony / walkway above Waterstones / Jessops and make
good within façade treatments (see attached sketch)
Incorporate the first floor balcony / walkway to the front of the ex Allders
restaurant into that vacant unit, thereby providing first floor level shop front to
Castle Square (see attached sketch)
Change the first floor balcony/walkway finish in front of Primark (see attached
sketch)
Remove first floor balcony / walkway above the ex Moben unit and provide a
new double height shop front to that unit to Castle Square and install
mezzanine floor within (see attached sketch)
Treat remaining first floor facades above Waterstones / Jessops and around
Primark with a mixture of coloured render, clay tiles (some with patterning),
glazed panels and incorporating steel sheet panels and plasma screen /
information panel (see attached sketch)
Provide weather protection, via high level roof covering with sides open to
elements (see attached sketch)
Provide feature / focal points within the Square (new glazed frontage to ex
Sharpe / Moben & Allders units) further features will be subject to involvement
of the Arts consultant (Artists) and the design team along with the internal
project teams
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Ensure Square can be used for events / exhibitions / small commercial uses –
It is proposed that any seating, lighting, waste bin provision etc. located within
Castle Square paving area will be able to be temporarily removed to facilitate
such events
Provide better public realm – (Use and function of: space, materials, Art,
lighting bins and seating etc.)
New lighting
New signage
New paving
Public toilets – new toilet facilities are to be located adjacent to main lift / stair
tower off Castle Square, which will include; male, female, baby changing and
a “changing places” facility
New lift cars
LODDON MALL
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Raise ceiling and provide new finish (See attached sketch)
A designed lighting scheme
New paving
Improve wall finishes
New signage
New lift cars with at least one being able to stop at Anvil level and being
suitable for people with access difficulties
Re-clad stair core (See attached sketch)
Improve stair access to car park
OLD BASING MALL
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Remove existing canopies and bulkheads
Provide weather protection, via high level roof with sides open to elements
(See attached sketch)
Treat the majority of the first floor facades with a mixture of panels made up of
coloured render, clay tiles (some with patterning), incorporating glazed and
steel panel feature material (See attached sketch)
New lighting
New paving
New signage
New seating / improved public realm (as described above)
Cladding of car park ramps with back lit steel panels to blend with overall
scheme proposals
ST JOHNS WALK FIRST FLOOR ELEVATION
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Treat with a mixture of, panels made up of coloured render and clay tiles
(some with patterning), incorporating feature steel panel materials (see
attached sketch)
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Introduce plasma screen / advertising panels / signage panels / public art
(See attached sketch)
CAR PARK LEVEL
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Clad stair / lift towers with render and backlit steel panels
Provide new canopies to stair/lift entrances
Improved lighting to entrances
Improved signage
Redecorate all staircase accesses
Provide for advertising/information boards, vending machines etc