Park Square: a landmark designed with people in mind
Umhlanga’s new business and lifestyle development connects the community with its surroundings
Park Square, Umhlanga’s newest business and lifestyle development, will open its doors in November 2018. Merging beautifully with its surrounds, the development offers a future-forward, people-centred destination where the nearby communities and professionals can shop, work and connect. Hunt PR’s Melanie Rosettenstein spoke to Jarryd Murray, MAP Architects director and co-founder, to get the inside track on his vision to create a connected community through this new building. The brief In 2015, Nedbank approached MAP Architects directors Murray and Charles Taylor to design a space that would accommodate its KwaZulu-Natal team. The brief was to create a structure that would allow the easy flow of people through the development and accommodate a 17,500m² space to house its staff, in addition to general commercial and retail space. Having grown up on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, Murray loves the great outdoors and has witnessed the area’s urban transformation over the years. Passiona...
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