Ms. Noir
Day 10: Architectural Detail
I generally prefer older styles of architecture, such as Art Deco & Moderne, Victorian, etc, but I quite like the sweeping, sensuous curves of the glass vaulted roofs running the length of the gallery between Target and David Jones at Chadstone Shopping Centre (www.chadstoneshopping.com.au/home/).
As its website proclaims, Chadstone is "the largest and most fashionable shopping destination in the Southern Hemisphere", and was originally modeled on the massive shopping malls of post-war America. It opened in October 1960, and has been expanding ever since, undergoing many of its largest renovations over the last two decades.
Design firm RTKL have done a smashing job of utilising said glass roofs to open up the interior spaces and flood them with light. The curves add another dimension of beauty to the interiors, creating a delicate and aesthetically-pleasing frame to the gleaming shop-fronts below. I also like the very subtle ripple pattern you can see just beneath the vaulting; it reminds me of the patterns left in the sand at low tide.
The whole centre looks very polished and sophisticated now - a far cry from the dim, dated interiors I remember from when I used to work there in the mid-90s.
Day 10: Architectural Detail
I generally prefer older styles of architecture, such as Art Deco & Moderne, Victorian, etc, but I quite like the sweeping, sensuous curves of the glass vaulted roofs running the length of the gallery between Target and David Jones at Chadstone Shopping Centre (www.chadstoneshopping.com.au/home/).
As its website proclaims, Chadstone is "the largest and most fashionable shopping destination in the Southern Hemisphere", and was originally modeled on the massive shopping malls of post-war America. It opened in October 1960, and has been expanding ever since, undergoing many of its largest renovations over the last two decades.
Design firm RTKL have done a smashing job of utilising said glass roofs to open up the interior spaces and flood them with light. The curves add another dimension of beauty to the interiors, creating a delicate and aesthetically-pleasing frame to the gleaming shop-fronts below. I also like the very subtle ripple pattern you can see just beneath the vaulting; it reminds me of the patterns left in the sand at low tide.
The whole centre looks very polished and sophisticated now - a far cry from the dim, dated interiors I remember from when I used to work there in the mid-90s.