Activating the Facade: The current facade is impersonal and focused on the retailing aspects of the mall. The new studies invert the focus of the facade. The first is a literal inversion, bringing the focus to the lower half of the wall at the height of the user, utilizing the activity within the mall to activate the facade. The next pushes the signage to its limits covering the facade as if it was a bulletin board. The last uses two opposing blank facades, one of pure glass eliminating the boundary completely. The solid blank wall becomes a canvas for the neighbourhood to promote themselves and instill a pride of ownership over the spaces of the mall.

Reprogramming: The ratio of retail to community services is inverted, like the inversion of private space in the suburbs we are now inverting retail space to public space within the mall. To address the loss of the theatre space during the Malton Community Centre renovation, a new theatre will fill the empty centre block. The needs of the youth are addressed through an expanded lounge area located by their feeding spot (the pizza place). Various other programs throughout the voids encourage the lively attitude which is found in social third places.

The Core: The extra versatile space will allow for the adaptation of the areas for the use of various events, such as kids’ shows and seasonal displays. The current entrance to the food court backs onto the dumpster ridden back parking lot which then opens to the ravine. The new centre court will seek to engage both the inner corridor of the mall and the parkland behind through a picnic area.

Art Corridor: The new corridor will provide a change of pace from the other corridors of the mall. It will cause regular users to stop and consider things other than the consumption of goods. It will also bring in a different user who might not commonly visit the mall, altering the daily patterns of the regular and presenting opportunity of negotiations between differences.