360 Mall Skylight Wing

The brief

An extension to the Zahra concourse that would sit directly under a new ETFE canopy — and have to deliver it without glare, echo, or visible mechanical services.

Daylight through ETFE is a gift you ruin with the wrong ceiling. We specified a double-depth anodised-aluminium baffle field tuned to the sun-path at 29° latitude — preserving the light, breaking up the glare, absorbing the reverb.

A ceiling that filters, not floods

The ceiling is a single plane built as 4,200 baffles on an 80/20 fin-to-void ratio. Below, a raised access floor carries data and power to tenant kiosks; the whole concourse is reconfigurable inside a week.

• Ceiling — 4,200 anodised baffles
• Fin ratio — 80 / 20 · tuned to noon sun
• Access floor — Raised · data + power
• Partitions — Demountable glass at kiosks

• 12,400 m² Net fit-out
• 4,200 Baffles
• 240 d Days · phased
• 80/20 Fin-to-void ratio