The client required a scheme with high visibility and a dramatic image. The new retail centre was requiered to be a 4,246 m² (45,000 sq ft) enclosure with minimum number of columns and the largest possible number of parking spaces. The idea for the scheme was to create a column-tree space by means of a structural spine along the length of the building which was supported at an intermediate point by steel tension rods hung from a 35 m high tower.