“Valyou Supermarket” in Mellieha, Malta

  • Sector Retail & Shopping Complexes
  • Year2016
  • ClientBelleview supermarkets co. Limited
  • LocationMellieha - Malta
  • ServicesGlobal Design, Project Management

The iconic and panoramic “Belleview” bakery in Mellieha, once almost a mandatory pit-stop for beach-goers heading towards Ghadira, is finally coming back to a new life. The symbol of revival is a brand new development, that replaces the existing and completed demolished building and houses a “Valyou” supermarket, 28 overlying apartments and parking facilities. In Malta the space is scarce and precious, that’s why 5 of the 9 new floors are developped underground: the threefloors car parking occupies the lower levels, the storehouse and the supermarket sales area are placed at the basement and ground floor, while the apartments are located on the upper 3 floors, with 5 penthouses with terrace on top.
A fully equipped cafeteria with little kitchen and a pleasant exterior porch, completes a location destined to become a new shopping and meeting point for locals and tourists, requaliflying the entire area.
The exterior contemporary design with its neutral colours and characteristic brise-soleils, is conceived to be perfectly integrated with the maltese neighbourhood’s landscape, while the interior design, with brown and cream finishings, vintage tiles and fluent ribs, wants to give to “Valyou” supermarkets a stronger, fresher and coordinated visual identity.