Department of Architecture

Hindustan College of Engineering

Architecture Design V
Designing of Shopping Mall

Introduction

The growth rate of Indian cities is tremendously increasing in all aspects like
economic, socio and cultural trends. Cities like Pune, Hyderabad, Banglore, Mumbai,
Gurgaon, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai have become hyperactive. The life styles of people
in these cities are changing according to the need of the day. Need and demand
necessitate growth of certain typologies in cities like IT Parks, High Rise Apartments,
Health Care, Institutions, Shopping Malls etc
Shopping malls facilitates variety of shops, food courts, theatre, recreational and
entertainment activities. Shopping malls have become one of urban hubs of any cities.
Success of a shopping mall depends on various parameters like accessibility, stimulation
and experience of pleasant shopping environment, most important availability of enough /
ample parking space.

Design Consideration
 Designing for Shopper’s experience
 Shopper’s Behavior and Buying habits
 Visual Impact
 Design consideration for physically challenged people
 New trends in shopping mall design like Media Architecture etc.

Shopping Mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is building or set of buildings that contain a variety of
stores, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store.
The mall is often enclosed.
 Shopping malls are most usually referred to as shopping centers, shopping precincts or
sometimes shopping arcades. The term shopping mall is usually applied to enclosed retail
structures, while shopping centre refers to open air retail complexes.
SHOPPING MALL DESIGN

Requirements

Information centre
Anchor stores
Medium size outlets
Small size shops
Theatre -1000 capacity
Food Courts
Bowling Alley
Rentable Office Space
Administration Department
Maintenance Department
Electrical Department – Power Maintenance

Building Services

Lifts & Escalators

Centralized A/C
Public rest rooms
Fire fighting system
Generator room & EB room
Safety & Security services

Parking

Temporary Parking –Site Level Parking

Permanent Parking – Building level – Basement & multilevel parking

Introduction

River side shopping mall of 42,000 sq m, located in IT Corridor –OMR at Chennai which
is an upcoming area with various typologies like residential, institutional, IT parks and
commercial facilities.
Thangavelu Engg College

R River
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Towards Sipcot River Towards Adyar

SANMAR
 SITE
400 X 105

Set backs, plot coverage and FSI – as per the local byelaws prevailing.
50% of the site is preserved for futureRoad
expansion.
And need to be considered while designing.

Date of Submission

Date Collection, Literature study & Case study 20th August

Concept Stage 24th August
Scheme Review I 29th August
Scheme Review II 03rd September
Final Presentation 12th September

Mode of Presentation

Concept Stage: A1/A2 Size opac sheet Manual Presentation

Scheme 1 & 2 : Manual Drawing in Rough Butter sheet only
Final : Computer Aid only- Drawings in A1/A0 Grayscale or color plot
Views in A3 Size color printout.

Drawing Requirement

Concept Stage

#Area Statement

#Activity Analysis Circulation Pattern Proximity Analysis Accessibility analysis User

group analysis, Zoning & Bubble Diagram

#Site zoning

#Site analysis
 Concept

Site Level Building level

Concept concept
Scheme 1

Single line bold drawings with Levels, labeling and fenestration representation & human
Scale – for sections.

Site plan 1:500 or 1:1000 Scale Floor Plan / Typical Floor Plans 1:100 or 1:200 Scale
Minimum 1 Section showing maximum details in 1:100 or 1:200 Scale

Scheme 2

Double line bold drawings with Levels, labeling and fenestration representation & human
Scale - for sections.

Site plan 1:500 or 1:1000 Scale Floor Plan / Typical Floor Plans 1:100 or 1:200 Scale
Minimum 2 Section showing maximum details in 1:100 or 1:200 Scale

Final Presentation

Site plan 1:500 / 1:1000

Floor Plan 1:100 / 1:200
Minimum 2 Section showing maximum details in 1:100 or 1:200 Scale
View - Computer 3D view of exterior and one of interior optional- Manual Exterior &
Interior Perspective. (OR) Open model in 1:200 Scale.

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