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Neha Bhardwaj
Madiha Khanam
Razia Akhtar
Ashraf Aftab
HISTORY
Greek Agora...
The word Agora is Greek for 'open place of assembly and, early
in the history of Greece, designated the area in the city where
free-born
citizens could gather to hear civic announcements, muster for
military campaigns or discuss politics. Later the Agora defined
the open-air, often tented, marketplace of a city (as it still does
in Greek) where merchants had their shops and where
craftsmen made and sold their wares. The original Agora of
Athens was located below the Acropolis near the building.
A shopping mall is a term, in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops
representing merchandisers with interconnecting walkways that enable customers to
walk from unit to unit
SHOPPING MALL
A shopping mall can be said to be a privately owned
public space. It is designed and constructed to profit
financially the investors concerned while at the same time
it serves as a recreational and shopping destination for the
public. As such, the design principles applied should
enhance its success.
Success of a shopping mall can be described in two main
aspects:-
i) Business success - This is the success of the tenants
occupying the investors asset thus assuring the investor in
profit making, and,
ii) Architectural success - This is the public acceptance of
the space that has been created once constructed.
Combining the two words, a shopping mall can therefore
be defined as a building or set of buildings that provide
walkways for the public to walk from one unit to another
within the same building/set of buildings as they go about
their business of exchanging goods and services for
money.
STANDARDS
PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT
Pedestrian movement needs to be studied and a hierarchy of entry points or doorways
established to provide defined ease of access plus an identifiable character for the
centre. Attention should be given to logical and well laid out integration and connection
with the adjacent spaces and a continuous path of travel. For safety reasons avoid
hidden doorways or alley type access points to collect people from the surrounding car
parks.
PAVEMENTS
Pavement may be used to direct people along pathways, to define or highlight areas, to
unify spaces and to provide interest and amenity. Artwork may be incorporated into the
paving. It is desirable to provide pavement materials and facilities that are easy to clean
and maintain, designed to resist vandalism and that resist damage from skateboarding.
Selection of the paving material should consider the porosity of the surface. Porous
surfaces are difficult to clean if dirt such as spilt drinks and chewing gum imbeds in the
surface.
SIGNAGE
The aim of signage design for shopping centres and other public urban spaces is to
improve name recognition and direction. It is necessary to provide materials that are
easy to clean and maintain and resist vandalism. Tactile signs are preferred for people
who have disabilities.
CONCLUSION
Provide amenity through provision of:
9. Safe spaces and facilities
1. Quality facilities, materials and design 10. Artwork providing vitality, colour and interest and
excellence providing cultural enhancement
2. Vitality, colour and interest 11. Valued heritage including natural, social and
built heritage
3. Personable spaces, scale and comfort
12. A landscape design that is flexible to cater for
4. Comfortable street furniture and other changes in commercial and community uses.
facilities 13. Ensure good access by provision of:
5. Landscape that relates well to the built 14. Effective transport facilities, (particularly at town
environment and is accessible centres) safe, functional and attractive bus
15. Interchanges, taxi rank areas and set down and
6. Legibility and ease for people to find their
way around drop off areas.
16. Improved pedestrian links with easy access from
7. Easily identifiable facilities road and cycle networks and bus stops.
8. Design that facilitates effective 17. Access to and throughout the centre(s) without
maintenance of spaces and facilities barriers, for all people regardless of their
18. Disabilities (see disability discrimination act 1992).