NATIONAL CASE STUDY - SHOPPING MALL

TIME SQUARE MALL , NAYA RAIPUR AIM OF THE PROJECT:

❑ Times Square Shopping Mall is a design project for an entire

MICRO-URBANISM.
❑ Flexibility in design within existing cities in the face of rapid
change caused by,
• Political
• Economic
• Socio-cultural forces

Visual dynamism SPECIAL ASPECTS:

- A mall that breathes without air-conditioning ❑ Acts as both commercial hub & sustainable complex.

AWARDS: ❑ Mall as a landmark- The administrative capital of the State of

Chhattisgarh Naya Raipur as India's fourth prosperous &
• Best Hospitality Project at the CIA planned smart city.
• World Builders and Infra Awards
• 2017 for economic viability & commercial feasibility. ❑ Interconnection with indoor to the outdoor environment.
 LOCATION - CAPITAL CITY OF CHHATISGRAH- RAIPUR (Developing smart
PROJECT DETAIL:
population: 1,95,000)
• As the city of Raipur is still growing, affordability is still a criteria.
• PROJECT NAME: TIME SQUARE MALL
• The ideology mutual shading and building orientation, so as to conceive a
• LOCATION: NAYA RAIPUR, CHHATSGARH sustainable mall with minimum energy consumption.
• ARCHITECT: M/s CREATIVE GROUP, NEW DELHI.
• BUILT UP AREA: 11,000 sq.m
• INITATION DATE: September 2013
• COMPLETION DATE: March 2016
• DESIGN TEAM: Ar. Charanjit Shah & Ar. Gurpeethah

ARCHITECT' WORDS ON THIS BUILDING: PROPOSED LAND USE: FIRST INTEGRATED SMART CITY
"We imagined designing an environment full of greenery, MIXED USE DEVELPMENT
retail shops and recreational activities; an environment
COMMERCIAL &PUBLIC SPACE
that could act as an enclave of connection and welcome
people inside. It is a mall to be experienced to be MODERN, HI-TECH &
understood."
ECO-FRIENDLY DESIGN
 CONCEPT OF THE MALL:
SITE SPECIFICATION:

• An abstract use of Jaali work as an elevation feature with a dynamic

ARCHITECT: CREATIVE GROUP STUDIO
built form where the building facade changes at every viewing angle.
CLIENT: AVINASH GROUP
• The concept is based on an emerging curve which rises from the
LOCATION: NAYA RAIPUR, CHATTISGARH ground and showcases the aspirations of a development of a new city
AREA: 11,000 sq.m Naya Raipur.

VEGETATION: LUSH GREEN VEGETATION & TROPICA • Hoardings solve purpose of acting as a second sun screen apart from
being a decorative element in the building; imbibed in the niches of
TOPOGRAPHY: FLAT metal jallis.
CLIMATE: TROPICAL WET & DRY • The helical form of the building emerges from the ground floor, as if
originating from the surrounding landscape.

CONCEPT DIAGRAM

WHY NAYA RAIPUR ?

• MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
• COMMERCIAL+ CULTURAL CENTRE
• DIVERSE ACTIVITIES
• SMART CITY
SITE PLAN:
SITE DETAILS:

PEDESTRAIN ENTRY: 3
VEHICULAR ENTRY& EXIT: 1
EXTERIOR FOOD COURT: 1
PRESENCE OF KIOSKS
PAVED PATHWAY: 3M WIDE
DROP OFF: 3.5M Wide
WIDTH OF THE ROAD: 4.5M
• Significant dimension is along the mall as this involves
the widths, I, e, frontages, of stores.

• Often used spaces are 6m,7.5m or 9m (20,25 and 30ft.),

with the last the most flexible.

• Dimension from mall to rear of store can be set by the

most economical structural system

• In shopping malls, the dimensions of the shop mainly

depends on the super build up area which
includes(staircases, lift shafts, generator rooms, security
rooms)
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MULTIPLEX MEASUREMENTS:
DESIGN FEATURES:

• The idea worked across scales to doubly awe visitors with vast spaces and welcome them with measures of comfort. In
following, coherence and hierarchy were critical to the mall's planning.
• The architects have delivered a highly sustainable and viable contemporary built-form which is enhanced by their capability
to engage themselves right from the initial phase of the project.
• The stepped terraces add extra area to each floor, thereby increasing the saleable areas and acting as recreational spaces.
At smaller scales, architectural details provide a visual dynamism that extends through each of the mall's spaces
• It is interwoven with all characteristics of an iconic marvel which are responsive to its environment.
SERVICES:
FIRE EXIT:

• The unit of exit width 500 mm.

• A clear with of 250 mm shall be counted as an additional half unit.
• Clear widths less than 250 mm shall not be counted for exit width.
• The travel distance to an exit from the dead end of a corridor is 30 m (assembly buildings)
direction of escape
• DECENTRALISED SEWAGE TREATMENT according to the government rules.
• PRESENCE OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS & ALSO USE OF PRESSURIZATION OF STAIRSIS
ADOPTED
• ELECTRIC ROOM PRESENT-4.5*6M
• Vastu Considerations have played a very important role in the design process.
• The rising and dynamic form of the mall places its highest point on the south, adhering to Vastu analysis.
• The placements of various functions within the commercial building have also been planned as per the
client's vastu requirements.

• It is aptly placed around the administrative buildings in the vicinity serving as a landmark and a
turning point for the otherwise structured building envelopes.