Buying and selling is as old as mankind. With time, the conditions under which
they take place have changed. A condition of most important consequence was the
introduction of the middleman, who turned barter into commerce. He carried the
work produced by others from place to place, established trade routes and trading
posts, founded country stores and merchant states. Wherever he settled he became
an integral, invigorating part of urban life.
The original concept behind malls has now been lost to endless
commercialisation in terms of Gross Leasable Area. The current social congregational
provisions of the modern-day mall no longer bear any resemblance to the envisioned
concept of shopping malls. Hence, there is a need to rediscover techniques to
convert the contemporary inert mall spaces into active congregational spaces that
serve a social as well as an environmental outlook.
The concept of shopping center aroused where the basic need of the
suburban shopper, i.e. conveniently accessible, amply stocked shopping area with
plentiful and free parking was available. This is the purely practical need for which the
shopping center was originally conceived and which many centers most adequately
fulfill.
These shopping centers created additional attractions for shoppers by meeting
other needs which is providing opportunities for social life and recreation in a
protected pedestrian environment. They also provided the desired place and
opportunity for participation in modern community life that the ancient Greek Agora,
the Medieval Market Place and our own Town Squares provided in the past. In such
centers, pedestrian areas are filled with packed life not only during normal shopping
hours, but on Sundays and holidays when people window-shop, view exhibits and
support the restaurants.
2016
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TOTAL SITE AREA 90M * 140M
TOTAL SITE AREA 12600 M
SETBACKS 6M ,9M AND 20M SETBACK FROM CONTOUR
GROUND FLOOR TOTAL AREA = 4229 M
BASEMENT FLOOR TOTAL AREA = 3550 M
FIRST FLOOR TOTAL AREA =4276 M-1200M
(ATRIUM AREA WHICH NOT COUNT IN F.A.R.) =3024 M
SECOND FLOOR TOTAL AREA =4325 M -1200 M
(ATRIUM AREA WHICH NOT COUNT IN F.A.R.) = 3175 M
AR.GAURAV SONI
