Pent_Mall

Redefining dynamism in Public space!

#ArchitecturalDesign|Semester 5 | Public Space | Commercial Building

Conceptualisation:

The project began understanding the experience of a user who is shopping; the shopping streets in Bangalore like the commercial street for clothes, avenue road street for books, food streets, etc and their character in engaging the public. The shops that open to the streets welcoming the crowd to just walk-in, visibility of shops, levels, network of streets, nodes for breaking the monotony and taking breaks were all captured and re-interpreted in a building. The experience was thought to be sensory involving the five senses- see, hear, touch, taste, smell and five elements of nature- air, water, earth, fire and space.

Design Development:

The form is derived from the Libra-constellation with five cores acting as recreation zones to hold the crowd.

The spaces stagger in each level and make a wider atrium to receive light. Common areas like food court is in the wider central space.

The building is placed on a plaza with double height entrance.

The dynamism in the building is achieved in the roof that opens to make the central atrium into a courtyard making way for air and light seasonally. The operation of the same is based on water level control operated by electric motor.

When the roof tilts to open up, the fire escape slides will deploy from the five nodes where people can slide down and be evacuated. The main staircase is designed from a circular plan and mezzanine levels to maintain the visual connectivity of people and shops.

The different varieties of shops include anchor shops, vanilla shops and medium size shops. The anchor shops have double height spaces with mezzanine floors. They are strategically located in the prime zones of the five major nodes along with service core viz. lift, staircase and toilets.

The theaters are isolated from mall building to reduce crowd and foot fall. The theater is partially recessed in the ground to reduce the height of the building.

The staircase circular plan is a result of the circular nodes.