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City Center Mall, Banjara Hills , Hyderabad.

Case Study

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City center , HyderabadShopping Mall

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Building Facts & RegulationArchitects Name: Mohammed Aslam

Firm: Aslam Associates

Area: 3,12,442Sq.ft

Extent: •Front:82m•Side:74m

Setback:

there is 8m setback

around the mall

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Extent of site & building

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Building Function• Shopping

• Entertainment• Community• Ecology

• Predominantly commercial

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Land Use:

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Site Regulation• 8m of setback around the building.

• 70% of site is used.• 1.8Acres of land.• Has a security and safe complaint building

design and layout within the plot• The spaces are designed safe

• The egress is away from main traffic road.

• Special consideration is given to parking loading and walkways.

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Site AnalysisSite location & Address : Road no 1, City center mall, Banjara hills, Hyderabad

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entry

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Approch to the site & Traffic :Shopping Mall

Main entrance

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Proximity To Major Junctions• It is 6km from airport.

• 5-6km from railway station.• Bus stop at a distance of 40m.• Also boost the social fabric of hostels, schools,

office, bank.

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Proximity To Major Junctions• CITY CENTRE MALL

BANK

TAJ DECCAN HOTEL HOSPITAL

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Physical AspectsSoil type and properties: Red sandy soil

Properties:it has great load bearing capacity

Water table: 300ft

Topography and slope: 5-6ft

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LANDSCAPE

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Social Economic Factors

• Rental value – 9500/sq.ft.• Considered as the hub of the open community.

• It is posh locality.

• Obvious consideration for property buyers• High and mighty of Hyderabad stay here • 3-4BHK varies from 1-4Crore• Highly preferred for rented accommodation.

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• This area is completely transformed into a urban commercial centre of importance

• Most expensive zip code of India • It is segregated varying from 1-14• Many retail businesses have been established in

this area • This suburb has good road network with road

being renovated constantly to accomadate high traffic in peak hours.

Social Economic

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Local Construction Material:

• RCC, Fly-ash , steel reinforcement , clear glass , Alco bond panel.

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Local Construction Technology:

• Frame work construction ( columns, beams)

• Grid system

• Space frame , Trusses work @ Atrium top

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Wind DirectionShopping Mall

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Temperature

• Over the course of a year, the temperature typically varies from 61°F to 102°F and is rarely below55°F or above 107°F.

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Daily High and Low Temperature

The daily average low (blue) and high (red) temperature with percentile bands (inner band from 25th to 75th percentile, outer band from 10th to 90th percentile).

Maximum intensity of sun rays on site

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Humidity• The relative humidity typically ranges from 23% (dry)

to 95% (very humid) over the course of the year, rarely dropping below 13% (very dry) and reaching as high as 100% (very humid).

Relative Humidity

The average daily high (blue) and low (brown) relative humidity with percentile bands (inner bands from 25th to 75th percentile, outer bands from 10th to 90th percentile).

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Green cover

• Flora & fauna at the mall.

- Wodyetia Bifurcata (Foxtail) similar to palm trees, Paiodi silver plant , shrubs and bushes.

• Features:

- Creates a green environment

- Easy to maintain

- Can grow in extreme hot and humid climate

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Concept and design ideasEgyptian pylons and pyramids

The architect used pylons as concept to design the front façade of the building and used glass pyramids as the dome on top of the building

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Concept and design ideas

pylon

pyramid

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Style and renderingShopping Mall

70mm

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Style and renderingShopping Mall

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Style and renderingShopping Mall

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Circulation • Open plan areas, walkways corridor and lobbys

were well planned, easing circulation.

• Travel distance was minimised to benefit all.

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Circulation Shopping Mall

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Psychological Feel At The Site• The pylons are dominant feature on front façade

the mall looks balanced because of its proper scale and proportion. The structure is simple yet dominating.

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Psychological Feel At The Site• City centre scores the most in its distinct sense

of character, beat the correct sense of lightning , wall to wall carpeting in the food court, vitrified tile are the impressive paintings of each type of cuisine on its wall, its makes the visitor immediately spot its individualistic quality.

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Views from the site:Shopping Mall

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Structural Detail

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Foundation

• Isolated Foundation.• It is used when soil bearing

capacity is high.

• Footing depth – 8’

• Combined footing at corners

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BasementStructural Detail

• Column & Grid Construction is shown

Entry

Exit

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Elevation DetailStructural Detailing

Front façade wall detailing

Bill Board Section Detail

Section B/t 2floors

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Fire Safety

• The fire safety includes automatic fire suppression systems, smoke detectors, heat detectors, fire alarms .

• AC systems, the systems have automatic fan shut-offs and fire dampers to stop fire being engulfed more zone to the other.

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Fire Exit Plan Of MallShopping Mall

Waiting Room

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HVAC• The mall system uses a central plant or unitary

equipment.

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Site Plan

Road no 1

Road no 10

VSR Circle

Axis Bank

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Zoning Shopping Mall

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Elements of architecture• Pylons

• Coffered ceiling at the entrance

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Principles of architecture• Harmony

• Balance

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MassingShopping Mall

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Scale of building and spaces• Height of building: 81ft

• Height of each level: 14ft

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Dimensional Proportion Of SpacesShopping Mall

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Dimensional Proportion Of SpacesShopping Mall

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Dimensional Proportion Of SpacesShopping Mall

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Dimensional Proportion Of SpacesShopping Mall

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Dimensional Proportion Of SpacesShopping Mall

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Dimensional Proportion Of SpacesShopping Mall

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Front Elevation

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Side elevation

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Concept behind the flooring

• Beneath its skylight and amidst a love triangle of black marble, grey steel and off-white granite,

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Escalators

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Elliptical StaircaseShopping Mall

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Entrance ApproachShopping Mall

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ParkingShopping Mall

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Parking PlanShopping Mall

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Parking PlanShopping Mall

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InferenceThe ambience of the mall is good

The mall manages to look spacious

It scores a distinct sense of character

The planning is simple

The corridors are not narrow and hence they break the monotony

The structure is simple yet dominant

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Inference• Ease in which a particular store on a certain level

can be reached

• Four modes of mall travel, escalators , elevators and two flights of staircase at close proximity to each other

• One doesn’t loose time in merely wandering all over the mall in search of stores

• There are not many blindspots inside

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Inference• Does not have a very large parking

• Steel bars of railings around the staircase of 5 stories of the mall have gaps wide enough to slip a infant through

• There’s no separate toilets for staff• There’s no much landscape in mall• No proper facilities for handicapped

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Done by

vinay jain-1451210037

Arihant-1451210057

Karan parmar-1451210072