Exploration Of Key Points On Shopping Mall Design

Shopping centers appeared in the United States and other part of the works in the 1950 s.It has only gained popularity in China in recent 30 years.During this period many large shopping centers were built and opened.It helped greatly to improve the people's living facilities and the quality of life.However,due to the relatively short time shopping centers exit in the country,most of the shopping mall design were performed by foreign design firms.There is a lack of systematic guidelines for shopping centers design that applicable to enhance the research works and additional costs.Therefore,it is necessary to enhance the research works in this area in order to provide some basic key criteria for shopping center designer.Despite of the complexity of shopping centers that can be designed in many way and involves multi-disciplines.There is some general roles that should be followed regardless to construction drawing.This report address the key issues that should be considered at various stages of the design,from master planning,traffic analysis,trade mix,circulation to structural and MEP coordination.