MANUEL L. QUEZON UNIVERSITY

A SUBURBAN SHOPPING CENTER

GUNDRAN, RAM BRIEN B.Submitted by:

AR. CHRISTIAN R. CABANILLASubmitted to:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

II. MINOR PROBLEMA.WHAT IS A SUBURBAN SHOPPING CENTER?B. HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM OTHER ARCHITECTURAL BUILDINGS?C.WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS IN BUILDING A SUBURBAN SHOPPING CENTER?

III. ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTIVES

IV. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREA.FOREIGNB.LOCAL

V. CASE STUDY

VI. DEVELOPMENT CONTROLVII. DEFENITION OF TERMS

VIII. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

IX. SITE ANALYSIS

I.HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Many downtown commercial businesses have come to the realization that they are not realizing the maximum in cash receipts because of the downtown traffic congestion and the overburden on various means of public transportation. As a result, many real estate promoters have grasped the situation and are promoting shopping centers in outlying suburban or rural areas were land values are relatively lower, congestion is at a minimum and where access roads and markets surveys have broken out like a rash throughout the country. Only a small percentage of these proposed will be built, and many of these that are built will eventually become blight on the are because of poor solutions to, merchandising problems, or poor design. For these and many other reasons, some major departments stores are either initiating their own shopping center plans, or are themselves dictating the design as one of the prices of participation.

Source: ll. MINOR PROBLEM

A. What is a suburban shopping center?

B. How does it differ from other architectural buildings?

C. What are some of the general requirements in building a suburban shopping center?

lll. ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTIVES

A. A SUBURBAN SHOPPING CENTER A shopping center is a modern, chiefly North American, term for a form of shopping precinct or shopping center, in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops representing merchandisers with interconnecting walkways that enable customers to walk from unit to unit.

Astrip mall(also called ashopping plaza,shopping center, ormini-mall) is an open-airshopping mallwhere the stores are arranged in a row, with asidewalkin front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have largeparking lotsin front. They face major trafficarterialsand tend to be self-contained with few pedestrian connections to surrounding neighborhoods.

A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different product categories known as "departments". In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appearance in the middle of the 19th century, and permanently reshaped shopping habits, and the definition of service and luxury. Department stores today have sections that sells the following clothing, furniture, home appliances, toys, cosmetics, gardening, toiletries, sporting goods, do it yourself, paint, and hardware and additionally select other lines of products such as food, books, jewelry, electronics, stationery, photographic equipment, baby products, and products for pets. Customers out near the front of the store or, alternatively, sales counters within each department. Some are part of a retail chain of many stores, while others may be independent retailers. In the 1970s, they came under heavy pressure from discounters.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_mall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_storEB. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1A. The department store should be the dominant feature of the development and should have approximately 11,600 sq. m. of area. It may be on one or more levels. It should be capable of expansion (either laterally or vertically) to a total of 16,250 sq., m.1B. There should be a food court of 1,850 sq. m. that includes rentable stalls to serve different viands.1C. The total rentable Area of the center should be approximately 37,000 sq. m. for professional offices and 46 sq. m. for rental and management offices for the owner. Actual division of area into shops is not required.1D. The parking area should be sufficiently landscaped to relieve the severity of a sea of cars. Service and trucking traffic must be completely segregated from public traffic. Traffic flows must be designed in such a manner as to meet with proper planning standards.1E. There should be a twin cinema which will be located on the upper floor.1F. Rentable area: any area which can be rented directly to a tenant to produce income for the owner or management.1G. Service area: That area which is necessary for the management or owner to service the tenant and for which he cannot receive direct rental.1H.