Case study of a Mall

Group
members:
Ansari Masira
Neha Aparajit
Sheetal Bagde
Amita Deshpande
Dhananjay
Doifode
Ashwini Ghayal
Nupur Goyal
Abhidha Shah
Rajeshwar Pawar

Location and orientation

Corner site. Approaches from two
sides.
Building placed almost parallel to
Jalna road.
Full frontal view for the visitors.
No attention has been given to
landscaping.

North

Full frontal view from the

Parking
Two wheeler parking: at the front of the
building.
Four wheeler parking: at the south-east
side of the building.
Staff parking being on the back side,
the traffic is well segregated.
Two wheelers on the front of the
building, traffic on jalna road is
disturbed in the peak hours

Vertical Zoning:
The ground floor:
Has ready made garments,
cosmetics, accessories, kid section
Above are very attractive sections in
a mall, they pull people towards it.
Mostly window shoppers are
interested in branded clothes and look
particularly for them in a mall, so
placed directly in front of the entry.

Lower ground floor:

Has groceries, food court, frozen food.
Exit is from the lower ground floor, the
groceries which people buy in bulk are
also placed there so it easier for them
to carry their bags for such short
distance.
Food court helps people to relax and
celebrate after spending their money
and time.

First floor:
Has home furniture, bath
accessories, electronic
appliances.
Only customers who intend
to buy the home products will
come here.
This helps a lot to separate
the window shoppers and
people who are looking for
entertainment with the
potential buyers.

Second floor:
Has brand factory, gaming zone
and administrative unit.
Administrative unit, being on the
second floor, remains
undisturbed from the traffic of
the customers.
Brand factory has a separate
floor assigned for the brand
crazy people.

Basement (warehouse):
Has the store, fun room
The store being in the basement helps
convenient loading and unloading which is
done from the trucks.
The ramp helps for the easy movement of
the trucks.
This basement has a direct entry from the
road which runs in north-south direction.
The store is further divided according to the
wet goods, dry goods and apparels.
The fun room is also in basement because
the meetings and the breaks that the staff
has should be hidden from the customers.

Big bazaar consist of two sections

1 . Future value retail limited
(F.V.R.L)
2 . Pantaloon value retail limited
( P.V.R.L)
Future value limited includes
Grocery
Clothing
Electronic
Pantaloon value retail limited
includes
Furniture

Lower ground floor

A ramp is leading towards down wards. The total size of
the basement is 52.8x 37.7 meters.
The total area of the basement is 1990.56sq meters
The basement area consist of grocery section, it
includes all the daily need items.
Racks are located at a distance of 1.2 meters and
height of 1.5 meters.
The house hold utensils were kept on shelves, width of
these shelves is 0.75 meters. And these shelves were
running throughout the length of wall.
A small food coat is located at the centre. Column
partitions help in proper circulation and easily accessing.
Circulation is in grid pattern.
Storage area is at the back side and it has service entry
from both inside and outside

The lower ground floor:

Shelf for fruit and vegetables

Trolley

Billing counter

Super shelving

The ground floor:

The total area of Ground Floor is about 3500sq m.
The following are the different sections on ground floor:
A] Main entrance and a customer service desk
B] Ladies section
C] Gents section
D] Kids wear section
E] Toys $ Games sections
F] Stationary section
G] Gift section
H] Bag section
I] Footwear section
J] Navras Jewelry shop
K] Cycle display
L] Cosmetics display
M] Pathani saris

The ground floor:

Ladies section

Gents section

Stationar
y

Kids section

Shoes section

The first floor:

1st floor consist of
Electronic
Furniture
Home improvement section
Furniture and home improvement section comes under home town
where as Electronics comes under Big Bazaar.
Electronics section is further divided into 3 zones:
Experience zone (area allotted 150sqm)
Libration zone (area allotted 100sqm)
Home zone (area allotted 150sqm)
There are in all 8 employs 1 D.M and 1 A.D.M for electronics
section

SKETCH PLAN

Experience
zone (area
allotted
150sqm)

Home
zone
(area
allotted

Furniture (The are allotted for this zone is

520 sq m.)
The zone includes almost types of furniture such as
Bedroom set
Drawing room set
Kitchen set
Children room set
Cradles
Double bed
Dining room
Chairs
Office furniture
Mattresses etc

BEDROOM SET

DRAWING ROOM SET

e Improvement section ( area allotted 400 s

e improvement section includes

tion Tiles
tiles
works
ware
oom accessories
bell
rative Lamps

s accessories

rative washbasins
er enclosure

Jacuzzi bathtubs
Mirrors
Rain shower pannel
All types of W.C pans
Shower pannels
Bathroom tap sets
Decorative lamps
Wall lamps
Hanging lamps
Floor lamps
Tube light
C.F.L
Switches
Study lamps

Their are 4 salesmen, 1 technician, 1 team leader

and 2 department manager

Home improvement
section

This is a small corner provided for heavily

discounted items

Modular kitchen
This is a place where interior designer
designs

The second floor:

Elevation:
Flat slab construction. Column beam
structure
Elevation of Big Bazaar follows the
standard all over India.
Materials used are glass and
alluminium composite panel sheets
for the typical feel.
Trade mark colours of blue and
orange.
Good commercial feel and plenty of
space for display

Section:
R.C.C structure
The lower ground floor is retaining
wall and
Raft slab.
Height for food court 2.6m.
Ramps inside the building are 1:10
slope.

Interior:
Walls ,simple ,coloured in
white.
Lighting system kept simple.
Suspended tube lights from the
roof
No particular flooring patterns
Palin kota stone as flooring.
No special furniture for resting
or any interior element.
Display of racks and
mannequins as part of interior

services:
The services offered by big
bazaar are:
Air conditioning system
Fire fighting
Smoke detectors
Security system with CCTV
cameras
Electrical and Generator room
Sanitation

Air conditioning
system

A.H.U room is provided

on each floor to control the
respective air conditioners
On the floors.
chiller system is used.
The size 4mx3m.
There are two compressors
provided on each floor.

Fire fighting:

Electrical and generator

room:

generator

Electric pannel room

transforme

Electric pannel room is provided on

each floor to control the lightning
system
Of the respective floor
Their are two number of diesel
generators in big bazaar
It takes three minutes to supply
electricity when the M.S.E.B power supply
is cut.
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SUBSTATION

SANITATION
All the toilets are
on the rear side
of the building

Underground water
tank

Vertical transportation
Staircase:
consist of 2 staircase, one as fire exit and
other for customers and workers.
The staircase for customers is a open well type
of staircase whereas the staircase for fire exit is
dogleg type of staircase.
Lift :
Two type of lift are provided, a service lift and
other customers and staff members.
Ramp:
It connects all floor, i.e. lower ground, ground,
first, and second floor.

Ramp

Customer staircase

Fire exit

ENTERTAINMENT
It includes gaming zone , saloon and food court.

GAMING ZONE
In the gaming zone their are video games ,
snooker table , net cricket etc.
Gaming zone is located on 2nd floor.
It consists of 150 sqm area.
It consists of a cash counter an d just behind that
counter there is an electric room which controls this
gaming zone only.

S ALON:
Salon is located on the 2nd floor near the
gaming zone.
It consist of : an appointment desk, waiting
area, massage room and hair cutting area.
100sq m area is allotted for this section.
The service to clients are provided on the
bases of appointment.
The payment is done on the appointment
desk itself.

Outside Food court

Height of food court- 2.6m

Capacity- 4o people inside and 45
people outside.
Size of each shop-4mx3
Kitchen properly maintained and