Architectural case study of one of the largest mall of India - "Z-Square", located in the city of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India.
The presentation was prepared in accordance to the curriculum of the subject - Architectural Design, Bachelor of Architecture ( B. Arch) 3rd year, for the "Commercial Mall" design problem.
1. MAL L
C A S E S T U D Y
Z - SQUA RE
K A N P U R
S A R Y A R A H M A N
B.Arch 3rd Year
2. Location The Mall, Kanpur
Address The Mall, Kanpur
Opening date 2010
Owner ZAZ Group
Architect Hafeez Contractor
No. of stores and
services
150+
Type Shopping Mall cum
entertainment complex
Total Site Area 5 acres
Total retail floor
area
900,000 square feet
(84,000 m
2
)
No. of floors 5
I N T R O D U C T I O N
3. L O C A T I O N
🚫Address : Z square Mall, Mall Road,
Bada Chauraha, Downtown,
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
The Mall is located in the city's most expensive area named as The
Mall or Mall Road at Bada Chauraha Crossing.
🚇 R A I L W A Y S T A T I O N
Kanpur Central Railway
Station ( 2.3 km )
✈ A I R P O R T
Chakeri Airport ( 17 km )
🚌 B U S S T A N D
Jhakarkati Bus Stand ( 3.6 km)
ACCESSIBILITY
5. F L O O R P L A N – G F l o o r
• The ground floor has 5 escalators, which connect the
ground floor to the first floor, thus providing easy inter floor
accessibility
• Wide galleries for easy movement
• There are 6 fire escape staircases at multiple core areas of
The Z Square.
• 4 lifts, placed on the
opposite ends of the mall,
and they connect the
basements, and the
various floors.
• Separate passenger, and
service lifts
• There are about 60 stores
on the Ground floor
occupied by the
International and National
brands, including Globus,
Lifestyle, Marks & Spencer,
Westside which occupy
large areas
• Glazing, and large atriums
permit the efficient use of
the natural lighting
6. F L O O R P L A N – 1 s t F l o o r
• The first floor has 6 escalators, which connect the first floor to
the second floor, thus providing easy inter floor accessibility
• Skywalks at regular intervals permit better connectivity as well
as flow
• There are 6 fire escape staircases at multiple core areas of The
Z Square.
• 4 lifts, placed on the opposite
ends of the mall, to connect
the basements, and the
various floors.
• Multiple atriums render the
mall the sense of freedom
and connection.
• There are about 60 stores on
the Ground floor occupied
by the International and
National brands, including
Globus, Lifestyle, Marks &
Spencer, Westside which
occupy large areas
• Glazing, and large atriums
permit the efficient use of the
natural lighting
7. F L O O R P L A N – 2 n d F l o o r
• The first floor has 4 escalators, thus providing easy inter floor
accessibility
• Skywalks at regular intervals permit better connectivity as well
as flow
• There are 6 fire escape staircases at multiple core areas of The
Z Square.
• 4 lifts, placed on the opposite
ends of the mall, to connect
the basements, and the
various floors.
• Multiple large atriums render
the mall the sense of
freedom and connection.
• There are about 45 stores on
the Ground floor occupied
by the International and
National brands, including
Reliance, Lifestyle.
• Glazing, and large atriums
permit the efficient use of the
natural lighting
8. F L O O R P L A N – 3 r d F l o o r
• The first floor has 1 escalator, which connect the third floor to the
second floor.
• Skywalks at regular intervals permit better connectivity as well as flow
• There are 6 fire escape staircases at multiple core areas of The Z
Square.
• 4 lifts, placed on the opposite ends of the mall, to connect the
basements, and the various floors.
• Multiple large atriums render the mall the sense of freedom and
connection.
• Restaurants, cafes, food outlets, in addition to the INOX and the
FunCity, make this floor the attraction feature of the mall.
• Thus the visitors are
made to travel right
through the multiple
floors too.
• Glazing, and large
atriums permit the
efficient use of the
natural lighting
9. V E R T I C A L M O V E M E N T
H O R I Z O N T A L M O V E M E N T
Corridors for
proper
circulation
Skywalks
provided at
regular intervals,
to provide
connectivity as
well as flow to
the expansion
corridors
Lifts and escalators
are provided at
different places for
the vertical
movement.
Stairs are also
provided for
transferring the
goods from one
floor to the other.
10. A T R I U M S & S E R V I C E C O R E S
A, C, D – The atrium renders the visitors, the ability to see the multiple levels of
the Mall from the upper levels in a single glance
B – One of the service core, which have the fire exit in the far off corner,
service elevators and the staircase.
11. F O O D & E N T E R T A I N M E N T
FunCity – Interior View 1 FunCity – Interior View 3
FunCity – Interior View 2 Gazebo – Decorative Element
Restaurants aligned along the
corridor
Food Courts placed in a central pattern,
surrounded by the seating
12. F O O D & E N T E R T A I N M E N T
Seating outside the food court Each floor of The Z Square has multiple
kiosks on the various floors.
14. P A R K I N G
• 3 Level Basement Parking
• Space of 400 ECS
• Basement level 1 – Bikes parking
• Basement level 2 &3 – Car
Parking
• Basement Clear height – 4.5 mt
• Column-to-column distance - ~7
mts
15. S T R U C T U R E S
• Top wave roof is supported by 2 tree
type branching columns on the outside,
towards the main entrance (a) and on
the inside (b) & (c), and steel beams
running across the entire span of the
roof.
• The Magnanimous entrance of the mall
- 22 meters wide and 27 meters high, has
a complete curtain wall system with
glazing (d) & (e).
• The wave roof is punched with skylight
covered by translucent fibres to let in
the natural sunlight. Roof juxtaposed with
large skylights of various
shapes to let in the
natural sunlight
a
b
c
d
e
16. M A T E R I A L S
• Floor lined with tiles of colours – cream, blue,
white
• Metal sheets have been used to cover the
plastic work at places and to highlight certain
elements.
• Glass finishes along with the plaster, cover up
the walls in the elevation
• The facade of the mall is cladded with metal
panels
• Entrance fitted with DGU Nano Glass from
Saint Gobain, Italy
• Glass and steel give wonderful finish to the
building
17. Z Square Remarkable Features
First mall in India to have Atrium space frame
of more than 90,000 sq. ft. with Kalzip material
from Australia and DGU Nano Glass from
Saint Gobain, Italy
First Mall in India with Post tension technology
beamless structure technology from
Singapore with minimum column grid of 10
metres
Corner property with 900 feet façade with
100 & 80 feet road on both sides
Magnanimous entrance of the mall - 22 meters wide
and 27 meters high
100% Lease model with 4 level of well-
planned zoning
A total of 18 escalators, 4 travelators and 9
lifts
Surrounded by about 24 banks, 6 Market
Places, 20 prominent Govt. Offices, 18
Colleges & Schools and 10 prominent Hotels
with in 1.0 Km radius
Column-free common areas as every upper floor
corridor recedes by 1.5 mts so that people on
upper flowers can see lower floor corridors and
vice versa
Recognized as one of the Best Upcoming
Malls in India, as surveyed by “Retailers”, A
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18. O B S E R V A T I O N
POSITIVE POINTS
• Appropriate no. of lifts and escalators at adequate distance render easy circulation and the
flow of the mass.
• Adequate skywalks to connect the various spaces on the floors.
• Use of multiple large skylight, and the large curtain wall glazed entrance lets in sufficient
amount of sunlight during the day
• Column-free common areas as every upper floor corridor recedes by 1.5 mts so that people on
upper flowers can see lower floor corridors and vice versa
• Service elevators and circulation space is segregated from the public services and areas.
• The location of the food courts, restaurants, and the FunCity, the INOX, coerces the public to
travel all the way across the various floors, thus exposing them to the maximum part of the mall.
NEGATIVE POINTS
o Almost no area is allocated to landscaping, since the building structure covers most of the site
area.
o The site is located just next to one of the heaviest populated cross roads of Kanpur, thus it leads
to the presence of heavy traffic at all hours of the day.
o The building is located close to the boundary, hence no way to capture the entire structure in
one glance.
