LITERATURE STUDY

ON
SHOPPING MALL
FORUM MALLBANGLORE

INTRODUC
The Forumis a popularshopping
malllocated onHosur Road
TION
inKoramangalam,Bangalore,Karnataka,Indiadeveloped
byPrestige Group. The Forum was Bangalore's first full-fledged mall
with a multi-story book store, 12 cinema halls and other
entertainment facilities. The mall is popular among the youth in
Bangalore and is an attraction to those coming tobanglore. The
shopping mall houses 72,000m2(780,000sqft) of shops over five
levels.A major attraction at the mall is the multiplex,PVR

FACILIT
IES
The Forum houses a multiplex, PVR, with 11
screens showing the latest movies - all this with
stadium seating, wall-to-wall screens and mind
blowing sound
It has 9 restaurants and 65 world class
shopping.
The size of the shop varies from 400 sqft to
1000 sqft .
Land mark owns the biggest shop of an area of
40000sqft.
There are 3 atriums to ensure good natural
lighting inside the building.

BUILDING
FACTS
PERIOD OF CONTRUCTIONS-It is constructed in
2002
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER THOMAS ASSOCIATES
EXTENT OF SITE AND BUILDING 3.25 Acres of
land.
ESTIMATE - 500cores
LAND USE Land is used only for parking and
shopping mall.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER- larser&toubro constructors.

SITE
ANALYSIS

SITE LOCATION - Koramangalam,Bangalore,Karnatak

SITE
ABOUT BANGALORE:
ANALYSIS
Bangalore-the cosmopolitan capital city of Karnataka-is
the fifth largest city in India, and is the perfect blend of
natural beauty and man made marvels of architecture
and technology. Blessed with a salubrious climate and
dotted with beautiful parks, trees lined avenues, a trendy
lifestyle and the software flood; Bangalore truly offers a
picture of striking contrast.

Bangalore is fast emerging as one of the most

industrialized cities in India, keeping pace with the latest
trends and fashion. This city is Indias answer to Silicon
Valley and is a home to more than 100 computer
companies from around the world. Bangalore is well

SITE
Koramangalais a locality inBangalore,India. Situated
ANALYSIS
in the south-eastern part of the city, it is one of the
largest neighborhoods, and is a highly sought after
residential locality with wide tree-lined boulevards and
a mix of luxury apartments, commercial structures, and
posh bungalows. It has gradually developed into a
commercial
hub. is located to the south-eastern part of
FORUM MALL
Bangalore, which is 11kms from the main railway
station and 9.5kms from the airport. kormangalam is
connected to the Bangalore city by a four-lane express
highway (Bangalore-Hosur highway).
Even though it is well connected to the Bangalore city,
it gets very congested during the peak hours, thus
leading to a necessity of a future expansions in
Electronic city for the well being of the local residents.

SITE ANALYSIS
SOIL: Reddish brown clayey soil and cemented sand up
to a depth of 6.5m, followed by disintegrated rock.
WATER TABLE: The water table is 10m below the ground
level.
TOPOGRAPHY: The site having no contour or levels is
thus feasible for any type of construction. As per the land
use of the area the site comes within the commercial
area.
The site slopes down from north to south. There are no
water bodies found in the site.
The site has two main roads on two sides, the road is
20m wide.

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data

Rainfall
data

SURROUNDING
LAND USE
SHOPS

FORUM
MALL

SHOP
S

SHOP
S

SHOP
S

ACROPOL PARKING
IS
FOR
FORUM

SHOPS

OFFICE
COMPLEX

It has multi use

of land place
were a mixture
of residential,
commercial,
offices, open
sources.

ACCESS TO THE SITE

Koramangalam,Bangalore,Karnata
ka

Through public transport and private vehicles, we

have access to the mall by audugodi &hosur
main road.

SUN
PATH
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HEIGHT OF THE
BUILDING
It has an height of G+4 structures with a floor
height of 3.9 m.
False ceiling at an height of 2.9m
Basement is 10 ft height and is used for parking
and services

PARKI
NG

Basement, Surface + multi-level parking

Specific parking for autos and tour buses
Each parking level has direct access to
respective floors.
300,000 Sq.ft. of parking
Specific parking for autos and tour buses
It has 800 car parking and more than 1000
bike parking facilities.
Al most 400 car parking is provided in
basement level and car parking is provided for
65 cars in each floor.
Even the parking is not sufficient and hence
additional parking is provided around the
neighbourhood area

SERVIC
ES

For water storage a3L litre capacity sump is

provided in basement. Excluding this we
have1.5L litre sump is provided for fire fighting
purposes.
100% generator backup for the whole complex
with5MV generator.
Whole Complex is Centrally Air-conditioned & AC
plant is located in basement.
The CC tv is also located in the basement And
activities inside complex is constantly watched
to ensure safety.
The service entry of the building is located to
the south of the building and a loading platform

FIRE
SAFTEY
The complex has 8 wet riser shafts to fight
fire in case of emergency.
Automatic water sprinklers are provided in
the parking area and are attached to fire
detectors.
Extinguishers are provided all over the
building.
It also has fire detectors all over the
building.
It has fire escapes that directly leads
outside the building.

MATERI
ALS
Materials used for construction is
steel,glass,concrete.
The facing material of this building is aluminium
composite panels & glass.
Glass and steel have been used extensively inside
the building.

STRUCTU
RE
The structure for this building is a framed structure,
steel is used along the face of the building to hold the
glass panels.
The important except of this building is that it has car
parks in all levels and the structure is separate from
the structure of the building.
There are 5 floors of car parks where as only four
floors as shopping/theatres.

PLAN
S
GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

FIRE
EXITS

INTERIO
RS

INTERIO
RS

VIEW TO THE THE SITE

THANK YOU

DESIREDDY VENKAT
MANIVITH
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