This
4.2 million square foot facility was designed as a rectangle,
and contains a 350,000 square foot amusement park in
its center and four anchor stores marking each of its
corners. The mall contains over 350 specialty stores
located on the inner and outer sides of the rectangle,
with a pedestrian walkway running between them. Designing
effective building systems was a challenge, particularly
in light of the project’s extraordinary size and
unusual design. Each of the facility’s various
elements - anchor stores, the amusement park and the
rectangular mall - is served by its own discrete mechanical
and electrical system. The interior walkway, which is
open to the ceiling in many spots, drastically reduced
the amount of space to cross services between stores
located on the inner and outer sides of the rectangle
- a problem solved by designing two separate service
loops. A direct digital control building automation
system ties all of the mall’s mechanical and electrical
systems together into an integrated package. The facility
features a massive indoor atrium for which Cosentini
developed a unique solution - not only in terms of engineering,
but in construction as well. The MEP/FP systems designed
for this are of the project were integrated into the
trusswork, which was then hoisted to the top of the
atrium’s ceiling.
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