Shopping Mall , the Study of Space Syntax

like a worship, but that is a great place to lead people to worship and to the Kingdom of God. Going to the mall is a ritual for a lot of people.

To keep a local suburban regional shopping mall from reaching its decline, there are a few things that must be done to keep your mall relevant in today’s society. One must spend time and money during the maturity phase to keep with today’s trends. Getting more or newer department or anchor stores may help to draw in business. Then fill the other empty spaces with specialty stores, offering products that consumers can’t get anywhere else. Another option for managers is to find a niche in the community that will draw consumers in.

Malls are chaotic especially during Christmas time. There are crowds of people buying presents. The lines can be long because people are purchasing gifts. At the mall several stores are inside and people are racing to get their gift items. The malls are worst at Christmas because there will be crowds of people shopping and long lines to stand in.

A vivid depiction about the mall’s ……………. around it gives the audience the impression of already visiting the mall. The press kit contained a array of details concerning the mall:

Kirn describes the shopping mall as an alternative to home because although it's a big building full of many different varieties of stores from fashion clothes to the home necessity to luxury. But it is a place where people use the shopping mall as a place to hang out with friends beside the home. It is also and a place to relieve stress and to relax. In further more the shopping mall is a place where you can be lost in times. Instead of going to the mall to socialize with friends and go window shopping and hang out.

From its vast security systems, to the indoor theme park, and over 520 stores the mall is like a city within itself; closed off from the rest of the world. Guterson writes that the quality and impressiveness of the mall is not comparable to any other. The mall is “the best of the best” and people visit it because of its modernism. The modernism of the mall is displayed through features like an arcade, the gardens, trees and flowers. The argument of the essay is reasonable in the way people go to spend in the mall. It is true that people are sometimes

According, the United State Census Bureau, the U.S. population is increasing, every eight seconds a child is born. With the population increasing sort of rapidly the construction of new neighborhoods it is going to be necessary to house these prospering families. Also, the establishment of stores are going to be needed. Therefore, neighborhood stores are going to become available and malls too, but they both are going to vary in certain aspects. Neighborhood stores are stores that provides accommodations to the locals. Malls, on the other hand, are large buildings made of multiple competitive retails stores. Nevertheless, neighborhood stores and malls seem very similar, but when looking at their square footages, remoteness from home, and marketability, they are quite different.

To Begin, let me give you a visual of the mall. The Southlands mall is a large outdoor mall that’s filled with shops, diners and entertainment. I thought I would sit near Town Square which is in the center of the mall. I could see majority of the store from here. There were a lot of mothers out watching their children play in the water fountain and at the park.

Pointing and sprinting from store to store, bags in hand and wallet held tight. The sounds of screaming, laughing, and talking fill the space. Cash registers beaming and cards being swiped. There’s just no other place like this; a shopping mall. Today, buying clothes or items of interest is highly popular. All of one’s favorite stores feet away from each other, this ritual is composed of elements that might not seem very evident without looking close enough. At the International Plaza in beautiful Tampa Florida, I conducted observations and my own experiences as well to analysis this ritual as a cultural phenomenon. Through this research, we can understand the true meaning of a shopping mall.

In “Enclosed. Encyclopedic. Endured: The Mall of America” David Gueterson spoke about the idea behind the creation of the Mall and his journey as a reporter inside it. For instance, he talked about how the mall not only intended to attract Minnesotan, but also to appeal to tourist from everywhere. Because of it enormous size and diverse activities, the mall is like the mecca of shoppers. He also mentioned that, Some people got engaged and some even got their marriage ceremony at the mall. After all he described the mall as a success, and the companies behind the mall are even thinking about building similar malls around the world. (161-72). Such marketing strategies stated above are embodied in many businesses today, with the intention not only to bring people in, but also to make them spend money and come back again.

Retail and entertainment hubs, such as the Memorial City Mall, CityCentre Plaza, and Town & Country Village,

I do think shopping malls are public spaces because that is a place where people can go and meet with friend and they can socialize, talk about important stuff or unimportant things. People can also walk around, shop, try on clothes and much more while using that time as a time to hang out and talk to their friends. It is also a place where you can meet with people or friends you have not seen in awhile or also a public place where you can meet for the first time with people you meet over the

Space whether physical, abstract, or representational are controlled by the means of production, and the absolute value which can be fetched at the highest price. Through the work of Henry Lefebvre, Production of Space discusses the different aspect space influences in our lives right down to the core identities we take on as humans. Whether it’s the life of an artist or that of an employee who life is run by the clock, space and the use of space defines who and what our needs are. To better describe Lefebvre’s

Everyday we live and move through spaces without realizing the influence they can have on our daily lives. Built environments are designed to directly affect behaviour and attitudes in a specific and intended way; this can be referred to as architectural determinism (Marmot 2002). Almost all architectural patterns use the physical arrangement of elements, and materials to influence behavior. This can range from placing design elements in specific places to encourage or discourage people’s interaction with them, placing them to prevent access to a specific area, or placing them to direct or

“ Architecture organizes and structures space for us, and its interiors and the objects enclosing and inhabiting its rooms can facilitate or inhibit our activities by the way they use this language”(Lawson pg.6).