Astana Shopping CenterEmployer | Paul Mark |
Work Location |
Astana, Kazakistan |
Total Area |
85.000 m2 |
Start Date |
..2018 |
Completion Date |
..2019 |
The fact that the area designated as the project land is located on the Turan Street linking the airport with the city center is an important advantage that will increase the accessibility / availability of the project due to intensive pedestrian / vehicle circulation.
In Astana, one of the coldest capitals in the world, climate conditions are quite harsh. Temperatures that reaching to -40º and 40º in summer, direct people to closed spaces, especially to shopping centers. The shopping center designed in this regard should offer a more comfortable shopping opportunity to its users with different stores and uses, and should create a social interaction area between people with social / cultural activities. For this purpose, on the ground floor and on the first floor, 26200.00 m² store area, on the second floor, 9 movie theaters with 1135 seats, 850.00 m² bowling area, 870.00 m² leisure center and 2600.00 m² food court area with 1228 people were designed. The roof of the building was presented to the user as a recreation area and enriched with the added café & restaurant units. Also, there is parking for 1100 cars on the basement floors.
The building, which has entry from two different points at the ground level, offers an activity area where artistic and cultural activities can be arranged at the intersection of these two pedestrian axes. This area has been supported by galleries so it can be accessed and communicated area along the floors visually / perceptively. Above the circulation areas that provide pedestrian circulation in the indoor environment are covered with a transparent skylight thus natural light is taken into the structure and the users are prevented from being completely isolated from the external environment. With the inner gardens created on the ground floor, the nature has been taken into the building and the relationship with the natural environment has been continued, even if limited.
The facades of the building designed as a single mass with a rectangular plan considering adverse weather conditions and land characteristics, are largely closed and do not allow heat loss. The stasis that this situation may cause has been prevented by the movements created in the mass composition and a dynamic, welcoming facade that reflects the mobility in the building to out of the building is designed. The balanced and compatible combination of different materials such as wood, glass and metal, is adapted to the innovative structure of Astana over the outer surface of the building where it interacts with the environment.