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MULTIPLEX
KUSHI JAIN
 INTRODUCTION
 SHOPPING MALL MULTIPLEX(oxford):
A shopping mall is a modern, chiefly North
American, term for a form of shopping center, in A large cinema/movie theater with several separate rooms
which one or more buildings form a complex of shops with screens (or)
representing merchandisers with interconnecting • A building, especially a movie theater or dwelling, with
walkways that enable customers to walk from unit to multiple separate units.
unit.

 Cinema multiplexes are a perfect example of convergence of retail and entertainment across the mall and high-street
organised shopping formats. Multiplexes are now proving themselves to be an integral part of a successful shopping
mall/center. Symbolic of footfall generator, multiplexes offer an ideal opportunity for shopping-center developers to
attract boutique & anchor retailers to their development.
 HISTORY
  19TH CENTURY SHOPS
• For wealthy women shopping was a popular pastime in
the 19th century. In the late 19th century shopping arcades
were built in many British towns. Also in the late 19th century
department stores became common. In the early 20th century
chain stores also became common although many shops were
still family owned.

 MORDERN TIME SHOPS

• A shopping mall is a term, in which one or more buildings
form a complex of shops representing merchandisers with
interconnecting walkways that enable customers to walk from
unit to unit.
 G.O. NO. 486

•DEFINITIONS
Multiplex complex" shall mean an integrated entertainment and shopping center/complex or a shopping mall and having at least three (3)
cinema hails/screens. Apart from Cinema Halls, the entertainment area may have restaurants, cafeteria, fast food outlets, video games
parlors, pubs, bowling alleys, health spa/ centers, convention centers, hotels and other recreational activities. However, habitable areas
like hotels, service apartments shall not be allowed in the same block where the Multiplexes are set up and shall be allowed only as a
separate block. Such a Complex may be spread over the site or be in one or more blocks which may be high-rise buildings or normal

Site Requirements for Multiplex Complexes:

i) The minimum size of plot for a Multiplex shall be 3000 sq m

ii) The minimum abutting road width for a multiplex shall be 18 m existing. The abutting road has to be black-topped
with minimum 2 —lane carriageway. Service roads are required for sites abutting 30 m and above roads and
approach shall be allowed only through service road. The width of the service road shall be minimum 7m with
minimum 2-lane black topped carriageway and shall be undertaken by the owners of such buildings to the extent of
the width of their site.
SETBACK
REQUIREMENTS OF MULTIPLEXES

Type of Building
Multiplex Complexes (inclusive of
all activities areas
Cinema theatres
ENTRY AND EXIT
Suitable means of entrance and
exit which shall not be : • Less
than 5m width and 2.5m in
height for use of the public and,
to access of the fire fighting
vehicles in the road frontage. 
PARKING
Parking area to be provided as percentage of total built up area
(inclusive of all internal aisles, drivewa s, stairs, etc.
In Municipal In other areas
Corporation Area
60 %  50%
40%
30%
The parking spaces must be provided
• Basements
• Stilt floor
• in the open space over and above the minimum required
setbacks (except the front setback) to be left around the
building with adequate vehicular access, aisle, drives, ramps
required for maneuvering of vehicles
• Multi-level Parking complex adjoining to the complex within
the site may be considered provided that a minimum clear
open space of 6m from the site boundary is ensured.
 COLUMN SPACING PARKING AND TRAFFIC
• A ratio of between 5 and 6 car
• Significant dimension is along the mall as this involves spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of leasable
the widths, i.e. , frontages, of stores store area is mandatory. • In the
• Often used spaces are 20, 25 and 30 ft., with the last the matter of parking layout, car stalls
most flexible can be set at angles (say, 70‘ to the
lanes, which then requires one-way
 STORE DEPTHS
traffic; or stalls can be at 90' to the
• Buildings are usually 120 to 140 ft deep, sometimes lanes, permitting two-way traffic. 8
more to accommodate larger stores .
• If there are basements or mezzanines, the depth
dimension usually can be reduced 20 to 25 percent
 CLEAR HEIGHTS
• These vary from 10 to 14 ft. or more, with 12 Ft. a good
average . Above this clear height, there must be
adequate space for air conditioning ducts, recessed
lights, structural e system, etc.
 CORRIDORS

 • Where stairways discharge through corridors and passageways, the height of corridors and passageways
shall be not less than 2.4 m.
 • All means of exit including staircases lifts lobbies and corridors shall be adequately ventilated. • Internal
staircase minimum width shall be 2.0m in all group of building. Pressurization of Staircases (Protected
Escape Routes)
 • Pressurization is a method adopted for protected escape routes against ingress of smoke, especially in high-
rise buildings.
 •In pressurization, air is injected into the staircases, lobbies or corridors, to raise their pressure slightly above
the pressure in adjacent parts of the building.
 • As a result, ingress of smoke or toxic gases into the escape routes will be prevented. ARRANGEMENT OF
EXITS Exits shall be so located that the travel, distance on the floor shall not exceed the distance of 30m.
 ESCALATORS AND PASSENGER CONVEYORS TURNING SPACE Most wheelchairs require a space 1.4 m square
to turn around. 12