Mall Food Court Design
We began to search for opportunities to design alternative public spaces within the food court.
Mall food court design. Food courts may also be found. One essential feature was the development of a picnic area a large open space where people can sit or rest on an elevated floor. Many mall managers are finding themselves nursing the food court or spending considerable time trying to fill food court vacancies. Developerowner triple five worldwide group is spending 5 million for the food court alone in american dream its 4 billion 31 million sf retailentertainment leviathan under construction in east rutherford nj.
A major element in the southdale center revitalization was relocating its food court under. The problem usually is in the original design placement and tenant selection. Interestingly the aesthetic draws inspiration from 3d yantram interior studio for food court of mall with the best ideas of our designer. Usually self service outlets fast food items are more popular in food courts.
In order to keep more people in a shopping centre longer everything from the fashion leisure entertainment and food ambience to the signage and circulation makes a huge difference to how long visitors to the mall stay. With mall vacancies at a high the food court is becoming more important. Moreover more and more food courts are not living up to expectations. Fc2 july 2009 revision august 2009 vp changes made march 2012 revisions per tc fc11 october 2012 revised flooring requirements fc11 june 2013 revised flooring requirements per tc fc11 fc12 february 2014 waterproof membrane language updated fc12 april 2014 carbon monoxide sensor language added fc20 november 2014 drink dispenser may not.
Food court design criteria deptford mall. Centralized food courts are also emerging as pivot points in rebooting a malls brand. Apr 12 2016 explore ghadesigns board food courts followed by 625 people on pinterest. See more ideas about food court food court design and retail design.
The entire objectives need to be rethought. Nudell architects provided full design services for this new 320 seat food court which included space for 6 new food operators feature fireplace new skylights and new customer restrooms. We knew that it would be a challenge to implement a un programmed and therefore non revenue generating space designed for people to stay for as long as they. Its really about making sure couples families or a group of friends wont leave the mall for the entire day because there is so much to entertain them.
A food court is generally an indoor plaza where various fampb vendors come together in a single large hall with a common seating space. Special report december 2011 robert lillegard but lately it seems the food is better than ever.