Red Sea Mall

infobox shopping mall|shopping_mall_name = Red Sea Mall


caption = Main entrance of Red Sea Mall
location = Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
coordinates = coord|21|37|40|N|39|06|40|E|display=title
opening_date = March, 2008 [ [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6&section=0&article=107581&d=7&m=3&y=2008 Arab News, March 7th 2008] ]
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number_of_stores = 500+
number_of_anchors = 4
floor_area = ?m²
floors = 3
parking = 4,000 spaces, covered and uncovered.
website = http://www.redseamall.comThe Red Sea Mall is a shopping mall located in the northern suburb of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mall is located on the western side of the Al-Malek Abdulaziz Road (King Abdul Azis Road, Malek Road) between the King Abdulaziz International Airport and the Red Sea coast. It boasts some 242,200 square meters of built area. [ [http://redseamall.com/aboutus.php Red Sea Mall Homepage] ] A hotel and seven story office building will be attached. The Mall has 18 entrances and 4,000 parking spaces. Main facilities are a Danube supermarket, Oceanica and Aquatic Games City. On opening it has both the “biggest indoor water fountain” and the largest glass covered area in Saudi Arabia. [ [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6&section=0&article=107581&d=7&m=3&y=2008 Arab News, March 7th 2008] ]

Layout and Design

The basic design is a curved building (120°) with the main entrance in the center of the inner curve leading to a set of central courts. [ [http://www.batleypartners.com/index.php?mod=submain&SubPage_ID=6 Batley Partners, description of the proposed building] ] A curved "Central Boulevard" runs through the whole length of the mall connecting some stair wells and with the floors open in some middle sections providing daylight to all floors. On the ground floor smaller "East" and "West Boulevards" run parallel to the larger central one. Besides the central courts two larger and two smaller "Avenues" link the boulevards in right angles. On the first floor, based on the same stair wells the layout is less regular while in the basement only the "Central Boulevard" and the central courts provide shops with the rest of the space left to the car park. On the west side in the middle of the outer curve, in a rectangular block connected to the curved part, there are a Bowling center in the basement, a large Danube Hypermarket on the ground floor and the "Oceanica" theme park on the first floor. As in most large Saudi Arabian shopping Mall praying areas are provided. There is each a mens and a ladies mosque on the first floor near the theme park.

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