Circulation_architecture

MILLENIUM MALL, CARACAS


These images are from the Millenium mall, located in Caracas, Venezuela. This mall has a very interesting circulation system.

Vertical circulation is done by escalators and lifts. The mall has a big number of elevators and escalators to make it easier and faster the vertical circulation. On the horizontal circulation, the mall has large hallways, in the form of semi-sloping ramps that travel to the building in a rectilinear form, this corridor does not have a specified direction of circulation. Also, it has a very interesting aspect that is the connection between halls on each side of the building, to reach the right side of the building is not necessary to go round, you can pass through the building side to side through a corridor. (As can be seen in the first image)

As for the entrance of the building, has two entrances, one from the top floor, the mall is traversed from top to bottom, and the other entrance from approximately half of the building. Both entrances are very spacious and beautiful.

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