New Trends in Today's Shopping Center Design

Abstract

The act of shopping is one of the basic actions necessary for human survival. This action took place in its own place in each period. When we examine the historical process; It is seen that the shopping action, which started in agoras, now takes place in shopping malls and virtual environments. The main factors affecting the development of the place are; economy, technology and social developments. Shopping malls are among the most used shopping venuestoday. However, in recent years, developing technology and digitalization have developed e-commerce as a new shopping channel. The spread of e-commerce forces shopping malls, which are physical spaces, to change. In this study, new trends in shopping center design in the face of changing consumption habits were investigated. As a result of the study, it was seen that open space, experience-oriented and multi functional (hybrid) designs came to the fore.