Resumen de Metodología para rehabilitación de grandes centros comerciales, mediante el análisis del contexto y la sostenibilidad urbana
The studio of both the urban and architectural features, as well as the retrofitting means of application on a shopping mall, was the parting point to evaluate the sustainability of large surface shopping malls. In the current thesis, a methodology aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the retrofitting means of application on malls was developed, considering four families of retrofitting means: Eco efficient refurbishment of the mall building and its installations, insertion of green elements and other measures to improve the environmental quality, insertion of uses, and a family of retrofitting means applied in the urban area surrounding the mall to make it into a vibrant and active one. Both the shopping mall building features and facts concerning two different urban scales were considered. Eight cases were analyzed according this methodology: Three located in the urban background of the city of Sao Paulo (Shopping Light, Shopping Eldorado and Aricanduva), Three located in Madrid (ABC Serrano, La Vaguada and Parquesur), and two located in the background of the Suburban U.S.A. (Mall of America and Belmar). The result of this study, was the establishment of a criteria to focus the operations of any retrofitting program applied on a shopping mall towards sustainability. Being the final conclusions, the affirmation that is important to consider various means of retrofitting simultaneously on the shopping mall, as well as to consider the wide urban scale to be retrofitted, in order to achieve a relevant improvement towards sustainability.
