Planned Commercial Baghdad

Mary Mall

An eight-storey commercial centre in Rusafa on Port Said Street, with a bird-inspired form, hypermarket, cinemas, wedding halls, offices and two glass skylights.

Floors: 8 floors
Cinema halls: 4 × 60 seats
Wedding halls: Two
Licensed capital: USD 8 million

Overview

The project sits on the Rusafa side of Baghdad directly opposite the Air Force Sports Club. Its main façade faces Port Said Street and it is bounded by two side streets in the Al-Muhandiseen district.

The design concept is a distinctive building in harmony with its neighbours on the main street: the mass takes the form of a bird, stepping up from base to crown to express the idea throughout the building.

Floors

Basement: retail units and service spaces
Ground: main entrance and three secondary entrances, shops, gathering and seating areas
First: retail units
Second: hypermarket
Third: restaurants and dining areas
Fourth: four 60-seat cinema halls and gaming halls
Fifth: offices of various sizes
Sixth: two large wedding halls with their services, plus small offices

The mall has two panoramic lifts, two standard lifts and a service lift, two escalators and two inclined travelators, and two glass skylights: one in the main atrium rising five storeys, the other over the restaurant floor at the main entrance.