This dissertation project is based in a city called Gurugram in India. During the past two decades, Gurugram witnessed rapid growth in its commercial sector due to which several malls came up that look exactly like the malls in the west without paying heed to the environment or the local context. This project challenges the inward looking, deep plan mall structures and proposes a typology of malls that makes use of the environmental context and creates comfortable spaces for occupants with the use of courtyards and transition spaces.