The subject of the research is the role of the markets in the function of a modern city. The research focuses in the genealogy of spaces, where trades are taking place, their reference to the city web and their impact on the city’s development. The modern markets, in the form of shopping centers considered as cores of urbanization, since they attract a variety of activities and generate new centralities in suburban district, contributing thus cumulatively, with other public functions, in city’s development both in economical and social factor. The morphology of markets varies depending on the requirements of the times and adjusted according to specific needs. The current form creates problematic issues in relation not only with the space but also in social terms, significantly affecting interpersonal relations. Shopping malls are beginning to decline and are abandoned in the country they were born, America, while continuing to be build worldwide. This calls into question their current successful application and creates concerns for their subsequent evolution.

With obvious connection among the commercial element of the city, society and economy and given the current consumption pattern of commercialized society, there is a crucial need to recognize the role of mall in modern society. How the factor of architecture can become a feeding mechanism of reconsidering a re-implementation based on the fabric of the city and desired social relationships.