导航到单页面应用程序中的不同视图

I'm developing Single page web application for which I will be using the MVC and knockout. In the _Layout.cshtml, I will have the menu bar using which user can view different views. When I click on the items in menu, I will be calling controller method and being a single page application, I will have to return partial view. However, I'm confused how I can load returned partial view exactly in my view area. If I use Ajax.BeginForm, I can specify the UpdateTargetID in which I need to update my partial view but as with menu item click, it will just be server method call. So I wonder how I can update the partial view inside view area?I'm developing Single page web application for