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Architecture Design Exercise # 1

Convention Centre cum Hotel:

Convention Centre is a large complex with facilities to host large gathering or exhibit

products. The centre could be a large building or large area with many buildings to serve lecture,

music concert, exhibitions, and trade shows.

The idea of convention centre blossomed out of the Industrial Revolution. International

trade was growing and manufacturers needed more ways to market their products. Crystal

Palace, London, historically famous and well known exhibition centre was built in 1851 with

990000sq.ft exhibition space, set the trend for many cities to create an iconic building or spaces

to bring international and national business organisation together. In India, Pragathi Maidan

(meaning "progress grounds" in Hindi) was the first and largest convention centre developed by

the Indian Government to host Asian-Trade Show in 1972, with master plan design of Ar. Raj

Rewal.

The convention centres are considered as a developmental catalyst for economics of a

city, which bring in tourism, business and more foreign-exchange. The attraction of huge groups

of visitors to city will bring trade and publicity which adds more hotels, shopping centres, public

arenas, and job opportunities. Few examples of local convention centres are:

1) Chennai Trade Centre 2) Taj Coromandel Multi-Purpose Hall 3) CODISSA Complex, Coimbatore 4) Hyderabad Convention Centre 5) GRT Convention Centre, Chennai

Design Challenge

The convention-centre is one of the types of building that act as an icon of the city. It not

only reflects the cultural and economy of the place, it publishes the citys values internationally.

Hence create an iconic architecture, which reflects the present scenario and values. The

requirements are:

1) An auditorium to accommodate approximately 5,000 people 2) Three Exhibition Halls ranging in size from of 3000 5000 sq mts 3) Two Multifunctional Halls with seating capacity of 3000 people 4) Meeting Rooms - seating for 50 (x3), 30 (x3), 10 (x10) 5) Hotel with 150 rooms, three restaurants (20 tables each) 6) Office Spaces (5000sq mts) 7) Multi-level car park to accommodate a minimum of 1,500 cars 8) Landscape Area 9) Open-Theatre (500 audience) 10) Services STP, WTP, Sub-Station, Security Stations, etc.

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Exercise Stages:

Briefing and Introduction: 02-JAN-2014

Group Work:

Case Study Presentation (Group): 10-JAN-2014

Individual Work Submission:

Concept Stage-1: 03-FEB-2014

Scheme Stage-2: 17-FEB-2014

Final Submission Stage-3: 27-FEB-2014

Percentage of Marks:

Scores will be displayed in the class room on next day of above mentioned dates

Case Study: 20%

Concept Stage: 20%

Scheme Stage: 20%

Final Presentation: 40%

Scope of Work:

Case Study Stage 20 Marks (break-up):

The Class shall be split in to eight groups, each group comprising of five members.

Each group shall study a convention centre (Govt / Private). The case study shall cover the

following topic (70%):

o Layout of the convention centre

o Spatial Layout of each area in the centre

o Building structure (steel or RCC or long span, etc.) study

o Movement Analysis within the site (Car, Two Wheelers, Service-Vans, People etc.)

o Services Layout Fire, Plumbing, Sump (Fire), HVAC layout

o Traffic Movement around the site (500 mts radius from Site)

Indian Standard Code For emergency staircase, lifts, corridors, services etc (15%)

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority Rules & Regulations for large site, FSI details,

Local Area Development plan study, Parking and Access rules, etc. (10%)

Site: History, Heritage, and Future Plans of Development around 500 mts including road

expansion (5%).

Design Stages:

Concept Stage 20 Marks:

Master Plan of Site visitors movement, vehicular movement, orientation, CMDA rules

incorporation, Emergency access and location, F.S.I, etc.

Area Layout Plan incorporating 500mts site-surrounding area details including road width

(future expansion proposed by CMDA) with Transportation Nodes and TNEB Connection. The

layout shall include traffic movement around the site within 500mts.

Bubble Diagram of all Areas of the conventions centre, hotel, and its connections

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Scheme Stage 20 Marks (break up):

Single Line Diagram of all floor plans (with space names mentioned in every area and

measurements) 1:200 (15%)

Service Layout (HVAC, Fire, Mechanical) for all floors and spaces (5%)

Final Presentation (break up) 40Marks:

Design Basis Report (1500 words) explaining concept, layout, and MEP services (15%)

Iso-metric view of all floors plans 1:200 (5%)

Block model 1:100 (10%)

All Floor detailed Plans with column locations, Elevations (1:200) (40%)

Four Sections Site Section (North-South & East-West), building sections (x 2) (5%)

Details (any two details of unique features 1:5) (5%)

Perspectives View (two numbers) (5%)

Master Plan of The Site with circulation, parking, landscape, etc. (10 %)

Overall Site Layout (within 500 mts radius) (5%)

The Site:

Location: Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai (next to TIDEL Park)

Rajiv Gandhi Salai (In front of the Site)

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SITE ARIEL PHOTO

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FEW EXAMPLES

CHENNAI TRADE CENTRE

Pragati Maidan, New Delhi (HALL OF NATIONS)