India habitat centre observations by architect student

India habitat centre observations by architect student

1. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER -SHAILJA KUMARI B.arch 5 th yr Apeejay Institute of Technology,School of Architecture and Planning Greater Noida-U.P. A city within a city…..

2. INDIA HABITAT CENTER Inspired by rock painting from Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh. Represents the anthropomorphic personification of Shiva,the Creator - Demiurge, as the Divine Archer. The bow in his left hand has been deleted intentionally as the figure depicts the phenomenon of the expanding form, quintessential to the eternal repose, peace and order in the universe. The downward pointing triangle is a female symbol representing “Shakti”.It is based on “Shri Yantra”, It is the archetypal marriage represented in abstract form, a key to the secret of cosmic and universal harmony. CONCEPT BEHIND THE SYMBOL…. A city within a city…..

3. INDIA HABITAT CENTER A city within a city…..

4. INDIA HABITAT CENTER INTRODUCTION It was a Saturday morning on 13 th september’2014 on which our college trip to India habitat center is scheduled.Hey I am Shailja ,a final year student of Apeejay Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning . India Habitat Centre settled in a lush green area called as Jorbagh,its nearest landmarks are Safadurjung Tomb and Indra Paryavaran Bhawan.I took up the metro from Hauz Khas to Jorbagh,its nearest metro station. From metro station ,I took a rickshaw and reached within 10 minutes. India Habitat Centre is all connected with two major roads and within a easy reach. As it is within 15kms from IGI Airport, plus within 7kms from New Delhi Railway Stn. And located within 5kms from Connaught Place. This makes this place that handles transportation and an enormous variety of public and private activities, from housing to banking to entertainment to food. A city within a city…..

5. INDIA HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. The first thing that I notices on entering the India Habitat centre is its monumentous gateway that simply invites me to enter . When I step in my eyes were stucked for a while it was an amazing huge courtyard within a building. Courtyard was all surrounded By tall exposed brick building Masses are oriented in such a Way so as to make large open Space in the middle. The spaces are so interlinked That one is led to explore and Discover the remaining areas. The place was so harmonised And peaceful That I could easily sense the direction of wind and comfort space. Gateway Courtyard PASSAGE THROUGH GATEWAY …. Key Plan

6. INDIA HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. LAYOUT OF INDIA HABITAT CENTRE …. Gate No.1 Use core 4A from basement parking for: •Rooms Block •Restaurants •Fitness Centre • Amphithreatre Chauffeur driven cars can use drop off points for above listed facilities. Gate No.2 Use core 5A, 5B or 7A from basement parking for: •Visual Art Gallery •Emerald Garden •Silk Cotton Lawn • Margosa Lawn •IHC Information Office To be used to access offices of Institutions. Gate No.3 Use core 4A from basement parking for: Convention Centre Cultural Venues •Habitat Library & Resource Centre •Library Lounge •Balance Outdoor Area Chauffeur driven cars can drop off guests,at Convention Centre porch.

7. INDIA HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. Then I joined my colleagues and faculty members at IHC Information Centre situated approximately in the middle . From there we have to visit India Habitat Centre library, Its name is The Habitat Library & Resource Centre (HLRC). Library has an area of 4000 sqft . and different sections: Architecture Lending Authors Virtual Library In the Library newspapers are kept for 3 months and then Recycled for various purpose. There are 21 computers as workstation provided with personal Cabin. There is ambient Daylightining for reading and studying. STEP TO HOUSE OF BOOKS ….

8. There was a staircase for upstairs to the library lounge (as shown in the picture). There were planters inside the Library to improve indoor air quality. Gypsum Board Ceiling was installed on the Ceiling. All Furniture was made of wood. Coffee/Tea vending machines to enable uninterrupted use of the HLRC. There is a separate desk(named as author desk ) where you can write and share your thoughts with HLRC Members and if appreciated by them it could have possibly be published. There are rags and carpets laid on the floor to control dust and small Dustbins for waste disposal . INDIA HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. STEP TO HOUSE OF BOOKS ….

9. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. A GLANCE OVER AHU …. There were two AHU on the Library floor. Left side picture shows the air-conditioning duct and pressure controllers. To right the picture shows the distribution board.

10. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. A MATTER OF LUXURY-THE LIBRARY LOUNGE …. Good view from inside and outside Library Lounge covers an area of 1500-1600 sqft . & has a capacity of 50 persons inside and 20 persons outside the Lounge. It is a place to read, surf,learn , disseminate and debate.it provides people a relaxing space & conversational platform . It is also wi-fi enabled and users can bring their laptops if they wish to. The IHC Authors Corner showcasing the publications of the members and enabling dissemination of the intellectual issues through Authors Corner Discussions organised in the Library Lounge on weekends.

11. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. TO THE VISUAL ARTS GALLERY…. Established by India Habitat Centre in 2000. It is place where you can encourage, Analyse,sense the divinity of pure art. Ambient lighting system installed to enhance Or project artwork(use of cove lighting as hidden lighting). List of awards for appreciation: 1. Photography Award – IHC’s Flagship Award. 2. Most Promising Artist Award in association with Art India. 3. Ceramicist of the Year in association with Delhi Blue Pottery. 4. Living in Harmony with Nature – Photography Award in association with All-India Disaster Mitigation Institute. Showcase of photos on staircase Visual Arts Gallery

12. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. MEETING TO THE GENERAL MANAGER …. Then after, observing artworks by several artists we moved to 5 th block To meet the head of the technical team behind IHC services and Facilities. Then he started with the introduction in context of IHC site: IHC covers an area of 9 acres. 70% of site area is covered by institutions(13 iinstitution ). Remaining 30% is for facilities purpose(from which revenue is Generated for maintenance. 50% of total money spent on HVAC expenses. So, he said to think intelligently about the design of HVAC. He has also mentioned about the services that were designed 20 years back. In addition he also said about two level basement, first level basement is for parking and another one is for the accomodation of HVAC,Fire,Water,Electrical Plant. He has also mentioned about the BMS system(Building management System. That controls the temperature inside,it mainly works upon the principle of outside versus inside temperature.It makes AHU,Chiller automatically

13. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. CONTD…MEETING TO THE GENERAL MANAGER …. principle of outside versus inside temperature. It makes AHU,Chiller automatically started if there is a need to change temperature indoors. He also describes about 3 chillers of 600 TR from which 1300 TR is automatically switched on/off by BMS . Then he comes to building safety management during outbreak of Fire, he talked about AHU is connected to Fire System, In case there will be fire condition, AHU will be automatically shut off. In case there is no air-conditioned area,then also Fire sensors sense it and AHU will be shut off and if smoke is accumulated around staircase or other area there are pressure ducts which will suck all the smoke and through it outside the building. Then he questioned about a case i.e. If there is smoke in the staircase, then how will we be able to evacuate that place as soonas possible??? Then he told us that there is a UPS-emergency (for two hours after fire) at every floor and there were green illuminating strips which directs people to evacuate. Then our director sir asked about future green addition to the building in context of building services. Then he told about existing green features in the campus and those are: Terraces have high SRI material(broken china tiles/china mosaic) to minimise heat absorption by roof. Windows facing sun have tinted glass for less sunlight & infrared radiation penetration.

14. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. CONTD…MEETING TO THE GENERAL MANAGER …. And the windows not facing the sun have simple glazing. There were blue colored sunscreens which let the sun penetrate in winters and cut down the summer sun to reduce insolation . He told us that there were chillers of 2700 TR earlier but now they are relying on 1800 TR And he said about the proposal to install solar panels of 250 KVA on the roof. As it is in talks nowadays. He talked about the new addition in services: Recycling of water Rain water harvesting Hybridzation of electricity with grid(7-8lakhs saving per annum) Parking lights will also be changed with LED Lights. Changes Lights from 65W to T5 tubelights and 1500 tube lights will be lighted for 20 hours a day. Then the staff strength:technical dept.-2 engineers and seven technical staff :275 people per day in which 105 were for security staff. Then he said about footfall when question raises about it!Its about 3000-700 persons/day. As there is 4 more banquet hall needs to be added,construction of these 4 banquet hall is now in process.on site there was free parking also.

15. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. A GLANCE OVER SERVICE MECHANISMS …. FIRE PUMP ROOM There were three pumps: Jockey pump Main pump Diesel generator For pressure maintainance (automatic)240litre/minute. Hydrant/sprinkler 2400 lit/min.(in case of water requirement) Fire tank of 3 lakh litre capacity. There were centrifugal pumps used in the fire system. There were FHC at each floor and 2 hydrant on each floor. The area of fire room would be nearly 80 sqm . And height is approx. 5 to 6 m.

16. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. A GLANCE OVER SERVICE MECHANISMS …. PLANT ROOM There was cycle: As shown refrigerant used was R-134a Chillers were insulated Iron pipes were insulated with thermocol . Room area was 300sqm. Approx.. Room height Was 6-7metre approx.. Software's were used to maintain chiller temperature.

17. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. A GLANCE OVER SERVICE MECHANISMS …. SUBSTATION This is the second only building after rashtrapati bhawan to get 33KV input line from Delhi electricity board. 30% of electricity backup was from D.G. sets. From High tension panels to transformer and then to low tension panel this was how the electricity distribution took place at IHC. There was a entry of 20*40 m to substation from service lane for servicing purpose of substation. There are 5 transformers,all CRT Type(dry type).

18. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. A GLANCE OVER SERVICE MECHANISMS …. WATER TREATMENT PLANT There was 2 Raw water tanks from borwell is of 125KL capacity. There were 4 borwells two of them were running and two were at rest.during peak time 4 borwells were supposed to be used. For filtration they used carbon activated mixture-their rate was 25000l/hr. There was a storage tank of 2.5 lakh litres capacity. There was much less role of NDMC water supply. One day consumption of Water was 2.5 lakh litres . Soft water tank:125 KL goes to chiller&boiler .

19. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. HEADING UNDERGROUND …. Then after observing Plant room,we moved to 1 st level parking,there was a capacity of 1000 cars in the basement. There were separate entries and exits on the site from basement through lifts and ramps. Good placement of staiircases and lifts for easy accessibility. Basement was equipped with fire fighting system,air blowers for ventilation. Wide ramps were provided for entry and exit.

20. INDIAN HABITAT CENTER A city within a city….. A GLANCE OVER SERVICE MECHANISMS …. SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IHC’s sewage treatment plant was located near to gate no.3 in open. There were open tanks to store sewage water then through filtration media it distributes for landscaping purpose or any other(as shown in pictures). Good thing was it was not smelly due sunlight kills all smell producing bacteria.