HYDERABAD HABITAT CENTRE

Khanamet, Hyderabad, Telengana

THESIS-2018

Submitted by:
Aarushi Sharma
Roll No.: 13BAC047
1.INTRODUCTION
Building inclusive healthy, functional and productive cities is perhaps the greatest challenge
humanity is facing today and there are no easy solutions. A key part of the puzzle, though, lies
right at the heart of the world‘s urban areas: its public spaces.

Public spaces range from parks, squares, plazas, green spaces and streets, the success of which
is based on the activity and quality of human interaction they make possible. This allows for a
great opportunity to create an urban realm that engages actively with the people that it
encompasses..

It is a center of contemporary cultural, economic, business, social events. The concern for the
habitat & its environment works as the back bone of habitat center. It not only provides an
improved working environment to its employees but also contribute to the urban level functions
that a living city requires it provides an ideal physical environment with a range of facilities that
would maximize the effectiveness of the individuals and institutions, in their holistic support of
habitat. Its principle ―to restore at every level‖ environment and ecological - A balanced,
harmonious and improved way of life is reflected in its
concept and design .

The habitat is not only a home to these offices and research organizations but in order
to facilitate their interactions, the center provides a wide range of facilities like conference
venues, exhibition halls, seminar rooms, restaurants and club and performance venues for the
cultural activities. To incorporate innovative new technologies in building management
systems, conference systems, communication and energy conservation, creating probably
the most intelligent building in the country.

The art & Culture of a city is its representation giving it an identity and shaping its image &
personality. Hyderabad, also known as the 'City of Nawabs' is steeped in rich culture and
history. The city is known for its opulent heritage, with a wide array of mosques, churches,
temples, monuments, historic places, food and the arts. The city of Hyderabad is recognized for
its hospitality and is the one place where you can find a perfect amalgam of North and South
Indian dwellers belonging to different regions. There are innumerable art centers for all those
wanting to savor a taste of the world of 'arts' in Hyderabad. Head straight to a cultural center or
a local university to learn more about Telugu/Urdu literature or head out to an art center to
witness the mesmerizing forms of dance and music.
2.PROBLEM STATEMENT
To design Habitat Centre providing the finest office space along with socio-cultural
infrastructure like convention facilities and bringing back the Culture of the city back to its
roots.
3.AIM
To develop HHC with the components of Visual Art Gallery, Sculpture Courts, Artiplex
theatres, Learning Centers, Open Air Theatre, Outdoor facilities including Landscape gardens,
Theme Parks, Shades etc. with support facilities such as Office complex, Convention facilities,
Club house, and Restaurants & Food courts.
4.OBJECTIVES
 Develop an integrated physical environment in which various professions and institutions
dealing with different facets of habitat and habitat related environmental issues would
function, interact and attempt to resolve habitat related problems in a coordinated
manner.
 Promote awareness in regard to habitat related environment issues including water, noise,
air & waste pollution, energy& its conservation, water and human waste management and
other such matters.
 Promote better urban and rural settlements relevant of the Indian social, cultural and
economic context and related to the lifestyle of its people. Document all relevant
information pertaining to habitat, human settlements and environmental issues. Advise
and if needed , assist the government in the implementation of policies related to habitat,
and human settlements.
 Promote education, research, training and professional development on habitat and
human settlement and environment related issues. Organize and promote conferences,
seminars, lectures, public debates and exhibitions in matters relating to habitat, human
settlements and environment. Acquire, hold, improve and develop lands and construct
building related facilities on behalf of members of the centre.
5.PROPOSED METHODOLOGY FOR STUDY
TOPIC SELECTION

SITE SELECTION &

VALIDATION

SETTING UP AIMS &

OBJECTIVES

COLLECTION OF
SITE STUDY
DATA

CASE STUDY &

LITERATURE COMPARATIVE
STUDY ANALYSIS OF DATA

CONCEPTUAL
DESIGN

PRELIMINARY
DESIGN

FINAL DESIGN
6. SITE ANALYSIS

Fig.1 – Development Zone Plan Fig. 2- Location of Site in Zonal Map

SITE LOCATION- Site is located in Khanamet, Madhapur, Hyderabad. It is adjacent to Hi-

tech City, home to the IT Industry of India.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Madhapur is a suburb of Hyderabad, Rangareddy district, India. It is noted as a centre of
information technology activity. The heart of this area is called HITEC City which has the
highest concentration of IT/ITES establishments in the city.
HITEC City or Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, is one
of the major IT complexes of Hyderabad. The state government has been investing a significant
share in the development of digital infrastructure here, which along with adjoining corporate
area is known as Cyberabad. Being an upcoming IT district, the area is also one of the most
preferred residential localities by the working professionals, hailing from Hyderabad as well as
people migrating from other parts of the country.
Fig. 3- Site

CLIMATE
Hyderabad has a tropical wer and dry climate, bordering on a hot semi- arid climate.
* The annual mean temperature is 26oC.
* Gets really hot during the months of March – May, the temperature ranges between 40 Degree
Celsius and 45 Degree Celsius during summers.
* Monsoons are from June to September after which the weather becomes very pleasant.
Around 80 to 90 centimeters of average rainfall can be seen.
* Winter season is between Novemeber- June, minimum temperature is 12oC to 17oC.

TOPOGRAPHY
Rocky Terrain with abundant quantity of stone, low vegetation.

HUMIDITY
In the period of July and September, humidity is very high exceeding 75% due to monsoon.
Humidity will be low with an average of 25% to 30% in dry months of March, April and May.
SEISIMIC CONDITIONS
* The site lies in Zone IV having low level of seismic activity. As such no Special earthquake
resistant measures are required.

STRENGTH
* The site location just next to the Heart of the city Hi-Tech City , thus the project is definitely
going to have a good amount of footfall.
* Soon the Hi-tech city metro station will start functioning which will add to better
connectivity.

OPPORTUNITIES
* The site is sparsely vegetated thus it becomes essential to plan a well designed landscape
scheme to reduce the energy consumption of the building and make the environment more
habitable.
* Since it is the city of nawabs, and it is rich in cultre, I see it as an opportunity by infusing the
culture somewhere in my design.
AREA REQUIREMENTS
SPACE No. Capacity Area/Person

EXHIBITIONS
Visual Art Gallery 1 50 10
Art Galleries 3 25 10
Heritage Gallery 1 50 10
Sculpture Gallery 1 50 10
Circulation + Services 30%

LIBRARY/LEARNING
CENTRE
Lobby 20 2
Art & Heritage Stack 20K Vol. 8.5/1K
Habitat Stack 20K Vol. 8.5/1K
General Stack 10K Vol. 8.5/1K
Closed Stacks 5K Vol. 4.33/1K
Media Units 600 0.03
Group Study Lounge 150 2.5
Silent Study Lounge 70 2.5
Audio-Visual Room 40 1.5
Computer Stations 10 5
Photocopy 2 10
Offices 2 2 12
Learning Centres 4 50 1.5
Toilets
Circulation + Services 30%

AUDITORIUM
Foyer 200 2
Seating Area 750 1
Stage 1
Green Rooms 3 30
Equipment Room 1
Store 1
Toilets
Circulation + Services 30%

CONVENTION
CENTRE
Foyer 150 2
Conference Room 50 2
(Large)
Conference Room
(Small) 2 25 2
Seminar Room 2 150 1.5
Meeting Rooms 4 15 1.5
Convention Hall 500 1.5
Banquet Hall 300 1.5
50% of Banquet Hall +
Kitchen + Store + Pantry Convention Hall
Toilets
Circulation + Services 30%

OFFICES
1200/office including
Large Offices 8 Toilets
600/office including
Medium Ooffices 16 toilets
300/office including
Small Offices 22 toilets
Banks - Large 2 150
Banks - Extention 4 30
Stationary Shops 4 15
Courier Services 2 15
Travel Planners/ Agents 2 15
Miscellaneous Services 4 15
100 ex. open space for
Creche 2 350
Circulation + Services 30%

GUEST
ACCOMODATION
Regular Rooms 35 30
Special Suites 35 50
Lobby 50 2
Reception
Lounge 50 0.5
Café/Restaurant 2 50 1
Kitchen
Maintenance
Laundry
Staff Room
Office
Srore
Toilets 3M+3F 1.5
Circulation + Services 30%

ADMINISTRATION
Reception
Information Centre
Manager's Office 1
Support Staff 40 12
Support Staff (Cubicles) 10 15
Meeting Room 10 1.5
Archives 1
Toilets
Circulation + Services 30%

FOOD COURT
Interior Seating 200 1
Open Seating 100 2
Counters
Kitchen 50% of Seating
Store
Toilets
Circulation + Services 30%

MEMBER CLUB
Lobby
Gym 50 5
Game Room
Swimming Pool
ATM 2 10/unit
Toilets
Circulation + Services 30%

PUBLIC PLAZA
OAT
Distinct Courts
CASE STUDY – INDIA HABITAT CENTRE
The India Habitat Centre is planned as a
moderately dense complex of institutional
and office workspaces, conference and
library facilities for groups involved with
environment and habitat issues. When
completed in 1993, the Centre became
home for of India‘s Housing and Urban
Development Corporation (HUDCO), the
Delhi Urban Art Commission, the Tata
Energy Research Institute, and between
thirty and forty similar institutions, in a
complex of 97,000 square meters of interior
space integrated into an overall site of nine
acres of courtyards and plazas.

Fig. 4- Silver Oak Lawn

CONNECTIVITY

The site is accessible from the three sides bounded by roads. Lodhi Road on the north serves as
pedistrian entrance. Roads on the West , Max Mueller Marg and south, Vardhman Marg serve
as direct access roads to different area of the complex and entry by vehicle is allowed.

* Lodhi Corner Bus Stop - 590 m

* Jor Bagh Metro Station - 1 km
* IGI Airport - 15 km
* India Gate - 3 kms
* New Delhi Railway Station- 7 km

BUILDING PROGRAM

IHC is programmed as a moderately dense complex with institutional and office work spaces,
conference and library facilities, including a diverse range of facilities for the members.
* 40,000 sq.m. of office accomodation.
* Conference rooms with a total capacity of 1000 persons in various configurations holding 30
to 450 people.
* 60 Guest Rooms, 5 Suites, 5 service Apartments.
* Conference Rooms, Cafeteria, Restaurants, and private dining rooms can handle around 1500
persons at a time.
* Parking for 933 cars and 2000 two- wheelers.
* 25% of the total area goes to landscaped courts.

ARCHITECTURE VISION AND IMPLEMENTATION

The genesis of the design, according to Stein, is rooted in the fact that he is a ―
Horizontal architect with a profound dislike for automobiles and the need for climate
modification, the application of these with the co-operation of the client led to a conscious
decisionn to under build‖. Thus, the complex is realized as an oasis of quiet and greenery in the
midst of the chaos of the city.

Fig. 5 – Site Plan of IHC, New Delhi

STRENGTH

* The building is fulfilling the minimum standard of stand-off distance.

* The building id divided into seven blocks. Each block has its own service core. Only few
blocks will get affected if a blast takes place in the service core of any block.
* A complete public block (Convention Centre) has been segregated from the other semi-
publics (north block)
* The openings are kept less than 50% of the wall area on the external facade.
*Reflective laminated glass is used in the windows thus activitites inside the building are not
visible to the outsiders.
* Has a raised platform which prevents the vehicles from gathering high speeds and crsh into
building.

WEAKNESS

* Elevators and staircase should not go directly to into the business or resident floors the way
they are going in order to facilitate access control and inspection by security staff if desired.

THREATS

* Dense vegetation creates hiding places and doesn‘t allow clear sightlines.
* All visitors are allowed to park in the basement of making it an easy target by anybody to
hamper the functioning of the building.
* All critical fcilities are placed centrally in the lower basement which can be an easy target by
an intruder.

INFERENCES

The building need to be experienced to be fully appreciated. The building is not a chest-
thumper, it doesn‘t shout ‗Look at me!‘ And neither plans nor photographs can fully explain it.
Stein wanted to open courtyards roofed with a light cladding system that would allow
ventilation and let in the winter sun, but cut out the summer sun.
CASE STUDY – HYDERABAD
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE

Fig. 6 -Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad

H.I.C.C is India's first purpose-built and state-of-the-art convention facility managed by Accor,
the world's leading hospitality and Tourism management group. HICC is the only Green Globe
Certified Convention Centre in India. HICC in every aspect, be it infrastructure, service or
technology, compares with the best in the world. It has been conceived and designed to assist in
executing world class events, whether they are Conventions for 5000 delegates, seminars for
500 or meeting for just 50. This air-conditioned centre can be configured to increase seating
capacity to about 6500. The main hall was designed to be pillar free and to be subdivided into a
further 6 smaller halls. Adjacent to the main hall is a pre-function foyer area of over 560 sqm.
The conference facility was designed and built with a hotel component to cater towards the
business traveller. The project was completed in 2005 and is managed by Accor Hotels.
CONNECTIVITY

Adjacent to HITEC City, HI-TEX Gate, Izzat Nagar, Kothaguda, Hyderabad

• 18 kms (33 min) from Hyderabad Deccan Station

• 35 kms (50 min) from Secunderabad Station

• 7.1 kms (17 min) from Miyapur Bus Stop NH-9

• 32 kms (45 min) from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

BUILDING PROGRAMME

 Custom built to handle versatile events – be it an international conference for 5000

delegates, a cocktail dinner for 4000 guests, a corporate party for 2000 people or even a
board meeting for just 15.
 32 breakout rooms, including specialized meeting rooms, speaker preparatory rooms,
boardrooms and VIP lounge. 16 – seater registration area.
 Pillar-free internal hall of net 6,480 sq. metres that can hold a 5,000-delegate plenary and
can be partitioned into 6 halls.
 A spacious pre-function foyer area of over 6,000 sq. metres of lobby space.
 In house Event Management and Audio-Visual team.
 24*7 security with the latest surveillance technology.
 Cutting edge design features including environmental sustainable practices.
 12.5 metres free ceiling height with catwalks and truss to withhold heavy suspension and
mobile operable walls.
 Service pits every 6 metres, with power, water and internet.
 Private workspace for organizers and their guests.
 In-built 100% power back-up generation capability.
 1000+ car parking base.
 Automated telescopic tiered seating for 2600.
 Loading dock for tailor-made capacities.
 Separate entry & exit points.
 Connected to 287-room Novotel Hyderabad, a 5 – star hotel
.
Fig. 7 – Plan of H.I.C.C
CASE STUDY – VANCOUVER CONVENTION
CENTER

Fig.8- Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver

LOCATION- Vancouver, BC, Canada

Architects: LMN , Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership , DA

Landscape Architect: PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. Structural Engineer: Glotman
Simpson Consulting Engineers and Earth Tech (Canada) Inc

CONCEPT

 The City of Vancouver‘s planners indicated they did not want a design that could
potentially ‗steal the thunder‘ of the adjacent iconic sails of Canada Place.
 The design of the expansion was sensitively developed as a compliment to the
internationally recognized image of Canada Place with its sail-like fabric roofs.
 The desire to maintain view corridors from the downtown core limited the overall
building height, and has given the project a horizontal emphasis.
 Shallow, sloping roof planes supporting an extensive green roof create an architectural
landform that is both an appropriate visual connection between the city and its natural
context, and a reflection of local ecology and cultural values.
 It has a visual connection — with full-height glazed walls on three sides—to the
sweeping water and mountain views that extend from Stanley Park in the west to Canada
Place in the east.
 This connection to ‗place‘ sets the project apart from most contemporary convention
centres—a distinction that is reinforced by the extensive use of wood on the interior.
 The wood-panelled walls that flank the prefunction areas, banquet, and meeting rooms
are visible from the exterior and at night add warmth to the lantern-like glow of the
building as it hovers above the water.
 The project siting and program requirements imposed physical constraints that
necessitated an innovative response from the structural engineers. The building is
supported on more than 1,000 piles and a concrete deck that together allow the steel
structure to bridge roads and railroad tracks

Fig. 9 - Site Plan of Vancouver Convention Centre

LANDSCAPE HABITAT
The project employs a wide range of green strategies, including on-site water treatment,
deep seawater cooling and heating, and a giant skirt designed to help restore the local fish
habitat, the single most visible component of the environmental strategy is the building‘s
living roof.
The most visible evidence of the project‘s deep approach to ecology is its living roof. The
slopes set up natural drainage and seed migration patterns for the roof‘s ecology.
 The living matter of the roof forms the terminus of a chain of waterfront parks that rings
the harbor and creates continuous habitat between the Convention Center and Stanley
Park.
Shallow, sloping roof planes supports the extensive green roof to create an architectural
landform that is an appropriate visual connection between the city and its natural context
ROOF FEAUTRES
Water evaporation from the growing medium and transpiration from the plants contribute to
the reduction of building heat gain.
• It is projected that VCCEP‘s green roof will reduce summer heat gain by as much as 26%.
• In addition to these building-related benefits, a living roof can provide significant
improvements to storm water management by detaining runoff and reducing peak flows.
•Urban air quality is also improved as the living roof traps airborne particles and the plants
absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.