RAJ REWAL - ARCHITECTURAL WORKS

RAJ REWAL
- THE RASA OF ARCHITECTURE HELPS PEOPLE ENJOY
THE SPACE.

 BorninHoshiarpur,Punjab, in1934.
 He studiedin‘Delhi School of Architecture’, NewDelhi between1951 – 1954.
 Attendedthe ‘A A School of Architecture’ inLondonin 1955for one year.
 Alsoattendedthe ‘Brixton School of Building’, London from 1956-60.

 He worked as Assistant Stage Manager in Avante Grade Theatre
Productions, London.
 1961-1962 : Worked In The Offices Of Michel Ecochard,
 1962 :Returned to India in, via the offices of French architect Michel
Ecochard in Paris, to set up his own practice.
 1963-72: he taught at the S P A, Delhi.
 1974: He opened a second office at Tehran, Iran in
 1985: Founded The Architectural Reseach Cell With Ram Sharma
WORK

SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS
1967: FRENCH EMBASSY
Private housing
1972: HALL OF NATIONS
Exhibitions and museums
1982: ASIAN GAMES VILLAGE
Housing
1990 :INDIAN NATIONAL
SCIENCE CADEMY, NEW DELHI
OFFICES
2000: LISBON ISMAILI CENTRE
, PORTUGAL
PUBLIC BUILDING
2003: PARLAMENT LIBRARY
, NEW DELHI
PUBLIC BUILDING
2014: VISUAL ARTS INSTITUTE
CAMPUS, ROHTAK
EDUCATIONAL
2018 : JANG-E-AZADI
MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM
PUBLIC BUILDING

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
 To Integrate - Indian Architecture with Modern Ideologies visible by the very Sensible
Harmony.
 First fulfilling the function of the structure
 Second to make the space User friendly and enjoyable to the people.
 Rasa –a very important ingredient to make a building feel powerfull & dynamic or gentle &
quite.
 Rajasthani architecture
 Old towns & ancient indian Architecture
 Western theories of urban planning & building technology
DESIGN INFLUENCES

DESIGN FEATURES
Concepts of Indian architecture
Structural rigidity
Urban Fabric
Grandure/Epic architecture
Roof Gardens
Inner Courtyards

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HALL OF NATIONS ,
Pragathi Maidan
-A building in memory

 LOCATION - Pragati Maidan,
New Delhi.
 TIME PERIOD – 1970- 1972
 BUILDING TYPE – Institution
(Exhibition Halls).
CONSTRUCTION - Reinforced
Concrete Space Frame
Context- Urban
Style- Modern
Architect : Raj Rewal
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HALL OF NATIONS , Pragathi Maidan
Halls
Green Areas
Ministries
State Pavilions
Food & Beverages
Water Body
Parking
Paved Area

The permanent exhibition complex is designed to form the
focus of 130 acres of exhibition
Consist of
 The main pavilion
 The hall of industries is a combination of 4 smaller
pavilions
 Enclosed central areas for open air exhibits,
 15 giant exhibition halls
 10,000 square meters of open area for trade related exhibitions.
 Utilities, Green spaces
 Toilets, and other services are located under the ramps.
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Overview

 The concept for this exhibition complex has been derived from
humayun’s tomb, an attempt to interpret as to how the
statement might have been translated into the master plan.
 Differentiating singular major space from the cluster such
that their access points that are linked through pathways
may envelope a common space for community.
 The design was evolved to meet the constraints of time,
availability of materials and labor.
 To reflect symbolically and technologically, India's intermediate
technology in the 25th year of its independence.
EVOLUTION...
Multiple
Pathways
Single
Access points
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clear span of -78 m
height varying from -3 m to 21m,
there-by providing a vast capacity for items to be
exhibited from books to bulldozers.
 THE MAIN PAVILION
Hall of Nations

Hall of Industries
• the four 'Halls of Industries' are similar in
design
• 44m x 44 m x 16m high.
• Free standing coffered mezzanine floors
cantilevering out of cylindrical shafts provide
additional exhibition area in each hall.
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• The plan of these pavilions is square with chamfered corners,
providing eight anchoring points. The corners were inspired by the tomb of
Moghul Emperor Humayun.
Nehru
Pavilion Plan
Nehru Pavilion Cross section 2
(Isometric view)
NEHURU PAVILION
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HALL OF INDUSTRIES - DRAWINGS

 The depth of the structural system was utilized as a
traditional 'jali', a geometrical pattern of perforation that
serves to obstruct directs rays of the harsh Sun while
permitting air circulation.
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8 Point Joint
Right - Octahedron
The entire complex was analyzed, designed and built in a period of fifteen months
The steel for this space frame construction was expensive in India.
 As the result, it was built in Reinforced Concrete.
 Octahedron measuring 5m from joint to joint were employed as the basic 3D unit of
the space frame ,which rests on 8 points around the essentially square planned and allows
11m wide openings between the supports.
 The 'Halls of Nations' is supported on pile foundations tied together with post
tensioned plinth beams.
 The hall of industries rests on spread footings tied together with high tensile
steel bars.
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CONSTRUCTION

The Hall of Nations was seen as a hurdle to redevelopment plans
• Just three days after the Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of architect Raj Rewal
against the demolition of the iconic Hall of Nations building complex.
• As part of Pragati Maidan’s redevelopment plan, the structure was reduced to a pile
of rubble.
DEMOLITION

PARLAMENT LIBRARY,
NEW DELHI
PARLAMENT LIBRARY, NEW DELHI

Project Details
 Client: Lok Sabha Secretariat, GOI
 Architect: Raj Rewal Associates, New Delhi
 Structural Engineer: CPWD, GOI
 Contractor: L&T Ltd., ECC Construction Division
 Built Area: 60’460 m²
 Cost: INR 270 crore
 Design 1993 - 1994
 Completed 2003

Design Requirements
Library – a main reading; AV library, research and computer
divisions; conservation laboratory; archival room with temperature
below freezing point
Parliamentary – the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training
(BPST), Library Committee Room, Parliament Museum; Media,
press briefing room
Meeting halls - 1,100-seat auditorium
• A limited competition was organised by the
government in 1989
• The winner, announced in 1991, was the renowned
architect Raj Rewal.
DESIGN COMPETETION

PARLAMENT LIBRARY SITE
INDIAN
PARLAMENT
EVOLUTION
LOCATION PLAN
LOCATION

ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES & EVOLUTION
MANDLAS • Datia Palace, MP TAJ MAHAL
To give the library an identity of its own while respecting the Parliament building,
Rewal says he drew on Indian history and likened the relationship between buildings to
the traditional relationship between guru and king. A guru acknowledges the power of
the king — neither confronting nor submitting — and retains the strength of his integrity
as a sage.

EVOLUTION
• The full-height central core of the building, formed at the point of intersection of the
two axes, houses the reading room for members of parliament (MPs), the research area
and archival storage, committee room, and a banquet hall. Beyond this central core are
the courtyards, and further beyond are separate entrance lobbies for MPs, scholars,
and the public.
• The corners of the incomplete square and the nodes formed at the ends of the axes are
designated for various functions. The axes and the sides of the square form corridors
and outline the courtyards.
• Each courtyard symbolizes one aspect of the Indian constitution. One is an
amphitheater, symbolizing freedom of expression. Another courtyard has a pool of
water symbolizing equality. A tree forms the focal point of the third courtyard,
representing social justice.

SITE PLAN
• Located on a 10-acre (4-hectare) site, the
• library is nearly 590,000 square feet (55,000 square meters) in area
and can accommodate three million volumes on the two basement
floors.
• It has hi- tech networks and facilities for microfilm, multimedia, and
satellite links.
• Site conditions and trees prohibited the
northwestern corner of the plan from
being built, leaving the square
incomplete. Otherwise the plan, with its
courtyards and axes, is similar to historic
precedents.

SITE PLAN
SECTIONS
• The sub-structure of the Library makes use of innovative
foundation systems based on diaphragm walls that go to a
depth of 14 metres below ground.

PLANNING

GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FLOOR PLANS

STRUCTURE & MATERIALS
The structure of standard floors is a reinforced concrete frame system with
coffered concrete slabs, supported by circular reinforced concrete columns
There are five types of structural lattice, each designed to carry a cluster of shallow
bubble domes made of lightweight concrete.
Spanning five metres each (less in the auditorium), these domes are precast shell
structures in fibro-cement, termed ‘fibre-reinforced concrete’ (FRC)
STRUCTURE OF BUBLE DOME
TENSILE STEEL JOINTS

Columns are mostly concrete, except for the detached steel columns around the building’s
periphery.
The basic infill materials are brick and glass brick
Structural lattices are essentially made of tubular elements, with a combination of steel
tubes, solid and hollow steel castings.
Volumetric space lattices on larger spaces have high tensile bars in addition
The ingredients of the FRC shell domes, all precast on site, include steel fibres,
cement,aggregate, reinforced steel, micro-silica fumes, blast furnace slag, super
plasticiser and water
The glass dome over the Focal Centre is made of stainless steel pipes of different
diameter and curvatures.
STRUCTURE & MATERIALS

PRESENTED BY..,
Y17AP0113
IN A CAREER THAT SPANS 36 YEARS, 84-
YEAR-OLD REWAL HAS BEEN
INSTRUMENTAL IN CHANGING THE INDIAN
DESIGN LANDSCAPE IN- PAST ,PRESENT &
FUTURE

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