TOPIC 2- HYDERABAD HABITAT CENTER (HHC), HYDERBAD The Prosect-LIVE ‘SEEING THE PERFORMANCE OF IHC , SIMILAR PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY VARIOUS STATE GOVERNMENTS TO BE SET UP IN VARIOUS STATE CAPITALS FOR A SIMILAR PURPOSE AND ENVIRONMENT. IT REQUIRES THE SETTING UP OF AN INTEGRATED COMPLEX WITH DEDICATED FACILITIES DISTINCT IN CHARACTER AND MANNER IN OPERATION SUCH THAT IT BECOMES A LANDMARK BY ITSELF. * HMOAAppoves Rano 134coeHysectos Habit Corio Is Project HANSPINDIA Business Financial Loans i THe HyperasaD MeTropouTan Deveropment Authority (HMDA) HAS DRAWN UP AN AMBITIOUS PLAN OF DEVELOPING A Hyperasap Hasitat CENTRE AT AN ESTIMATED Cost OF Rs. 134 CRORE, IN KHANAMET. IT WILL BE BASED ON THE INDIA Hasi- Tat Centre AT New DELHI AND WILL PROMOTE ART, CULTURE, HABITAT AND HERITAGE. ‘THE AUTHORITY DECIDED TO BUILD A HABITAT CENTER SIMILAR TO THE INDIA HABITAT CENTER IN New DELHI. THE CENTER SPREAD ACROSS AN ‘AREA OF 12.5 ACRES AT KHANAMET, CLOSE TO HI-TECH City RAlL- WAY STATION CAN BE USED FOR PROMOTION OF HERITAGE, ART AND ‘CULTURE, THIS EXCLUSIVE AND PERMANENT FACILITY WILL BE THE PER- FECT PLACE TO HOST EVENTS RELATED TO HERITAGE, ARTS AND CUL- TURE, BEING LOCATED CLOSE TO HYDERABAD INTERNATIONAL TRADE Expositions Ltp. (HITEX), THe HHC prosect WOULD BE A COM- PLEMENTARY FACILITY. AIMS 1 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. 2.PROMOTE AWARENESS IN REGARD TO HABITAT RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INCLUDING WATER, AIR, NOISE AND WASTE POL- LUTION, ENERGY AND ITS CONSERVATION, WATER AND HUMAN WASTE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SUCH MATTERS. 3.PROMOTE BETTER URBAN AND RURAL SETTLEMENTS RELEVANT OF THE INDIAN SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT AND RELATED TO THE LIFESTYLE OF ITS PEOPLE. A.INCULCATE BETTER AWARENESS AND SENSITIVITY IN REGARD TO ALL ASPECTS OF CREATIVE HUMAN ACTIVITY INCLUDING THE SIG- NIFICANCE OF ART IN HABITAT. S.PROMOTE EDUCATION, RESEARCH, TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON HABITAT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT AND ENVI- RONMENT RELATED ISSUES. ©.ORGANISE AND MAINTAIN RESIDENTIAL HOSTELS , RESTAURANTS AND OTHER AMENITIES FOR ITS MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS AND NON-MEMBERS INVITED BY THE CENTRE. OBJECTIVES THE PROPOSED FACILITY OF BUILDING WILL BE SETUP TO HOST EVENTS ROUNDS THE YEAR WITH FOUR TO FIVE THEATERS. SOME MORE PROPOSED FACILITIES INCLUDE AN OPEN AIR THEATRE, LANDSCAPED GARDENS, PLAZAS, OFFICE SPACES, BOARD ROOMS, CONFERENCE HALLS, BANQUET HALLS AND MEMBER FACILITIES LIKE GUEST ACCOMMODATION, FOOD COURTS, CLUB HOUSE AND INDOOR SPORTS. GALLERIES AND CULTURAL SPACES DISPLAYING ART WORKS TO PROMOTE ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE ARE ALSO INCLUDED INTO THE DESIGN.TOPIC 2- HYDERABAD HABITAT CENTER (HHC), HYDERBAD Wnar is AN INDIAN Hasitat Centre? Tue InoiA Hasitar CENTRE IS A MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING IN New Devil, INDIA. MIXING WORK, COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL SPACES, THE Inotan Habitat CENTRE 15 INDiA'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION CENTRE. THE PUBLIC AGENCY FOR HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- Ment Corporation Lt> (HUDCO) WANTED AN OFFICE BUILDING FOR ITS WORKERS AND MADE THE UNPRECEDENTED DECISION TO INVITE ‘CHOSEN NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS THAT SHARED THEIR CONCERN WITH HABITAT TO SHARE THAT WORK SPACE. Iota Hasitat Centre (IHC) HAS BEEN CONCEIVED AS AN IDEAL PHYSICAL ENVI4 RONMENT WITH A RANGE OF FACILITIES, THAT WOULD MAXIMIZE THE EFFECTIVE NESS OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS, IN THEIR HOLISTIC SUPPORT OF THE HabITaT. THE PRINCIPAL RESOLVE OF THE CENTRE ~ "TO RESTORE AT EVERY LEVEL = ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGICAL ~ A BALANCED, HARMONIOUS AND IMPROVED UAY OF LIFE," IS REFLECTED IN ITS CONCEPT AND DESICN. ‘SPREAD OVER NINE ACRES IN THE HEART OF New DeLHl, IHC HAS A BUILT UP AREA OF APPROXIMATE (ONE MILLION SQUARE FEET. IT NCORPORATES INNOVATIVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN BUILDING MANAGE MENT SYSTEMS, CONFERENCE SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATION AND ENERGY CONSERVATION, CREATING = PROBABLY THE MOST INTELLIGENT BULDING IN THE COUNTRY. SITELAYOUT PLAN Tue CHAIRMAN OF HUDCO ano THE ARCHITECT JOSEPH ALLEN STEIN DECIDED TO RADICALLY CHANGE THE TRADITIONAL IMAGE ‘OF AN OFFICE BUILDING AS AN ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT AND TRANSFORMED IT INTO AN URBAN DESIGN PROJECT. THE SPACE WAS DESIGNED TO PERMIT THE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRE TO SHARE SERVICES BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WITH MULTIPLE COURTYARDS, COMMON MEETING ROOMS, SHARED PARKING AREA, LIBRARY, RESTAURANTS, MUSEUM, AND HOTELS, SOME OF WHICH ARE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. CONSTRUCTED ON NINE ACRES IN AN URBAN AREA, THE BUILDING ESCHEWED TRADI- TIONAL BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES. HUDCO, NHB, Cll, ILO erc., SHARING A COMMON CONCERN FOR THE 'HABITAT!, HAVE COME TOGETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EXCITING VENTURE OF INSTITUTION BUILDING AND HAVE EVOLVED A UNIQUE EQUATION OF SYNERGY WITHIN THE COMPLEX. INDIA Hapitat CENTRE IS NOW HOME NOT ONLY TO THESE OFFICES AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS BUT HOUSES A CLUB, IN- DIA'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION CENTRE AS WELL AS SEVERAL RESTAURANTS AND PERFORMANCE VENUES FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF THE HOSPITALITY FACILITIES, 'HABITAT WorLp', HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO Ord Worip Hospitauity Pyr. Lt. Tue Mission TO BRING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING IN AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING, ENERGY. EFFICIENCY, APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS, TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION, LIFESTYLE CHOICES, SOCIOCULTURAL LINKAGES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.HYDERABAD HABITAT CENTER (HHC), HYDERABAD. HMDA INTEND To DeveLop HypeRrabap HasitaT Centre (HHC) on PPP Mope in HMDA Lanps AT KHANAMET. THE HABITAT CENTRE SHOULD PROVIDE THE FINEST OFFICE SPACE ALONG WITH SOCIO CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE CONVENTION FACILITIES THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE STATE OF ART FACILITIES. THe HABITAT CENTRE HAS THE FOLLOWING SPACES rad tn Agora ‘Cutturat, Faciuities Visual Art GALLERY ~ScutpTure Couars ~ARTIPLEX: THEATRES ~LEARNING CENTERS ~Oren Air THEATRES Ourpoor Faciuities ~Gardens & Pustic Parks ‘SupPorTinG FACILITIES ~Orrice Blocks ~ CONVENTION FACILITIES -Cius Houses ~Restaurants & Foop Courts SITE THE SITE CHOOSEN FOR THIS PROJECT IS AROUND 12 ACRES AT KHANAMET. THIS WAS CHOOSEN BECAUSE OF ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HI-TECH MRTS STATION AND ALSO HAS A VISUAL PERMEABILTY AND ACCESS FROM THE MAIN Hitex ROAD.