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COMPETITION BRIEF
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Contents

Saint-Gobain 2
Ethos 2
Competition Curator - Studio Symbiosis 3
Competition Theme 4
Design Problem 5
Site 6

Bye Laws 8
Area Program 8

Design Submission 9
Competition Format 9
Submission Format 9
Evaluation Criteria 10

Awards 10
Important Dates 10
Checklist for Participants 11

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Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain, the world leader in Habitat, with operations in 66 countries, designs,
manufactures and distributes materials and solutions that can be found everywhere in our
living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, and infrastructure and in many
industrial applications. These materials and solutions provide comfort, performance and
safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency
and climate change.

Saint-Gobain’s Glass business in India manufactures a wide variety of flat glass products
and offers solutions that continue to shape the Indian construction industry. SGIPL
produces a wide range of float glass products - Clear Glass, Tinted Glass, Energy Efficient
performance Glass, Mirrors, Designer Glass and glass for special high-performance
applications including Fire Safety.

With over 17 years of presence in India, and a unique pan-India manufacturing footprint
with plants in Bhiwadi (Rajasthan), Jhagadia (Gujarat) & Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu),
Saint-Gobain today is considered as a strong Technology and Market Leader. For more,
visit: www.in.saint-gobain-glass.com

Ethos
“Knowledge is Power.”
Ethos was started sixteen years ago by Gita Balakrishnan, as a response to a need to
build awareness on our built environment; a need to bridge the gap between students
undergoing education in colleges and the outside professional world; a need to provide
more opportunities to budding professionals and to create a platform, a network of young
designers and civil engineers who are to be decision-makers in the years to come.

Ethos works towards sensitizing students of architecture and civil engineering to the
culture and the ethos that their designs would need to respond to. There is an effort
to equip students to be agents of change, to lead and not just follow and to contribute
towards building of a harmonious society. This has been further facilitated by creation of
ACEDGE - an online platform to provide education outside classrooms.

Ethos’ main objective is to be the wind beneath the wings of young minds that are to
shape our built environment in the years to come.

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Competition Curator - Studio Symbiosis

Studio Symbiosis Architects is a multi-disciplinary architectural practice based in

Delhi, London and Stuttgart with focus on cutting edge contemporary architecture, co-
founded by Amit Gupta and Britta Knobel Gupta. They have completed their post
graduate degrees from Architectural Association London and have worked with Zaha
Hadid Architects on many award winning projects. The design philosophy is to create
integrated design solutions imbibing amalgamated, efficient, robust and sustainable
designs leading to performative architecture. The research and intent of the practice is to
create performance as a design driver, to achieve sustainable and smart buildings.

Studio Symbiosis has won International Competitions to design Gwalior Railway Station
and Bengaluru’s Baiyappanahalli Railway Station. Their other key projects include
Double Tree by Hilton Ahmedabad (2018), 1200-acre Trans Ganga Masterplan in Kanpur
(2018), Hilton Kathmandu (under construction), Eco Park located in Delhi which will be
the biggest bio diversity park in India, and Punjab Kesari Headquarter opening 2019
(winner of International property awards for Best Office Project).

The office is an international award winning practice winning Rethinking the Future,
German Design Award World Architecture Community, A Design Award, 40 under 40
Europe, 40 under 40 Asia Pacific, Hospitality Architect of the Year IDE and International
Property Awards to name a few. The partners of Studio Symbiosis have been invited to
speak at TEDx Bremen Germany, Smart Geometry Hong Kong, AIT conference Hamburg,
AYDA Kuala Lumpur along with a number of other international and Indian conferences.

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Competition Theme
Keeping up with current times and advances happening across the globe, the
infrastructure and facilities in India are getting modernized in the last decade. These
changes are at par with international standards and have also been contextualized to
meet the needs and requirements of users. This year Transparence is looking at the
modernization of railway stations - an initiative already being put into action by the
Indian Government.

The theme of Transparence 14.0 is “RAILPORT: Future-Ready”

A railway station is no longer just a place to book tickets and board or de-board a train.
It has become one of the leading service-oriented industries in the country, offering
employment to many, by becoming the center of many service-providing industries,
innovations and start-ups. Stations are expanding to accommodate various facilities for
passengers, to allow for the diverse socio-economic demographics of the end-users.

Modernization of railway infrastructure not just cater to the present demands, but to
accommodate the projected needs of future generations in the next 40 years – which
also includes considerable increase in footfall. This requires adequate services for the
increased number of passengers as well as efficient security systems and management
of passenger circulation and vehicular movements.

Such infrastructural developments cannot be seen in isolation. Land parcels around

railway stations should be developed to meet these high demands. They form an efficient
and sustainable economic model where the income from development of adjacent land
in a holistic manner helps in generating revenue for development of services at the
railway station. Therefore, these parcels need to be developed along with their context in
an inclusive manner catering to future demands of the railway station and its precinct as
well as the city and the region.

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Design Problem
A railway station is usually one of the most crowded areas of a city. The roads leading
to railway stations have slow-moving traffic owing to overcrowding from vehicles
entering and exiting the station and inefficient traffic management. There are
private vehicles, auto-rickshaws, taxis, buses etc. which are dropping off and
picking up passengers. This overcrowding can be experienced within the railway
platforms as well. This could create dangerous situations forcing passengers closer
to the edge of the platform. The platforms are crowded as they handle passengers
de-boarding from trains and those waiting. Other railway services such as loading of
heavy luggage and goods, catering and bedding materials, porter services etc. often
add to this overcrowding issue. With increased footfall in the future, effective design
solutions would be needed to solve these problems.

The aim of this design competition is to design a Railway Station and do a conceptual
level master-planning of the precinct that can help users through improved
circulation and decrease of conflict areas, thereby making it an effective and
efficient landmark public area in the city. As per the modernization measures being
undertaken by the Ministry of Railways, separate entry and exits for passengers,
and separate arrival and departure area for vehicles will help in security
arrangements and effective circulation and traffic management. Need for this and
appropriate solution for the same will also need to be focused on.

Transparence 14.0 calls for a focus on the micro and the macro.

1. MICRO: The railway station, including:

• Main station building that includes offices and services of Indian railways, public
facilities for the passengers, distinct entry and exits
• The common concourse level that connects to all the platforms and has various
amenities for the passengers
• A typical platform design providing different services for passengers. Only a 50 meters
long stretch of the typical platform to be detailed out.

2. MACRO: Overall (conceptual) master planning of the railway station precinct,

including:
• Urban blocks ONLY on Parcel 1 for commercial use: Only a volumetric indication is
required. Buildings need not be detailed out.
• Circulation and landscaping: Only designation of areas as green, built-up, paved
etc. is expected and not detailed landscape plans or master-plans.
• Parking: surface parking + multi-level public parking structure. Demarcate the site
allocated for parking and conceptual massing for the structure.
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Site
The project site is the Anand Vihar Junction Station of the Indian Railways. Northern
Indian Railways started operations of this station in 2010. This railway station caters to
major east-bound trains originating from here. The adjacent Old Anand Vihar Railway
Station (not part of site) caters to the Delhi Ring Rail. This station is significantly located
on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border catering not only to the residents of Delhi, but also to
the adjoining NCR city of Ghaziabad and other nearby cities of Uttar Pradesh.

The station is in proximity to one of the major inter-state bus terminals of the city - Anand
Vihar ISBT, serving a population traveling towards and from the states of Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh. It is also in the vicinity of the Anand Vihar Metro
Station - interchange station for Blue and Pink lines of Delhi Metro - making this area the
hub of inter-modal transport in East Delhi. Passengers exiting from the railway station
can easily travel to any part of Delhi NCR and other towns of Uttar Pradesh.

The Anand Vihar Station currently has seven platforms. It sees daily footfall of
approximately 1,20,000 peaking at 13,000 at a time for 2019 and is estimated to nearly
double to 2,36,000 peaking at 25,000 in 2038. The station is connected to the Anand
Vihar Metro Station and the ISBT through a pedestrian foot-over-bridge. There is vehicular
access from the Chaudhri Charan Singh Marg on the east of the site. The land parcels
for future development are currently lying vacant. They have to be developed for future
commercial purposes.

Karkardooma
Sahibabad

ANAND VIHAR
RAILWAY STATION

ANAND VIHAR
METRO STATION

ANAND
Preet Vihar VIHAR ISBT Vaishali
Kaushambi

Patparganj

Map showing the regional context around the site (Not to Scale)

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Please note:
• ONLY Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 (Platforms) to be developed as part Macro and Micro
for Transparence 14.0 submission.
• Site drawing provided separately in PDF (.pdf), AutoCAD (.dwg) and Google Earth
(.kmz) formats.

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Bye Laws
• Permissible Floor Area Ratio (FAR) 1.0
This FAR is applicable on the entire 56.7 hectares of land. The development air rights
of the railway station are transferable to the development parcels i.e. a maximum
of 5,67,000m2 total built up area can be developed on Parcel 1 and for the railway
station building.
• Total Built-up Area 5,67,000m2
• Maximum Built-up Area of Railway Station building 36,500m2
• Maximum Built-up area for master plan development 5,30,500m2
• Maximum Permissible Ground Coverage (only for parcel 1+2) 30%
• Maximum Permissible Height N/A
• Heights for:
• Top of platform from railway track 760mm-1065mm
• Minimum Clear height for platform 4.2m
• Minimum Concourse level height from railway track 6.25m Minimum
• Minimum green belt area 15%
• Minimum front setback 15m
• Minimum side setback 12m
• Minimum rear setback 12m
• Parking Requirements 3ECS
(Includes surface parking and/or basement parking and/or multi-level public parking
in Parcel 1. Calculate parking in reference to station area only)

Area Program (For Railway Station building)

• Entrance and Ticketing 15% of built-up area
Ticketing counters, entrance lobby, cloak rooms, passenger amenities, etc.
• Administration 15% of Built-up area
Office spaces for railway employees, administration block, etc.
• Arrival Area 20% of built-up area
Arrival corridors and lounges, passenger amenities, retail stores, café, etc.
• Departure Area 50% of built-up area
Departure concourse, transfers, waiting areas, lounges, passenger amenities, retail
stores, café, food court etc.

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Design Submission
Competition Format
• Transparence 14.0 is open to undergraduate students of architecture and design.
Recent graduates from 2019 are also eligible to participate.
• Teams to comprise of a maximum of three members.
• It is a two-stage competition, First stage: Regional Juries – North, South, East and
West. Second Stage: Grand Finale.
• Teams will be shortlisted by an online jury and would be invited to present (closed jury)
at the Regional jury. The venue for the first stage regional juries will be communicated
to all the participants.
• Top two teams from each region would be invited to the Grand Finale to make a
presentation before a selected panel of jury.

Submission Format
• It is an ONLINE SUBMISSION.
• A maximum of twelve A3 sheets (landscape orientation) with a readable scale of
drawing and legible text. All sheets are to be compiled into a SINGLE PDF (25MB
maximum).
• Your name or any identification should not feature on the sheets. The pdf file should
be named by the participants’ first names followed by the college name. For instance
if abc is the participant from xyz college, the file name would be “abc_xyz”. In case,
abc is sending multiple entries, the subsequent files will be names as “abc1_xyz”
“abc2_xyz” and so on. We will assign ID numbers to each submission to ensure
anonymity.
• Please restrict your word limit on the sheets to 100-150 words per sheet.
• Include the North arrow for the plans and a graphical scale for ALL drawings.
• Include a summarized area statement of your design with reference to the byelaws on
not more than single A4 sheet.
• Please note again that the site, brief and theme provided to you is for purely academic
purposes and is hypothetical in nature. It is advisable to direct any questions regarding
the competition to Team Ethos only.

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Evaluation Criteria
• Concept and design intent
• Originality
• Response to the context
• Area program: Understanding the working and circulation of passengers and vehicles
within a railway station.
• Efficient use of space: Macro and micro design solutions
• Hierarchy of spaces
• Efficient use of renewable resources such as water and energy.
• Translation of concept to final design.

Awards
• Regional Winners: Rs.20000/- per team, a certificate and an opportunity to win the
coveted National Trophy.
• National Winner: Rs.75000/- per team, a trophy and a certificate.
• National First Runner-up: Rs.50000/- per team, a trophy and a certificate.
• National Second Runner-up: Rs.25000/- per team, a trophy and a certificate.
• All participants with submissions that are found technically complete by the jury will
be awarded a certificate.

Important Dates
• Registrations last date: December 16th, 2019 (Monday)
• Last date of submission: 11.55pm December 22nd, 2019 (Sunday)

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Checklist for Participants

• Form teams with a maximum of three members
• Download brief and Register at online at www.ethosindia.in/events/transparence/
index.php or www.transparence.in
• For queries related to registration or the brief write to Team Ethos –
ethosindia.helpdesk@gmail.com
• Complete all requirements for submission.
• The design submission is ONLINE. Please email your submissions as a single PDF
to ethosindia.submissions@gmail.com . Submissions sent to any other email may
lead to disqualification.
• While mailing, in the subject of the email please write in this format: “Transparence
14.0_your first names_college name”.

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