SUSTAINABILITY IN

CONVENTION CENTER

A THESIS REPORT PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
‘AXIS INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE’

BY -
SUPRIYA NARAYAN
1672181038
2016-2021

UNDER GUIDANCE OF

AR. ABHIJEET PRATAP SINGH SIR

ABSTRACT

In this modern era of industrialization and urbanization, resource

consumption is at its peak. Industrialization and urbanization results in
increase in infrastructure developments. These consumes resources
in great extent for which various techniques and methods are used to make
a building energy efficient, for this we take a convention centre building.

A convention center is a multipurpose building which serves the purpose

of conducting meetings, concerts games etc. Resources and fuels are being
used in a large amount for the construction and running of the building.
This is reduced to make the building energy efficient and eco-friendly.

The development of convention centers, sport facilities, and performing

arts venues are increasingly being acknowledged for their role and
simulating local economies and improving the quality of life of a nation's
citizens.

Conference and business tourism is hence a very important sector of the

global tourism Industry.
INTRODUCTION

CONVENTION

A large meeting of member of profession, a political party, etc.

“Convention is the name given to a general or formal meeting of a

legislative body, social or economic group in order to provide information
on a particular economic situation and in order to deliberate and
consequently, establish consent on policies among the participants, usually
of limited duration with set objectives but no determined frequency.”
A convention is not simply a space for looking at or listening to a
performance. A successful convention for live performance supports the
emotional exchange between the performer and the audience, and between
members of audience.
Thus, conventions are usually general sessions, mostly information giving,
often formed around a particular theme or subject matter of topic interest
and increasingly accompanied by exhibits. In addition to need for large
halls & auditoriums required for the plenary sessions, most conventions
break down into smaller groups to deliberate on particular matter of issue.

CENTER
A place or an area where a lot of people live, a place where a lot of
business and cultural activity takes place.

CONVENTION CENTER
A large civic building or group of buildings designed for conventions,
industrial shows, and the like, having large unobstructed exhibit areas and
often including conference rooms, hotel accommodations, restaurants, and
other facilities.
It is generally defined as any property used in connection with a
convention or meeting center, or similar facility, including auditoriums,
exhibition halls, facilities for food preparation and serving, parking
facilities, and administrative offices. A number of states have passed
legislation enabling public funding to be used for convention centers in an
effort to attract tourism and businesses to the local economy.
Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate
several thousand attendees very large venues, suitable for major trade
shows, are sometimes known as exhibition centers.
Convention centers without a predetermined user, as a places to gather for
congresses and to host large meeting, are a new type of commercial
buildings that has evolved over the last 50 years.
Previously, festival and civic halls, or sometimes a ballroom or even a
ship were often used, or the conventions were held in buildings owned
by the operator of the event.
Business conventions and seminars may take place at a convention center
that is conveniently located to the attendees. If conventions take place over
a few days, or offer multiple seminars, the center may be attached to
lodgings, so that people attending do not have to consider additional travel
expenses. Sometimes, those attending a convention must pay a fee that
includes lodging fees.
A convention center may be chosen because of its location to other
attractions.
The center may also offer a variety of equipment for various types of
business meetings. Overhead projectors, slide machines, standard
projectors, large “boardroom” style tables, and access to sound system
equipment may all be rented for the convention, or may be offered as part
of a standard package when booking the center.

HISTORY
The original convention centers or halls were in castles and palaces.
Originally a hall in a castle would be designed to allow a large group of
lords, knights and government officials to attend important meetings with
the king.
A more ancient tradition would have the king or lord decide disputes
among his people. These administrative actions would be done in the great
hall and would exhibit the wisdom of the king as judge to the general
populace.
Convention centers and Exhibition spaces evolved from the open-air
amphitheatres of the Greek Agora’s and Roman Forums, which were
initially intended for large commercial fair.
The first convention centers can be traced back to mid-19th century
Britain. Commonly known as exhibition halls, the centers were designed
to bring together people to discuss and explore their mutual interest of a
subject.
These imposing Victorian buildings often covered several acres and were
multi-functional incorporating lecture halls, libraries, galleries, theatres
and exhibition areas.

SUSTAINABILITY
The demand on energy resources is continually increasing over the years. There
is a huge gap between the energy supply and demand chain. Energy efficiency
along with renewable and non-conventional energy sources is required to ensure
sustainable energy consumption in this world. Energy demand can be meet by
cutting down the wastage of energy and saving the carbon emission. Energy
efficiency is the use of improved technology that need low energy to perform
than the existing technology. It is defined as any process, technique or
equipment that helps to achieve reduction in energy consumption while
performing an operation while achieving the same or better level of output.

LIGHTING

Lighting is necessary for visibility of objects in dark areas. Lighting is the use
of light to achieve aesthetic effects. It also refers as equipment which produces
light. Lighting includes artificial sources of light like lamps and bulbs, and
naturally by capturing daylight.

Energy efficient lighting systems are required to reduce the building

s energy demand. 

Day lighting is a method by direct light from sun can enter the building through
windows, skylights, or light shelves. It is used as the main source of light during
daytime in buildings. This can save energy by avoiding the use of artificial
lighting.

PLANTS

Plants are documented as being especially good at improving air quality. There
are different plants that are beneficial tithe building and the environment.
 Plants like Areca Palm, Aloe Vera, Elephant Ear Philodendron, Lady Palm,
Bamboo or Reed Palm, English Ivy etc. have many benefits to the health of the
users of the building and to the environment.
SOLAR

Solar energy created by capturing the sun’s energy and

turns it into electricity. Sun is a natural nuclear reactor, where nuclear
fusion reactions produce massive amounts of energy, this process always takes
place.

Solar energy comes can be captured with various technologies, commonly solar
panels. Solar panels are made up of many solar cells. Solar cells made of
semiconductors like silicon.
 
First, sunlight reaches the solar panel. The solar panels convert the solar energy
to DC current.

RAINWATER HARVESTING

Rainwater harvesting is a technique of collection and storage of rainwater from

surfaces, rooftops which is collected, filtered and used.
 
Water from rainwater tank can be used for gardening and irrigation of plants,
laundry, and flushing toilets.
 
Rainwater harvesting systems are designed after examining site conditions that
include rainfall pattern, intensity rainfall, subsurface soil and their storage
characteristics.

ACOUSTICS
Controlling the quality and amount of sound inside a building comes under
acoustics. Acoustics allows pleasant sound in halls and reduces echoes and
noise.

 It minimizes the noise transmission from one space to another. It affects the
design, operation and construction of buildings.

CONCLUSION

1. Energy efficient buildings are the buildings that are designed to provide a

significant reduction of the energy. It includes energy needed for heating
and cooling, which includes the equipment’s that will be chosen to heat
or cool the building.
2. . Energy efficient building is becoming more and more vital as energy
emerges as a critical issue due to high demand for energy and
unsustainable supplies of energy.
3. Energy efficient buildings can lower greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions
and other pollutants, as well as decrease water use. Improving energy
efficiency can decrease individual utility bills and help stabilize
electricity prices and volatility unities to save money as well as reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. In our convention center we use solar which
reduces the electricity demand.
4. The lighting provided are LEDs which consumes only less amount of
electricity.
5. Rainwater systems are also provided hence water bills are reduced.
Different types of plants are provided which help in increase the indoor
and outdoor air quality.

6. Acoustics can help to reduce the effects of noise disturbances, which can
have negative effects on health, well-being and general quality of life.
Thus making energy efficient and eco-friendly building.
TYPES OF CONVENTIONS
The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession and
fandom. Along with them.
1. Trade conventions:
It typically lays focus on a particular industry or industry segment,
and feature keynote speakers, vendor displays, and other information
and activities of interest to the event organizers and attendee
2. Professional conventions
They focus on issues of concern to the profession and advancements
in the profession. Such conventions are generally organized by
societies dedicated to promotion of topic of interest.
They are meetings organized to inform a group of people about a
specific topic, or to teach a specific skill. Expert speakers and teachers
are usually invited to speak on various topics
3. Social events:
A large gathering organized to celebrate major life events and
religious ceremonies.
4. Seminars:
Common social events include: anniversaries, weddings and birthday.

THE MICE INDUSTRY

First of all, MICE is a type of tourism in which large groups, usually

planned in advance are brought together for a particular purpose. MICE
stands for Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing and Exhibitions tourism
segment.
The development of convention center, sport facilities, and performing
arts venues are increasingly being acknowledged for their role in
simulating local economies and improving the quality of life of people.
Conference and business tourism is hence a very important sector in
global tourism industry.

With these needs, our priority must be to create a place with low energy
intake. It should be planned and implemented in such a way that our
natural resources are barely used and our requirements are fulfilled and
this can be achieved if we focus on sustainability while planning.

This is therefore a business-oriented segment, involving obligatory travel.

The Incentives part of MICE is the odd one out — though it is related to
business, as its usually provided to employees or dealers/distributors as a
reward, it tends to be leisure based.
OBJECTIVES
1. To develop a platform for global business opportunities contributing
the motive and help growth of global trades.
1. Design

1. To create flexible spaces for variety of events such as celebrations,

meetings, exhibitions, etc.

2. To house activities for people on daily basis, or weekly basis

3. Maintain a balance in daily activity and event spaces.

4. Accommodate neighbouring activities in one.

5. To create a space where people can have their meetings and

organization with a blend of social atmosphere.
6. To help organizations hire on temporary basis a few common
facilities like auditoriums, seminar halls, lecture rooms, convention
halls, commercial/retail space etc., simultaneously in the same
feature.

7. To incorporate, study

1. Socioeconomic impact of the project and make desired changes in

the design
2. To promote a platform for understanding each other’s trade and
spread awareness among the people.
3. To incorporate sustainability in building to decrease the harmful
effect in environment.
4. To minimize cost of building, its complexity.
5. To study the climatic responsive design.
SCOPE

1. To evolve a design with forms and spaces with distinct architectural

characteristics' focusing on space utilization and functions. this
project deals with the design which is well adoptable in terms of
typology, function and climatic conditions

2. To study different approach made by architects of a public building

of similar scale.
3. Understand the role and scale of services in public building.
4. Understanding the sustainability techniques suitable for public
building.
5. To study the standards of space design for the program.
6. To study the space division ideology adopted for convention centre.
7. To study and follow the local development rules and regulations.
8. To study other researches on climate responsive building techniques.
9. Creating balance between cultural and social aspect of society.
10. Providing relaxation to people from hectic schedule.
11. Giving an iconic landmark to the city.
12. Studying space management, along with flow of circulation in every
area
AIM

1. the aim is to design unique spaces to make people visit from

different cities and countries to attend conference and exhibitions. to
create a landmark through unique architectural design
2. To design a space keeping in mind about open areas, connectivity
between spaces, providing a balance between social and cultural
areas.
3. To allow corporate section to come and meet in informal way and
can share ideas & knowledge.

4. To design a building which could function as a convention centre

and meet the requirements of the city.

5. It was also made an aim to overcome the limitations of the public

buildings and make it interact with the surrounding at different
levels.

LIMITATIONS

1. Due to the scale of project extreme details would not be possible to

make for the services, specifications and working drawings.
2. The design limits in addressing the site zoning with a layout of
activities in campus.
3. Detail designing of proposed building only.
METHODOLOGY

1. Understanding basic need of design, its scope &limitation

2. Necessary data collected &analysis
3. Site analysis
4. Case study
A) study of spatial requirement
B) study of spatial interrelationship
5.Literaturestudy
A) study of spatial organization
B) study of flow circulation of people and service
6.Comparativeanalysis
7.Framingrequirement
8.Evolutionofdesignconcept
9.Buildingofconcept&design
10.Finaldesignsolution

PROJECT JUSTIFICATION

1. I want to do this project, as it would allow to explore the various aspects

of the spaces involved in the convention/exhibition hall.
2. Now-a-days people are very busy in their work, regular meetings are not
feasible to be organised in offices, as it disturbs the flow of work going
on, so convention center allows companies to arrange meetings or
conferences to avoid rush and disturbance.
3. As it has restaurants, gym & spa, rooms, exhibition areas, meeting rooms,
board rooms, pool, landscaping elements and a lot of services that needs
to be catered to all in one project and the pressure to create a better design
4. It would allow me to develop some innovative and creative concepts that
has never been used before which could help revolutionise.
5. Therefore, through strategies and tactics of architecture I shall re-imagine
these Commercial designs to truly be for the public and benefit their
urban surround mgs effectively and consistently.

USER GROUPS

The users of the center are broadly classifies into 3 major types:

THE DELEGATES.
1. These are the group of people who form the major part of the convention
center.
2. People from both national and International backgrounds are a part of this
user group.

THE EXHIBITORS.
1. They are the reason for the delegates to attend various convent ones and
edh I bastions.
2. People from all over the country gather to promote their respective event.
3. The exhibitors may also be local craftsmen who are allowed to setup
temporary shops.

THE STAFF
1. These people form the backbone of the convention center.
2. They take care of Call the needs of nth the delegates as well as the
exhibitors who are new to the place and guest at the convention centre.
3. The building must cater to their needs along with catering to the direct
users of the building

SPACE AND USER ANALYSIS:

Components Space analysis

Public Use
Entrance Hall Users: Delegates, performers and staff.
Description:
I. The major connectivity between the various components
of the convention center.
1. It acts as an Ideal space tor delegate is to
network.
2. Spaces like information kiosk and waiting
lounges form a part of the entrance hall .
2 Registration center Users: People taking part in various conventions
Description:
I. It acts as a space where people attending various events
register themselves.

3. Toilets Users: Al occupants.

Description:
l. The size and quantity of the toilets to be
provided shall be decided in accordance to NBC
standards.
2. They Shall be provided for peak capacity.
4. Exhibition Halls Users: Al occupants
Description:
I. Trade relative promoters take part in the trade shows to
promote their products.
1. Large span structures and column free spaces
are required to these promotions.
2. Crowd management of such components becomes
necessary.
Semi Public Use
Auditorium / Users: Performers, delegates and local pepo e.
Plenary Hal Description:
l. The purpose Ôt the auditorium is to accommodate large
sca e gatherings for various events Ike dance, drama and
 delegations.
2, The design of the aid torpor she I be eve vend in
accordance to various standard guide ins subject end to
auditorium design.
2 Conference Rooms Users: Delegates and staff
. Description:
They hold meetings and soma I company
training sessions for 20-30 people.

3. Seminar Rooms Users: Delegates and staff.

Description:
I. They cre idea tor small-scale events ike
workshops, training sessions, press conferences,
etc.
2. They are large enough to sect Attendees in theatre
configurations ranging from 50-200 people.
4. Public amenities Users: Delegates
Description:
I. They include smoking ounges, ATM'S, Phone booths,
etc. 2. Only pepo e attending any event in the convention
center shall have an access to these amenities
Private Use
Administrate vie Users: Staff to the convention center
offices Description:
I. It contains offices For the convention center which
handles the general functioning ot the Ous terminal.

2. Control room Users: Staff

Description:
I The con roll room Will monitor the overall
functioning of the convention center.
Service Areas
Parking Users: Anyone visa I ng ICC.
Description:
I. Car and Ous parking as per norms aid by NBC and
DDA
2. Load ng Docks/ Users: Staff
Bays Descry piton.
I. They form a crucial part for loading/ unloading purpose
in the exhibition pavilions.

3. Service B lock Users: Staff

 AC Plant room;
Electrical subsea;
Mahtainenece Dep’t.
3. Back of House : Users: Staff
The Kitchen Description:
I It shall serve all the events hosted by the
convention center,

DESIGN CONSIDERATION

EXHIBITION HALL
The Exhibition Spaces are intended as a combination of indoor and open-
air exhibition space in order to create a strong relation between covered
and green open spaces through thematic content
An exhibition hall can be
 Open-air exhibition space
 Covered exhibition space
AUDITORIUM
The auditorium is the heart of building, where the primary activity of
experiencing and presenting performances take place. Audience seating is
arranged to view the stage and the stage is a platform from which the
performer can be communicate to the audience. The relationship between
the two is very crucial for the success of convention centers
CONFERENCE ROOMS
It is a room provided for singular events such as business conferences and
meetings. sometimes other rooms are modified for large conferences such
as arenas or concert halls. Conference rooms can be windowless for
security purposes.
RESTAURANTS

A pace where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and
served on the premises.

Various types of restaurants are classified based Upon menu style,

preparation methods and pricing.

ENTRANCE/EXIT - QUEUE MANAGEMENT

In order to enhance visitor ease and reduce queuing, the Organizer will set
up a virtual queuing system to improve Level of Service (LOS) by
reducing waiting time and optimizing the waiting areas of other uses.

FIRE EXITS / CLECRWAYS

Designated fire exits and clear ways cannot be encroached upon under any
circus once. Storage of materials or equipment in these areas is not
permitted.

PARKING

The parking spaces acts as a place for the ceremonies of Arrival &
Departure.
The basic requirements for parking spaces should be taken from the
vehicle dimensions whilst driving in a linear path, cornering and
entering into and driving out of the parking area.

SHOPPING MALLS
A Shopping center is a complex of retail stores and related facilities
planned as a unified group to give maximum shopping convenience
to the customers and maximum exposure to the merchandise.
SERVICE ENTRY/EXITS
Servicing involves the delivery of goods to the various stores and also the
removal of thrash and garbage.
In the simple strip center, the servicing is customarily by an alley in the
rear of the strip of stores. It is desirable to conceal the alley from adjacent
neighbourhood areas by a wall or landscaping.

HVAC & MECHANICAL SERVICES:

Controls ensure occupant comfort, provide safe operation of the
equipment, and in a modern HVAC control system enable judicious use of
energy resources.
Sanitary and Electrical Duct must be provided at necessary yet convenient
spaces