COMPETITION DOSSIER

for
Council of Architecture’s

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
B E N G A L U R U
TRAINING | RESEARCH | ARCHIVES | EVENTS | ADMIN

CoA-COE-B
COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURE
India
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Contents
1.0: ANNOUNCEMENT .................................................................................................................. 4
2.0: PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................. 5
2.2 Objectives............................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Training & Research ............................................................................................................... 6
2.4 Centre for Architecture ........................................................................................................... 6
3.0: VISION, EXPECTATIONS & INTENTIONS ............................................................................. 7
4.0: SITE & CONTEXT .................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Site of 2-Acres, location plan (refer Section 8 Appendices).................................................... 8
4.2 Climate/Geography/Geology .................................................................................................. 8
4.3 Local Histories and Narratives ................................................................................................ 8
4.4 Applicable Development Control Regulations ........................................................................ 8
4.5 Site parameters for design considerations ............................................................................. 8
5.0: THE DESIGN PROGRAMME ................................................................................................. 9
6.0: COMPETITION PROCESS..................................................................................................... 12
6.1 Aim ....................................................................................................................................... 12
6.2 Promoter............................................................................................................................... 12
6.3 Competition Administrators .................................................................................................. 12
6.4 Eligibility to compete ............................................................................................................. 12
6.5 Competition Process ............................................................................................................ 13
6.6 Competition Schedule and Timeline ..................................................................................... 14
6.7 The Jury ............................................................................................................................... 15
6.8 Declaration of Winner & Awards ........................................................................................... 15
6.9 Insurance .............................................................................................................................. 15
6.10 Submission Addresses ....................................................................................................... 15
6.11 Ownership .......................................................................................................................... 16
6.12 Copyrights and Right of Use ............................................................................................... 16
6.13 Publishing and Exhibiting ................................................................................................... 16
6.14 Approval of the Competition Brief ....................................................................................... 16
7.0: AWARD OF CONTRACT ........................................................................................................ 17
7.1 Fixed Fee, from CoA Recommended Fee Band................................................................... 17
7.2 CoA Comprehensive Consultancy Contract ......................................................................... 17
7.4 Project Budget ...................................................................................................................... 17
7.4 Project Schedule .................................................................................................................. 17

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8.0: APPENDICES ......................................................................................................................... 17

8.1 Site Map – Land Use Plan .................................................................................................... 17
8.2 Location Map ........................................................................................................................ 17
8.3 Site Survey Drawing ............................................................................................................. 17
8.4 COA COE_Site Geotechnical Report ................................................................................... 17
8.5 Site Photographs .................................................................................................................. 17
8.6 Site Drone videos ................................................................................................................. 17
8.7 Site Parameters .................................................................................................................... 17

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1.0: ANNOUNCEMENT

The Council of Architecture CoA

Invites all Architects and Architect-led teams eligible
to practice in India, including all Architectural Institutions, to participate in an
Open Two-Stage Architectural Design Competition for the
CoA’s Centre Of Excellence at Bengaluru, CoA-COE-B

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2.0: PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES

2.1 Purpose

The Council of Architecture (CoA) is a statutory body established by the Government of India under
the Architect’s Act (1972) enacted by the Parliament of India and is vested with the responsibility of
regulating Architectural Education and Profession in the country. It retains its central headquarters
at the national capital, in New Delhi.

The CoA Architectural Centres are extensions of the academic wing of the CoA in various
geographical regions of the country and strive to be centres of excellence, imparting quality training
to academicians, professionals in current trends in education and profession. The Centres act as a
platform for conducting organised research in emerging fields of architecture and disseminating
knowledge through quality publications. They also provide motivation and support to students of
architecture through awards programs, competitions, exhibitions, and public juries.

The Centre of Excellences (COEs) provides a forum for interaction among scholars, academicians,
professionals, co-professionals, beneficiaries and stakeholders through workshops, seminars, joint
research projects, etc.

2.2 Objectives

The CoA-COE of Bengaluru will act as the national resource centre for the profession to nurture and
advance the culture of design, education and innovation in the country, and will:

i. Curate and conduct

a. Faculty Training Course (FTC) for aspiring teachers
b. Entrepreneurship Development programmes (EDP) for young graduates,
c. Faculty Induction Programmes (FIP) for fresh teachers,
d. Quality Improvement Programmes (QIP), Training of Trainers (TOT) and Programmes for
teachers in service.
e. Leadership Development programmes (LDP) for senior teachers and heads of
institutions.
f. Continuing Education Programs (CEP) for practising Architects.
g. Workshops, seminars, and conferences for all stakeholders.
ii. Provide support in terms of consultancy/mentorship to institutes of learning for evolving
curriculums and monitoring the quality of training.
iii. Accept & carry out sponsored research projects of national & international agencies &
corporations.
iv. Publish architectural books, research monographs, thesis work of graduate and
postgraduate and PhD students, etc., to develop and publish teaching/ training manuals & course
material in print and multi-media format.
v. Develop in house research and extend consultancy to institutions, public organisations, and
Government organisations.
vi. Provide facility for registration and renewal of registration for qualified architects through
an extension counter of CoA, specifically for the south of India.

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2.3 Training & Research

i. Incubation Centre
ii. Material Laboratories/Alternate Technologies
iii. Alternate Energy/Sustainability/the Environment
iv. Health & Safety
v. Building Performance
vi. Heritage & Conservation
vii. Society & Community
viii. Environmental and Building Laws & Regulations
ix. Robotics and other related sectors
x. Artificial Intelligence & BIM

2.4 Centre for Architecture

i. Regional Registration & Admin Offices

ii. Seminars, Conferences, Presentations
iii. Book Launches, Debates & Discussions
iv. Center for allied Associations
v. Books Shop, Stationery, Office Tools/Hardware/Software
vi. Conferencing & Meeting Facilities
vii. Residential Facilities
viii. Resource Library: Books, Materials, Catalogues etc
ix. Publishing & Publications

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3.0: VISION, EXPECTATIONS & INTENTIONS

The CoA’s TRC of Bengaluru COA-TRC is to be established in the spirit of the mandate of the
Council of Architecture and the spirit of Architecture in India in the 21st century. It would be
Timeless but Of Its Time. While respecting the Past, it would celebrate the Present and look to the
future with confidence, eagerness and optimism.
By awakening interest and disseminating knowledge about Architecture, the TRC helps sow the
seeds of future progress for a better world.

The TRC’s mission promotes creativity and new thinking, thereby contributing to encouraging
dialogues and finding answers to the major challenges of our time and in the future. It encourages
curiosity, learning, exchange of ideas, and critical thinking amongst architects and the society they
serve.

Establishing a sense of place, and discussing the idea of context, materiality, tactility & rootedness,
simultaneously encouraging rapidly developing technological advances that allow for remote access
through video conferencing and drones, the increasing possibilities to conceive and create physical
realities through the virtual world, as well as addressing real-world problems of global warming,
sustainability, net-zero carbon, the future of communities, society, the city, the environment, are all
valid topics for architects to grapple with and take clues from for the design expression and the
architecture of the TRC.

The TRC, as will be established, is expected to be a collation of all such diverse, even contradictory,
architectural conversations that will stand to continually encourage the critical best out of Indian
Architects and their Architecture.

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4.0: SITE & CONTEXT

4.1 Site of 2-Acres, location plan (refer Section 8 Appendices)

4.2 Climate/Geography/Geology
https://mausam.imd.gov.in/bengaluru/mcdata/cum_stats.pdf
https://www.bengaluruonline.in/city-guide/geography-of-bangalore

4.3 Local Histories and Narratives

https://bengaluruurban.nic.in/en/

4.4 Applicable Development Control Regulations

1. Bengaluru Municipal Corporation DC Regulations
https://bdabangalore.org/uploads/files/TPM_Documents/BangaloreMasterPlan2015_VisionDocument.pdf

2. National Building Code NBC

4.5 Site parameters for design considerations

Architects to be mindful while designing to keep provision for future expansion to consume full FSI
in terms of ground coverage, setbacks/Margins, and height limitations.
 FSI/FAR available – 2.5
 Ground Coverage (for full FSI/FAR) – 45%
 Setbacks/Margins – refer to section 8 Appendices and DC rules
 Parking – DC rules

Google Location Map

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5.0: THE DESIGN PROGRAMME

1. ADMINISTRATION (Gross Area: 380 SM)
a. TRC administration office
i. Reception areas, adequate areas for public conveniences
ii. Office for Administrative Head and his staff
iii. general administration all areas
iv. Accounts etc. of all activities
v. Liaison work with CoA and other allied institutes
vi. Registration/Awards/Placements
vii. Training programmes
viii. General stores
ix. Stores and maintenance

2. RESOURCE CENTRE (Gross Area: 1270 SM)

a. Library holding 5000 to 10 000 extendable, for 30 readers
i. Library entrance, lounge, and book shop
ii. Books, journals, magazines, etc. stacks
iii. collection of digitised material, photos, videos, documentaries, films collection
iv. Computer consoles for references and catalogues
v. Drawing’s records reference
vi. Rare Records, originals manuscripts
vii. Librarian’s offices
1. Librarians’ office with staff for dissemination
2. books storage new arrivals and dead books
3. Book /Drawings/Photographs repairs and restoration
4. storage for videos, Documentaries, films
5. Archives and safe keep
viii. Large Reading Hall with general and specific reading
ix. Study Carrols Researchers for digital records referencing, reading
x. Audiovisual rooms
xi. Reception areas with cloakrooms and counters
xii. Adequate areas for cloakrooms and public convenience.

b. Publication
i. Publication’s manager
ii. Editors, proof-readers, designers’ areas
iii. Meeting room
iv. Stores

c. Training Centre Laboratories

i. Robotics
ii. Climatology
iii. Energy
iv. GIS
v. Materials
vi. Others

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3. ARCHIVES OF WORKS FROM SIGNIFICANT PRACTICES (Gross Area: 385 SM)

a. Archives Director’s office
i. Director’s office with reception areas
ii. Meeting room with depositors of works
iii. Assistant curators’ room with large surfaces to examine and receive the material-
drawings, models, etc.
iv. Storage areas for works which are deposited for archive
v. Studios for Documentation of original material with photo documentation as well as
digital scanning facilities at large scale
vi. Exhibition and display areas do significant works as a gallery
vii. Temperature-controlled storage areas for archival material with adequate fire
protection and humidity control
viii. Reference rooms for archival reference
ix. Adequate facilities for public convenience

4. CONVENTION CENTRE (Gross Area: 3155 SM)

a. Reception areas and lounges for the Centre
i. General Reception Area as the arrival of delegates, students, etc
ii. Seminar Rooms and Workshop Spaces, a total of two, if possible, convertible into
large and smaller spaces to accommodate, catering to 20 students
iii. Conference Rooms two, to accommodate 60 each, also convertible to a large one for
150 people
iv. Auditorium accommodating 500 seats with all other facilities.
1. general auditorium
2. Stage and ancillary services and green rooms
3. Foyer and entrance areas with cafeteria and lounge
4. infra-structure facilities and provisions, including plant rooms, storages, and
maintenance rooms.
5. public facilities, cloakrooms, and conveniences
v. Exhibition Hall for occasional displays and exhibition
vi. Professional affiliated institutes’ extension offices for five institutes to work as their
centres collaborating with CoA

5. CAFETERIA

6. GUEST HOUSE (Gross Area: 1310 SM)

a. Reception and lounge
i. Reception areas and front office
ii. Cloakroom and public conveniences
iii. Lounge with common internet consoles
iv. Lounge for guests to invite visitors

b. Guest rooms wings or clusters

i. Guest suites with lounge, pantry, and bedroom, dresser, and washroom for 2
ii. Guest suites with lounge, bedroom, dresser, and washroom for 5
iii. Trainees’ rooms with pantry and washroom for 30
iv. Staff accommodation rooms with washroom for 5
v. Room services utility and maintenance storeroom for housekeeping and other
requirements

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c. Kitchen and services areas

i. Kitchen facilities with separate pantries and all ancillary needs same kitchens can
function for supplies to cafeterias
ii. Storages, wet and dry, separate for all cuisines, utensils etc
iii. Wash areas and services for all needs
iv. Supply and Service entries, including fuel storage if required.
v. Adequate garbage disposal facilities
vi. Staff changing rooms and facilities

d. Dining Rooms
i. Main Dining Room for the guests
ii. Washrooms and conveniences
iii. Lounges and reception room

Please note:

i. The requirements are suggestive and could be re-interpreted by the architects-designers.

ii. The break-up of areas would be detailed for the second stage
iii. The areas suggested above are gross carpet areas.
iv. The total carpet area suggested is 6500 sm
v. These areas exclude the following.
a. Areas for all circulations, connections or linkages.
b. Any areas suggested as public places
c. Areas consumed by structural mass
vi. The concept must suggest optimal use of site area. The current land area and the permissible
FSI/FAR available are much more than the current building requirements.
vii. The building must occupy an optimal location so that the remaining land could be appropriately left
for future extensions.
viii. Ideas related to site planning and future extensions must be considered, along with landscaping
ideas as part of the overall concept presentation.

The Council of Architecture has envisaged the idea of setting up these Training and Research
Centres to develop a comprehensive database of the regions and culminate in using it for the
welfare of the community in general.

The office spaces have to be planned keeping in mind the latest design concepts and open office
system which shall be more democratic and transparent. Overall enclosed cabins should not be
more than 6 in number, and the broad hierarchy shall be Centre director, Assistant
directors(preferably in cubicles) and a staff strength of around 30 people. Activities that need
enclosed spaces like a recording studio, audiovisual halls etc., need to be designed appropriately. A
common pool of training rooms, audiovisual halls, meeting, and conference rooms may be
considered. Any innovative design idea in organisations the spaces is welcome.

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6.0: COMPETITION PROCESS

6.1 Aim
The aim of the Competition is to produce a proposal for a new facility to house the CoA Centre of
Excellence and also to identify the architect who can develop and implement the project in close
cooperation with the client for the entire duration of its construction and establishment.

6.2 Promoter
The Competition is organised by the Council of Architecture, India.

6.3 Competition Administrators

The administrators of the Competition will be a 7-person team, all of whom are appointed by the
CoA.

These are :
• Ar. Sapna (Vice President CoA)
• Salil Ranadive
• Sandeep Shikre
• Prashant Sutaria
• Vidyadhar Wodeyar
• Prof. Rabindra Vasavada
• Bijal Parikh

Specialist Consultant: Prof. Jayashree Deshpande

6.4 Eligibility to compete

The Competition will be conducted in two stages.

Stage One is open to all

1. Architects: Those who are registered with the Council of Architecture under the Architects’
Act, 1972 on the date of announcement of the Competition and thereafter.
2. Firms & Architect-led Teams: Those who are registered with the Council of Architecture
under the Architects’ Act, 1972 on the date of announcement of the Competition and
thereafter. LLP, Pvt. Ltd and other Corporations that are not recognised by the Architect’s
Act of 1972 shall not be eligible for the Competition.
3. Architectural Institutions: Institutions recognised by the Council of Architecture provided
that no member of the staff of the said Institution is the sole Assessor or in a jury of
Assessors; only one Assessor is from the staff of the said Institution.
4. Neither The Promoter of the Competition, Assessor/s engaged for the Competition nor any
of their associate, partner or employee shall compete, assist a competitor or act as an
Architect or joint Architect for the competition project.

5 or 6 entries from Stage One will be shortlisted, and only these shall be eligible to participate in
Stage Two.

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6.5 Competition Process

The Competition will begin with a formal announcement made by the CoA in the national press, on
its website, and on its social media platforms.
All intending competitors (architects/firms/teams) will be required to register with the CoA to clear
their eligibility and be assigned a Unique Identity Code to ensure their anonymity for the ensuing
first stage. Queries will also be answered during this time.

Stage ONE of the Competition is primarily focused on finding a concept/the Big Idea for the design
of the CoA Centre, and for the approach to the existing site & context, the design programme, and
the vision & intentions outlined by the Brief.
The entries at Stage One should be presented with a level of detail appropriate to the character of
the first stage as a design concept presentation. Teams should primarily focus on enabling the Jury
to access the main contextual, architectural and organisational qualities of the project.
Main objectives of Stage One :
To ascertain the concept for the design approach to the CoA Centre to the urban and institutional
context.
To recognise the concept for the architectural design of the CoA Centre.
To present the principle functions of the Centre, their allocations, and their relationships to each
other.
To demonstrate how the CoA Centre can contribute new values, pose new and critical questions
about architecture, urbanity, materiality, sustainability, technology, and the environment.
Competition entrants will be required to remain anonymous during this Stage One. The proposals
will form the basis for a preliminary cost analysis.

After submission of entries for Stage One, the Jury will select 5-6 proposals for Stage Two of the
Competition, providing individual assessments of each of these shortlisted proposals.

Submission Criteria

i. All entries are to be in English only.

ii. The anonymity of the entrants is to be ensured. The architect’s name or the Firm’s name
should not be mentioned in any of the submission documents.
iii. Each document to mention the reference code received during registration on the bottom
right corner
iv. Submission can be in any format along with an Explanatory Note. (not to exceed 30MB)

Stage TWO
This stage is concerned with the further refinement, development and expansion of details for the
proposals from Stage One - to produce comprehensive proposals that include presentations of
plans/sections/elevations/materials/models(real or virtual). Designs will be expected to comply with
all Codal requirements and meet the highest standards of Green Buildings & Environmental norms.
The architects invited to participate here will also be asked to deliver a budget, proposed
organisation and other criteria concerning a possible subsequent commission.
Short-listed teams that may not meet the criteria for minimum requirements will be asked to formally
collaborate with other firms to reach the critical mass required to demonstrate the all-around
capabilities to implement the building of the project.

Details will be provided to the shortlisted entries upon announcement of selection.

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Post Competition & Award of Contract

The CoA’s intention is to implement the winning proposal and to engage the responsible author(s)
as the design architect in the realisation of the project. Fees for this project will be fixed in
accordance with CoA Fee Band, and the Contract will be as per the Comprehensive Consultancy
Contract from Vol 4 & 3 respectively of CoA’s Manual of Architectural Practice.

6.6 Competition Schedule and Timeline

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6.7 The Jury

The Jury will consist of 11 members, of which eight will be architects. The other three will be from
allied fields that engage with architecture: artist/sculptor, journalist/writer, et al. The chair of the
Jury will be an architect.

Name of the Jurors:

• Prof. Neelkanth Chayya, Ahmedabad - Head of Jury
• N Mahesh, Trivandrum
• Dilip Chatterjee, Kolkata
• Chitra Vishwanath, Bengaluru
• Sheela Sri Prakash, Chennai
• Sanjay Kanvinde, Delhi
• Madhav Raman, Delhi
• Narendra Dengle, Pune
• Ranjeet Hoskote, Mumbai – Author and Critic
• Sudarshan Shetty, Mumbai - Sculptor
• Shiny Varghese, Delhi - Journalist and Author

6.8 Declaration of Winner & Awards

Information will be elaborated shortly.

- Awards Ceremony
- Declaration of Winners & Awards
- Exhibition of Entries, Physical & Online

6.9 Insurance
The COA will not insure submitted materials.
Entrants are expected to make backup copies of their proposals.

6.10 Submission Addresses

All entries shall be submitted online to the web link as under:

https://www.coa.gov.in/design_competition.php

For any written correspondence, the postal address to be used is:

COA Centre of Excellence Competition

COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURE
First Floor, Core 6A
India Habitat Centre
Lodhi Road
New Delhi 110003

Queries on email shall be addressed to:

coeb@coa.gov.in
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6.11 Ownership

COA shall retain ownership of the submitted documents.

These will not be returned.

6.12 Copyrights and Right of Use

The competitor holds the copyrights and retains the authorship of the proposal.
During the 12 months following the announcement of the competition results, however, the COA
has the option to the right of use of the winning or, in other way, rewarded proposals.
The COA may use the overall results of the Competition in future work on the competition task.
However, agreements of any such use must first be reached with each copyright holder.

6.13 Publishing and Exhibiting

The COA has the right to freely publish competition proposals. Proposals may be exhibited and
published during the competition period while maintaining anonymity for the competitors.

6.14 Approval of the Competition Brief

The competition brief and appendices have been approved by the COA.
By submitting a proposal to the Competition, the authors accept the Competition’s Brief and rules.

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7.0: AWARD OF CONTRACT

Details will be provided at Stage 2 to selected entries.

7.1 Fixed Fee, from CoA Recommended Fee Band

7.2 CoA Comprehensive Consultancy Contract
7.4 Project Budget
7.4 Project Schedule

8.0: APPENDICES

8.1 Site Map – Land Use Plan

8.2 Location Map
8.3 Site Survey Drawing
8.4 COA COE_Site Geotechnical Report
8.5 Site Photographs
8.6 Site Drone videos
8.7 Site Parameters

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