 THE INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE IS A

NON-GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION WIDELY

REGARDED AS A PLACE WHERE
STATESMEN, DIPLOMATS, POLICYMAKERS,
INTELLECTUALS, SCIENTISTS, JURISTS,
WRITERS, ARTISTS AND MEMBERS OF CIVIL
SOCIETY MEET TO INITIATE THE EXCHANGE
OF NEW IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE
SPIRIT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
 ITS PURPOSE TO PROMOTE
UNDERSTANDING AND AMITY BETWEEN
THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES OF THE
WORLD THAT LOOKS AT INDIA AS A PLACE
WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO INITIATE
DIALOGUES IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF AMITY
AND UNDERSTANDING.
 ‘’CONSIDER ONE OF INDIA’S PREMIER
CULTURAL INSTITUTION’’
 THE IDEA OF THE IIC FIRST CAME UP IN
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1958, ON THE MODEL
OF TOKYO’S INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF
JAPAN FOR SETTING UP A CENTRE FOR THE
‘QUICKENING AND DEEPENING OF TRUE
AND THOUGHTFUL UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN PEOPLES OF NATIONS’
 BUILT UP OVER AN AREA OF 4.46 ACRE OF
PLOT .
 THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED BY 22
JANUARY 1962 AND INAUGURATED BY DR.
S. RADHAKRISHNAN.
 AN ANNEXE WAS ADDED TO THE MAIN
COMPLEX IN DECEMBER 1996.

 Dr. C.D. Deshmukh (CHAIRMAN) INVITED

‘’JOSEPH ALLEN STEIN ‘’ TO BE THE
ARCHITECT OF THE CENTRE’S BUILDING
 WHAT STEIN CREATED HERE IS BEST
EXPRESSED IN HIS OWN WORDS:
‘THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE
SOMETHING WHICH DEPENDED UPON
SIMPLICITY AND RELATIONSHIPS RATHER THAN
THINGS. SO THIS IS NOT A FIVE-STAR
APPEARANCE IN MARBLE AND GRANITE. BUT IT
IS A PLACE WHERE A CERTAIN KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP EXISTS—BETWEEN THE GARDEN
, THE BUILDING , THE WATER , THE EARTH ,THE
SKY, THE LEARNING AND ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE
PLACE AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN...’
 THE ARCHITECTS MAIN CONCEPT WAS NOT
TO SEGREGATE THE DIFFERNT AREAS FROM
EACH OTHER BUT TO CONNECT EACH OF
THEM AND FORMS A RELATIONSHIP.
 AND ALSO TO COMBINE THE ELEMENTS OF
NATURE AND CONSTRUCT BUILDIND OR
GROW WITH THEM.
LODHI
GARDEN
TOTAL F.A.R- 62.43%

TOTAL BUILTUP –
11513.14 SQ.M

G.FLOOR COVERED
AREA- 4585.97 SQ.M

F.FLOOR COVERED
AREA – 3730.22 SQ.M

S.FLOOR COVERED
AREA – 2363.04 SQ.M

BASEMENT – 833.91
SQ.M
 SUMMERS

NORTH WEST

WINTERS
EAST SOUTH

VIEWS SHOWING SUN PATH

 WIND DIRECTION: NW-SE(SUMMER)
THE WATER BODIES ARE
CONSTRUCTED ON
SOUTH WEST WHICH IS
A VERY GOOD SIGN AS
IT CAUSING
EVAPORATIVE COOLING
TO AND DUE TO THIS
THE ATMOSHERE
BECOMES COOL TO
LIVE IN AND ALSO
CREATING TUNNEL
EFFECT IN WEST WING
AREA.
 COURTYARD EFFECT: AS THE CLIMATE OF DELHI IS HOT AND DRY SO DUE TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OF COURTYARD IN CENTER OF THE SITE AND THE BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED
AROUND IT WHICH FORMS A GOOD CIRCULATION OF AIR IN ALL THE AREAS.
 DIFFUSED DAYLIGHTING: FOR DIFFUSE DAYLIGHTING JAALIS IS BEEN CONSTRUCTED
ALSO ON ONE OF THE EXTERIOR WALL OF THE HOSTEL THE MATERIAL USED IS FIBRE AND IT COVERED
WITH CONCRETE BLOCKS SUCH A WAY THAT IT FORMS JAALI AND PASS DIFFUSED LIGHT IN THE
INTERIOR.
 THE BUILDINGS OF THE CENTRE ARE
LOCATED IN AN IDEAL ENVIRONMENT.
SITUATED IN THE HEART OF NEW DELHI,
THE CENTRE IS ADJACENT TO THE LODI
GARDENS OVERLOOKING A MAGNIFICENT
LANDSCAPE OF GARDENS AND HISTORIC
MONUMENTS FROM THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY.
 THREE SEPARATE WINGS OF THE IIC
COMPLEX ARE DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE
DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE
CENTRE. A GRAND CENTRAL PORTICO
GREETS THE VISITOR AT THE ENTRANCE
CENTRAL

WING
WEST
DRIVEWAY, EXTENDING ACROSS A NORTH-
SOUTH AXIS. EACH COURTYARD AND EACH PORTICO
WING SERVES A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.
RESIDENTIAL ROOMS IN THE NORTH WING, SOUTH WING
THE DINING AREAS IN THE WEST AND THE
THIRD COMPLEX OF THE LIBRARY,
AUDITORIUM AND ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICES IN THE SOUTH WING, ARE
CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER BY
WALKWAYS WITH OVERHANGING EAVES
 RESPECTING THE GARDEN TRADITIONS OF
NORTH INDIA AND THE REFINEMENT OF
INDIGENOUS TECHNIQUES, STEIN
INTEGRATED THESE ELEMENTS WITH THE
MODERN USE OF EXPOSED CONCRETE AND
MASSIVE PIERS AND EXPOSED ROOF
PATTERNS. THE USE OF LOCAL MATERIALS OVERHANGING EAVES
SUCH AS RUGGED QUARTZITE STONE AND
BLUE KOTA FLOORING IS SOFTENED BY
SCREENED JALIS IN CERAMIC BLUE TILES
THAT RESONATE WITH THE INTRICATE
PATTERNS FOUND IN ISLAMIC
ARCHITECTURE