CASE STUDY - DLF CYBER CITY

PROJECT BRIEF

PROJECT NAME- CYBER CITY GURUGRAM

PROJECT TYPE- COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPERS- DLF
CLIENT- DLF
YEAR OF START- 1997
YEAR OF COMPLETION- 2013
INCLUDES SHOPS, OFFICE BUILDING, RECREATIONAL
AREA
NO. OF STOREYS- FOR OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL
BUILDING G+20
TOTAL PROJECT AREA- 128 ACRE
ARCHITECT- HAFEEZ CONTRACTOR AND MOHIT
GUJRAL
FOOTFALL- MORE THAN 1.5 LAKHS

SITE CHARACTER

SITE AREA- 128 ACRES

TOPOGRAPHY- SITE IS
FLAT
SITE SLOPE- SOUTH
TO NORTH
SHAPE- SITE IS
IRREGULAR
ORIENTATION- SITE IS
NORTH WEST
ORIENTED

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ORIENTED IN NORTH

FOOD AND
EAST ORIENTATION ALLOWS MORE OPEN
ENTERTAINMEN SPACES
4TH QTR
TO RECEIVE
T INDIRECT SUNLIGHT AND LESSER
HEAT GAIN.
OFFICES
COMMERCIAL
PARKING AREAS
• All the floors have a whole lot of potted plants outside the outlets.
• The roof of kiosks is used for landscaping with different types of colourful hedges, which
brilliant view from microbrewery and other F&B outlets on the second floor.
• The façade towards the NH8 is treated with vertical green wall concept, which facilitate
for the utilities and gives a nice view from NH 8 as well.
• There is a designated seating area in front of some food outlets and standalone cafes. A passage
of 4.5 m is also created as walkaway.
gives a
ventilation • A clear height passage of 6 m is also considered to manoeuvre the fire tender.
• The walking area and seating areas are well defined in flooring pattern with different kinds
of stone used-primarily kota stone and granite.
• On the first floor are terraces with tensile roof giving it a highly contemporary look and feel. Mostly
uplighter is used to highlight the tensile and structural elements.
• LED lighting is used to highlight the walkways and floor mounted LEDs are placed within the group
floor open area.
• The concessionaires have the flexibility for lighting their facades though the
amphitheater area
has pole-mounted flood down lights making it pretty bright outdoors at night.
• The common areas are treated with tensile fabric, space frame above kiosks, stainless steel
artificial trees, staircase railing with a combination of glass and stainless steel, plus the
designated walkways are finished off with flamed, anti-skid granite stone.
SWOT
ANALYSIS
STRENGTH WEAKNESS
• Largest hubs of IT activity in Delhi- NCR. •The DLF phase 2 underpass, meant to reduce
• Cyber hub is a massive courtyard within cyber city.
• Easy approachable by Rapid Metro Gurgaon introduced to cyber city. traffic congestion, has ended up adding to
• DLF Cyber city are sustainable and ensure energy and water traffic chaos at Cyber City as confused
commuters often miss the turn leading to
conservation. They are LEED certified.
• IGI Airport is located in close proximity to the Cyber City. underpass and simply drive over the divider to
cross over too the road going towards New
Delhi.
OPPORTUNITIES •The signage are poorly placed and very small,
• Growing economy, rising urbanization, increasing income. making it difficult for commuters to spot
• DLF Cyber city has the Cyber hub spread over 2 lac sq ft., offers a one them.
THREATS
stop destination for the best and iconic restaurants with •No space for future expansion.
specialty cuisines, an amphitheatre for live entertainment and a
•Air pollution is a major threat which is
lot more.
produced by growing traffic inside the city.
• The new and expansive surface parking areas can easily accommodate
4000 cars and will enable employees and visitors to simply dash
in and out of DLF Cyber city without any hassles.
• It lies near Udyog Vihar, which is a conventional industrial area on the
opposite side of NH-8.