CONVENTIONAL CENTRE 99

LOCATION-
IT IS LOCATED IN AHMEDABAD ,
INDIA.

CLIMATE
TROPICAL MONSOON CLIMATE, WHICH IS HOT AND DRY
EXCEPT IN RAINY SEASON.
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE- 41.3C
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE-2.6.3C

SITE AREA -7945SQM

PERFORATED WALLS HAVE BEEN USED AS A CLIMATE CONTROL
MEASURE,INSPIRED FROM INTRICATELY PATTERNED SCREENS OR JAALIS THAT
ARCHITECTS- SANJAYPURI ARCHITECTS
ARE A TYPICAL FEATURE OF MANY BUILDINGS IN INDIA, WHERE THEY WOULD
1.PARKING PODIUM
TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN HAND CUT BY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN.
CONCEPT 2.AREA OF SERVICES
CREATING OF A DIVISIBLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL HALL THAT 3.ENTRANCE LOBBY
4.OFFICE GROUND FLOOR PLAN
COULD BE USED FOR EXHIBITION AND CONVENTIONS PREFORATIONS IN WALLS ALLOW LIGHT AND AIR TO ENTER THE ROOM WHILE
WITH A LARGE LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE. 5.CAFE
MINIMIZING THE GLARE OF THE SUN AND THE GAZES OF THE PASSERS BY
6.KITCHEN
THEY ALSO CREATE A SUBTLE PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW IN THE
7.TOILETS
PUBLIC CONGREGATION AREAS SKIRT THE MAIN INTERIORS,EMPHASIZING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SYMMENTRY BY FORMING
8.LAWN
CONVENTION HALL ON ALL SIDES ALLOWING THE INTERESTING PATTERNS.
9.AMPHITHEATRE 1.DROP OFF
SIMULTANEOUS USE OF THE HALL BY DIVIDERS FOR 10.PERFORMANCE ARENA 2.ENTRANCE LOBBY
DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AT SAME TIME 11.SERVICE LOBBY 3.TOILETS
. 4.PRE FUNCTION AREA PREFORATED SCREENED WALLS IN EXPOSED CONCRETE,ALONGTHE PERMETER
WHEN USED AS SINGLE HALL THE BREAKOUT ALLOW NATURAL LIGHT INTO ALL THE PRE FUNCTIONAL AND SERVICE AREAS
5.KITCHEN
PREFUNCTION AREA ON ALL SIDES ALLOW THE LARGE WHILST MITIGATING THE HEAT GAIN INRESPONSE TO THE HOT DESERT CLIMATE OF
6.STORAGE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO DISPERSE ALONG THE THE LOCATION.
7.CAFE
PERIMETER TO ALLIED FUNTIONS AND CAFETERIAS. 8.SEMINAR HALL
9.MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
INTERSECTING CURVILINEAR VOLUMES CREATE A LARGE
CONVENTION CENTRE IN AHMEDABAD,INDIA

TO FACILITATE THE EXTENSIVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, THE

CONVENTIONAL HALL IS ELEVATED ABOVE A LARGE PARKING
PODIUM.
THE STILT FLOOR ALONG WITH THE SINGLE BASEMENTS MEET
THE REQUIRED PARKING.

TWO CAR PARKING BASEMENTS PROVIDE THE EXTENSIVE

PARKING REQUIREMENT.
THE ENTIRE HALL IS STILTED TO PROVIDE EASY ACCESSIBILITY TO
TRANSPORT AND SERVICE VEHICLES THAT WOULD FACILITATE THE
CONSTANT TRANSFORMING ELEMENTS OF CHANGING
EXHIBITIONS.

MAIN CONVENTIONAL HALL IS SKY LIT FROM THE

NORTHERN SIDE TO SUFFUSE THE INTERNAL SPACE
WITH INDIRECT LIGHT THROUGH A SERIES OF CURVED
CONCRETE UNDULATING ROOFS. FIRST FLOOR PLAN