India International Centre

INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

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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’’

HISTORY:

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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

CONCEPT: 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. 

LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY:

LODHI GARDEN

ZONING:

TOTAL F.A.R62.43% TOTAL BUILTUP – 11513.14 SQ.M G.FLOOR COVERED AREA4585.97 SQ.M F.FLOOR COVERED AREA – 3730.22 SQ.M S.FLOOR COVERED AREA – 2363.04 SQ.M BASEMENT – 833.91 SQ.M

CIRCULATION:

CLIMATIC ANALYSIS:

SUMMERS NORTH

WEST

WINTERS EAST

SOUTH

VIEWS SHOWING SUN PATH

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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.

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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.

BUILDING ENVIRONMENT: 

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NORTH WING CENTRA L PORTIC SOUTH WINGO

WEST WING

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 DRIVEWAY, EXTENDING ACROSS A NORTHSOUTH AXIS. EACH COURTYARD AND EACH WING SERVES A DIFFERENT PURPOSE. RESIDENTIAL ROOMS IN THE NORTH 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

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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 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

OVERHANGING EAVES

THE AUDITORIUM:

THE LIBRARY:

THE HOSTEL:

ART GALLERY:

SEMINAR HALL:

LANDSCAPING:

AESTHETIC PURPOSE:

SERVICES