Trade Centre Thesis

JNAFAU SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE Department of Architecture B.ARCH VIII SEMESTER DESIGN THESIS – 2013-14

1. TITLE: SKYSCRAPER - APIIC TRADE TOWER

2. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: It is a proposal Project. ANIL ON TOP OF 100-STOREY TOWER Hyderabad, July 6: Anil Ambani’s Reliance Energy has bagged the 100-storied trade tower-cum-business district project at Manchirevula on the city outskirts. Reliance Energy quoted Rs 6.57 crores per acre while its competitor Elbit Medical Imaging, an Israeli firm, quoted Rs 6.10 crores per acre. The upset price was Rs 6 crores per acre and the project is estimated to cost Rs 5,400 crores. Noted architect Hafeez contractor also favoured the design for the tower submitted by Reliance Energy. In all, the overall marks given to Reliance were 75.40 out of 100 while Elbit got 71.29. Reliance Energy will start construction by September and will engage the services of world renowned architect Norman Foster. Company officials expressed happiness at getting the contract since the opening of financial bids coincided with the death anniversary of founder Dirubhai Ambani. The tower with 100 floors will be about 450 metres tall and will accommodate offices, hotels and malls. “The company will be given the confirmation letter in a few days,” said Mr B.P. Acharya, managing director of the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation. “The trade tower has to be constructed in three years and the business district in five years.” APIIC put a pre-bid condition that the company which bagged the contract should first construct the trade tower in 30 acres and would be given the remaining 50 acres after that. A special purpose vehicle will be set up to execute the project in which Reliance Energy will have 66 per cent equity, Bangalore-based Sobha Developers 23 per cent and APIIC 11 per cent.

The project is proposed in 2007 by the government which is now approved. The project is basically the trade centre which is 100 storey tall towers in Hyderabad. The trade tower gives space for the international traders and merchants to interact and have business.

3. RESEARCH STATEMENT:  The research includes the behavior of a trade centre and the allotment of space in a vertical building.  Type of trade that is possible in Hyderabad as it is an industrial city.  Structural techniques that is possible in a skyscraper construction.

4. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:  To built a 100 floor trade tower which is now proposed by the government.  To allot space and segregate the zones of use within a vertical building. 5. SCOPE : 

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Understanding the trade centre by studying the technical functions of the spaces that it contains and their interrelationships. Circulation and services being the backbone of the centre need to be thoroughly understood and clarified. The detail study on the structural construction techniques that can be used in a skyscraper construction.

6. LIMITATION: The thesis do not give any cost estimation of the project.