design characteristics of hall of industries,pragati maidan

1. AANCHAL MEHTA
STUDIO 3A
SUSHANT SCHOOL OF
ART AND ARCHITECTURE,
GURGAON
SEMESTER 5
BATCH 2010-2015

2. HALL OF NATIONS & HALL OF
INDUSTRIES, NEW DELHI,1970
 limited competition was held in 1970 for the design of permanent exhibition spaces
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for the International Trade Fair 2 years later, & Raj Rewal‟s proposal was selected.
 main pavilion of the hall of nations has a clear span of 78 m and a height vary from
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3 m to 21m , thereby providing a vast capacity for items to be exhibited from books to
bulldozers.
 hall of industries is a combination of 4 smaller pavilions by ramps enclosing a
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central area for open air exhibits, utilities, toilets, and other services are located under
the ramps.
 Although each of the halls was initially conceived as a full pyramid the truncated form
was adopted in order to avoid unnecessary constructions.
HISTORY – HALL OF INDUSTRIES , PRAGATI MAIDAN

3. Located on Mathura Road, next to Purana Qila,
Pragati maidan(149 acres of extensive
ground), is rated as the finest exhibition
complex in Asia.Besides the 15 giant exhibition
halls, there is 10,000 square metres of open
area for trade related exhibitions.
Hall of Nations and Halls of Industries, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 1971 – 72
DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT RAJ REWAL
Designed as space frame in reinforced concrete; the first of its kind in India, and perhaps in
the world; the 'Hall of Nations' provides an uninterrupted exhibition area of approximately
6,700 sqm in a 82m x 82m x 27m high truncated pyramid supported on eight points.
SITE LOCATION – HALL OF INDUSTRIES , PRAGATI MAIDAN

4. HALL OF INDUSTRIES
HALL OF NATIONS
GROUND FLOOR PLAN – HALL OF NATIONS AND HALL OF INDUSTRIES , PRAGATI MAIDAN

5. DETAILED PLAN AND SECTIONAL ELEVATIONS – HALL OF INDUSTRIES , PRAGATI MAIDAN

6. Each of the four 'Halls of
Industries' is similar in design
and is 44m x 44 m x 16m
high.
Free standing coffered
mezzanine floors
cantilevering out of
cylindrical shafts provide
additional exhibition area in
each hall.
A special 9 member joint was evolved for The 'Hall of Industries' rest on spread
precast construction but the builder footings tied together with high tensile
preferred in-situ construction. The joint steel bars. The entire complex was
was modified to suit the adopted analysed, designed and built in a period of
technique. The 'Halls of Nations' is fifteen months.
supported on pile foundations tied
together with post tensioned plinth beams
CONSTRUCTION – HALL OF INDUSTRIES , PRAGATI MAIDAN

7.  Octahedra measuring 5m from joint to joint were
employed as the basic 3D unit of the space frame ,
which rests on 8 points around the essentially
square planned and allows 11m wide openings
between the supports.
 effective system of environmental control
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inside the building was another outcome of the 3D
structure , as solid triangular panels at regular
intervals provided sun screens – a modern
equivalent , according to some authors of the
traditional jali in Indian architecture .

8. The Permanent Exhibition Complex is designed
to form the focus of 130 acres of Exhibition
ground designed by Raj Rewal in New Delhi.
The design was evolved to meet the
constraints of time, availability of materials
and labour, but above all, to reflect
symbolically and technologically, India's
intermediate technology in the 25th year of its
independence. The depth of the structural
system was utilized as a Sun breaker and
conceived of in terms of the traditional 'jali', a
geometrical pattern of perforation that serves
to obstruct directs rays of the harsh Sun while
permitting air circulation.The main pavilion of
the Hall of Nations has a clear span of 78
metres and a height varying from three metres
to 21 metres, thereby providing a vast capacity
for items to be exhibited, from books to
bulldozers.

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY
www.indiatradefair.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.rajrewal.org

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