INDIA

INTERNATIONAL
CENTRE

INTRODUCTION:

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 INDIAS
PREMIER CULTURAL
INSTITUTION

HISTORY:

THE IDEA OF THE IIC FIRST CAME UP IN

OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1958, ON THE
MODEL OF TOKYOS 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 CENTRES
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 EXISTSBETWEEN 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

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.

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:

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

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