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    Raj Rewal is an Indian architect born in 1934 who was influenced by Le Corbusier and traditional Indian architecture. He designed the Hall of Nations in New Delhi from 1971-1972. It is an exhibition building constructed as a reinforced concrete space frame in the shape of a truncated pyramid supported by eight points. The building provides an uninterrupted 6,700 square meter exhibition area under a 27 meter high roof.

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    Raj Rewal is an Indian architect born in 1934 who was influenced by Le Corbusier and traditional Indian architecture. He designed the Hall of Nations in New Delhi from 1971-1972. It is an exhibition building constructed as a reinforced concrete space frame in the shape of a truncated pyramid supported by eight points. The building provides an uninterrupted 6,700 square meter exhibition area under a 27 meter high roof.

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    Raj Rewal is an Indian architect born in 1934 who was influenced by Le Corbusier and traditional Indian architecture. He designed the Hall of Nations in New Delhi from 1971-1972. It is an exhibition building constructed as a reinforced concrete space frame in the shape of a truncated pyramid supported by eight points. The building provides an uninterrupted 6,700 square meter exhibition area under a 27 meter high roof.

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    HALL OF NATIONS, NEW DELHI

    RAJ REWAL
    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE APARNA KULSHRESTHA, [63] III YEAR , VI SEM , SEC A, BATCH 11 YEAR : 2012 AAYOJAN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, JAIPUR

    RAJ REWAL
    BORN: 1934 IN HOSHIARPUR, PUNJAB, INDIA EDUCATION:
    FROM 1939 -51 LIVED IN DELHI AND SHIMLA AND ATTENDED HARCOURT BUTTER HIGH SCHOOL. FROM 1951 -54 ATTENDED DELHI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING . 1955-61 ATTENDED THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, LONDON FOR ONE YEAR. TOOK HIS COMPLETE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AT BRIXTON SCHOOL BUILDING, LONDON.

    INFLUENCE:
    WORKS OF LE CORBUSIER CORBUSIERS WORKS CONVINCED HIM THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BE RATIONAL AND EMPLOY MODERN MEANS TO BUILD IN INDIA. TEACHING HISTORY AT THE SCHOOL OF PLANNING ANDARCHITECTURE ,NEW DELHI. EXPOSED HIM TO THE CLASSICAL AND VERNACULAR TRADITIONS OF BUILDING IN INDIA. ALSO INFLUENCED BY THE TYPOLOGIES OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS AND CITIES LIKE JAISALMER .

    AWARD:
    THE AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE AND PROJECT ARCHITECT PARLIAMENT LIBRARY, 2007

    WORK:
    ASIAD VILLAGE HOUSING

    STATE TRADING CORPORATION, DELHI

    LISBON ISMAILI CENTRE, PORTUGAL

    PARLIAMENT LIBRARY, NEW DELHI

    ENGINEERS INDIA HOUSE, NEW DELHI

    BUILDING:

    HALL OF NATION, NEW DELHI

    YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION: 1971-72 BUILDING TYPE: EXHIBITION


    DESIGNED AS SPACE FRAME IN REINFORCED CONCRETE; 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. FREE STANDING COFFERED MEZZANINE FLOORS CANTILEVERING OUT OF CYLINDRICAL SHAFTS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EXHIBITION AREA IN EACH HALL. THE 'HALLS OF NATIONS' IS SUPPORTED ON PILE FOUNDATIONS TIED TOGETHER WITH POST TENSIONED PLINTH BEAMSSTRESSED IN STAGES. THE HALL OF INDUSTRIES ON THE OTHER HAND IS A COMBINATION OF 4 SMALLER PAVILIONS BY RAMPS ENCLOSING A CENTRAL AREA FOR OPEN AIR EXHIBITS, UTILITIES, TOILETS, AND OTHER SERVICES ARE LOCATED UNDER THE RAMPS.

    PLAN OF HALL OF NATIONS

    ELEVATION

    VIEW OF HALL NATION

    THE HALLS WAS INITIALLY CONCEIVED AS A FULL PYRAMID THE TRUNCATED FORM WAS ADOPTED IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY CONSTRUCTIONS. OCTAHEDRAL 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. AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 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 .

    ANALYSIS:
    DESIGN IS PURE STRUCTURAL EXPRESSIONS, CUBIC VOLUME (THE TRUNCATED FORM). HONESTY AND SIMPLICITY EXPOSED CONCRETE USED FOR THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN LEFT BOTH INSIDE OR OUTSIDE , WHERE THE PATTERNS FROM THE WOOD SHUTTERING REMAIN EVIDENT.

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