INDIAN HABITAT CENTRE

Art and culture centre

INDIA HABITAT CENTRE भारत पर्याा�वास केन्द्र

Unique staircase

Purpose • The INDIA HABITAT CENTRE was conceived to provide a

physical environment which would serve as a catalyst for a synergetic relationship between individuals and institutions working in diverse habitat related areas and therefore, maximise their total effectiveness. To facilitate this interaction, the Centre provides a range of facilities.

Design

• The chairman of HUDCO and the architect Joseph Allen Stein decided to radically change the traditional image of an office building as an architectural project and transformed it into an urban design project. The space was designed to permit the members of the Centre to share services both inside and outside the building with multiple courtyards, common meeting rooms, shared parking area, library, restaurants, museum, and hotels, some of which are open to the general public. Constructed on nine acres in an urban area, the building eschewed traditional building materials and techniques

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About • The India Habitat Centre is a multipurpose building in

New Delhi, India. Mixing work, commercial and social spaces, the Indian Habitat Centre is India’s most comprehensive convention centre

Address

Address: Lodhi Road, Near Airforce Bal Bharati School, New Delhi, Delhi 110003 Architect: Joseph Allen Stein

• IHC started organising and hosting the Delhi Photo Festival held every two years since 2011

• The chairman of HUDCO and the architect Joseph Allen Stein decided to radically change the traditional image of an office building as an architectural project and transformed it into an urban design project. The space was designed to permit the members of the Centre to share services both inside and outside the building with multiple courtyards, common meeting rooms, shared parking area, library, restaurants, museum, and hotels, some of which are open to the general public. Constructed on nine acres in an urban area, the building eschewed traditional building materials and techniques.

Architect

Joseph Stein, (10 April 1912 – 6 October 2001) was an American architect and a major figure in the establishment of a regional modern architecture in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1940s and 1950s during the early days of the environmental design movement. In 1952 he moved to India. He is noted for designing several important buildings in India, most notably in Lodhi Estate in Central Delhi, nicknamed "Steinabad" after him, and where today the 'Joseph Stein Lane', is the only road in Delhi named after an architect.[1][2] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1992.[3]

• With the outbreak of the Korean war and the rise of McCarthyism in 1950, he felt the need to find a location where his talent as an architect could be more freely expressed, and so left the US, first to Mexico and then to Europe, and finally to teach at Bengal Engineering College (now Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur) outside Calcutta

Plan

visual art by auto mix and match at India Habitat Centre Delhi

Banquets for Conferences and Seminars• Habitat World provides one of the finest

convention centres in the country that is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities in the conference halls, auditorium, guest rooms and documentation centre. Members and non-members can both avail of the facilities of banquets/conferences based on rates available at the Banquet Office. Confirmation of an event is based on first-come, first-served basis. There are special rates for members’ guests. A brief description of the various venues is given below:

Joseph Stein Auditorium

One of the best auditoria in the country, the Joseph Stein Auditorium is equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure enabling direct telecast, 35 mm projection and simultaneous interpretation in four languages. The auditorium is ideal for large conferences, seminars, film screenings, presentations, theatre and cultural performances of various types.

The Theatre - Amaltas, Kadamba, Rudraksha

This ’trinity’ of rooms is an extremely flexible set with individual as well as combined usage possibilities. Ideal for workshops, board meetings and theatre/ cultural performances of all types when combined to form a large space, they can also be used as individual meeting rooms.

Mahogany

This is a hall best suited for small gatherings and has an attached kitchenette. It is ideal for VIP requirements, when used in conjunction with the Auditorium.

Gulmohar

This is a large fixed-seating hall with excellent acoustics and state-of-the-art multimedia facilities. Each table is equipped with a set of mikes. Ideal for large seminars, corporate presentations, press interactions, product launches etc.

Chinar & Willow

The two rooms are ideal for small functions like conferences, board meetings, presentations, workshops, seminars and parties. They can be used separately or together with possibilities of combining the foyer as well.

Silver Oak• One of the finest halls at

Habitat World, Silver Oak also has outdoor attachments in the form of a patio as well as garden space. Ideally located on the ground floor level, the hall allows versatile use of space for various requirements - ranging from exhibitions, conferences, seminars to the finest banquet parties in the evening. The hall can be divided into two separate sections, further enhancing its versatility.

Jacaranda

Elegantly carpeted, Jacaranda could be used as one large space or divided into two independent units. It is ideal for corporate meetings, seminars, workshops and fine parties.

Casuarina• A fixed-seating hall

equipped with state-of-the-art multimedia facilities. Each table is equipped with a set of mikes. It is ideal for seminars, corporate presentations, press interactions, product launches etc.

Magnolia

A free-seating hall, allowing flexible seating options suited for both conference and party usage.

Maple

Elegantly carpeted, Jacaranda could be used as one large space or divided into two independent units. It is ideal for corporate meetings, seminars, workshops and fine parties.

Documentation Centre

The Documentation Centre at Habitat World has six cabins as well as six workstations which can be hired for variable periods of time. Fitted with all modern business aids, the Documentation Centre also provides an ideal setting for a secretariat for large international conferences

Guest Rooms and SuitesStandard

Premium

Suite

Number of Rooms: 58

The guest rooms at Habitat World are tastefully done up to suit a discerning guest’s aesthetic sense.

Lite Zone (Fitness Centre, Swimming Pool, Gym, Spa)

• Lite Zone provides a range of services and activities to its members and residential guests. Among the city’s finest fitness facilities it includes one of the most comprehensive gyms, a soothing spa with sauna, steam room & jacuzzi and a roof-top swimming pool.

Fitness Centre

Swimming Pool

Gym

RestaurantsFor Members Only• Habitat World has a

variety of highly casual and fine-dining restaurants with elaborate menu options prepared by some of the top chefs from within and outside the country.

Delhi ’O’ Delhi

Oriental Octopus

Past Times

The Deck

Restaurants  for Members and Non-Members

Eatopia

The All American Diner

Visual Arts Gallery 

VISUAL ARTS GALLERY

OPEN PALM COURT GALLERY

AMPHITHEATRE

Environment Friendly Measures At IHC

• IHC has taken the following Environment Friendly initiatives at the Centre

Installation of LED Lights

Roof Top Solar Panels

STP PLANT

•THANK YOU

AKASH KUMAR B.ARCH 2ND YEARSSRSA

• http://www.indiahabitat.org/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfAs84jg9M

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Habitat_Centre