CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR

PARA SPORTS, DELHI

ARAVIND P
S10 BARCH
ROLL NO 15
INTRODUCTION

Para sport is able to provide immediate and long-term relief to people with disabilities who are often plagued
with health issues, poor social skills, and lack of self-esteem. It creates an environment that allows the disabled
to develop crucial life skills. Essentially, para-sport can enhance the lives of the disabled and help them lead
more fulfilling and productive life. There are numerous challenges that prevent the disabled from participating
in sporting activities. While people and organisations around the world are continuously trying to remove
barriers of participation for them, the enormous benefits that sport provides to the disabled are not publicised
enough. Various competitions are carried out frequently at national and international levels. The national level
includes state wise and interstate competitions carried out every year and at international level, there are
events like paralympic games organized by the international paralympic committee.
 INTRODUCTION

Paralympics is a major international multisport event which gives athletes with physical and intellectual
disabilities, a chance to reach for the stars. The Paralympics are younger than the Olympics, but in just sixty seven
years they have grown to encompass more than 170 countries and 4,000 athletes. These athletes compete in
wheelchairs, with prosthetic limbs, and without senses such as hearing or sight for more than 20 different sports.
The word Paralympics combines the Latin word para which means “next to”, with the word Olympics because
the games happen alongside the summer and winter Olympics. Paralympics pave the way to raise awareness of
disabilities and help to create a more supportive and better equipped world for those with disabilities. Therefore
the purpose of their life can be fulfilled by designing a Paralympic Training Centre.
 AIM

To design a space that can rehabilitate and empower those physically challenged athletes by providing the best
facilities and amenities for paralympic training.

OBJECTIVE

● To study about the different sports that come under paralympics.

● To study about facilities that has to be provided for their rehabilitation, strengthening, training and recreation.
● To study characteristics of space that has to be provided and methods by which universal access is assured in
various stages.

NEED

● Para athletes have won 12 medals in the paralympic games for india, eventhough there is no
specialized training centres for them.
● A space needs to be created for such paralympians which exclusively focuses on sports and provides
adequate physical and mental training.
 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

● A complete excellence centre of this scale and facilities have not been designed in india yet.
● Therefore, case studies are not available directly, so it has to be done in parts.
● It is a design challenge to incorporate the requirements of various categories of differently abled people in
a single area which is going to be supporting the paralympians .

PROJECT FEASIBILITY

According to 2011 census, 2.1% of total india’s population is differently abled.

These data bring about the necessity of a Paralympic Training Centre in India
METHODOLOGY
DESIGN STANDARDS (As per International Paralympic Committee Accessibility Guidelines)

● Entrances and exits

● Clear width
● Turning space for wheelchairs
● Reach ranges
● Emergency provision
● Alarms
● First aid rooms
● Emergency evacuation
● Ramps
● Slope
● Landing
● Stairs
● Nosing
● Elevator
● Toilets
● Accessible room
● Parking
●
 SITE

Area: 94494.3813 sqm. 23.35 acre.

Name of locality Dwarka Sector 8
Primary Road Dwarka Sector 9 road
Latitude: 28 34'3064 N
Longitude: 77428.55 E
Altitude: 28.592140m
Landmark ;National Institute of
Malaria Research

SITE
CONTEXT

Institutional buildings
Petrol pump
Residential areas
 SITE FEASIBILITY
Being the capital city of India Delhi
makes it more accessible and
noticeable to society. Delhi has an
interest in developing its sports
infrastructure. i.e. promoting internal
sports activities and attracting sports
tourism. And there is no such facility.
REQUIREMENTS
● Outdoor athletic stadium
● Indoor sports complex
● Aquatic centre having two
swimming pools- one
covered pool and an outdoor
pool
● High performance centre with
classrooms; medical facilities
● Sports science centre
● Hostel facilities for athletes
● Support facilities including
accessible lockers, dining,
recreational amenities and
Administrative Block.
POSSIBLE LIVE CASESTUDIES

PARAPLEGIC REHABILITATION CENTER, PUNE

At PRCI the mission is to ensure the best aftercare and rehabilitation of the Armed Forces of India(Army,
Navy & Air Force), who are medically boarded out,retired from services, due to Spinal Cord injury while
serving the nation.

Sports in PRC- Pioneer in introducing sports on wheelchair. The 1st National Games for disabled were
organized by PRC and were held in the Centre Residents at the Centre are undisputed champions in
wheelchair sports at National and International level.

AVAILABLE FACILITIES

Indoor sports complex.

Basketball court
Hydrotherapy cum swimming pool
Dormitory blocks
Physiotherapy block
Dining hall
POSSIBLE LIVE CASESTUDIES

SAI Regional centre at Gandhinagar

POSSIBLE LITERATURE CASESTUDIES

Challenged athletes foundation, U.S

Cultural sports complex, Iran