PRESENTATION ON

AR. RAJ REWAL

SUBMITTED BY:
AKARSHAK SINGLA
BHINDER SINGH
MANPREET SINGH
PUSHPINDER SINGH
INTRODUCTION
 Ar. RAJ REWAL is a leading architect of india.

 Ar. Raj Rewal was born in 1934 at Hoshiarpur, Punjab

 Ar. Raj Rewal lived in delhi and Shimla from 1934 – 1951. He
attended Harcourt Butler Higher Secondary School.
 1951-1954 - He took admission in Delhi school of Architecture in
New Delhi.
 1955 - After completing his degree in Architecture in New delhi.
He moved to London to attended the Architectural
Association School of Architecture for one year.
 1956-1960 - Raj Rewal attended the Brixton School of Building,
London.
 1961-1962 - Raj Rewal worked at Michel Ecochard’s office in Paris.
 1962 - He returned New Delhi to setup his own architectural
practice.
 1963-1972 - He taught at the School of Planning and Architecture.
 1974 - He opened his second office at Tehran , Iran.
AWARDS

 Gold Medal 1989 by the Indian Institute of Architects.

 Robert Mathew Award 1989 by the Commonwealth Association of
Architects.
 Mexican Association of Architects award in 1993 for regional
values.
 Architect of the Year 1994 Award by J.K. Trust for the design of
World Bank Resident Mission building in New Delhi.
 Great Master's Award 1995 by J.K. Trust for lifetime contribution
to Modern Architecture in the post independence era in India.
 Lifetime achievement award 2001 by the Institution of Engineers
(India).
 IBC award 2002 by the Indian Building Congress for Excellence
in Built Environment for Parliament Library building, New
Delhi.
 Golden Architect Award 2003 by A+D and Spectrum Foundation
 Chevalier des Arts des Lettres award, 2005 by the French
Government
PHILOSOPHY

“Tradition should not be approached for its

underlying order, not for its superficial
effects, it should rethought in terms that
are right for the possibilities and
limitation of the present social order”
WORKS BY AR. RAJ REWAL
HOUSING
Residences
Satish Gujral House, New Delhi
Sham Lal House, New Delhi
 Rewal House, New Delhi
HOUSING
French Embassy Staff Quarters, New Delhi
 Sheikh Sarai Housing Complex, New Delhi
Zakir Hussain Co-operative Housing, New Delhi
 Asian Games Village, New delhi
EXHIBITION AND LARGE SPAN STRUCTURES

Nehru Memorial Pavilion, New Delhi

 Hall of Nations and Hall of Industries, New Delhi
Karnataka Pavilion, New Delhi

OFFICES

Bhikaji Cama Bazaar, New Delhi

Engineers India House , New Delhi
State Trading Corporation, New Delhi
 SCOPE Office Complex, New Delhi
Delhi Television Center, New Delhi
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
French School and Cultural Centre, New Delhi
Central Institute of Educational Technology, New Delhi
 Gas Training Institute, Noida.
Ismaili Center in Lisbon, Portugal.
International Center For Genetic Engineering , New Delhi
Ar. Raj Rewal house, New Delhi
REWAL HOUSE, NEW DELHI
 Location :- New Delhi

 Construction :- Constructed Between 1973-75.

 Architect:- Ar. Raj Rewal

 Const.material :- R.C.C Columns and beams and

brick walls.
PLANNING
o The Rewal residence divides its narrow plot of
just 500 square yards to create vertically two
independent units where privacy carried equal
consideration.
o Two independent house units, one for the
architect and his family, the other for his
parents.
o Separate entrances and front gardens are
provided across an extremely narrow frontage of
five meters for each.
PLAN OF REWAL HOUSE
 Communication between the houses is through
the kitchen yard which is at the back.
 While separate entrance and front garden are
provided across an extremely narrow frontage of
5 meter for each.
 Part of the living room is of double height and is
overlooked by mezzanine.
 A small interior courtyard within the two units
brings indirect light and cross-ventilation to
these spaces.
 He knew that a 9” brick would not be waterproof
and did not have the budget for 13.5” brick, the
architect successfully utilized a technique that he
was familiar with in Europe: 11”brick wall.
 Large pivoting glass doors provide continuity
between the living room and the garden house.
 The ceiling and cantilevered stairs of exposed
concrete, softened by the texture left by wooden
formwork.
 The flooring of kotah stone in brown and bronze
achieves a certain continuity, carried through in
the teak framed door and windows.
Asian Games Village, New Delhi
ASIAN GAME VILLAGE , NEW DELHI
 Location :- Siri Fort area, near Hauz Khas in
New Delhi India., New Delhi

 Construction:- Constructed between 1980-1982.

 Architect :- Ar. Raj Rewal

 Const. material :- R.C.C columns and beams and

brick walls.
LOCATION MAP

Asian game village

Asian game village road

 INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE
o Housing was built by public authority to accommodate the temporary
influx guest and later on would be sold off to private individuals.
o In the Asian games housing, the urban pattern of jaipur and jaiselmer
has been explored.

Jaisalmer housing Jaipur housing

 The Architect interwove three principal dictates that simultaneously
conjoined traditional layouts with a contemporary response.
 Configuring a low rise.
 High density development representative of the typical Indian mohalla
or community.
 Creating cluster formations ideals for the Indian climate.
 In all, there are some 500 housing, comprising
200 individuals house and 300 apartments in two
floors to four floors with each unit type has
variations according to areas.
DESIGN FEATURE
 Clustering of Building.
 Courtyards providing public spaces within the
building.
 Streets are Narrow, Shaded, Broken up in to the
small units creating pauses, points of rests and
changing.
 PLANNING

Floor Plan of Type A Unit

Floor Plan of Type B Unit
o Located on the periphery of the parking Square, the largest single
unit have a ground area of approximately 200 square meter and
having attached car porch and servant quarters.
INTERIOR VIEW

VIEW OF THE COMMON COURT YARD AND

GATEWAY
Floor Plan of Type C Unit

The unit has been designed so that it can form a

cluster with either four or six unit to create a
variety of inner spaces.
A typical block designed in such a way that it can be
linked at all ends , including front and can combine as
different permutation that mix and merge to shape new
elements , each adding a different experience.
Dining complex at the center of the village which was
used by players now used as recreational and
community center.
VEHICULAR CIRCULATION
Vehicular Circulation is segregated but closely interlinked for
convenience about 80% of the dwellers have easily access from
pedestrian enclosure as well as the parking.
GREEN AREA AND COURT YARDS
Green Area and Court yards are spread all over the site which
can be accessed by 70% of the village.
PARKING
 Internal Roads are connected to parking which is
easily access to the individuals garages or car
porches.

Peripheral Parking
Peripheral Parking

Peripheral Parking

Peripheral Parking
Sheikh Sarai Housing , New Delhi
SHEIKH SARAI HOUSING COMPLEX, NEW
DELHI
 Location :- Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi

 Sheikh Sarai housing complex constructed

between 1970-1982.

 Architect:- Ar.Raj Rewal

 Const. material :- R.C.C posts and beams and

brick infill walls.
LOCATION MAP

Triveni DDA
Park
Triveni Apartments

Triveni Apartment

Sheikh Sarai Road

SITE AREAS

 Area :- 35 acre.
 Density approximately 100 Apartments per
Hectare.
 Area of interventation 3.82 ha

 Built-up Area =1.2 ha

 Surface parking lots 0.66 ha

 Green area = .39 ha

 Total no. of Unit :- 550 Residential complex.

SITE PLAN OF SHEIKH SARAI
HOUSING

N
DESIGN OF HOUSING
 The Design come from a specific area based programmed
for the LOWER INCOME GROUP AND MIDDLE
INCOME GROUP detailed by the DDA .
 Six different types of units ranging in area from 70 sq.mt.
to 120 sq.mt. were organized into two distinct cluster.
 Apartments are three and four storey in higher.
 There is clear separation between pedestrian and
vehicular spaces within the enclosures has been closely
aligned with the access points for vehicles on the periphery.
 All the units have been provided with a courtyard or roof-
top terrace.
PLAN OF SINGLE UNIT OF SHEIKH
SARAI HOUSING
VIEW OF SINGLE UNIT
HALL OF NATION AND HALL
OF INDUSTRIES
HALL OF NATION, NEW DELHI
 Location:- In Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

 Construction:- Construction Beginning1971 and

Completion in 1972.

 Demolished :- It was demolished in April 2017.

 Architect:- Ar. Raj Rewal.

 Structure :- Space truss.

 Material:- Reinforced Concrete Structure.

LOCATION MAP

Its large-span cast-in-situ

concrete space frames were the
first of their kind to be built in
the world.

Hall of Nation – Nehru Pavilion

 INTRODUCTION
 A limited competition was held in 1970 for the design of
permanent exhibition spaces for international trade fair 2
years later. Raj Rewal’s Proposal was selected.
Site Plan

Hall of Nation
Hall of Industries
 Hall of Nation contain an enclosure with a column free
Main hall of 6700 sq.mt. and four smaller halls adding an
additional 7500 sq.mt.
 Hall of Nation consists of units 4.9mx4.9m base and 3.5
height which form 73mx73m pyramid.
 The Hall of Industries are four pyramids which 18 m high
with base of 40mx40m, with truncated roof of 22mx22m.
PLAN OF HALL OF NATION
 The depth of the structural system was utilize 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.
FOUNDATION OF HALL OF NATION
 The Hall of Nation is supported on pile foundation tied
together with post tensioned plinth beam and the hall of
industries rests on spread footings tied together with high
tensile steel bars.
INTERNAL VIEW
CONNECTIVITY OF HALL OF NATION WITH
HALL OF INDUSTRIES
DEMOLITION OF HALL OF NATION AND
INDUSTRIES
 On the morning of 24th April 2017, the Delhi’s architecture
was shocked and disgust to the news that city's Hall of
Nations and the four Halls of Industries had been
demolished.
 The demolition was part of a comprehensive redevelopment
plan—the adjacent Nehru Pavilion was demolished
sometime in the ensuing week—to make way for a “world
class, iconic, state of the art” Integrated Exhibition and
Convention Centre (IECC) at Pragati Maidan.
SCOPE (STANDING CONFERENCE OF
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES) OFFICE COMPLEX,
NEW DELHI
SCOPE COMLEX, NEW DELHI
 Location:- Lodhi Road, New Delhi

 Construction:- Constructed between 1980-89.

 Function :- Offices.

 Architect:- Ar. Raj Rewal.

 Material:-R.C.C, Brick masonry, Sand stone

cladding.
LOCATION MAP

SCOPE COMPLEX

N
Baba Banda Singh
Bahadur Setu road

Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium
INTRODUCTION
 An apex body of central government owned public
enterprises, SCOPE floated a competition for the design of
a complex required to house a consortium of its member in
Delhi.
PLANNING AND DESIGNING
 It is a high density but relatively low-rise construction.
 Eight polygonal interlocking blocks are grouped around a
central courtyard to provide some 75000 sq.mt. of office space
for diverse public space sector.
PLAN OF ONE UNIT OF SCOPE COMPLEX
Each of interlocking pavilion has a central core containing LIFTS,
STAIRS, LAVATORY FACILITIES and having access to the offices
and meeting rooms at each floor.
 Massive in form, the periphery of the complex
has upper floor which extend further than those
ground level, creating deep shadow.
 Natural light reach deep in to the interiors as a
result of the recesses on the principal façade.
 At roof level, rich
articulation of forms
and spaces, with
boxes for hanging
plants, concrete
trellises for canvas
cover over sun-decks
and passageways for
employees to relax.
Gas Training Institute, Noida.
GAS TRAINING INSTITUTE, NOIDA.
 Location:- Plot No. 24, Film City, Sector 16A,
Gautam Buddh Nagar, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

 Construction:- Compilation 1996

 Function:- Institute.

 Architect:- Ar. Raj Rewal.

 Material:-R.C.C frame with coffered ceilings, Sand

lime white brick.
LOCATION MAP

Gas Training Institute

INTRODUCTION
 An institute by definition is a society for
promotion of scientific educational or either
public objects.
PLANNING
 The plan of the complex is very simple with a
spatial arrangement of interlocked courtyards of
different scales.
 This institute spreads over an area of 17,300
square meter.
 The basic idea was to have
a contrast of 3 materials
;concrete columns to
support, white brick to
infill, red sandstone as
interactive jalis.

 The courtyard is the

combination of the
elaborate stone jalis and
the surrounding greenery.
 It is linked to the auditorium with a seating capacity for
200 persons.
 The wall facing the stage uses cedar wood in place of
kotastone strips as better sound absorption.

Auditorium

Interior view of Auditorium

 The ground floor consists of various activities like
workshops, display, cafeteria and auditorium,
integrated into a well knit complex by covered
corridors facing the courtyards.
 The first floor includes a conference room, audio
video and publication and recreation facilities.
 The second floor houses the library, seminar
room and class rooms.
The stone and ferro-cement domes of the meeting
rooms in the complex.
 The main courtyard accommodates open air
seating.
 The open spaces are surrounded by verandahs for
learning and informal discussion.