VARANASI

CONVENTION CENTRE

Presented By: Shubham Goenka

BArch/15014/14
 INTRODUCTION

Understanding The Convention Center & Exhibition center

• Convention Centers are a platform in the society for holding national and
international conferences, seminars, business meets and so on.
• These facilities can be used for holding big or small political and social meets as
well as social gatherings.
• Convention centres typically have at least one auditorium and may also
contain concert halls, lecture halls, meeting rooms, and conference rooms.
• Exhibition hall is the large area hall to display pictures, sculptures, or other
objects of interest that people notice or admire.
The MICE Industry

• MICE is a type of business tourism in which large groups usually planned well in
advance , are brought together for a particular purpose.
• MICE is acronym for the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibition
tourism segment.
• MICE are today becoming an important segment of the tourism industry. With
the opening up of India’s economy, MICE tourism is likely to grow further in the
future.
Need of convention centre

• Varanasi is a global religious city, so there are needs to hold religious events. It is highly
probable that convention centers will be used for these.
• There is a demand for facilities for large-scale Meetings and Conventions with 100 to
over 1,000 participants in Varanasi. As a large scale hall is not available, the demand is
high. “Incentive travel” also has a potential as Varanasi is a tourist city.
• In India there is a need to use convention centers for wedding ceremonies. Since
wedding ceremonies are large-scale events and are held for several days, they are
important demands in ensuring high occupancy rates of facilities.
• The strength of Varanasi is that BHU is located in the city. BHU medical schools are
well known throughout India, and university researchers have needs to hold academic
conferences and due to lack of convention center they are forced to organize the
conference in 4 star hotels like Ramada.
 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Project Proposal
The proposed convention center is located in Varanasi. Its one of the most growing city
of the Uttar Pradesh. This project is being brought by JICA(japan international
cooperation agency) with an investment of Rs. 130 crores.

Project Location
The site for the proposed project is located adjacent to Varanasi municipal corporation
building. It lies along a 18m wide road.
The site is approximately 1.7 km from Varanasi Junction, the main railway station, 2.3 km
from the Main Bus Stand and 24 km from Lal Bahadur Shastry International airport.
From a tourism perspective, the site is located close to Varanasi Old City (3 Km from
Dashaswamedh Ghat) and approximately 15 km from Sarnath Heritage Site.
Site Map
User Groups
The users of the centre are broadly classifies into 3 major types:
• The Delegates
- These are the group of people who form the major part of the convention
centre
- People from both national and international backgrounds are a part of this user
group.
• The Exhibitors
- They are the reason for the delegates to attend various conventions and
exhibitions.
- People from all over the country gather to promote their respective event.
• The staff
- These people are the backbone of the convention centre.
- They take care of all the needs of the delegates as well as the exhibitors and
guests at the convention centre.
 AIM

To provide the world class amenities and infrastructure to the city to invite all section
of society to one single place to exchange idea, thoughts and knowledge for the
growth of the society and to provide opportunities by which people from different
parts of India get to know more about the traditional and cultural heritage and
thereby help in promoting mutual understanding and national integration.
 OBJECTIVES

• To promote a platform for interaction between various sections of society. This

would lead to better understanding of each other’s trade and spread awareness among
the people that is the need of the hour.
• To provide a conductive atmosphere and physical environment for discussions,
lectures, etc. This would help in efficient exchange of useful data and information.
• To develop and promote the rich diversity and uniqueness of the various art forms of
the country and to upgrade and enrich the consciousness of the people about their
cultural heritage.
• To lay special emphasis in its activities on the cultural linkages among various areas
through evolution of styles and their contribution to the larger composite identity of
the cultural heritage of India.
• One of the major objectives is to make a self-supporting, environment friendly
design.
• Design a barrier free structure for all type of user group.
SAMRAT ASHOK CONVENTION CENTRE,
PATNA

Architect - DDF Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Built - 2017
Owner - Bihar Government
Location - North Gandhi Maidan Marg, Patna
Area:-70,000 sqm. (17 acre approx.)
 INTRODUCTION

• Samrat Ashoka Convention Kendra, a dream project of Bihar Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar, is a world class public building for convention activities, it said.
• It has been constructed by state's Building Construction department.
• The Convention center has three major signature buildings- Bapu Sabahagaar, an
auditorium of 5000 seating capacity, Gyan Bhawan with 800 capacity auditorium
(lecture theater type), multipurpose hall and other conference halls of various
capacities ; and Sabhayta dwar (Civilization Gate).
• The symbolic structure encasing Bihar's glorious tradition and culture stands at a
majestic height of 32 meters, the release said.
• The Dwar is taller than the Gate way of India(Mumbai) and is a unique example
of eclectic architecture, it added.
Intent of Case study
• To study the auditorium (capacity above 1000) and its different components
• To study the conference halls and Exhibition hall.
• The common facilities provided for information, dissemination – the types, their sizes
and location.
• To study façade treatment, materials, landscape and climate-tempered courtyards.

Access
• This building is accessed from Gandhi maidan road. There are total 10 main gates to
enter the premises.
• To access Babu sabhaghar building there are total 5 main entrance gates and for Gyan
bhawan there are 1 main entrance gate.
Complex
The complex consist of 3 main building
• Bapu sabhaghar
• Gyan bhawan
• Food court building

Connectivity
From Airport : 9 km
From Railway station : 5 km
From Bus stand : 650 m
 BAPU SABHAGHAR

• Bapu sabhaghar hall has the capacity to seat 5,000 people.

• The Bapu Hall is a four-floor structure with a height of 35 .
• There are various mural painting and quotes related to bapu
(Mahatma gandhi) are placed on the walls at the ground floor.
• Bapu sabhaghar hall has 6 entry gates and 5 ramps.
• It has separate VIP entrance lobby and VIP rooms on each floors
• Spate green rooms for artists.
• AHU and various service rooms are also present on each floor
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
PLENARY HALL
 GYAN BHAWAN

• Gyan bhawan has small conference room having the capacity of 800
persons
• The main exhibition hall has the area of 2850sqm which can be
portioned into 4 various hall by using movable partitioned wall.
• It has 1 main entry and 5 secondary entry gates and each gates have
separate provision of ramps.
• There is also separate VIP entrance lobby and lifts.
• There is also meeting room with movable partition to use as much area
required.
• The terrace present on second floor give the magnificent view of the
river Ganga and sabhyata dwar.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
 FOOD COURT

• Currently this part of the building was still under

construction.
• To access this part of the building there is underpass
behind the bapu sabhaghar building.
• It has it separate vehicle entrance provision and parking.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
The Skywalk
The babu sabhaghar and gyan bhawan are linked at 2 nd floor level of either building and
above by bridges to form huge gateways for entrance for sabhyata dwar. The bridges form
framed views and vistas and complete the character of the enclosed courts .

Outer Finish
The Exterior Design of the building states a strong statement in itself. The balance in use
of glass and stone has been just perfect. In front facade glass has been used which helps in
imparting a larger scale to the building. Stone cladding has also been used to a good
effect.

Sabhyata Dwar
The Sabhyata Dwar symbolize two thousand years history of this region. It symbolizes the
heritage and civilization of ancient, medieval and modern Bihar. It is built near the bank of
river Ganges. The Dwar will give "unparalleled cultural delight" to people.
Parking
There is basement parking for 500 cars and approx. 100 cars can be parked on
surface
Service Block
There are two separate service block one for water treatment
And one for electrical and hvac systems. Having total area
Of 1600 sqm.
Fire fighting system
• There are fire alarms setup on the various walls.
• Automatic sprinkler systems are integrated fire suppression systems consisting of a
water supply and a network of pipes, sprinkler heads, and other components to
provide automatic fire suppression in areas of a building.
• There exists wet riser systems ad dry risers systems.
• There are also smoke and beam detectors . There set off fire alarms with electronic
panels located in each building to pin point the location of fire .
ROOFING SYSTEM (External roof of the structure)
• Lowest sheet is GI sheet
• A layer of plastic is applied
• 75mm thick layer of rock wool
• Uppermost sheet is of aluminum sheet
• The joinery of two aluminum sheets are done
in interlocking pattern. No screws are used to
fix them with each other.
 MATERIALS
The main acoustical panels used in the auditorium of Gyan Bhavan and Convention
Centre are
1. Black mat
2. Perforated Gypsum Board
3. Soft Board
4. Fabric wrapped acoustic panels
5. Stretch wall fabric panels
6. Grooved wooden panels
Other acoustical materials used
• Rock wool
• Glass wool
FLOORING
• BAMBOOWOOD flooring (used in the flooring of auditorium)
• HARDWOOD Flooring (used in the flooring of stage of auditorium)
 Black mat Perforated Gypsum Fabric wrapped Stretch wall fabric panels
Board acoustic panels

Grooved wooden panels Soft Board Glass wool Bamboo wood