ENR 2024 Global Best Projects
Award of Merit, Education/Research: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Campus Development
The project for the school for science and technology includes a lecture hall complex featuring architectural concrete.
Photo by K. Ramsunil Raju, courtesy of Shapoorji Pallonji and Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Campus Development
Hyderabad, India
Award of Merit
Submitted by: Shapoorji Pallonji and Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Owner: IIT Hyderabad
Lead Design Firm: CCBA Designs
General Contractor: Shapoorji Pallonji and Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Structural Engineer: JW Consultants LLP
Project Management: TATA Consulting Engineers
The project at one of the country’s most noted schools for science and technology includes a lecture hall complex, student housing, a dining hall, laboratories, academic quads, administration buildings, a health care center and infrastructure.
The lecture hall’s central spine incorporates architectural concrete with a triangular coffered ceiling that features integrated skylights. Also a core architectural element in walls, flare columns and circular columns, the exposed concrete serves the dual role of providing structural support while enhancing the aesthetic appeal of the complex and ensuring buildings would require bare minimum maintenance.
Executing the lecture hall’s complex geometric coffer slab required formwork to create a uniform ceiling design. The team accomplished this by using double-ply board for the beam bottom to maintain a uniform level across the span. A layer of unusable plywood was first laid on levelled scaffolding before the plywood layer was levelled.
The radiant cooling system in lecture hall flooring maintains ambient temperatures and reduces the load on the HVAC systems. The five-and-a-half-year project was completed at budget.
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