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Hall of Nations

Raj Rewal was an Indian architect from Punjab whose philosophy was for buildings to respond to rapid urbanization, climate, and culture. In 1972, he designed the Hall of Nations exhibition complex in New Delhi to accommodate large objects by winning a competition. Inspired by traditional jali screens, Rewal incorporated them into the complex's unique space frame system shaped like a truncated pyramid made of cast-in-situ concrete with 4.9m x 4.9m units forming the 73m x 73m base truncated at 30m height and 39m x 39m roof span.

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Hall of Nations

Raj Rewal was an Indian architect from Punjab whose philosophy was for buildings to respond to rapid urbanization, climate, and culture. In 1972, he designed the Hall of Nations exhibition complex in New Delhi to accommodate large objects by winning a competition. Inspired by traditional jali screens, Rewal incorporated them into the complex's unique space frame system shaped like a truncated pyramid made of cast-in-situ concrete with 4.9m x 4.9m units forming the 73m x 73m base truncated at 30m height and 39m x 39m roof span.

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CONTEMPORARY

ARCHITECTURE
Hall of Nations

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The Architect

Hall of Nations

References
RAJ REWAL

Indian Architect, from Punjab.

Philosophy-
Building should respond to the complex demand of
rapid urbanization, climate and culture.

Famous Projects include, Asian games village,


Sheikh Serai, Parliament Library.

Hall of Nations was built in 1972.


HALL OF NATIONS

Location - New Delhi, India

The project came into existence due to a


competition to build a exhibition space to
accomodate large objects such as a plane,
satellite etc.

Raj Rewal won the competition and the result was


the complex. He was inspired from the traditional
jali work and incorporated it into the whole
structure.
Aerial view of the exhibition hall complex with the larger Hall of Nations and four smaller Halls of Industries built for
the 1972 International Trade Fair.
The structure is made of space frame system
shaped as a Truncated/capped Pyramid.

The material used for the construction is cast


in-situ concrete.
The Hall of Nations consists of
units of a 4.9m x 4.9m base and
3.5m height which form the 73m
x 73m pyramid, truncated at the
height of 30m with a roof span of
39m x 39m.
References
https://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-123722

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