Dwarka, New Delhi · Concept design दिल्ली

A headquarters around a garden of sages

On a two-acre plot in Dwarka, the Council's Delhi headquarters is one L-shaped building of four storeys. It wraps a south-facing garden, and the way in is a walk between eight bronze sages.

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Acre plot

250

Seat auditorium

Guest rooms

G+3

Storeys, plus basement

The plan योजना

Why the building is an L

Pushing the building into the north and west setback lines gives the garden the best orientation. The north wing's long garden face looks south, where chajjas and an arcade can shade it. The west wing takes the hard afternoon sun on a solid jaali wall and shelters the garden behind it.

Site plan D-001: an L-shaped building along the north and west of a 100 by 81 m plot, with the Rishi Path running from the street gate to the main door — Sheet D-001, site plan. The plot is assumed to be 100 × 81 m with the road on its south side.

North wing80 × 16 m
West wing22 × 40 m
Ground coverage27.1% · limit 30%
FAR98 · limit 120
Garden and forecourt≈3,100 m²
Fire-tender drive7 m loop inside the setbacks

A building over 15 m tall needs a fire-tender route, so a 7 m drive loops around it inside the setbacks. VIP cars pull in under a porte-cochère at the east end without crossing the garden.

The Rishi Path ऋषि मार्ग

Eight sages are the approach to the building

From the street gate, a stone walk with a rill down its centre runs to the main entrance arcade. Eight bronze figures stand on red plinths either side, about six metres tall overall, each with one identifying attribute.

The Rishi Path: a stone walk with a central rill between bronze figures on red plinths, leading to the arcade

West side

Parashurama parashu
Vashishtha
Vyasa book
Panini tablet

East side

Chanakya scroll
Aryabhata armillary sphere
Adi Shankaracharya staff
Ramanujacharya staff

The bronzes shown are placeholders. The final list of sages and the sculptors are still to be chosen.

Programme कार्यक्रम

Public below, council above, guests to one side

Visitors come in off the Rishi Path into a double-height lobby. The gallery sits between the lobby and the dining hall, so exhibitions are part of the daily route. The council chamber sits under the marble dome where the two wings meet, visible from the garden and the street.

Roof
Terrace for evening events
About 600 m² for 300 standing, under a teak pergola with its own pantry and a view of the dome. Solar on the west wing roof.
+17.60
3
Council chamber, board room, secretariat
The chamber sits under the dome at the corner. A 24-seat board room beside it. Eighteen guest rooms in the west wing.
2,160 m²
2
Council offices, guest rooms
Cabins on the north face, open plan to the south. The guest wing has its own lift at Core A. Eighteen rooms of 4.0 × 9.6 m with bath.
2,160 m²
1
Library, media, seminar and training
A library of about 60 seats along the south face behind the jaali. Three seminar rooms and a training room near the VIP core. The auditorium balcony.
1,456 m²
G
Lobby, gallery, dining, auditorium
A 250-seat auditorium in the west wing, its foyer on the garden corner. Dining for 120. An arcade runs the full 80 m of the garden front.
2,160 m²
B1
Parking and plant
About 140 cars below ground, plus four drop-off bays.
−4.80

Views दृश्य

The same material language as Kurukshetra

Red and buff sandstone, jaali, bracket-order columns and a Makrana marble dome, set among the ordinary blocks of Dwarka. These views are from the Delhi 3D model; materials and heights are assumptions.

The north wing's garden front: a long arcade of columns below three floors of jaali-screened windows — Garden front
An 80 m arcade along the garden
A 3 m arcade of bracket-order columns shades the lobby, gallery and dining hall. The library sits behind jaali on floor 1, with offices under stone chajjas above. Red pilasters every 8 m mark the structural grid.

The plot from across the road: a low red plinth wall, the gateway on the axis, and the building behind the garden — From the road
A garden you can see from the street
A low red plinth wall with a bronze railing, and a gateway on the axis carrying the inscription.

The south end of the west wing with a large red sandstone jaali panel — Auditorium end
A jaali as the building's sign
A 5.6 × 8.2 m red sandstone jaali lights the foyer stair and faces the road.

The roof terrace under a teak pergola, looking to the marble dome — Roof terrace
Evenings under the pergola
520 m² of Kota stone under teak, looking west to the dome over the council chamber.

A small Nagara shrine with a red shikhara in the garden — Puja room
A shrine in the garden
A small Nagara shrine on a 0.9 m plinth, reached by a cross-walk from the Rishi Path through a gap in the hedge.

Zoning check मापन

Inside the limits, with room to grow

The limits below are assumptions taken from typical MPD-2021 socio-cultural norms. They must be checked against the actual plot allotment letter and the current DDA controls. About 1,750 m² of floor area is left unused for a later extension.

Control	Assumed limit	Proposed
Ground coverage	30% · 2,430 m²	27.1% · 2,196 m²
FAR	120 · 9,720 m²	98 · 7,972 m²
Storeys	4	G+3 + basement
Setbacks front / sides / rear	15 / 9 / 9 m	15 / 9 / 9 m
Parking	≈2 ECS / 100 m²	≈140 ECS in B1 + 4 drop-off
Fire access	6 m min. around >15 m	7 m loop drive

Before the next stage

Plot dimensions, road width and land-use premise, from the allotment letter.
Current FAR, coverage and height limits for that premise, from DDA and UBBL 2016.
Whether guest rooms are allowed under that use.
Fire NOC requirements for the auditorium's assembly occupancy.
The final list of sages and the sculptors for the bronzes.