Rajaswa bhawan national tax headquarters, Delhi

Abstract

My project RAJASWA BHAWAN or the new National Tax Headquarters is a building complex that will house various offices for the Finance Minister, Minister of State and Department of Revenue. It is being built under Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Defense, Government of India. In addition to these offices, the Chairpersons, Directorates, Members, Staff and offices of CBDT (Central Bureau of Direct Taxes) and CBEC (Central Board of Excise and Customs), along with support facilities, are to be housed in the same complex. The aim was to design a building with an understanding of local climatic conditions, leading to an energy efficient building. Ease of public access, design adaptability and flexibility and sensitivity to site and heritage are other factors that are the highlights of the project.The site is a spread of 22,871 sq m in a prime location in central Delhi on Kasturba Gandhi Marg. Its proximity to Connaught Place and India gate make it a place that will be hoarded with tourists. Therefore it had to be visually appealing as well. Detailed study and understanding was required to deal with site constraints. The trees had to be retained on the site and the shape of the site had to be dealt with. A large amount of literature study had to be done to find the basis of the design. Case studies had to be picked according to the project like any commercial place, offices both private and government to understand office spaces, services and all other features. I learnt about service, minimalistic form development green technologies and about the project’s requirements from the case studies. I compared and analyzed all the offices observed in live and literature case study. The comparative study helped form detailed area requirement. After making interrelationship charts, bubble diagrams and climatic study I combined all the conclusions and inferences to develop my concept. It was a tedious and long process. I developed my design through various juries and unending efforts of my mentor. In my design I have provided much filtration in traffic inside the complex pertaining to security point of view. The design responds to the site conditions and constraints. The form is developed through ii tedious climatic analysis. All possible techniques to make use of climate in a positive way have been considered. Shadow analysis for the form helped in deriving the current form. Site planning and design correspond to green technologies being used these days. A heavy analysis was done for arriving at this conclusion. In the end the product is sustainable, green, safe, secure and energy efficient. The final design is my best possible output through study, understanding and concluding various aspects related to the project.