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India International Centre

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The India International Centre (IIC) is a non-official organization situated in New Delhi, India. It serves as a meeting place for cultural and intellectual offerings while maintaining its non-official character. The center's foundation stone was laid in 1960 by Japanese Prince Akihito, who had come to India for his honeymoon, and was inaugurated in 1962 by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the second President of India. The campus consists of three main divisions, the Programmes Division, the Library and the Publications Division.

Constructed, 1960

Addition, 1966

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The 4.6 acres campus has three main functional streams within, namely, the intellectual, social, and cultural.

The adjacent open green space, Lodhi garden, acts as a fair foreground to enhance the institutional character of the complex.

Rather than going for the conventional brick construction, the architect altered the patterns, making jaali walls the feature element, for the centre.

Series of semi-open spaces with light landscaping, forming the spill-overs, is seen complementing the main activity.

Built-in close connection to an artificially designed water body, the built mass creates an illusion of floating over it.

Respecting the context of the historical monuments in the immediate surroundings, the use of the vernacular material palette is prominently seen.

The programme block stands as the image of the campus and with its longitudinal volume designed for library and conference room opening out in inward-looking courts.

Attached to the main block, the auditorium showcases a solid geometry with small scale spill-over spaces.

IIC is defined with its modernist features such as indoor-outdoor living, open plans and rectilinear massing.

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The informal or romantic approach is centered around each function seeking out its own expression.

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