TCS OFFICE COMPLEX @ COIMBATORE IT PARK, TAMIL NADU

WORK. SOMETHING WE DO. NOT SOME PLACE WE GO

1. PROJECT INTRODUCTION
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED (TCS) IS AMONG THE LARGEST INDIA BASED IT
SERVICES COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED AT MUMBAI. THE COMPANY NOW FRAMES A
PROPOSAL FOR AN OFFICE COMPLEX IN COIMBATORE, THAT WILL EXCURES THE RUNNING
OF TCS BUT IN A VERY INNOVATIVE AND INSPIRATIONAL OFFICE SPACE THAT ALLOWS
PEOPLE TO CONNECT AND COLLABORATE.

8. CONCEPT & ITS EVOLUTION

THE PROJECT WILL HOUSE OFFICES OFFICE SPACE FOR 4500 EMPLOYEES,

REVIVING THE OLD WITH THE NEW

AN AUDITORIUM FOR 250 PERSONS,

OLDEN DAYS SOCIALIZING SPACES- A CENTRAL NODE- PLAZA LIKE SPACES

A CAFETERIA THAT CATERS TO 500 PEOPLE,

TWO TYPES OF USERS

GYM AND VIDEO CONFERENCE HALLS FOR 150 PERSONS

OFFICE EMPLOYEES
VISTORS

5. ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGE OF THE PROJECT

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

THE MAJOR CHALLENGE WAS TO UNDERSTAND THE ORGANIZATIONAL SETUP OF

TCS THAT INCLUDES: TYPES OF USERS AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOUR.

THE OFFICE COMPLEX THAT HOUSES 4500 EMPLOYEES PROVIDES FLEXIBLE WORKPLACES
OR A WORKING ENVIRONMENT NOT JUST FOR FOCUSSED, INDIVIDUAL WORK, BUT ALSO
WORKSPACES FOR COLLABORATIVE GROUPS, TEAM PROJECTS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION.

ANOTHER KEY CHALLENGE WAS TO DECIDE THE SHAPE OF THE CONFIGURATION

ON WHICH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OFFICE BUILDING WILL DEPEND.

BUSINESSES DEMAND EVER-INCREASING LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY, BOTH FROM

EMPOLYEES AND THE BUILDING IN WHICH THEY WORK.THEREFORE THE OFFICE BUILDING
WILL ALSO SUPPORT VARIETY OF AMENITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCES.

ABSTRACT

4. FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS/SPACE REQUIREMENTS

THE TYPE OF STUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM THAT WILL ACCOUNT FOR
THE OFFICE BUILDING LIFESPAN AND SUSTAINABILITY.

6. CASE STUDIES

9. FINAL DESIGN PROPOSAL

3. PROJECT LOCATION

TCS OFFICE COMPLEX, DELHI

THE SITE IS LOCATED IN OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY COIMBATORE, SOUTH INIDIA, ON AN AREA
OF 9.5 ACRES, BEHIND COIMBATORE MEDICAL COLLGE.

COGZINANT IT PARK, CHENNAI

A L SHAPE CONFIGURATION WITH TRADITIONAL CONDITIONED CENTRAL CORES,

ORGANIZED OVER AN ELEVATED PIAZA.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS 10 STOREYS HIGH BUILDING COMPRISING OF THREE
UNDERGROUND BASEMENTS, CAFETERIA AND VIDEO CONFERENCE HALLS, AN OFFICE
SPACES ABOVE.

MANYATA EMBESSY BUSINESS PARK, BANGALORE

THE SITE TERRAIN IS FLAT AND LOCATED IN THE IT PARK WHICH HAS OTHER IT COMPANIES
PROPOSED AROUND.
THE SITE HAS 30 METRES ROAD ADJOINING, ALSO KNOW COIMBATORE IT PARK ROAD, THAT
CONNECTS TO NATONAL HIGHWAY VIA COIMBATORE CITY
TOTAL FSI IS 3.0 WITH MAXIMUM GROUND COVERAGE OF 30% OF THE SITE
Site for office complex

7. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OBJECTIVES/

URBAN AREAS WITH DESIGN INTENT
THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT IS TO DESIGN WITH AN EXPRESSION
OF THE FUTURE OFFICE BUILDING, CREATING AN ICONIC IMAGE.
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO BUILT THE SITE BY PROVIDING A SMOOTH
TRANSITION BETWEEN ENTRANCE ROADS, SITE, THE BUILDING
AMENITIES AND THE OFFICES
A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF HOT AND HUMID CLIMATIC
CONDITIONS OF COIMBATORE TO BUILT A SUSTAINING
STRUCTURE
PLAN NARROWER FLOOR PLATES THAT ALLOW NATURAL LIGHT
AND OUTSIDE VIEWS FOR ALL
TO ACCOMMODATE PASSIVE AS WELL AS PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
AREAS SUCH AS CAFETRIAS, GYM, LOUNGE AREAS, AND
RESOURCE CENTRES.

Chitkara School Of Planning & Architecture

Architecture Design Thesis 2015

AR- 522

Batch 2010-15

Name Shraddha
Semester - X

Univ. roll no.

101812036095