2. THE PARLIAMENT LIBRARY
• ARCHITECT : RAJ REWAL
• LOCATION : NEW DELHI, INDIA
• MAIN IDEA : The design for the existing Parliament
follows the "Beaux Arts", the central line axis
planning criteria. It is circular in plan with three
axes culminating in a central dome.
3. PLACE OF
ENLIGHTMENT
SPACE
PREFERENCE
FOR SPATIAL
ENCLOSURES,
MODULATED
WITH LIGHT
TO CREATE
HARMONY
WITH THE
EXISTING
BUILDING
FORM
DOMES AND
BUBBLE DOMES
ARE
PREDOMINANT
SQUARE BASE
AND
SYMMETRICAL
COMPOSITIONS
DISTOREDED
OCTAGONS TO
FIT IN
SPHERICAL
SURFACE
COURTYARDS –
REDUCES SUMMER
HEAT
AND FOR
DUST FREE
ATMOSPHERE
INSPIRED
BY PRE-
COLONIA
L
ARCHITEC
TURE
GLASS IS USED
FOR NATURAL
LIGHTUNGS
THROUGHT
THE BUILDING
ENERGY
EFFICIENT
LIGHT SYSTEM
THROUGHOUT
THE BUILDING
4. INFERENCE
• The building has blend in with the
surroundings and environment.
• Columns, beams and domes are used.
• Courtyards and amphitheaters are present.
• It has followed the past historic styles and
Indian tradition.