The Exhibition Centre
A GFRC jali skin wrapping the full volume of a government exhibition building.
Overview
The building is wrapped in a continuous GFRC jali: a fine perforated pattern that runs across every face, broken only by tall slot windows.
Panels repeat the pattern exactly, so the screen reads as one surface from street level, and the jali filters daylight into the halls behind.
- Location
- New Delhi
- Client
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) / NBCC (India) Ltd.
- Product
- GFRC jali
- Year
- Completed, 2021
- Status
- Completed
Part of our GRC Jali & Screens work.
Project stages
1. Analysis
The facade was set out into a panel grid that keeps the jali pattern unbroken across joints and around the slot windows.
2. Design
The jali pattern and panel edges were modelled so every perforation lines up from panel to panel and at the corners.
3. Development
Pattern molds were machined, panels were cast and finished, and the screen was hung panel by panel on the building frame.
