Prize(s) Honorable Mentions
Lighting Design/Product Company Atelier Lights
Lead Designers Nirmit Jhaveri
Other Designer's names Lighting Project Leader: Roshni Rao;
Architecture Company HCPDPM
Interior Design Company HCPIA
Client HCPDPM for CPWD
Photo Credits HCPDPM
Other Credits Lighting Design Assistants: Manish,Yagnesh,Neha,Shloka,Vidhi, Jatin,Sachin
Completion Date May 28th 2023
Project Location New Delhi, India
Entry DescriptionThe New Parliament Building of India is a modern architectural marvel crafted from local sandstone. Its interiors, adorned with local crafts, are illuminated by natural light from skylights and reflected light from verandahs and courtyards. The Prime Minister envisioned a structure that embodies prudence and spirituality, capturing the essence of democracy.
Designing this monumental building for one of the world's most populous nations posed significant challenges, especially in convincing stakeholders to prioritize qualitative design over a quantitative and cost-driven approach.
Locally crafted custom lights enhance the building's character, promoting purity, harmony, balance, and transparency.
Architectural details are highlighted with discreet fixtures, while public areas feature bespoke luminaires from durable local materials, ensuring uniformity among parliament members.
This project exemplifies meticulous planning and an exemplary approach to sustainable, culturally resonant design, achieving complex goals within a tight schedule.
Sustainability ApproachThe lighting design minimizes light pollution by avoiding uplights, employing shielded and masked accent lights, and incorporating energy-saving dimming scenes. It aligns with local green building and international standards to ensure energy efficiency and a healthy environment.
Guided by a "think global, act local" philosophy, the project emphasizes sustainable lighting principles such as daylight harvesting.
To uses the technology economically and mindfully, all areas were lit with 4000K neutral white and only areas that do not receive natural light were lit with tunable or variable white.
Bespoke luminaires designed with long lasting local materials can be seen in majority of the public areas to provide a distinct local identity and uniform task light limited to task areas maintains equality among the members of the parliament.
