Regional Planning - HCP Design and Project Management Pvt. Ltd.

Design, Planning and Management 

at Paritosh 

Ahmedabad Management 

Association, 

the Vikram Sarabhai Foyer, 

This monograph illustrates the projects and proposals of four organizations. 

HCP Design and Project Management Pvt. Ltd. (HCPDPM) is an 

architecture, urban design and interior design firm. It was founded by 

Hasmukh C Patel in 1960 and is the oldest of the four 

organizations. Environmental Planning Collaborative (EPC) is a notfor-profit 

(Section 25) company established in 1996. It undertakes 

work in urban and regional planning, planning legislation and 

development management. EPC also pro-actively undertakes policy 

analysis and advocates for meaningful and effective urban policy. 

Geographis, established in 2000, specializes in mapping, geographic 

information systems and software programming. EPC Development 

Planning and Management (EPCDPM), established in 2002, is a 

consultancy which provides planning services to urban development 

bodies and other agencies involved in development planning. 

These companies have grown from a common beginning and share 

the conviction that good design, planning and management can 

significantly improve human habitats. Located in the same office 

building, Paritosh, Usmanpura, Ahmedabad, they cooperate closely 

but have evolved their own identities and defend their own turf. The 

reason for such organizational structuring is simple. Interior design, 

architecture, urban design, urban and regional planning, urban 

management and development management are all focussed on 

improving the human habitat. Moreover, they all use similar skills and 

have much to gain from cooperation and each others’ perspectives. 

Yet, they operate at different levels, use different vocabularies and 

ways of thinking and require separate organisational cultures. 

The projects and proposals presented here address a wide range of 

problems - from Interior Design and Architecture to Regional 

Planning and writing legislation. 

We cherish the diversity of our work as well as the thread of common 

concerns that runs through it. We are proud of the commitment of 

professionals to interdisciplinary thinking at many levels, all of which 

makes for a highly creative milieu at Paritosh. We also acknowledge 

Regional Planning 6 

Statutory City Planning 12 

Urban Renewal Planning 22 

Planning Legislation 30 

Waterfronts 34 

Streets 46 

Underpasses 50 

Parks and Gardens 56 

Educational Campuses 60 

Laboratories 74 

Law Courts 78 

Museums 82 

Industrial Complexes 86 

Commercial Real Estate 94 

Corporate Offices 100 

Townships 108 

Residences 114 

Interiors - Residential 122 

Interiors - Commercial 126 

Cartography 132 

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HCP Design & Project 

Management 

Environmental Planning 

Collaborative 

EPC Development Planning 

and Management 

Geographis 

HCP design and Project Management Pvt. Ltd. 

(HCPDPM) has over forty years of experience in 

interior design, architecture, urban design and project 

management. Founded by Hasmukh C Patel in 1960, 

the practice is now led by his son, Bimal Patel, an 

architect & planner and one of the company’s directors. 

HCPDPM’s design philosophy, forged early on by 

Hasmukh Patel, has – first and foremost – been about 

solving practical problems to make buildings comfortable 

and pleasurable. Even today, designers at 

HCPDPM are driven first to clearly identifying the 

‘practical problem’ that needs solving. This, of 

course, is the Modernist credo, which HCPDPM 

strives to make the cornerstone of its architecture. 

The look and feel of buildings have to emerge from 

the problem-solving process and remain true to the 

possibilities inherent in the materials and technology 

used. Good project management, aimed at building 

well and within budget and time constraints, has also 

been important to the office. On account of this, every 

project is orchestrated by a senior architect responsible 

primarily for design, with a counterpart engineer 

as project manager. 

The firm has received several awards and accolades 

including the Indian Institute of Architects Award 

(2002); ar+d Commendation Award (2001); World 

Architecture Award (2001); an Indian Institute of 

Interior Designers Award (2003); the 14th JIIA Award 

for Interiors (2002); a Great Masters Award by 

J.K. Cement for Contribution to the Architectural 

Profession (2000); the Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal 

for Lifetime Achievement, from the Indian Institute of 

Architects to Hasmukh Patel (1998) and the prestigious 

Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1992). 

Environmental Planning Collaborative (EPC), a notfor-profit 

company (incorporated under section 25 of 

The Companies Act, 1956), was founded in 1996 by 

Bimal Patel to contribute to improving urban and 

regional planning in India. EPC believes that making 

planning work is crucial to improving the condition of 

our cities and regions. To this end, the organization 

works closely with governments and development 

agencies on specific planning projects, planning legislation, 

policy analysis & formulation, systems of regulation, 

training, capacity building and research & 

advocacy. B R Balachandran, an architect & urban 

planner, now leads the organization as its Executive 

Director. 

EPC’s multi-disciplinary professional team has given 

shape to a wide range of projects. These include 

organizing workshops and seminars to preparing 

urban and regional plans, developing coursework, 

designing transport systems, writing books and advocating 

causes. By building competent professionals 

and innovatively addressing real problems, EPC 

hopes to facilitate a gradual reform in laws, policies, 

institutions, systems and planning practice. 

EPC’s significant projects include a revitalization plan 

for Ahmedabad’s Walled City; a Development Plan for 

Gandhi-nagar; a Development Plan and Town Planning 

Schemes for Bhuj, Kachchh, after the 2001 earthquake; 

planning for the better ecological development 

of the Kachchh Region and most recently, reformulating 

Delhi’s building bye-laws, a landmark project in 

urban reform. 

In 2003, the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in 

Urban Design and Planning was awarded to EPC for 

the Sabarmati River Front Development Project in 

Ahmedabad. The 1998 UNCHS Global 100 Best 

Practices Award commended EPC for its revitalization 

plan for Surat’s inner city. 

EPC Development Planning and Management Pvt. 

Ltd. (EPCDPM) was incorporated in 2002. It is a consultancy 

whose objective is to demonstrate what a 

professional private sector planning company in 

India can be. Such demonstration is necessary and 

crucial for two reasons. First, private sector capacity 

to deliver urban and regional planning services is 

severely underdeveloped in India, since traditionally 

government has done in-house planning for everything. 

Second, Indian cities are changing and 

rapidly expanding and there is an urgent need for 

high-quality urban planning services to make them 

more livable and efficient. 

While EPCDPM shares with EPC a common beginning 

and the same vision to improve the way urban 

planning and urban management are done in India, 

it differs in the fact that it is essentially a consultancy. 

The company focuses squarely on mandated 

planning assignments. These include preparing 

urban development plans, micro-level land reconstitution 

and infrastructure development plans 

(Town Planning Schemes) and the production of 

highly accurate topographical surveys. Shirley 

Ballaney, an architect & urban planner, leads 

EPCDPM as its Executive Director. She was 

recently awarded a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship 

and invited to attend the Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology’s one-year Special Program for Urban 

and Regional Studies (SPURS) in 2005-06. 

EPCDPM’s significant projects include a Listing 

and Grading of Heritage Buildings and Precincts 

in Greater Mumbai (western suburbs); Town 

Planning Schemes for Ahmedabad; a 

Comprehensive Development Plan for Tirupati in 

Andhra Pradesh and Sub-Regional Plans for two 

districts of Gujarat. 

Geographis grew from the need for accurate and 

informative analytical maps for planning, from the 

cartographic capacities developed during the 

course of EPC’s work and from a local software 

development company’s need for domain knowledge. 

The company is led by Shetal Shah, who 

holds degrees in Mathematics and Statistics. 

The company’s mission is to continually improve 

cartographic practices in urban and regional planning 

and to develop geographic information systems 

as a powerful tool to support decision making 

in government and businesses. Geographis’s 

work includes survey, development, training, digital 

mapping, the development of GIS based decision 

and support systems and geographic database 

management. 

Significant projects undertaken at Geographis 

include the development of an outline building 

plan permission system for the Municipal 

Corporations of Ahmedabad and Rajkot; a GIS 

based business intelligence system for Mother 

Dairy (Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing 

Federation); a Ground Control Point Library for 

the Indian Space Research Organi-zation (ISRO); 

highly accurate base maps for tsunami affected 

towns, prepared for the Inter-national City 

Management Association (ICMA), USA and a 

Disaster Reconstruction Atlas, prepared for the 

US-Asia Environmental Partnership at USAID. 

The company won a Best Paper Award for its 

presentation on systems of cartographic analysis 

at Map India, 2003. 

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Regional Planning 

7 Alang-Manar-Bharpara Sub-Regional 

Plan 

EPCDPM, 1999 

The sub-region was one of the ten areas for which 

the Government of Gujarat required development 

strategies appropriate to conserving its coastal ecosystem. 

With an area of about 4,000 sq km, it covers 

5 talukas and has a population of 1.2 million. The 

region's economy depends upon ship breaking at 

Alang. The plan assessed the region's ecology, general 

development and infrastructure needs, opportunities 

to diversify its economic base and its development 

constraints. It then proposed specific development 

projects, appropriate regional development policy, 

implementation strategies and development legislation. 

10-11 Padra-Jambusar, Sub Regional Plan, 

Gujarat 

EPCDPM, 2001 

The focus of the Sub Regional Plan is a huge industrial 

estate being proposed by the GIDC at Padra 

and the existing industrial activities along the 

Golden Corridor in the Sub region. The region is 

already saturated with industrial activity that has 

affected the ambient air quality, caused 

contamination of ground and surface water and degradation 

of land. The total area of the sub region is 

3400 sq km, it includes 5 talukas and has a population 

of about 1.9 million. The development strategy 

for the region is aimed at strengthening and promoting 

new industrial activity in a 

sustainable manner and suggests measures to pre- 

8-9 Kachchh Ecology Fund 

EPC, 2004 

Kachchh's fragile ecology is susceptible to natural 

disasters, most recently an earthquake in 2001. 

Supported by the Royal Netherlands Embassy, New 

Delhi, and United Nations Development Programme 

and managed and implemented by EPC this Fund's 

objective was to support planning for long term 

drought proofing and development of Kachchh 

District, Gujarat. In the first phase, a number of 

development proposals were generated through a 

public consultative 

process. Analytical methods were also developed to 

assist with drought proofing villages. In the second 

phase, action plans for five critical sectors (water, 

agriculture, animal 

husbandry, grasslands and institutions) were prepared 

for the district. In the spirit of the 73rd and 74th 

Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992, the plan was 

aimed at 

demonstrating how comprehensive planning can be 

undertaken at the district level. 

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Statutory City Planning 

13 AUDA Development Plan, Ahmedabad 

EPC, 2000 

EPC assisted the Ahmedabad Urban Development 

Authority (AUDA) in revamping the Draft Development 

Plan covering 1200 sq kms prepared by it in 1998. 

The plan comprised proposals for growth management, 

broad land-use zoning, design of the major road 

network and infrastructure and definition of building 

regulations. The plan made a major shift from tradition; 

land acquisition and reservations mechanisms 

were abandoned, road network and building regulations 

were rationalized and use of computerized mapping 

was introduced. 

14 Manori-Gorai Development Plan, 

MMRDA 

EPCDPM, Ongoing 

Manori-Gorai-Uttan area, a naturally picturesque and 

ecologically sensitive promontory off the Arabian Sea, 

is to be developed as a Recreation and Tourism 

Development Zone. The area covers 42 sq km and 

includes eight villages. EPCDPM has been commissioned 

by the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional 

Development Authority (MMRDA) to prepare a statutory 

Development Plan, keeping in view the ecologically 

sensitive context. 

15 Development Plan for Gandhinagar 

EPC, 2002 

16-17 Structure Plan for TUDA Region and 

Master Plan for Tirupati Town, Andhra Pradesh 

EPCDPM, 2004 

The Tirupati Urban Development Authority commissioned 

EPCDPM for developing the Statutory Master 

Plan for Tirupati region a 900 sq km area. The temple 

town of Tirupati attracts 55,000 pilgrims a day. The plan 

for the region provided a framework to regulate and 

guide urban growth. The Plan also included a regional 

road network, strategies for conserving the regions 

threatened network of water channels and lakes and, 

proposals for tourism development. The more detailed 

plan for the town addressed issues such as 

decongestion of the central core and heritage protection. 

18-19 Town Planning Schemes, Ahmedabad 

EPC and EPCDPM, Ongoing 

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has commissioned 

EPC and EPCDPM to prepare various town planning 

schemes for Ahmedabad. Town Planning Schemes (detailed 

planning exercises) address issues such as land 

reconstitution, collection of charges for infrastructure 

provision, appropriation of land for infrastructure and 

social facilities and cadastral mapping. All of these are 

undertaken in legally prescribed manner. EPC and 

EPCDPM have managed to introduce innovations in the 

process to expand the range of issues addressed 

through these otherwise mechanistic land reconstitution 

exercises. 

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Gandhinagar was planned in the 1970s. Inspired by 

Chandigarh, it remained an insular urban enclave until 

the late 1990s when the Government constituted the 

Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority (GUDA) to 

plan and manage development in a 400 sq km area. 

In 1999, GUDA commissioned EPC to prepare the 

area's first Statutory Development Plan. EPC introduced 

a progressive approach to land use zoning and 

development controls regulations by incorporating a 

range of zones differentiated by the nature of use, 

density and urban design. A comprehensive 

Development Strategy with project identification, cost 

estimates and a cash flow analysis, was also prepared. 

20-21 Urban Design and Development Plan for 

Koba Knowledge City, GUDA 

EPCDPM, Ongoing 

The Government of Gujarat is creating a special zone to 

attract IT/ ITES/ Business units in the area around the 

villages of Koba, Raysan and Randesan along the 

Ahmedabad- Gandhi-nagar Highway. The zone will be 

built to international standards, supported by state of the 

art high capacity infrastructure and an aesthetically 

appealing urban environment. The total area under con- 

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Urban Renewal Planning 

23-25 Walled City Revitalization Plan, 

Ahmedabad 

EPC, 1997 

Ahmedabad's historic core covers an area of 5.8 sq 

km and houses over 400,000 people. Consequently, 

the walled city's infrastructure is severely stressed. It 

remains rich in architectural and cultural heritage, and 

is a prime tourist destination. Supported by the Indo- 

USAID FIRE Project, EPC prepared a revitalization 

plan for the Walled City in collaboration with 

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The plan's comprehensive 

approach to urban renewal addressed 

road networking, public transport, water supply, sewerage, 

solid waste management, heritage conservation, 

land deve-lopment, development controls and municipal 

asset management, to be implemented largely 

through public private partnerships. Since then, several 

key components such as reforms in development 

control, road network improvements and heritage initiatives 

have received attention. This plan is significant 

for having paved the way for several systemic 

improvements that EPC has since advocated in urban 

planning. It was short listed by the UN-Dubai Habitat 

Award as one of its “Global Hundred Best Practices.” 

28-29 Town Planning Schemes, Bhuj 

EPC, 2004 

During EPC's work on the Bhuj Development Plan, the 

Government of Gujarat decided that the city's historic 

core required detailed planning and design. Bhuj's 

densely compacted walled city covered just over a 

square kilometre, with over 12,000 plots of land and 

over 24,000 properties. It had very narrow streets, cul 

de sacs and bottlenecks which became death traps in 

the earthquake. The old city was to be rebuilt safer, 

with wider streets and public spaces, for which EPC 

proposed a Town Planning Scheme, a land pooling 

mechanism otherwise used in Gujarat to reorganize 

agricultural land at the urban periphery to create 

public infrastructure and well planned private lots. For 

two years, EPC's planners consulted with stakeholders 

and undertook meticulous cadastral surveys 

and planning. The plan's implementation has transformed 

the old city, making it safer, with wider, continuous 

streets and new, safer housing. 

26-27 Surat Inner City Revitalization Plan 

EPC, 1998 

This plan to revitalize the inner city of Surat followed 

on the footsteps of EPC's plan for reviving 

Ahmedabad's walled city. Surat's infrastructure, similarly 

taxed by urban congestion, called for a planning 

process that would intensely involve both municipal 

officials and elected representatives from the inner 

city. As comprehensive and integrated in its scope as 

Ahmedabad's walled city revitalization plan, this set 

of projects looked additionally at building institutional 

capacity for integrated utilities management and proposed 

special projects, including river front development, 

redeveloping the historic fort & its environs and 

redeveloping Gopi Talav, a derelict manmade lake. 

Packaged as a compendium of projects, the plan pro- 

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Planning Legislation 

31 Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 

(Amendment) Bill and 

New Building Bye-laws for Delhi 

EPC, 2005 

The project's objective was to improve Delhi's 

severely stressed building regulation system by significantly 

revising and improving the legislation in the 

Delhi Municipal Corp-oration (DMC) Act, 1957 that 

enables building regulations, and by framing new procedures 

& building performance byelaws. In the first 

phase, a Policy Agenda and Legislative Intentions 

paper was prepared, following a series of deliberative 

meetings with a wide variety of regulatory agencies. 

In the project's second phase, a new chapter was written 

to replace provisions in the DMC Act for building 

regulation, restructured simpler in ways that clearly 

distinguished between procedure, building performance 

and planning byelaws. This exercise represents 

a radical departure from legislative and regulatory 

tradition. The new approach invests far greater 

ethical responsibility in professionals, along with commensurate 

power, autonomy and privilege. EPC is 

currently assisting the Municipal Corporation of Delhi 

to monitor and guide consultants in preparing five 

model Local Area Plans and area specific building 

regulations. 

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Regulation System 

EPC, 2004 

EPC was entrusted with reviewing the development 

regulation system in Gujarat. The project involved proposing 

a broad framework for a new development 

regulation system. This was funded by the Asian 

Development Bank (ADB) and administered by the 

Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority 

(GSDMA) in Gujarat, under the project ‘Capacity 

Building for Earthquake Rehabilitation & 

Reconstruction.’ Selecting Ahmedabad as a case 

study, EPC undertook a detailed exercise to document 

rationales/principles for regulations and reformulated 

the city's regulations based on modern planning, 

economic, and urban design theory. 

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Development Regulation in Gujarat 

EPC, 2006 

Gujarat's system of development regulation is perceived 

as being opaque, unfair, complicated, and 

costly, resulting in low compliance. The objective of 

this project is to improve the quality of the built environment 

by improving the system of regulating development 

by means of modern legislative and administrative 

reforms. It focuses on reducing hindrances in 

procedures to make them efficient, speedy, transparent, 

non arbitrary & fair and on upholding the fundamental 

premise, which is to protect public safety and 

the environment. The project has been jointly funded 

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Waterfronts 

35-39 Sabarmati Riverfront Development, 

Ahmedabad, 

EPC-HCPDPM, Ongoing 

In 1997, the Sabarmati Riverfront Development 

Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of the 

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation) commissioned 

EPC to prepare a comprehensive feasibility study to 

develop a 9 km stretch of the city's riverfront. EPC 

provided development management services to 

SRFDCL until 2002. During this period its mandate 

was to direct and monitor all the preparatory work. 

Since then HCPDPM has been responsible for the 

project's architectural, urban and structural design. 

The riverfront project is a comprehensive environmental 

improvement project which involves river training, 

constructing retaining walls, providing storm water 

outfalls, ghats and jetties, reclaiming 162 hectares of 

land, providing interceptor sewers, creating parks and 

gardens, designing new streets & promenades with 

better street lighting, providing housing for economically 

weaker sections and informal markets and constructing 

utility buildings & structures. 

44-45 Marine Drive Refurbishment, Mumbai, 

Competition Entry, HCPDPM, 2004 

The MMRDA invited competition entries to propose 

measures to refurbish approximately 3.3 km of Marine 

Drive, Mumbai's most iconic stretch of road along the 

Arabian Sea. The proposed design articulated an elegant 

and efficient street layout as the basis for good 

waterfront circulation, sufficiently nuanced to accommodate 

all its diverse uses and provided specific solutions 

to improve and facilitate fast moving traffic, traffic 

intersections, vehicular and pedestrian access, 

parking, design new & efficient bus bays and taxi parking, 

organized hawking, tree cover, facilities for promenading 

and exercising and promote an awareness of 

the waterfront's heritage. 

40-43 Kankaria Lakefront Redevelopment, 

Ahmedabad, 

Proposal, 

HCPDPM, Ongoing 

This proposal by HCPDPM envisions a comprehensive 

lakefront precinct, set in the heart of Ahmedabad, 

which will stand out as a memorable urban space. Its 

primary objective is to create an efficient, durable 

infrastructure that will foster entirely new uses in addition 

to supporting current day activities. Strategies 

include creating large pedestrian zones along the 

lake's edge, developing approximately 6 km of access 

streets, creating access points to the lakefront, 

enhancing recreational potential by improving public 

facilities, conserving historic buildings and encouraging 

overall development around it. The plan emphasizes 

on good design detailing for sidewalks, carriageways 

and on street parking, facilities for the informal 

sector and access ramps to the lake's ghats. 

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Streets 

46-47 Integrated Street Redevelopment Project, 

Ahmedabad 


This project under the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 

uses an integrated approach to developing approximately 

140 km of streets in the city. Streets are being 

designed in a standardized way that would make construction 

simple and efficient. The project is significant for 

its attempt to promote humane design detailing that 

would be sensitive to the concerns of pedestrians, especially 

the disabled. The project aims to accommodate 

public transport, organize traffic and to better orient 

pedestrians. Street facilities will include on street parking, 

underground infrastructure, plantation, controlled 

informal activities, garbage collection, street signage, 

lighting & traffic signals and traffic calming measures. 

48-49 C.G. Road Redevelopment, Ahmedabad 

EPC, 1997 

The design for a stretch of approximately 3.5 km of C.G. 

Road in Ahmedabad addressed issues of vehicular movement, 

shopping, residential access, electric & telephone 

cabling and parking. Its objective was to resolve conflicts 

in street use in the most efficient manner possible, 

through careful detailing. Detailed design inputs included 

providing parking for 400 cars and 1,200 scooters, a 22 ft 

wide two lane carriage way on both sides of the road 

median, a 17.5 ft wide pedestrian footpath and street 

utilities. The project's significance lies not only in its 

design but also the development of a new financing 

mechanism to implement it and in its intensive project 

and construction management. 

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Underpasses 

51 Parimal Underpass, Ahmedabad, 

Proposal 

HCPDPM, 2006 

The proposal for a Railway underpass at Parimal 

Crossing, one of Ahmedabad's busiest traffic arteries, 

was intended to help ease the flow of road traffic. The 

underpass was slated to be 355 m long, 17.5 m wide 

and 4.5 m high. It is proposed with a four lane motorized 

carriageway flanked on either side by a single 

pedestrian lane that could accommodate bicycles as 

well. This pedestrian lane is designed such that users 

would be required to descend only 2.4 m. It was proposed 

that the underpass be constructed in exposed 

reinforced cement concrete, with paver blocks for 

pedestrian lanes. It would feature concealed light fixtures, 

and mild steel railings along pedestrian lanes. 

54-55 Rajkot Municipal Corporation Underpass, 

Rajkot 


Kalavad Road in Rajkot is a commercial and institutional 

artery which leads to the city's centre. In 2002, 

RMC proposed a railway underpass to alleviate 

road traffic. HCPDPM provided detailed design services 

for a 550 m long and approximately 20 m wide 

underpass, clearly segregating motorized from nonmotorized 

traffic. The four lane RCC main carriageway 

is flanked by two elevated lanes for non motorized 

traffic and street lighting. This unique concept of an 

elevated lane for non motorized traffic does away 

with carts, cyclists, and pedestrians having to 

descend 6 m to the motorized surface. 

52-53 Indian Institute of Management, 

Underpass to New Campus, Ahmedabad 


This underpass, approximately 270 ft long and built in 

exposed concrete, connects the older campus of IIMA, 

designed by Louis Kahn, with the new campus, proposed 

by HCPDPM (under a national competition in 

2004). Both campuses are separated by a 132 ft wide 

ring road, which is likely to develop in future as a 

major high speed traffic artery. Apart from providing 

pedestrian access, the underpass also features stateof-the-art 

large capacity lifts to facilitate the movement 

of small goods. The underpass is designed as an 

attempt to make the movement path more interactive 

and almost like an experience in itself. It is projected 

as a subtle transition from one space to another and 

not just a movement path.

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Parks and Gardens 

57 Redeveloping B.J. Park, Ahmedabad 


Bhikhabhai Jivabhai Park is a municipal garden which 

stretches along the western bank of the river Sabarmati 

between Nehru Bridge and Ellis Bridge. HCPDPM 

worked with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to 

redesign the park and supervise its execution. The challenge 

in this instance was to retain the central promenade's 

structure and preserve select elements. The 

new design made the park more visible and accessible 

to the handicapped. Facilities include fountains & 

lawns, an art gallery, new benches and walking tracks. 

58-59 Refurbishing the Golconda-Qutb Shahi 

Tombs, Hyderabad, Proposal 

EPC, 2000 

The Andhra Pradesh Travel and Tourism Development 

Corporation (APTTDC) approached EPC for a plan to 

upgrade infrastructure and facilities at the 16th Century 

fortress of Golconda in Hyderabad, continually occupied 

for more than 450 years, and its nearby complex 

of royal Qutb Shahi tombs. The plan proposed building 

consensus between multiple administrative authorities, 

restructuring the complex's administrative boundaries, 

sensitively redesigning public facilities, adaptively using 

select historic buildings, removing obtrusive objects 

and architectural features, and interpreting the site 

better for visitors. No restorative measures were proposed 

for historic buildings because they were seen to 

require specialist attention. 

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Educational Campuses 

61-63 Entrepreneurship Development Institute, 

Ahmedabad, 


The Entrepreneurship Development Institute is an 

autonomous, not-for-profit institution, established in 

1983. Based on the idea that entrepreneurial talent 

need not be inherent but can be nurtured through innovative 

training, the institute is devoted to provide specialized 

entrepreneurship education, training & 

research, consultancy services and quality teaching & 

training material to approximately 110 postgraduate 

students each year. The design for the EDI campus 

was the focus of a national competition, and called for 

an innovative design brief to evoke a combined sense 

of modernity and tradition. The campus covers 23 

acres, with 6,000 sq m built up area. Buildings are 

designed in exposed brick, exposed concrete and steel. 

The Academic Facilities include 4 classrooms, 4 seminar 

rooms, a 250-seat auditorium, a library (for 30,000 

books), administrative facilities and a board room. 

Additional facilities provided are a café, hostels with 90 

rooms for 2 students each and 10 dormitories; and 

faculty housing with 6 row houses and 6 flats. The 

campus won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 

1992. 

64-67 Indian Institute of Management, 

New Campus, Ahmedabad, 


Under a national competition HCPDPM was awarded the 

project for the design of an extension to Louis Kahn's 

IIMA, an institute of international repute devoted to management 

education. The 39-acre campus houses an 

International Management Centre and accommodates 

additional hostels for an expanded postgraduate program 

in management. The new extension campus provides 

teaching & residential facilities for the Institute's 

postgraduate programme, an International Management 

Centre for Innovation & Incubation and sports facilities. 

Other facilities include 9 dormitories for 340 students; 

an academic block with 5 classrooms and seminar 

rooms; administrative facilities; IMDC Hostels; 20 blocks 

for married students; 6 VIP suites; a sports complex; 

kitchen & dining facilities; a CIIE Block and 100 

guestrooms. Disability access has been provided to all 

public areas. The new campus' buildings have been 

68-71 Ahmedabad Management Association, 

Ahmedabad, 


The Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) is a 

not-for-profit organization of over 400 industries in the 

city. HCPDPM was appointed to design a new building 

that would house the Association's various activities in 

a carpet area of 2,510 sq m. The building is built in reinforced 

concrete, the frames of its fenestration are in 

mild steel and the entire exterior is treated with silicon 

based fungal repellant against weathering. The building's 

programme consists of a ground floor given to 

classrooms and a bookshop and an upper floor housing 

a 250 seat auditorium, a library and an exhibition 

space. The AMA building won the World Architecture 

Award in 2001 and an ar+d High Commendation the 

same year. 

72-73 Eklavya School, Ahmedabad 


Eklavya Education Foundation is a trust established in 

1997 in Ahmedabad. It is a nursery to class XII, coeducational, 

English medium day school, devoted to the 

all round development of approximately 1,000 students. 

Eklavya's campus covers 35 acres in the outskirts of 

Ahmedabad, with 6 buildings covering a total built up 

area of 12,000 sq m. Facilities have been designed for 

schools at preprimary, junior, middle and senior levels, 

including a middle school computer laboratory, science 

laboratories from junior to senior school levels, libraries, 

a science park, gymnasium and an institute for teachers' 

training. A range of building materials and finishes 

has been used, including exposed concrete, plastered 

brick, exterior heritage finishing for the walls and a mix 

of aluminum & mild steel fenestrations. 

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Laboratories 

75 Narotam Sekhsaria School of 

Biotechnology, Mumbai 


HCPDPM has been commissioned by “Narotam 

Sekhsaria Foundation” to design a school building for 

Biotechnology in the existing campus of ICT- Mumbai. 

Conceptualized as a ten storeyed structure, the block 

is ‘L’ shaped with two functionally symmetrical wings 

tied together by a central core consisting of an atrium 

which rises through the height of the building. The 

building houses four departments, namely: Oil & 

Surfactant, Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, 

Biotechnology and Food Engineering & Technology for 

undergraduate, post graduate and research students. 

The utilities and services required for the laboratories 

have been carefully detailed and seamlessly integrated 

with the structural system. 

76-77 Cadila R & D, Changodar, Gujarat 


This is a research campus located in Changodar, 

Gujarat, designed for Cadila Healthcare Ltd, a leading 

pharmaceutical company with its headquarters in 

Ahmedabad. The campus spread on a 40,000 sq m 

site, was designed to cover a built up area of 11,650 sq 

m. The design, in exposed cement concrete, is dominated 

by an axial building with thirteen equal bays over 

3 floors. The spaces are organized along the campus' 

central corridor, housing laboratories devoted to pharmacology, 

biotechnology, medicinal chemistry and 

analytical research. Supportive facilities include administration 

offices, an auditorium, meeting & conference 

rooms, an animal house, radioactive laboratories, canteen, 

utility block and pilot plant. 

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Law Courts 

79-81 Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad 


The 6-storeyed Gujarat High Court Complex located on 

Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, sits on a 55,000 sq m 

site. The Main Court building features 33 courtrooms, 

of which 32 are identical with 50 seats each and one 

with 200 seats for the First Court. Each courtroom is 

connected to a judge's chamber, anteroom and a personal 

assistant's office. Separate entrances to courtrooms 

provide judges with exclusive access. In addition 

to this, the courts feature offices for key administrative 

personnel, judges' lounge, committee rooms, a 

library, eighteen additional chambers, computer centre, 

space for Gujarat Government offices and staff, a 

bank & post office, offices for the Bar Council and Bar 

Association and chambers for advocates. The campus 

has total five entrances: two ceremonial, one for 

the use of judges and two for general use. All buildings 

are built in concrete with plastered walls and face large 

gardens. 

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Museums 

83 Museum of Pharmacology, SEZ Zydus 

Cadila Healthcare, Ahmedabad, 


Zydus Cadila, a major pharmaceutical company, has 

awarded HCPDPM a project to design a new international 

museum of medicine for its pharmaceutical 

Special Economic Zone in Ahmedabad. The museum 

aims to trace the history of medicine, from ancient practices 

to the present; spanning Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, 

Unani and up to the latest developments in genetic 

research. The museum occupying the SEZ's entire 

frontage of 400 m is expected to be a modernistic 

structure built in exposed concrete and glass. The 

museum will feature several exhibition spaces and galleries, 

with optimum use of natural light, and large landscaped 

courtyards. 

84-85 SMC Science Centre, Museum and 

Art Gallery, Surat 


Surat Municipal Corporation invited competition entries 

in 2004 to design a science centre, museum and art 

gallery that would explain the history, geography, culture 

and technology of science to Surat's public. 

HCPDPM's proposal for the design is a complex of 

three buildings: a science centre, a museum and an art 

gallery. The Science Centre accommodates shops, 

exhibition areas, restaurant & cafeteria, a 250 seat 

auditorium and a mild steel biosphere, clad in stainless 

steel, houses a planetarium which can also be used for 

extreme wide projections and other enhanced multimedia 

shows for approximately 150 viewers. The Centre 

features spider glazing and stone cladding. The 

museum and art gallery, although two separate buildings, 

provide similar facilities: an exhibition area 

for art materials, models & other objects and parking & 

storage space in a basement common to all buildings. 

Each structure will be constructed using exposed reinforced 

concrete interspersed with steel structures. The 

external surface is proposed as fair finish concrete 

coated with protective silicone to deter weathering. The 

interiors have internal partitions made of calcinated 

phosphogypsum (QED), a variety of stone floorings 

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Industrial Complexes 

87 Core Emballage Factory, 

Radu Village, Gujarat 


Core Emballage Ltd. is a corrugated paper product 

manufacturing company in Ahmedabad. Core commissioned 

HCPDPM to design a 45,000 sq m manufacturing 

facility for the company at Radu. Its triangular site 

is bound by a district highway on one side and natural 

water canals on two other sides. The designed structure 

of the plant building is composed of 36 m and 29 

m span steel portal frames, hollow concrete block 

masonry walls and precoated steel sheet roofing. 

Facilities include a water tank, DG house, fuel tanks, 

service verandah, pipe rack, loading/unloading bays, 

utilities, glue kitchen, raw material store, Peter's corrugator, 

inter-mediate storage, Martin box making and 

printing, a finished goods store, utility complex and 

guesthouse. The building design theme concentrates 

on letting in ample natural light and the use of bright 

primary colours as accents to structural elements. The 

project's significance lies in the manner in which design 

detailing was conceptualized and synchronized to efficiently 

sequence all construction activity in the course 

of a fast paced project. 

88-89 Claris Lifesciences, Ahmedabad 


Claris Lifesciences Ltd., a leading pharmaceutical 

manufacturing company in the country, headquartered 

in Ahmedabad, commissioned HCPDPM to 

design approximately 16,000 sq m of production facilities 

for them at Changodar. The buildings included a 

main plant building, a utility block, admi-nistrative areas 

and an animal house. The complex features sophisticated 

utility services, including loading/unloading bays, 

a canteen and an effluent treatment plant, with scope 

for future expansion. Facilities in the main plant building 

include prefabricated clean rooms for actual production 

facilities, pre and post sterilization areas, storage, 

packing & goods areas, a weighbridge, boiler 

room, RO and DM plant, softening plant, substation, 

dockyards, FO-HSD tank farm, an administrative building, 

and a canteen. A key technological innovation has 

been to integrate services and utilities into the structural 

depth of roof spans to reduce their height and 

90-91 KHS Machinery, Ahmedabad, 


HCPDPM's bottling production plant building for KHS 

Machinery covers 18,750 sq m. The facility is notable 

for its inverted sheet roofing, clear span and length. 

The plant's four sheds span 27 m by 120 m. Its trusses, 

which span 26 m, are notable for the fact that they 

appear above the roof, not below it, in order to obtain a 

clean undersurface to the roof and avoid a false ceiling. 

A gantry with a capacity of 20 tons runs along the 

entire clear span to make the production area flexible. 

The plant's facilities include production areas, utility 

blocks, stores for raw material, canteens, paint shop, a 

training centre, administrative offices and change/toilet 

areas. 

92 Mother Dairy, GCMMF, Gandhinagar 


This is a fully automated, 18,000 sq m, computerized 

dairy built for GCMMF Ltd, having a production capacity 

of 10,00,000 litres per day. Adjoining this dairy are 

milk powder and butter plants in addition to cheese 

production facilities. The dairy includes a separate unit 

for workers' amenities, designed for an efficient, working 

environment. Facilities in the dairy include milk processing, 

nine storage silos and administrative offices & 

staff quarters. The factory and administrative building 

are planned around a central landscaped courtyard, 

with access at all levels and areas. The entire facility is 

well lit with natural light from skylights and windows. 

93 Arvind Mills Garment Factory, 

Santej Village, Gujarat, HCPDPM, Ongoing 

The Arvind Mills Pvt Ltd appointed HCPDPM to design 

a widespan production unit for their garment manufacturing 

factory. On a site of 50,300 sq m, the project 

brief called for approximately 9,600 sq m of facilities 

including stores for fabrics, cutting sections, an 

embroidery area, utility area for a boiler, DG set, and 

transformer, a canteen, packing areas, warehouses, 

administrative & production offices, a change/toilet 

area, lockers and a spacious courtyard inside. The factory's 

roof structure is designed as a self supporting 

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Commercial Real Estate 

95 City Centre for Ahmedabad, Proposal 


This proposal for a City Centre for Ahmedabad was 

HCPDPM's design entry to a competition organized by 

Alpha Buildtech Pvt Ltd, New Delhi. The centre is 

planned on a 15-acre site, with a built area of 100,000 

sq m. HCPDPM proposed constructing a 25-storey 

tower, built of exposed concrete housing offices, hotels 

and a shopping mall. 

96 JMC House, Ahmedabad 


JMC House was the first speculative building venture 

by JMC Projects India Ltd, a leading construction and 

engineering firm. The designed building is a fully serviced 

structure with a built up area of 6,200 sq m, providing 

flexible office space on each floor to address 

modern day computer networking needs. Its design 

conforms to local building bye-laws without succumbing 

to their inherent limitations and has been extremely 

well detailed, leaving no room for poor supervision or 

substandard construction. Air conditioning units do not 

mar its facade. Saleable space has been sychro-nized 

with the building's sale strategy, whereby, generic office 

layouts have been used to determine the position of 

columns in the building, and flat slabs do away with 

RCC beams. The building has become a model for fire 

safety in high rise buildings in Ahmedabad. 

97 Sarthik II, Ahmedabad 


Safal Engineers and associates commissioned 

HCPDPM to design the commercial complex on a plot 

situated on fast developing Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway. 

The complex covers a built-up area of 11,500 sq 

m. Ground and first floor comprise of shops and showrooms 

which face the main road. The upper three 

floors are dedicated to office spaces of varying sizes 

and are accessed through an independent entry from 

the side road. The front facade is fully glazed with double 

glazed units incorporating adjustable louvers 

between the glasses. This helps modulate the natural 

light, control the direct sun and minimize dust and 

98 Vishwa Banga Shikhar, Kolkata, 

Competetion Entry 


This was a competition entry for Bengal Ambuja 

Housing Development Ltd, to design a mixed use complex 

in Kolkata (the Vishwa Banga Shikhar), with 

approximately 135,000 sq m built up area. The proposed 

complex features two towers (50 and 35 stories 

tall) with residential and hotel facilities, a shopping 

mall, convention centre, club house, office block and 

car parking. Buildings were proposed to feature 

exposed finishes and external cladding. 

99 Sarthik IV, 'Safal Mondeal', Proposal, 

Ahmedabad 


This proposal of a commercial-cum-office complex, 

having a total built up area of 34,567 sq m, comprises 

of two structures separated by soft landscape. This 

included a commercial building & an office building, 

with common multi level mechanized basement parking. 

The commercial block houses sixteen shops distributed 

on the ground and first floors, and has space 

for eleven offices (one per floor) spread on ten additional 

floors. The office block has exclusive office space 

on all floors. The proposed finishes are exposed brick 

and exposed concrete. The other highlighted features 

include full length glazing and louvers on the building's 

southern facade. 

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Corporate Offices 

101-103 Cadila Pharmaceuticals Corporate 

Headquarters, Bhat, Gujarat 


Cadila Pharmaceuticals, one of India's foremost pharmaceutical 

manufacturing companies, asked HCPDPM 

to provide design consultancy for their corporate campus 

at Bhat, near Dholka, Gujarat. The campus is 

spread over approximately 5 acres and with a total 

built up area of approximately 80,000 sq ft, housing 

office blocks, a guest house, training centre, canteen 

and directors' offices. It is divided into two clusters. The 

office cluster comprises of six buildings designed radially 

in the form of a fan from a centrally located pond. 

The second cluster of buildings includes a training centre, 

a canteen, a 35-room guesthouse, sports facilities 

and a meditation room. 

106-107 Chennai Container Terminal Operations 

Centre, Chennai 


HCPDPM partnered with Babtie Consultants India Pvt. 

Ltd. to design an Operations Centre for the Chennai 

Container Terminal, run by P&P Ports India Ltd. The 

building occupies a built up area of 2,500 sq m. Its 

facade faces a panoramic view of the terminal's port 

operations, and is sheathed continuously in a skin of 

glass, making it transparent from one side. The building's 

facilities include administrative offices, a training 

hall and utility rooms. The top floor consists of the control 

tower for the operation centre. 

104-105 Wagh Bakri House, Ahmedabad 


Wagh Bakri are well known tea blenders of 

Ahmedabad. The company, which till now operated 

from disparate offices, commissioned HCPDPM to 

design its headquarters that would consolidate all its 

operations in a single building. The structure occupies 

a built up area of 3,400 sq m and measures 36m in 

length and 8m in width. It is oriented so that its main 

glass facade faces north. Facilities include cabins for 

directors, managers and support staff, reception/waiting 

rooms and meeting rooms on all floors, a 

board room and a lunch room with pantry. Services 

include an AHU, elevators, electric room, restrooms 

and storeroom. The building also features two levels of 

basement parking. 

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Townships 

109 P&O Township, Mundra, Kachchh 


P&O Ports (India) Pvt. Ltd. required a 990-unit township 

for 6,000 people with a total built up area of 

45,000 sq m, to complement its container terminal in 

Mundra, Kachchh. The township was required to be 

functional in two years. The company appointed 

HCPDPM to design residential units and a range of 

facilities on a modular grid, serviced by two axial roads. 

Residential units include three types of apartments, two 

types of bungalows, a club house, playgrounds, shopping 

centre, and an exchange building. The township 

runs its own plants for reverse osmosis water treatment, 

hydro pneumatic water distribution and sewage 

treatment. 

112-113 Birla Dham Township, Kosamba, Gujarat 


The Birla Cellulosic Company manufactures viscous 

staple fibres. The architectural brief included a vast 

township covering a total built up area of 4,00,000 sq 

m. The design is organized as two distinct colonies for 

staff (approximately 27,000 sq m) and workers (approximately 

13,400 sq m). It is equipped with an independent 

supporting infrastructure, including an electric 

substation, club house and shopping centre. Facilities 

common to both colonies include a guesthouse, 

bachelors' hostels, and a swimming pool. Common 

public buildings, which occupy a built up area of 

approximately 13,500 sq m, include a school, hospital, 

bank and post office. 

110-111 Batanagar Township, Kolkata 


The Batanagar township, designed for Riverbank 

Holdings Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, is designed on the land 

surrounding the Bata Shoe Factory on the banks of 

River Hooghly. Based on an existing master plan, five 

architectural firms were asked to develop five parcels, 

all of varying sizes, function and architectural 

programme. HCPDPM designed a built up area of 

155,000 sq m, with housing around a 9-hole golf 

course at the heart of the township. Four types of villas 

and two types of luxury apartment buildings are 

arranged around a central green in different configurations 

and sizes. Facilities include a golf clubhouse, 

golf workshop, playgrounds and gathering space, and 

ponds. The access to housing is exclusively provided 

from an internal road. 

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Residences 

114-117 Ismet-Bimal Residence, Ahmedabad, 


Designed by an architect couple for their family, this 

arrangement of buildings in exposed brick and concrete 

occupies a total built up area of 604 sq m and 

includes a house built in an elongated, linear 

shape, a guesthouse separated from the main building, 

and servants' quarters. The house, which occupies a 

built up area of 430 sq m, is dominated by a deep 

verandah which runs its entire length and faces a large 

garden. The house is divided into living & dining 

areas and bedrooms, accessed from a corridor which 

also doubles as a library. Built without conventional 

windows, the house features large glass doors and 

louvered panels for ventilation. The roof over each 

space has been lifted slightly to ventilate it and let in 

natural light. 

118-121 Canna-Mukesh Residence, Ahmedabad, 


This is a three-bedroom house for an architect and her 

husband, an IT consultant. Equipped with living & dining 

areas and a library, it occupies a built up area of 

approximately 8,700 sq ft and a carpet area of 5,000 

sq ft. The house, built in exposed brick and exposed 

concrete, is a load bearing structure with flat slabs. Its 

kitchen is flexibly partitioned for it to extend into the 

dining room and vestibule. A perpendicular verandah 

projects out into an ample garden, punctuated by large 

trees which appear to envelope the building. 

Fenestrations provide considerable cross ventilation 

and a full, double height window accentuates the east 

facade. Doors and windows are of aluminum and 

glass, especially designed and die cast, with louvers to 

diffuse light and deter dust and mosquitoes. 

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Interiors - Residential 

123 Handa Poolhouse, Ahmedabad 


The building is a rugged looking concrete structure, 

designed minimally, with large openings facing an 

adjoining swimming pool. It measures 100 ft in length 

on an east-west axis, and 22 ft wide with the entry at 

one end along the north facade adjoining a garden. 

The long narrow rectangular interior space was subdivided 

internally into small compartments to accommodate 

billiards, table tennis and pool tables, as well 

as spaces for a board games area, a wet bar and a 

fully equipped home theatre. Each function with its own 

clearly demarcated space achieved a distinct design 

treatment. These design solutions ensured that the 

single architectural volume of the space would remain 

undisturbed. The overall space maintains a material 

restraint, finished entirely in metal, wood and glass. 

Refined interiors contrast with the ruggedness of 

exposed concrete ceilings, beams and fin shaped columns 

along one edge of the building. The project 

called for unusual, custom-designed furniture which 

included stands and trays for cue sticks and billiard 

balls; a custom designed carom board with low movable 

chairs, metal stands to house elaborate speakers 

and a stainless steel service trolley with accessories. 

125 Courtyard House, Ahmedabad 


The client, a jeweller and a real estate developer by 

profession, commissioned HCPDPM to design the 

architecture and interiors of his residence, having a 

built up area of 6,500 sq ft. The project is located on the 

outskirts of the city of Ahmed-abad in Gujarat, India. 

The four-bedroom house is itself a double-storied, 

exposed brick building with open plan and spaces flowing 

into one another. The project had to consider the 

design for living and dining areas, bedrooms, utility 

areas, sanitary facilities, a courtyard, prayer room, 

home theatre, and toilets. The focal point of the house 

is a central courtyard from which branch off the other 

living areas. The architecture sets the tone for the interiors. 

Large doors open out from the living area to the 

verandah. The house's interior features handcrafted 

wooden furniture, earthy colours, textiles, and reed matting 

for window blinds, and especially commissioned 

installation art. The project exem-plifies a cost effective 

solution that is suitable to sub tropical climatic conditions 

and which requires little maintenance. 

124 Suburban Townhouse, Ahmedabad 


This is a four-bedroom house in suburban Ahmedabad, 

for which Italian marble, wood furniture and specially 

commissioned art became signature strategies to 

enliven a conventional interior. Lineworks, an art consultant, 

assisted HCPDPM in commissioning four 

works of art: two as architectural elements, and two 

as installation art. The work illustrated here, a mural, 

which straddles two walls and part of the ceiling, is executed 

in fiberglass and brass. 

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Interiors - Commercial 

127 Safal Engineers and Associates, 

Ahmedabad 


Safal Engineers and Associates, a real estate firm, 

required interiors for their corporate office, with a carpet 

area of 2,200 sq ft. The client's brief specified five 

director's cabins with ancillary spaces. The challenge 

was to accommodate several visitors to the office without 

compromising on available space. The interiors 

optimize natural light and the graphic screens illustrate 

the firm's corporate branding. Facilities include an 

entrance foyer & reception, waiting area, conference 

room, directors' cabins, coordinator's cabin, an executive 

lounge, a work room, pantry, toilets, and utilities. 

128-129 Cardiac UNO, Ahmedabad 


Cardiac UNO is a cardiac rehabilitation centre supported 

by a family trust in Ahmedabad. The trust 

approached HCPDPM for its services to design the 

centre's interiors for a carpet area of 5,000 sq ft. It is 

divided into an ABVS monitored exercise area and a 

multiple use space for seminars, aerobics, yoga and 

physiotherapy. All these activities are tied together by 

an investigation corridor which leads to medical consulting 

rooms, rooms for echogram, ECG, TMT and X- 

ray examinations and wet utilities. Materials used 

include glossy black vitrified flooring to conceal electrification 

and computer cabling, acoustic fabric mounting 

for ceilings designed to relieve the structural monotony 

of beams, screen printed curtains in graphic compositions 

of herbal neem leaves for windows and patients' 

examination areas, wired translucent and transparent 

glass, textured finishes and handmade paper for corridor 

murals. Window screens are of three types; made 

with recycled wood, paper and custom made screen 

printed sheers. These screens capitalize on natural 

light and the best possible views. This project exemplifies 

the interior designer's challenge to efficiently and 

serviceably incorporate air conditioning, computer 

networking and plumbing into a building. 

130 JMC Projects India Ltd., Ahmedabad 


HCPDPM were asked to design the interior of JMC 

Projects India Limited construction company's offices in 

Ahmedabad. The interior designer's challenge in this 

instance was to internally connect two floors in an otherwise 

constrained space, without making alterations to 

the building's concrete structural frame and to reuse 

existing furniture. Four departments occupying a carpet 

area of 9,000 sq ft, spread over two floors are 

accounts, management, purchase & sales and projects. 

Facilities include office space for junior and 

senior executives, work halls, a conference room & 

meeting rooms and dining rooms for executives & staff. 

Space also had to be provided for reprographic equipment, 

wet utilities and archival storage. Interiors have 

been designed using vitrified flooring, aluminum and 

glass partitions, plywood storage units, hard wood laminate 

furniture, and a range of colours (cobalt blue) that 

complement the company's brand. 

131 Surana Jewellers Showroom, New Delhi 


The house of Surana has been a leading name in 

enameled and kundan jewellery in Rajasthan since 

1735. The Suranas asked HCPDPM to design the interiors 

to their new showroom in New Delhi. The showroom 

is located in a mixed use building, with a carpet 

area of 4,500 sq ft. The HCPDPM team included architects, 

a textile designer, graphic designer, and sculptor. 

The project's scope included developing the site, 

designing displays and technical lighting and 

logo/statio-nery design. The team chose to graphically 

abstract peacock and kundan jewellery motifs in contemporary 

manner, using these in furniture upholstery, 

carpets and on walls. 

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Cartography 

133 Post-disaster Assessment in Anjar Town, 

Kachchh, 

Geographis, 2001 

This map is part of an atlas of thematic city maps that 

were prepared by Geographis for four earthquake hit 

towns in Kachchh District, Gujarat, in 2001. The atlas 

was the product of an exercise to document and 

assess the earthquake's toll and was used to facilitate 

long term reconstruction. Field surveys were carried 

out to capture data for existing land use, the intensity 

of damage & building height and databases were generated 

to supplement these maps. 

134-135 Existing Land Use Plan, Tirupati 

Town, 

Andhra Pradesh 

EPCDPM, 2003 

EPCDPM prepared a state-of-the-art base map of 

Tirupati town, Andhra Pradesh, combining aerial photographs, 

ISKONS & IRS-ID satellite images, topography 

sheets (from the Survey if India), village revenue maps, 

block maps and road maps. The map categorized land 

uses into 14 predominant types with 25 subclassifications 

for a municipal area of 16 sq km. A computerized 

database of land use for over 500,000 land 

parcels and their sub divisions was built using GIS software. 

This map was made for preparing a Statutory 

Master Plan for Tirupati region and town. 

137 ‘Mahiti Kosh,’ a GIS Based Village Level 

Spatial Information System, 


This project dealt with developing a GIS based computerized 

programme that could generate analytical maps 

and customized information useful to villagers and community 

based organizations. The system combines different 

kinds of information to create specialized maps 

and allows users to query data to suit their individual 

needs, like, census, livestock and economic activities, 

sources of water, crop patterns, the availability of 

schools, hospitals & community facilities, physical infrastructure, 

industrial locations, government plans, NGOs 

& village stakeholders and land use. 

138-139 Contour Survey Map, Ahmedabad, 

EPCDPM Survey Unit, EPCDPM, 2006 

This topographical survey map illustrates the pattern of 

land contours for approximately 70 sq km of land flanking 

the River Sabarmati. The survey was done at a contour 

interval of 0.5 m. It was produced in order to better 

assess low lying areas around the riverfront. The survey 

was conducted by a team of twelve personnel, 

using sophisticated surveying techniques and total 

station survey equipment. Its benchmark was the city's 

height above mean sea level. 

136 Land Use Map for Tsunami Affected 

Cuddalore-Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, 


The International City Managers' Association (ICMA) 

appointed Geographis as a mapping consultant to prepare 

base maps and detailed land use maps for 

Cuddalore and Nagapattinam, two tsunami affected 

towns in Tamil Nadu, for which strategic redevelopment 

plans are being drawn up. These maps are being used 

to study current day development and infrastructure in 

the towns, and to identify projects for detailed planning 

and design. The maps extracted detailed information 

from high resolution satellite images of the area, 

delineating the position of roads, railways, rivers, bod- 

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Index 

AUDA Development Plan, Ahmedabad, EPC, 2000, Pgs 

12-13 

Alang-Manar-Bharpara Sub Regional Plan, EPCDPM, 

1999: Pgs 6-7 

Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad, 

HCPDPM, 1997: Pgs 60, 68-71 

Arvind Mills Garment Factory, Santej Village, Gujarat, 

HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 86, 93 

Batanagar Township, Kolkata, HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 

108, 110-111 

Birla Dham Township, Kosamba, Gujarat, HCPDPM, 1997: 

Pgs 108, 112-113 

C.G. Road Redevelopment, Ahmedabad, EPC 1997: Pgs 

46, 48-49 

Cadila Pharmaceuticals Corporate Headquarters, Bhat, 

Gujarat, HCPDPM, 2000: Pgs 100, 101-103 

Cadila R & D, Changodar, Gujarat, HCPDPM, 1998: Pgs 

74, 76-77 

Canna-Mukesh Residence, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2005: 

Pgs 114, 118-121 

Cardiac UNO, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2005: Pgs 126, 

128-129 

Chennai Container Terminal Operations Centre, Chennai, 


City Centre for Ahmedabad, Proposal, HCPDPM, 2005: 

Pgs 94, 95 

Claris Lifesciences, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2002: Pgs 86, 

88-89 

Contour survey map, Ahmedabad, EPCDPM Survey Unit, 

EPCDPM, 2006: Pgs 132, 138-139 

Core Emballage factory, Radu Village, Gujarat, HCPDPM, 

1996: Pgs 86-87 

Courtyard House, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2004: Pgs 122, 

125 

Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (Amendment) Bill 

and New Building Byelaws for Delhi EPC, 2005: Pgs 30-31 

Eklavya School, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2002: Pgs 60, 72- 

73 

Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Ahmedabad, 


Existing Land Use Plan, Tirupati Town, Andhra Pradesh, 

EPCDPM, 2003: Pgs 132, 134-135 

Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 1998: Pgs 78- 

81 

Handa Poolhouse, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2004: Pgs 122, 

123 

Indian Institute of Management, New Campus, 

Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 60, 64-67 

Indian Institute of Management, Underpass to New 

Campus, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2004: Pgs 50, 52-53 

Integrated Street Redevelopment Project, Ahmedabad, 

HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 46-47 

Ismet-Bimal Residence, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2003: Pgs 

114-117 

JMC House, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 1998: Pgs 94, 96 

JMC Projects India Ltd., Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2001: 

Pgs 126, 130 

Kachchh Ecology Fund, EPC, 2004: Pgs 6, 8-9 

Kankaria Lakefront Redevelopment, Ahmedabad, 

Proposal, HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 34, 40-43 

KHS Machinery, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 86, 

90-91 

Land use Map for Tsunami Affected Cuddalore- 

Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, Geographis, 2006: Pgs 132, 

136 

Legal & Administrative Framework for Development 

Regulation in Gujarat, EPC, 2006: Pgs 30, 32 

“Mahiti Kosh”, a GIS based Village Level Spatial 

Information System, Geographis, 2004: Pgs 132, 137 

Manori-Gorai Development Plan, MMRDA, EPCDPM, 

Ongoing: Pgs 12, 14 

Marine Drive Refurbishment, Mumbai, Competition Entry, 


Mother Dairy, GCMMF, Gandhinagar, HCPDPM, 1994: Pgs 

86, 92 

Museum of Pharmacology, SEZ Zydus Cadila Healthcare, 

Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 82, 83 

Narotam Sekhsaria School of Biotechnology, Mumbai, 

HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 74, 75 

P&O Township, Mundra, Kachchh, HCPDPM, 2005: Pgs 

108, 109 

Padra-Jambusar, Sub Regional Plan, Gujarat, EPCDPM, 

2001: Pgs 6, 10-11 

Parimal Underpass, Ahmedabad, Proposal, HCPDPM, 

2006: Pgs 50-51 

Post-disaster Assessment in Anjar Town, Kachchh, 

Geographis, 2001: Pgs 132-133 

Rajkot Municipal Corporation Underpass, Rajkot, 


Redeveloping B.J. Park, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 1998: Pgs 

56, 57 

Reform of Gujarat's Development Regulation System, EPC, 

2004: Pgs 30, 33 

Refurbishing the Golconda-Qutb Shahi Tombs, Hyderabad, 

Proposal, EPC, 2000: Pgs 56, 58-59 

Sabarmati Riverfront Development, Ahmedabad, EPC- 

HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 34, 35-39 

Safal Engineers and Associates, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 

2004: Pgs 126, 127 

Sarthik II, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 1998: Pgs 94, 97 

Sarthik IV, 'Safal Mondeal', Proposal, Ahmedabad, 

HCPDPM, 2005: Pgs 94, 99 

SMC Science Centre, Museum and Art Gallery, Surat, 

HCPDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 82, 84-85 

Structure Plan for TUDA Region and Master Plan for 

Tirupati Town, Andhra Pradesh, EPCDPM, 2004: Pgs 12, 

16-17 

Suburban Townhouse, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2005: Pgs 

122, 124 

Surana Jewellers Showroom, New Delhi, HCPDPM, 2003: 

Pgs 126, 131 

Surat Inner City Revitalization Plan, EPC, 1998: Pgs 22, 

26-27 

Town Planning Schemes, Ahmedabad, EPC & EPCDPM, 

Ongoing: Pgs 12, 18-19 

Town Planning Schemes, Bhuj, EPC, 2004: Pgs 22, 28-29 

Urban Design and Development Plan for Koba Knowledge 

City, GUDA, EPCDPM, Ongoing: Pgs 12, 20-21 

Vishwa Banga Shikhar, Kolkata, Competition Entry, 

HCPDPM, 2005: Pgs 94, 98 

Wagh Bakri House, Ahmedabad, HCPDPM, 2006: Pgs 100, 

104-105 

Walled City Revitalization Plan, Ahmedabad, EPC, 

1997: Pgs 22, 23-25 

Development Plan for Gandhinagar, EPC, 2002: Pgs 12, 

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Correspondence Address: 

Paritosh, Usmanpura, 

Ahmedabad-380013, Gujarat, India 

HCP Design & Project Management Pvt. Ltd. 

Ph: +91 79 27550875, 27552563, 27552442 

Fax: +91 79 27552924 

web: www.hcp.co.in 

email: hcpahd@hcp.co.in 

Environmental Planning Collaborative 

Ph: +91 79 27550102, 27553069 

Fax: +91 79 27550649, 27552924 

email: epcdpm@epconnet.com 

EPC Development Planning and Management Pvt. 

Ltd. 

Ph: +91 79 27550102, 27553069 

Fax: +91 79 27550649, 27552924 

web: www.epcdpm.co.in 

email: shirley@epconnet.com 

Geographis (India) Pvt. Ltd. 

Ph: +91 79 27560509, 27560510 

Fax: +91 79 27550649, 27552924 

web: www.geographis.com 

email: shetal@geographis.com 

Project coordination 

Azhar Tyabji 

Design and 

Production 

Jalp Lakhia 

Design Assistance 

Ashima Banker 

Viral Patel 

Photo Credits 

Sachin Desai 

Dinesh Mehta 

We acknowledge the 

contribution of other 

photographers whose 

work would be difficult 

to attribute individually, 

but who have contributed 

their work generously 

over the years. 

Picture Research 

Ranjan Gadhvi 

Sanjeev Suman 

Technical Support 

Krunal Patel 

Indian Institute of Management, 

New Campus, Ahmedabad, 

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