The new building for the Parliament of India is the first purpose-designed Parliament building for the country. It houses larger Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha halls, with capacities of 768 seats and 396 seats respectively. The Lok Sabha hall has additional expansion capacity of up to 1132 seats to host joint sessions.
Along with essential facilities like committee rooms, major offices of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Lok Sabha Secretariat and Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the building also includes publicly accessible museum-grade galleries and exhibits. The centrally placed Constitution Hall and Gallery showcase the Indian Constitution and other artefacts of India’s heritage for public viewing – symbolically and physically putting people at the heart of the Indian democracy.
The design of the new building for the Parliament incorporates state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology to assist the Parliament’s functions. Furniture in the halls includes smart displays and biometrics for ease of voting with intuitive graphical interface; digital language interpretation and recording infrastructure to produce real-time metadata; and programmable microphones.
The new building for the Parliament will work in conjunction with the Sansad Bhavan building. Its design takes reference from the Sansad Bhavan, and other historical buildings of the Central Vista. The building, in its architectural ornamentation, also reflects the classical, folk and tribal arts and crafts of India. The National Emblem crowns the new building for the Parliament of India.
Location: New Delhi
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2023
Client: Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
The new building for the Parliament of India is the first purpose-designed Parliament building for the country. It houses larger Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha halls, with capacities of 768 seats and 396 seats respectively. The Lok Sabha hall has additional expansion capacity of up to 1132 seats to host joint sessions.
Along with essential facilities like committee rooms, major offices of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Lok Sabha Secretariat and Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the building also includes publicly accessible museum-grade galleries and exhibits. The centrally placed Constitution Hall and Gallery showcase the Indian Constitution and other artefacts of India’s heritage for public viewing – symbolically and physically putting people at the heart of the Indian democracy.
The design of the new building for the Parliament incorporates state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology to assist the Parliament’s functions. Furniture in the halls includes smart displays and biometrics for ease of voting with intuitive graphical interface; digital language interpretation and recording infrastructure to produce real-time metadata; and programmable microphones.
The new building for the Parliament will work in conjunction with the Sansad Bhavan building. Its design takes reference from the Sansad Bhavan, and other historical buildings of the Central Vista. The building, in its architectural ornamentation, also reflects the classical, folk and tribal arts and crafts of India. The National Emblem crowns the new building for the Parliament of India.