JAIPUR EXHIBITION AND CONVENTION CENTRE

Jaipur is the biggest urban settlement after New Delhi, in North India, just 250 kms from the latter
and 240 kms from Agra, forms the most chosen tourism golden triangle for Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. It
is the bustling capital city and business center with all the trappings of a modern metropolis and an
old age charm that never fails to surprise a tourist.

R.I.I.C.O. earmarked a land parcel of 42 acres for the development of an exhibition cum convention
center to position Jaipur as a Meeting, Incentives, conference and exhibition tourism hub of the
Northern India, in the Sitapura industrial area, just off the NH12, 5 kms from the international airport
and 16 kms from the city center.

The design composed of screens, water, atrium and columns, acts as a vision into modern metropolis
the city has grown into from the rich traditional background. The double height porch and reception
creates the grand entrance, and the use of thick landscape screen with jaalis and water wall cuts off
the 24 hour noisy and traffic ridden front road. All principal spaces surround the 6 storey high atrium
giving grandeur to the central public space, and at the same time inviting natural sunlight inside the
property
accentuating the whole guest circulation experience manifold.
JAIPUR CITY

Jaipur, popularly known as the Pink City, is the former capital of the
princely state of Jaipur founded in 1728.

Jaipur, with its rich and colorful past, resplendent with tales of valor
and bravery is now one of the most important heritage cities in India,
and is a must-see for tourists coming to India.

Three hill forts and series of palaces in the city are important
attractions. Jaipur's bazaars sell precious and semi-precious gems, silver
jewelry, blue pottery, tie and dye scarves and other exotic wares.

Places to visit: Amer Fort, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Albert Hall
Museum, Jal Mahal, Birla Temple, Chokhi Dhani.

Local Bazaars to visit: Johari bazaar, bapu bazaar and interiors of old
city with traditional bazaars.

Connectivity

The Jaipur International Airport is 10km (15mins drive) from

JECC
Jaipur forms an integral part of the famous Golden Triangle
tri-city tourist itinerary along with the cities of Agra (235 km)
and Delhi (250 km). Only 4 hours drive from National capital
– Delhi.
Daily domestic destinations’ facility provided here are to
Udaipur, Jodhpur, Pune, Indore, Aurangabad, Delhi, Mumbai,
Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Goa, Hyderabad and
Bangalore.
International flights connect to Dubai, Muscat and Sharjah.
Chartered services are also offered here.
Jaipur Exhibition & Convention Center (JECC) at Jaipur consists of 2 exhibition halls, multipurpose
halls, food court, and cafeteria. It has a total covering area of 4 lac sq. ft. The entire project is in
structural steel, as the concept of exhibition halls is based on functional flexibility and aesthetics.
The clear span of exhibition hall is 65m while the overall length of exhibition hall is 160m with clear
height of 18m. The concept of exhibition halls is such that it can be used as a single exhibition hall in
case of international large scale exhibitions with single column free space of 2.5 lac sq. ft. At the
same time, it’s planning is such that it can handle 6 nos. of small scale exhibitions with a provision of
roof hung central partitions.

The Plan
JECC is one of the most prestigious project of M A Architects with a humongous volume and a very
elaborate design brief – which was to develop 2 large exhibition halls and convention centre, in
addition to development of 42 acres of malls, hotels and other commercial activities, entertainment
facilities and kid’s zone to silent conference zones, art exhibition halls and auditoriums posed a big
challenge of managing circulation and zoning to maintain a proportion of interaction channels and
isolation screens with the understanding of flexibility of space and time of use, hence, bridging every
aspect with a barrier free design catering to every need of all kind of users from every age group.

SPACES TO OFFER

HALL 1 – 10000 sq.m Pillar-free (8000 delegates plenary)

HALL 2 – 10000 sq.m Pillar-free (8000 delegates plenary)

CONVENTION CENTRE –

BALLROOM – 1100 sq.m ( 1000 guests)

14 breakaways split in two levels (12 meeting rooms + 1 banquet
+ 1 VIP lounge) with a capacity ranging from 3 to 300 guests
A pre-function foyer with spacious lobby space on both the
Levels

LAWN – 5000 sq.m.

FOOD COURT – An indoor plaza for self-serve dining within the facility
that is contiguous with multiple retail food outlets

PARKING – Car/ Coach parking base for 2000+ vehicles

Upcoming NOVOTEL JAIPUR CONVENTION CENTRE - Onsite hotel

The project houses a combined 2.5 lac sq. ft. in exhibition and convention areas with retractable seating
column free spans, exceeding over 200 ft. making it an engineering marvel and an architectural treat for
the city.

Structural Aspects
The noticeable structural aspects of this exhibition center are as follows:

Truss type is open web curved roof truss, curvature of truss at both top and bottom chord.
Clear span of the truss is 65m
C/C span of the truss is 10m
End support is steel columns
Ridge height is 20m
Eaves height is 15m
Overall length of exhibition hall 160m
C/C span of purlin 1.5m

Challenges/Complexities Faced
There were quite a complexities involved in the making of project. The covering span of 65m was
arched/curved shape from the top and bottom chord. The end supports needed to be single support
instead of latticed columns, which required to be designed with large amount of forces laterally. The
joints and connections had to be designed architecturally as it would be exposed internally. The eaves
end had to be architecturally finished wherein the real time complexities were to hide end drainage
gutters, maintenance systems, cat walks etc.

The total facade had to be free standing on 20m brick-work with stone cladding to be integrated/merged
with the main structural steel supports. The main columns were to be designed for support on one side
with all services including AC, chillers etc. and another side support was to be designed for cantilever
canopies to cover large entrance area without any intermediate columns or supports. As this project was
extremely time-bound, with most economical design concept with maximum aesthetic architecturally, it
was also a challenge as far as structural engineering was considered. All primary members were open
web arch/curved roof trusses span 65m at 10mm center to center of supports, whereas the secondary
system is interconnected purlins and bottom tie chords.

Salient Features
The exhibition center has a 65m clear span open web curved roof trusses – with end supports structurally
as sleek as possible. The end supports were designed with loads of all service platforms internal as well
as external with large covering canopies externally. All these had to be achieved in extremely tight
budgeted cost and time constraints. The roof trusses were to be designed in such a way so as to divide
160m span into three separate exhibitions halls covering 50m each.

Also it was important in the concept that once three separate halls were divided with curtain walls, it
should be such that there should be no sound transfer when all three halls were functional at the same
time. Also, when large exhibitions would be held, no intermediate supports should be visible throughout
the 160m span. For covering such a large span roofing system, structural steel is the ideal solution, and
cannot be executed in concrete. All structural steel sections used were hollow sections/tubes.

For structural engineers, it was to achieve a milestone in the project category which is high in
architectural aesthetics, high in safety, extremely tight in budgeted cost, and high in completion time,
with unconventional large spans to cover for functional and planning use of the structure, extremely
precise systems for erect ion and fabrications. It does require past experiences to control all above
mentioned salient points of the complex structural systems. It took one year to execute the two
exhibition halls of 65m x 160m long.
SERVICES OFFERED

State-of-the-art IT infrastructure and

equipment.

Specialized meeting rooms, boardrooms,

translation booths and VIP lounge.

In-built power back-up generation

capability.

2000+ car/coach parking base and a

service bay for loading and unloading.

13m clear ceiling height of exhibition

halls.

Multiple service pits in both the halls

with power and internet.

Support Services:
Security
Housekeeping
Exhibition storage
Valet
Dock control
Freight forwarders
Equipment hire
Security audit