INFOSYS-PUNE

INTRODUCTION
This is a specially designed building for Infosys by renowned architect Hafeez Contractor and
M/S Construction Catalysers. The construction started in February 2006 and completed in
September 2006. The total project cost was Rs. 13 Crores and the structural steel used is
450MT. The concept of the building has been given the egg shape using structural and
architectural engineering skills. The superbly dynamic aesthetics of the building shows the
state of the art of construction techniques and the functional values of design.

Owner Salil Parekh (CEO)

Architect Hafeez Contractor

Project Infosys Headquarters (Phase 2)

Construction PIPL (Precast Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.)

Structure Construction Catalyzer + sterling

Location Rajiv Gandhi Technological Park, Hinjewadi, Pune City,

Maharashtra, India

Site Area 114 Acres

Total Built Up Area 3,28,256 Sqm.

Ground Coverage 1,03,517 SQm.

Perimeter 2308 m
No. Of employees 35,000

Density 100-115 Acres

Soil Type Black cotton soil

Topography Gently sloping from southwest to northeast with a level difference

of 12m.

FSI available 100% additional FSI shall be made available to all IT/ITES units in
public park.

LOCATION MAP

Located in the outskirts of the city Phase-2 is around ten minutes by car from Phase-1 and
Phase-3 is around ten-fifteen minutes by car from Phase-2.

AWARDS
1. Infosys has been awarded the LEED EBOM (Leadership in energy and
environmental design- existing building operation and maintenance) platinum
certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for its entire
infosys Pune Phase-2 campus.
2. Three buildings in the infosys pune Phase-2 campus are certified with Leed Platinum
rating.

AREA CLASSIFICATION

Site Area 461264

Area reserved for parking 92595

Remaining Area 369011

Total FSI BUA 458404

Open Space (10%) 46126

Amenity (5%) 23062

Ground Coverage 103517

SDB (Software development block) 1 11144

SDB 2 11576

POWER BLOCK 1 1039

POWER BLOCK 2 2318

IBPO (Infosys Business process 25577

outsourcing)1

UG SUMP 2 926

UG SUMP 3 1737

SECURITY BLOCK 84

FOOD COURT 2 7852

FOOD COURT 3 16556

FACILITY BLOCK 1500

BUS TERMINAL 795

SECURITY BLOCK 2 153

IBPO 2 26745

SDB 6 21104

SDB 7 21007
SDB 8 23191

SDB 9 28196

MLP 1 2162

STP 2 2931

CHILLER PLANT 1 838

SCRAP YARD 108

FOOD COURT 4 15089

MLP 2 1345

SDB 10 44609

SDB 11 44206

AERIAL VISUALISATION OF BLOCKS ON SITE

 1. INFOSYS CIRCLE
2. SDB (SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK) 1
3. SDB 2
4. FOOD COURT 1
5. SDB 3
6. INFOSYS FOUNTAIN
7. INFOSYS FOOD COURT 2
8. SDB 5
9. INFOSYS IBPO 1
10. IBPM 2
11. SDB 11
12. SDB 12
13. SDB 9
14. SDB 7
15. EMPLOYEE CARE CENTRE
16. TRAINING CENTRE
17. LIBRARY
18. COMMERCIAL BLOCK
19. SDB 6
20. SDB 8

SITE AND PLANNING FEATURES

1. BUILDING FORMS DERIVED IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL AND

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.
2. MAXIMUM SITE POTENTIAL YET TO BE DISCOVERED.
3. PLACEMENT OF BLOCK PRE-DEFINED IRRESPECTIVE OF CONTEXT, SITE AND
CLIMATE.
4. VARIED HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS PREVENTS THE SECTIONAL MONOTONY.
5. LARGE SPREAD RESULTS IN EXTENSIVE SERVICE LAYOUT AND EXPENSIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
6. TYPICAL DEPENDENCY ON VERTICAL CIRCULATION.
ABOUT THE SITE
Covering an overall area of 114 acres, infosys’s pune, campus in hinjewadi is modern, smart
and sustainable. The pune campus houses 35,000 employees, known as infoscions, making
infosys pune the largest private sector employer in maharashtra.

PARKING

1. The nine storey parking tower holds approximately 1500 cars. The main frame of the
parking tower is in steel and the upper floors are in concrete.
2. Infosys has a seperate bus park, holds bays to park as many as 100 buses.
3. Surface parking has been provided with each software development block.
4. Total area reserved for parking = 92,595 mtrs.
5. Total no. of MLP blocks on site =2

SUMMARY OF PARKING

PARKING AREA (SQ.M.) TYPOLOGY

PARKING 1 7327 SURFACE

PARKING 2 9643 SURFACE

PARKING 3 7600 SURFACE

PARKING 4 3734 SURFACE

PARKING 5 14891 MLP

PARKING 6 8961 SURFACE

PARKING 7 14766 MLP

 PARKING 7A 4411 SURFACE

PARKING 7B 1426 SURFACE

PARKING 8 3092 SURFACE

PARKING 9 6287 SURFACE

PARKING 9A 3504 SURFACE

PARKING 10 1346 SURFACE

PARKING 11 984 SURFACE

PARKING 12 5014 SURFACE

FOOD COURT-1
1. The total built up area of the food court-1 3277 Sqm.
2. Ground floor caters to 800 employees. And mezzanine floor has a capacity of 300-500
employees.
3. The seating layout was followed, with one major token counter at the entrance and
there were 2-3 tray line areas.
4. Glass curtain wall facade was provided, with prominent ball and socket joinery detail
visible even from a distance of 6-7 meters.
5. Proper segregation of areas like dishlanding area, distribution counters, vendor zone
and seating area.

MULTI-LEVEL PARKING
Two MLCP blockson on site for the employees, with a ground coverage of 3828 SQM. have
been provided within the campus itself. One floor has a capacity of 154 cars, with a total
capacity of one block being 1540. (G+9 floors). The walls are adorned by climbers, which
make the utility building blend with the green campus. The structure of the block is simple and
fire escape staircases have been provided at each end for emergency. LED tube lights have
been provided, ceiling-hung, which light up the structure at night. It is functional 24 X 7, since
the employees at the ECC use this facility during their stay.

UTILITY BLOCK
Separate block holding the DG sets had been provided at the site periphery which acted as
the back-up as well, in case of emergency. Slightly concealed by the natural topography and
vegetation, the block is located near the newly constructed blocks, SBD-10 and SBD-11, and
caters to their emergency requirements.

SDB-10 and SDB-11

The newly constructed blocks have been awarded with LEED platinum rating. The blocks use
green energy, employing chilled beam/slab for cooling purpose. On-site chiller blocks catering
to these two blocks were situated in proximity. Simple structure with two way slabs; the
centrally located core eases the circulation of the employees. For the interior office spaces,
low VOC carpet was adopted. The two buildings held office spaces for foreign companies,
who contributed to the company through their products. The CEO cabin was situated in SDB-
10. Several board rooms of capacity more than 20 were located in close proximity with the
CEO cabin.
PERCENTAGE OF SPACES
sdb-5 has been taken as the major focus of study. the basement holds the chiller plant, while
the software development activities are distributed on the first, second, third, fourth and fifth
floor. ground flow has hr/admin offices.

TOTAL FLOOR AREA 2931 sq mtrs.

open office layout 1153.4 sq. mtrs. (39.4%)

closed workstations 339.5 sq. mtrs. (11.5%)

circulation and services 1438.1 sq. mtrs. (49.1%)

meeting/conference 78.8 sq. mtrs. (2.7%)

recreational 75x2 sq. mtrs. (5.1%)

services 318.6 sq. mtrs. (10.8%)

workstations 1153.4 sq. mtrs. (39.4%)

circulation 1119.5 sq. mtrs. (28%)

service zone 550 sq. mtrs. (18.7%)

private zone 1505.8 sq. mtrs. (51.4%)

public zone 875.2 sq. mtrs. (33.3%)

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
Foundation-shoe footing has been used throughout the building.
Slab-two way flat slab of thickness 200mm.
Beam-RCC beams, with steel i-sections of depth 600 mm have been used in the building.
Column-cylindrical steel columns, inclined at varied angles, running through and through to
support the shell. internal circular and rectangular columns of 600x800 have been used.
Core-centrally located core, at the focus of the ellipsoid. the core houses the services and lift
lobby.

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

Space/Area Number Area (SQM) Total (SQM) Users

Module- floor 1 per building - 2931 150-200

plan layout

Workstations 160 Per Floor 3.9 160

(Open Plan)
 Manager’s Variable 18 18N 30
Cabin

Directors cabin Variable 24 24N 2

Security Cabin Variable 6 6N 6

Meeting Room 4 per floor 19.7 78.8 6

Training Room 2 per floor 100.9 201.8 100

Pantry 1 per module 11.6 11.6 4-5

Recreational variable 40 80 -
Area

HR office/ 2 per floor 38.8 77.6 32

Admin

Storage 2 per floor 23.3 46.6 -

Repro 2 per floor 9.3 18.6 -

Electrical Room 1 per floor 41.9 41.9 -

Lifts 4 4.2 44.5 -

A.H.U Rooms 2 per floor 25 50 -

Toilets 6 per block, 1 43.6 87.2 25

block per floor

INTERIOR DETAILS

FURNITURE
-Open office layout has been followed, with a cubicle workstation of 4 covering an area of 3.5
x 4 sq. mtrs. approximately, which provided ample space to the employees to move around.
the corridors were 1.2 mtrs. wide approximately.
-The size of a basic module was 2.8 X 2.8 SQ. MTRS., with a height of 1.1 mtrs. the overall
ht. of the space was low, 2.4 mtrs.
-The workstations were arranged around one central corridor, which was quite narrow. hence,
the space appeared to be cluttered.
-Absence of wire management.

FINISHES
Wall-12 mm thick plastered walls.
Ceiling-600 x 600 grid of gypsum boards used for false ceiling, the height of the office space
being 2.4 mtrs.
Skirting-aluminium or tiled skirting used; these hold the service wires.
Flooring-1. vitrified tiles in reception area.
2. vitrified tiles in washrooms and recreational area.
3. tiling throughout the working area.
4. absence of carpeted area in this block.
Partitions-12 mm laminated, frameless, glass partitions of partial height (1.2 mt.) have been
used for meeting rooms.

LIGHTING
Recessed lighting-recessed can lighting are used as either the main lighting source, or as a
supplement to a primary lighting system.
Surface-Bolted drywall Lights-recessed office lighting with sizes equal to the grid of ceiling
makes the installation very easy. These fixtures, commonly called troffer fixtures, are usually
2’x2’, 1’x4’, or 2’x4’ in size to accommodate standard fluorescent lamps.

SHELL STRUCTURE
The unique steel framed shell with glass and aluminum cladding are used to construct the
building. The internal built form consists of 150000 sq ft of usable floor space on five floors.
The internal building structure with an elliptical footprint is a conventional structure made of
reinforced cement concrete and brickwork. The complete structure of the shell stands away
from the support system of the internal structure.
The outer frame has a different structural system. Because of the tilting of the building, one
end appears to be buried into the ground and the other end is lifted up.

MAIN ENTRANCE
The main entrance of the building is from under the raised part. The main entrance has a glass
wall with a conical surface that is curved and tilted. The cladding has large elliptical cut outs
that are fitted with high performance double glazed units to increase the visibility of the inner
floors to the outside world.

BUILDING SECTION

ENERGY SAVING

The DC has set a global benchmark for being one of the most eco-friendly campuses through
significant sustainability practices that include smart buildings with highest efficiency
standards, smart water meters that determines real-time consumption pattern and detects
leakages, and the newly commissioned BioUrja (Biogas) plant that is designed to treat 2000
KPD of food waste.
Almost 8% of the total power used in the Pune campuses comes from a combination of wind
and solar energy. In new construction category, three buildings in the Infosys Pune Phase-2
campus are certified with LEED Platinum rating. For existing buildings, efficiency
improvements were achieved through large-scale retrofit projects in 10 office buildings, three
food courts, the employee training center, the guest house and sports complexes across the
campus.
Deep retrofits were undertaken in many energy intensive areas, including complete
reengineering of chiller plants, air handling units, building management system (BMS) retrofit,
UPS retrofit, lighting retrofit, to name a few and were completed within a short duration. These
initiatives have helped significantly lower operating costs, enhanced equipment life, created
healthier indoor air quality and improved occupant comfort and satisfaction. The LEED EBOM
certification by USGBC is a globally accepted benchmark for design, construction and
operation of high-performance existing green buildings. This is one of the stringent green
rating tools for existing buildings which verifies that the building is performing sustainable.