Situated on a 5 acre land in Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida, the upcoming IWSB campus reflects Contemporary Architecture on one hand and Simplicity and Functionality on the other. Assisted by TERI, the “Green” campus is one of its kind in this region. It has been designed to address different kinds of spaces, for working, formal and informal interactions, recreation etc. It will be well lit with natural lighting, and has lots of open spaces as well as space for movement indoors and outdoors. 
The Administrative, Academic and Residential Blocks are going to be interconnected, and each is centrally air-conditioned.
Administration block:
A grand reception area forms the entrance to the block. This block houses cabins for the Dean, Directors, Faculty and Staff members, as well as conference rooms/ seminar rooms for these officials. Area for student- faculty interaction is provided on the 1st/2nd floors of the block. In addition to these functions, services for everyday usage like Pantry, Book Shop, General Store, Bank facilities, etc. are also to be provided here. |
Academic Block:
The hub of Academic activity at IWSB campus, this block comprises classrooms/ discussion rooms for students. Routine lectures, tutorial rooms, breakout rooms are the seat for academic activity in the block. To promote interaction with mentors across the globe, Audio/ Video conferencing facilities have been provided in the break out rooms. In addition to the regular elevators and staircase, the block also has a ramp to facilitate movement of the physically challenged.
KRC:
IWSB’s Knowledge Resource Centre uses state-of-the-art technology to bring a world of published content using a blend of audio, video, digital and print media. The centre provides resources and services in all relevant areas and disciplines of management and related subjects, catering to the students as well as the research needs of the faculty.
The KRC provides ready access to a host of digital libraries across the world, and to over 1500 leading digital journals of the world. It houses over 125 print journals and periodicals for ready reference, and also useful databases on companies, industries and markets. Further, it also has a number of CD-ROM and educational videos for the use of the campus community.
The KRC can seat 300 learners at a time.
 | IWSB’s Knowledge Resource Centre (KRC) uses state-of-the-art technology to bring a world of published content using a blend of audio, video, digital and print media. The centre provides resources and services in all relevant areas and disciplines of management and related subjects, catering to the students as well as the faculty. |
| The ICL provides ready access to a host of digital libraries across the world. It houses useful databases on companies, industries and markets. Further, it also has a number of CD-ROM and educational videos for the use of the campus community. |
Auditorium:
The 400 seating capacity auditorium in the basement will be easily accessible to visitors. The sound proofed, acoustically designed auditorium will be an ideal place to hold conferences. |
 | This block features a 100 seating capacity food court. The gym on the first floor is an ideal break out for the ones looking at physical fitness as an important element of personality development. Indoor games like, carom, chess, table tennis etc are also provided here. TV sets with dish antennae are provided for the ones who wish to relax while watching a film etc. |
 | This block is likely to be ready by 2010. As per the Architect’s design the Residential block will have capacity to house over 500 students and executives, and will have spacious rooms with attached bath and all other amenities. It will be centrally air-conditioned. |
Green specifications: The building comprises of a reinforced concrete framed structure with in fill walls of sand-lime fly-ash blocks laid in ‘rat trap bond’ fashion which is different from an English bond (widely used in India). The normal red clay bricks are not echo friendly since they are made of living soil. On the other hand sand-lime fly-ash bricks are made from inert material and re-cycled matter. The rat trap bond has less joints and hence less use of cement mortar (cement manufacture is a huge guzzler of energy) minimizing the chances of ingress of moisture from outside. Since there are full-length vertical cavities at intervals the thermal insulation is enhanced on two accounts. One due to the type of bricks i.e. sand-lime-fly-ash bricks and the other due to air entrapment in the hollows. The water proofing of the base slab and the basement walls will be done by a membrane which uses high swelling and self curing properties of sodium bentonite to form a low permeable membrane. The life of this membrane is long and sodium bentonite is nothing but a form of clay with very effective expanding and sealing properties. The window glazing shall be with high quality glass to permit light transmission without letting the heat to pass through. In addition fins will be provided in the windows to break direct sun rays. A rain water harvesting system is planned so that it will be put to use in landscape use, or cycle through plumbing to the wash areas, or recharge of the under ground. An efficient storm water harvesting system is also planned to keep all areas free of water logging and slush. This water is planned to be stored and reused at a later time. The kitchen and the wash water will be purified and recycled in to the plumbing system for judicious use in landscape tree watering, toilet flush water etc.
Together, with the three systems, the amount of reuse will reduce the dependence for supply of large quantities of fresh water for running the institutes. |
