Jio World Centre – A Place for Cultures and Communities – BKC, Mumbai

Background

Spread over 18.5 acres, Jio World Centre is a multifaceted development where people will get together to appreciate art, to exchange ideas, to celebrate culture, and to soak in the heritage and vibrancy of our great city.

JWC is a stunning new landmark for India, as well as a prime location for business, leisure, entertainment, and retail in the prestigious precinct of Bandra Kurla Complex.

Challenge

Enabling clients’ and architects’ vision to have state-of-the-art, perimeter façade smoke ventilation systems, using Automatic Opening Vents (AOV) along with India’s first glass façade Automatic Fireman Access Doors (A.FMAD).

Solution

The solution was to provide actuators that fit the purpose and design intent of perimeter façade smoke ventilation to the Free Area Requirements, with compatible control systems to enable the opening of these AOVs and Automatic Fire Man Access Doors on the building envelope.

All our actuators are tested to the stringent code of EN12101-02 and compatible with OS2 Controls with up to 72 hours of battery back-up and Manual Control Points as per EN12101-10.

Though our region, at this stage, does not have a code of practice for this system, we ensured the system was designed, to the extent possible, to meet with BS7346-8 Code of Practice for planning, design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of these Smoke Control Systems, for this, and other projects we are awarded in our Region.

As with all systems of this type, there are two key roles:

1. To protect escape routes, venting smoke away from them to allow occupants to evacuate the building, also keeping the perimeter of the fire floor relatively smoke-free, ensuring reduced chances of a flashover as well.
2. Provide greater access to the firefighters, allowing them to tackle the fire more effectively.

Benefits Of The System

Fire safety is of major importance in any building, but especially so in one like JWC, which annually is visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors. The Smoke Clearance System is therefore seen as a life safety system and brings two key areas of benefit:

From a safety point of view:

• Keeps the fire floor’s perimeter, public escape, and access routes relatively free from smoke.
• Improves visibility within the building, allowing the fire service to facilitate operations and occupants to be able to see better.
• Delays and /or prevent flashovers and full fire development. Thereby reducing property damages from a developer’s point of view.
• Reduce the effects of heat on structural components during a fire.

Quick Facts:

• Project: Jio World Centre
• Location: BKC, Mumbai
• Client: Mero Asia Pacific Pvt Ltd
• Architect: Architect Hafeez Contractor
• Façade Consultant: Arup Pvt.