In this project, materiality is a strategic instrument shaping clinical performance. Every material is selected as an active participant, shaping how the building breathes, responds, and supports complex healthcare delivery.
Manu Malhotra
The exterior envelope of Apollo Hospital is conceived as a responsive skin. High-performance glazing works in tandem with ACP panels in grounded, earthy tones to calibrate light, heat, and visual porosity. Vertical aluminum baffles introduce a measured rhythm while functioning as passive environmental moderators, reducing solar gain without compromising openness.
Parametric façade interventions and an integrated digital screen lend the building a contemporary civic presence, while strategically embedded planters dissolve scale, introducing a layer of ecological softness into an otherwise high-intensity typology. The backlit, three-dimensional identity further anchors the institution within its urban context, ensuring visibility without visual excess. This clarity of intent extends inward.
A central atrium, articulated through a carefully engineered skylight, becomes the building’s spatial regulator—distributing daylight, enhancing legibility, and structuring movement across levels.
Material transitions are deliberate: Italian marble establishes a composed arrival experience, while engineered stone and high-durability tiles sustain operational resilience in circulation zones. Patient rooms shift to LVT flooring, offering tactile warmth and acoustic moderation, while critical areas employ seamless vinyl surfaces to meet uncompromising hygiene protocols.
Walls are treated as calibrated surfaces rather than decoration. Layers of lacquered glass, stone laminates, stucco finishes, CNC-cut stone, and metallic laminates introduce depth and reflectivity without visual noise. Acrylic solid surfaces refine high-contact elements, ensuring longevity and ease of maintenance. Across the facility, integrated green insertions—planters and terrariums—act as micro-restorative moments, softening transitions and recalibrating the sensory environment.
Material, here, becomes the instrument through which performance, perception, and place are brought into precise alignment. Through this orchestration, IIDC Architects elevates Apollo Hospital Gurugram from built form to a responsive, enduring framework for care.
Fact File
Location: Gurugram, Haryana
Built-up Area: 7 lakh sqft
Plot Size: 5.6 Acres
Interiors & Façade: IIDC Architects
Landscape: Margosa Landscape Design
Structural Engineers: Smart Mind Engineers
MEP: PDA Consultants
Green Rating: Targeted for LEED Platinum
Sanitaryware: Hindware
Kitchen: Wang Professionals
Vinyl Flooring: Gerflor
Marble Flooring: Haique
Eng. Marble Flooring: Kanlinga
Floor & Wall Tiles: Somani
Laminate Wall Panelling: Formica
Laminam: Stonelam
Paint: Asian Paints
Stucco Paint: Sirca
Lacquered Glass: Saint Gobain
ACP: Alstone
Solid Surface: Himacs, Merino Hanex
General Lighting: Wipro
Fenestration: Saint Gobain
General Lifts: Otis
Freight Lifts: 2 of Gilco Global
Third installation underway (SJEC Machines)-Gilco Global
