Amaravathi is being designed by London-based architect Norman Foster who built famous structures including the 30 St. Mary Axe and City Hall, London.
The final designs for Amaravathi will be filed and submitted to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on February 22 by London-based architect Norman Foster who built famous structures including the 30 St. Mary Axe and City Hall, London.
The Chief Minister conducted a review meeting on Amaravati from the Secretariat and interacted with Fosters on Wednesday, and said that Amaravati should reflect the cultural glory as well as modernity of India and in particularly, of Andhra Pradesh.
He also suggested that the advices of historians, architects, art directors from film industry, officials, renowned writers, and archaeological experts be taken into consideration while building the capital city.
Apart from reflecting Indian heritage, the designs should also be innovative and modern, and the infrastructure should be world-class. He called for effective coordination between project consultants and officials.
Later, the officials briefed the CM on the vision laid out for Amaravathi, the progress it has made after 24 months, and targets set for the coming 12 months.
They also informed that universities including VIT, SRM, and Amruta had agreed to set up branches in Amaravathi. Several five-star, four-star, and three-star hotels also would come up in the future city with an investment of Rs. 250 crores. Six national and international universities would also come up in the State, along with two world-class hospitals with a total investment of Rs. 4,000 cores.
In addition to the above, the officials said that a convention center would be build to accommodate 10,000 persons.
They said that an MoU would be entered with the NHAI on February 28 for the construction of an Outer Ring Road. The Chief Minister directed them to construct a sports city as well. by 2019, to organize national sporting events. To this, the officials agreed and added that an international organization had come forward to set up a sports management school. They said that plans were formulated to develop museums and libraries in the capital city.