Perkins+Will's latest project for Reliance Group is the Convention and Learning Center (CLC). This facility will serve as the initial threshold for the planned 1,000 visitors a day to the DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge Center) campus, as well as fulfill the conferencing and training needs of the 30,000 employees that will eventually be on campus. The 32,000 square meter facility will contain a 1,200-seat auditorium, conferencing and management training center and the corporate customer experience center.

The client stressed the need for a focal entry experience for the DAKC campus that would present an image consistent with Reliance's premier status in India. The approach was to create a light-filled glazed central spine with individual pavilions relating to each of the major business functions. This gives the diverse and important functions the notion of their own identity without compromising the continuity of the whole.

Though the building's primary requirements were related to integrated functional and identity demands, sustainability had a strong influence on the massing, orientation and design direction. The major cladding materials of white crystallized glass and insulated metal panels were selected for their sustainable aspects and their high albedo, thus complementing their aesthetics, durability and maintainability.