CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

BY- HARSHIT KUMARSAUMYA BANSAL

PROJECTS BY –

ARCOP ASSOCIATESCHRISTOPHER BENNINGERDEBASHISH GUHA JASBIR SAWHNEYROMI KHOSLASATISH GUJRAL

ARCOP ASSOCIATES• ARCOP Associates Private Limited was

founded in 1985, as a private limited company for the growing activities of the ARCOP Group in Montreal, Canada. Arcop is an acronym for, “Architects in Co-partnership”. Founded in Montreal in the early ’50′s under the name “Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise,” the office adopted the designation Arcop in 1970. Arcop’s presence in India in the early ’70′s was through the offices of Arcop Design Group and Ganju Arcop Associates.

ARCOP ASSOCIATES

Team ARCOP• Ramesh Khosla,• Debashish Guha• Ranjit Sabikhi,• Ajoy Choudhury, • Ray Affleck

Projects-

• MUGHAL SHERETON, AGRA, UP, INDIA

• JAYPEE PALACE CONVENTION HOTEL, AGRA, UP, INDIA

• KABUL SERENA HOTEL, KABUL,AFGHANISTAN

• DUSHANBE SERENA HOTEL, DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN

• BURJ UL BEHAR, TRIPOLI, LIBYA• CITY PARK, NEW DELHI, INDIA

MUGHAL SHERATON HOTEL, AGRA

• Year of completion -1976

• Area- 1900 sq. M

The idea was to build a cooling heaven in the dust of Agra.The hotel is built on Mughal architectural concept of gardens and fountains with climate responsive architecture and modern building shapes

MODEL OF HOTEL COMPLEX – entry bridge is located in upper right corner

• The rooms are organised around 3 courtyards in 2-storey quadrangles.

• They are linked to each other and to the central public block by enclosed pedestrian bridges. The courts are gradually excavated to a level 12 feet below grade by a series of landscaped terraces, pools, and fountains that act as buffer zones between the private rooms and common areas.. The 200 room 5 star hotel

planned around gardens and fountains is built with loacally available material

Site plan of gardens with roof plan of building

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

NORTH - SOUTH SECTION

EAST – WEST SECTION

INTERIOR COURT- The primary focus of the complex is inward to the garden courts. From the room level the courtyard gradually steps down, through a series of terraces , planters, pools, and foundations, to a level twelve feet below grade. Here, pools are used extensively the largest designed as a swimming pools, forming small terraces and seating areas, and linking varoius courts.

ENTRY BRIDGE AND PUBLIC BLOCK-no windows on south facade for sun protection

View of quadrangle from periphery of site

One of the three internal courtyards around which rooms are arranged.

Public block is in the left foreground.

Pedestrian bridges link room quadrangle to the public block.

North West corner of hotel complex.-openings in the west wall are recessed for protection from the long afternoon sun.

Cypresses , fruit trees , lantern niches and waterfalls recall a Mughal garden.

Planters at the base of the walls are a screen for the rooms and a transitions to

the landscape.

Detail of double wall system enclosing public block. Structural skeleton is concrete.

Interiors of hotel complex

CHRISTOPHER BENNINGER• Christopher Charles Benninger is an

American-Indian architect and planner born in the United States in 1942. He studied urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and architecture at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, where he later taught (1969–72).

• In April 2010 he was awarded the ARCHITECT FOR DECADE Award for his contribution to the profession of architecture. On three occasions, the Indian Institute of Architects has honored him with the award of BEST PUBLIC BUILDING OF THE YEAR for his designs of the Centre for Life Sciences, Health and Medicine, the YMCA International Camp, & Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies.

• The design for Suzlon One Earth has been honored as the Best Architectural Work in the City in 2009 and it was recently named the Most Sustainable Building in India.

PROJECTS OF SIR CHRISTOPHER BENNINGER

• SUZLON ONE EARTH, PUNE• SAMUNDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES,

PUNE• INDIA HOUSE, PUNE• CENTRE FOR LIFE SCIENCES, HEALTH &

MEDICINE, PUNE• INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT,

CALCUTTA• GOVERNANCE CENTRE, HYDERABAD• YMCA INTERNATIONAL CAMP, NILSHI• MAHINDRA UNITED WORLD COLLEGE OF INDIA• HEADQUARTERS OF KOCHI REFINERIES,

KERALA

SUZLON ONE EARTH, PUNE

• Between the eternal & the transformational• An exemplary model of tradition and modernity designed

with adaptability and balance.• Balance between mind & spirit- creating a central gathering

space, or Brahmasthan, with the sky as its ceiling! I conceived it as a “secret internal garden” that gifts an exclusive and unique feel to the campus.

• Suzlon is about sustainability ; it is about renewable energy.• Plot area: 10.76 acres• Built up area: 47,338 sq.mt• Basement area: 29,050sq.mt• Road area: 11,127 sq.mt• Landscaped area: 16,413 sq.mt• Date of completion: March 2010

SUZLON ONE EARTH, PUNE• BALANCE WITH TRADITION Suzlon One Earth derives its

inspiration from large Indian historical campuses like Fatehpur Sikri and the Meenakshi Sundareshvara Temple complex in Madurai. Both employ an interpositioning of open and closed spaces that balances one another. Both have strong horizontal elements that tie the complexes together and accent features that emphasize quadrants and sacred places, like the gopuram at Meenakshi.

CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES OF THE DEEP STAMBH & WATER BODY IN THE CAMPUS

CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES OF THE EVOLUTION OF CAMPUS

SITE PLAN

1. SUN LOUNGE2. SKY LOUNGE3. TREE LOUNGE4. AQUA LOUNGE5. WATERBODY/CAFETERIA

6.SKY CYLINDER7.SUZLON EXCELLENCE ACADEMY8.WELCOME LOUNGE9.ELECTRICAL SERVICE YARD

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WAITING LOUNGE AT THE ENTRY PORTAL

REFLECTIVE POOLS NOT

ONLY CONNECT THE CAMPUS

BUT ALSO CREATE A

MICRO ENVIRONMENT

IN THE CAMPUS,

COOLING THE AIR AROUND.

The glass cylinder connecting the earth and the sky at various entry portals.

WELCOME LOUNGE AT THE ENTRY OF THE CAMPUS

THE DEEP STAMBH OR THE CENTRAL OBLIX REACHING

OUT TO THE SKY AS SYMBOL OF

EXCELLENCE AND HOPE.

WORK AREA

CAFETERIA

SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS FROM THE ROOF OF THE ATRIUM OF THE LEARNING CENTRE, GENERATING GREEN POWER.

CAFETERIA

LOUVERS & CLADDING INTERPLAY CREATING A VISUAL

DRAMA OF THE

FACADE

SAMUNDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES• Location: Pune, India• Area: 21,500 sq.m• Year: 2007• Cost: US$ 15.3 million• Client: Balaji Singh Teeka, Executive Ship Management Pvt. Ltd.• The SIMS was established by Executive Ship Management (ESM)

Singapore, to fulfill its new vision of an industry driven by environmental protection, safety and efficiency.

• Realizing that it must drive this mission through human resources it embarked on the creation of a sophisticated state of the art, world class green campus where the full range of pre-sea and post-sea studies can be imparted.

SKETCH OF THE CAMPUS BY SIR CHRISTOPHER BENNINGER

ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK

The Administration Building cleverly exploits northern light through its wavy glass atrium wall, while generating electricity through the grand photovoltaic south-facing façade that produces 30 KW of electricity.

ACADEMIC BLOCK

DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE

ACADEMIC BLOCK

WORKSHOP BUILDING

VIEW OF THE

WORKSHOP BUILDING

The three hundred feet long photovoltaic solar wall in the Maritime Workshop produces

60 KW of electricity. Clear glass on the north façade brings in

natural light, giving the testing equipment and machinery all-round, energy free illumination

and ventilation.

HOSTEL BLOCK

Aluminum louvers in the long Hostel

Building allow natural ventilation and day

light, while blocking India’s fierce sun, thereby acting as

a passive air conditioning system.

Solar panels provide the entire heated water requirement, using hot water tanks held above the hostel roofs from water tanks

above the circular stairs. These seemingly frivolous shapes are integrated within a functional

system of water management.

CATERING CENTRE

FRONT VIEW

Ar. Debashish Guha is the principal director of ARCOP associates

DEBASHISH GUHA

Bharat Hotel Complex , New Delhi

• This building comprises of high rise luxury hotel , office tower and world trade center.

• Hotel is 18 floors above the 5 storeyed podium

• The trade center is the extension of this podium

• The office building is a seperate structure.

• Year of completion- 1988

• Area-100,000 sq m

•All the three buildings are clad with red and yellow sandstones inspired by the mughal architecture

•The hotel lobby is done with green stones and white marble

Monumental chhatri on banquet hall facade

Porte -cochere from the north

JASBIR SAWHNEY

Jasbir Sawhney is an architect with 45 years experience. Prior to starting his own practice in New Delhi, he was with Charles Correa, Architect as a senior designer. He also worked in New York for Edward D.Stone, Architect.

BORN-October 31, 1939

Academic Qualifications1964  Bachelor of Architecture,           University of Roorkee, UP          Merit Scholarship 1959-19641965  Master of Architecture,           Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA,           Rotary Foundation Fellowship

PROJECTS

• INDIRA GANDHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MALDIVES

• PARK HYATT , GOA• DISTRICT COURTS ROHINI• ASHOK YATRI NIWAS, NEW DELHI• KASHMIRI GATE METRO STATION , NEW DELHI

Ashok Yatri Niwas,New Delhi

• Year of completion -1982

• Area – 23000 sq.m (565 hotel rooms)

• Located amidst several high priced hotels.

• Ashok yatri niwas is an economy hotel developed by the Indian tourism authority to provide moderately priced acomodation to the large no. of visitors to delhi.

Typical floor plan

entrance

COST EFFECTIVE-• Guests rooms are

cross ventilated without mechanical handing systems.

• Corridor lengths, space use and structure were optimised by the geometric analysis of the room shapes.

• Another cost cutting tactic was to reduce no. Of elevators causing long cues of hotel guests.

• Public corridor spaces are treated as Buildings exterior spaces.

Cost effective materials used reducing cost-

•Coarse building stones for exteriors and pavings.•Cheap tiles for cladding.•Precast reinforced concrete panels finished in earthen colours.

ROMI KHOSLA• He studied Economics at

Cambridge University and CA in London before turning to Architecture, which he studied at the Architectural Association in London.

• He set up Romi Khosla Design Studios in 1973 in New Delhi.

• His famous works include Castro Café, Dental College for Jamia Millia Islamia University, School for Spastic Children, New Delhi, Chakravarty Residence.

CASTRO CAFE• Architects: Romi Khosla Design Studios• Location: New Delhi, India• Chief architects: Martand Khosla, Romi Khosla• Design team: Praveen Rajput, Maulik Bansal• Project area: 890 sq.m

• DESIGN CONCEPT This canteen was proposed as a ‘Semi open air Café’. This

allowed to have an ambient temperature for most of the year along with good ventilation, and a variety of degrees of shade from the climate.

The design is truly unique and contemporary and we feel, will herald a new age of Architecture for the University.

SITE PLAN

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1. LAWN FOR OUTDOOR SITTING2. KITCHEN3. SITTING SPACE4. ELEVATED PLATFORM

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The idea was to try and blur the boundaries between inside and outside, where these undefined boundaries act as a negotiator between the user and the climate of Delhi.

The building block has a kitchen block to the east, which is a fully enclosed space to cook and

serve in. As One walks along the length of the building westwards, initially the eating enclosure

is defined by two walls and a roof, further still the sense of interior is defined by one wall and the roof, further still the space is articulated by only one wall, and yet further still, there is only the floor, and then that too stops continuing.

SEATING DETAIL

All the elements of the building are

defined distinctly and independent from

each other. The walls don’t touch the floor and the roof does not

touch the walls.

This was the first steel building built at

the university campus.

DENTAL COLLEGEJAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY

• Architects: Romi Khosla Design Studios• Location: New Delhi, India• Client: Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi• Project area: 11,696 sq.m• Project year: 2007 – 2009• It serves to provide dental care to the people and is also one of the

primary teaching centre of Dentistry in India. • The site given for the building was a neglected and overgrown part of

the campus. • It had two levels and both the levels were used to access the building

for the public and students.

ENTRY LEVEL PLAN

1. PATIENT ENTRANCE2. ENTRANCE LOBBY3. PATIENT’S WAITING/LOBBY4. COURTYARD OPEN TO SKY5. TERRACE GARDEN6. DENTAL CLINIC

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

The fenestration has been designed to have twin

functions. On the north faces of the building, where the

clinics have been located, the structural curtain wall glazing provides enormous daylight

for dental treatment.

NORTH FACE

SOUTH FACE

On the south side, the glazing has been confined to narrow

slits which run horizontally and protect the south of the

building in the clinic areas from heat gain. These staggered fenestrations also break the scale and the thin strips of

windows help in exaggerating the horizontality of the

structure.

The materials used for the structure of the building are reinforced concrete frames,

structural steel staircases and corridors, brick walls. Stone is used for cladding

wall surfaces, structural glass for the north light window

facades, aluminium sheeting for cladding the brisk walls.

In order to further reduce energy consumption, the treatment

clinics have been provided with full 80% north side glazing that allows ample daylight to flood

the clinics. This helps the treatment during power cuts and

naturally light spaces ensure a higher level of cleanliness.

Satish GujralSatish Gujral is an Punjabi-Indian painter, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer, writer and architect who has consistently dominated the art scene in India for the entire post-independent era. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1999.

Projects• Belgium Embassy , New Delhi• Summer Palace, Saudi Arabia• CMC, Hyderabad• Goa University

BELGIUM EMBASSY, NEW DELHI

• Multi domed, arched, brick complex on Shanti Path, Chanakyapuri

• Completed in 1984

•  The front facade consists of two large cupolas with a central fold above the entrance.

• The entrance opens into a courtyard with stone masonry and greenery within.

• The building is constructed with red bricks.

The ubiquitous red brick construction of the building has been compared to early architectural forms prevalent in Mohenjo-daro and the buddhist architecture in Sanchi and Nalanda