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GROUP MEMBERS:KANIKA MAHESHWARIHARSHIT KHANNAALANKRITA NEGIDIVYA GOELPadma Shri Achyut Kanvinde occupied unique position in the history of contemporary Indian architecture. He was an Indian architect , teacher, writer and a committed modernist as he always desired to take Indian architecture to be global and to the height of international style.

BORN- 1916 DIED : 6 DECEMBER 2002 EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION: HE WAS BORN IN 1916 IN KONKAN REGION OF MAHARASTRA.HE FINISHED HIS BECHOLER IN ARCHITECTURE FROM SIR J.J. SCHOOL OF ARTS (1935-1940).LATER HE STUDIED DESIGN IN HAVARD UNIVERSITY UNDER WALTER GROPIUS. CAREER:HE RETURN TO INDIA IN 1948 AND WORKED ON THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF SEVERAL LABORATORIES FOR THE COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. HE SET UP HIS PVT. FIRM WITH SHAUKAT RAI A CIVIL ENGEENEER IN 1955.

INTRODUCTION19161935SIR J.J COLLEGE OF ARTS1945HARVARD SCHOOL OF DESIGN1966IIT KANPUR1973DOODHSAGAR DAIRY,MEHSANA1976AWARDED PADMA SHREEIIAs Babu Rao Mhatre Gold Medal1985National ScienceCentre,New Delhi19911993Great Masters Award from JK Industries Ltd.ISKCON Temple, East of Kailash, Delhi 1998TIMELINE OF HIS WORKS

THEORY AND PHILOSOPHYDESIGN PHILOSPY FUNCTIONALIST STYLE OF DESIGN FUNCTIONALISM WAS AN APPROACH TO DESIGN AS PER THE CONCEPT THAT THE SPACE AND FORM OF A BUILDING SHOULD EMERGE OUT OF THE LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF SPACE INSIDE AND NOT FROM ANY PREDETERMINED IDEA LIKE SYMMETRY.FUNCTIONALIST BELIVED A BUILDING SHOULD ONLY HAVE FEATURES THAT WERE FUNCTIONALLY NECESSARY AND NO NON-FUNCTIONAL DECORATION.THEY LEAD TO HUMANE SPACE THAT IS SPACE WHERE YOU FELT WELCOME AND COMFORTABLE.THEY USED LASTEST TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS LIKE DOOR AND WINDOWS AND RCC. LOGIC OF LIGHTNESS THE COMPLETE FOCUS ON THE MATERIALS TO BE USED IN CONSTRUCTION KANVINDE ALWAYS TRY TO DEVELOP SUCH AN AESTHESTIC FOR A HAVEY MASS CONSTRUCTION THAT LOOKS LIGHT.

NATIONAL INSURANCE ACADEMY AT PUNE RATIONALISTKANVINDE REVEAL THE INTERNAL FUNCTIONAL IN A BUILDING AS SEPARATE MASSES AND THEN ARRANGED IN A WAYS THAT WERE FUNCTIONAL FROM INSIDE AND ELEGANT FROM OUTSIDE

SENSE OF SPACEHUMANESS IS ALL ABOUT SIZE AND SCALE, KANVINDE ALWAYS TRIED TO BRING DOWN BUILDINGS TO HUMANE SCALE AND A CONNECTION TO THE BUILT HERITAGE IN A LOCALITY.

KANVIDE WAS AN ARCHITECT OF SECOND GENERATION OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ARCHITECTURE ( 1950 - 1980)

KANVIDE INTRODUCE MODERN ARCHITECTURE TO HUMANE PATH AND INNOVATIVELY BLEND TECHNOLOGY AND AESTHETICS

IIT KANPURNIBMPHILOSOPHYKANVINDE PLAYS WITH SPACE AND FORMS. HIS DESIGNS ARE SLENDER, BALANCED, PROPORTIONATE, NEAT AND WELL CRAFTED. THE BUILDING IS IMPORTANT BUT MOST IMPORTANT IS THE GATE OF THE USER. EXAMPLE IS ISKON TEMPLE. HE GAVE MUCH MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE NATURAL LIGHT. HE GAVE SUCH A FORM TO THE BUILDING THAT IT CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF VENTILATION AS WELL AS EXCESSIVE HEAT . HE BELIEVED IN VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE. HE BELIEVED THAT THE IMAGE SHOULD BE SUCH THAT CAN SET THE MOOD AND INTEREST FOR WHICH THE BUILDING STANDS FOR. BOTH INHERENT VALUES AND HISTORICAL INFLUENCES CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS GOOD ARCHITECTURE.8 AN ART CAN BE USED TO NOURISH THE SENSES. ART IS PURELY AN AESTHETIC EXERCISE.HE BELIEVED THAT A GRID OF COLUMNS FORMING A MATRIX GIVING STRUCTURAL AND SPATIAL ASPECT WOULD TURN A DESIGN TO MORE SOPHISTICATED AND FACETED. HE TREATED HIS BUILDING WITH VASTUSHASTRA. HE ALSO USED VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN FOREIGN.

HIS DESIGN CONCEPTSBUILDINGS WERE CONCEIVED IN A STRICT MODERNIST VOCABULARY. HE USED CONCRETE FRAME STRUCTURE IN FILLED WITH BRICK PANELS AND PLASTERED IN A FINE STONE GRIT FINISH. HE MOSTLY USED THE LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS. HIS WORKS ARE BASED ON MODERN ARCHITECTURE OF THE WEST, BUT AT THE SAME TIME PRESERVES AND REINTERPRETS INDIAN TRADITION.THE STRENGTH OF THE ARCHITECTS TIES TO INDIAN TRADITION AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THE PRINCIPLES OF MODERNISM ARE EXPRESSED VARY GREATLY. THEIR WORK IS OBVIOUSLY CONTEMPORARY AND FUSES TRADITION WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND MATERIALS OF MODERNISM IN CREATIVE AND REMARKABLE WAYS.STYLE OF ARCHITECTUREEXPERIENCE UNDER CLAUDE BATLEYCLAUDE BATLEY INTRODUCED KANVINDE TO THE WORLD OFARCHITECTURE. THIS WAS THE PERIOD WHEN KANVINDE LEARNED TO APPRECIATE THE VALUES OF INDIAN ARCHITECTURE. HE WAS FAMILIARIZED WITH: ITS ORIGINSARCHITECTURE BASED ON THE EXIGENCIES OF LOCAL CLIMATE, BUILDING MATERIALS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONSLITERATE FUSION OF WESTERN CLASSICAL ORDER WITH INDIAN BUILDING TRADITIONSCLIMATOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES

IN 1934, HE PUBLISHED A VOLUME OF MEASURED DRAWINGS OF TRADITIONAL INDIAN BUILDING AND IN HIS LECTURES HE TRIED FOR AN INFORMED KANVINDE REMEMBERS HIM AS "A VERY IMPORTANT MAN IN SHAPING THE OUTLOOK OF MANY ARCHITECTS OF MY GENERATION, ALSO OF THE EARLIER GENERATIONTHE VARIOUS BAUHAUS CHARACTERISTICS VISIBLE IN KANVINDE'S WORKS WOULD BE ASYMMETRY BLOCKY CUBIC SHAPES SMOOTH, FLAT PLAIN, UNDECORATED SURFACESFLAT ROOFS ADOPTION OF STEEL-FRAMED OR REINFORCED-CONCRETE POST-AND-SLAB.

KANVINDE PLAYED WITH SPACE AND FORM AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANCE TO NATURAL LIGHT.HE BELIEVED THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE PARTS AND MATERIALS OF THE BUILDING ARE A WORKING MORALITY.

BrickCementEXPERIENCE UNDER WALTER GROPIUSTHE BAUHAUS STYLE STUDYING UNDER WALTER GROPIUS, KANVIND DEVELOPED AWHOLE NEW OUTLOOK TOWARDS ARCHITECTURE. HE WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE BAUHAUS STYLE, WHICH LATER ON WAS ADOPTED IN HIS VARIOUS BUILDINGS. KANVINDE WAS INITIALLY UNPREPARED FOR THE SPACE CONCEPTS TAUGHT IN GROPIUSS SCHOOL. HAVING STUDIED UNDERBATLEY, HE WAS NOT CONVERSANT WITH THE PROGRESSIVE IMAGERY AND TECHNIQUES OF THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE. BUT PROGRESSIVELY WHAT HE WAS MUCH AFFECTED BY WAS THE SOCIAL ORDER AND THE OPTIMISM IMPLIED BY THE MODERNIST PARADIGM.

EXAMPLESDOODHSAGAR DAIRY , MEHSANA

THE PRIMARY TASK WAS TO RESPOND TO FUNCTIONAL DEMANDS OF THE DAIRY INTERIOR: THE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE LAYOUT AND OPTIMAL VENTILATION WHICH FORMED THE CENTRAL IDEA OF THE DESIGN.

THE DOODHSAGAR DAIRY IS MONSTROUS, RAW, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST OUTBURSTS OF WHAT CAN BE CALLED KANVINDES BRUTALISM. THE FORM IS VERY ROUGH, AND BLOCKY.

Rhythmic Ventilation shaftsSlit windowsTO EVACUATE THE HEAT GENERATED OUT OF MILK CONDENSING AND SPRAY DRYING EQUIPMENT, A SYSTEM OF VENTILATION DUCTS LINKING ALL THE WORKING AREAS RUNS AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF BOTH THE BUILDINGS ELIMINATING THE INEFFECTIVE EXHAUST FANS. THE GRID BASED SPATIAL ORGANISATION AND SHAFTS, ALTHOUGH INTRINSIC TO THE TECHNICAL PROCESS, ARE ARTICULATED BY KANVINDE TO FORM A RHYTHMIC COMPOSITIONREFLECTING A LEVEL OF AUTONOMY IN EXPRESSION. THE INTENTION OF MAKING A TRIUMPHANT GESTURE OF THE MODERNISING DAIRY INDUSTRY REPRESENTING THE SMALL SCALE DAIRY FARMERS.

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPURI.I.T., KANPUR IT IS ESTABLISHED IN 1959-66 AND IS LOCATED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY OF KANPUR IN U.P.. THE IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM OF THIS INSTITUTE WAS INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL STIMULATION.THE BUILDING IS HARMONIOUS IN CHARACTER. THE SITE IS FLAT WITH THE CANAL ON ONE SIDE AND TRANSPORTATION ROUTE ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE ACADEMIC COMPLEX IS LOCATED CENTRALLY AT THE SITE AND FREE FROM TRAFFIC NOISE. PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ARE COMPLETELY SEGREGATED.

The Bauhaus influence in Kanvindes style is clearly visible in the buildings of IIT Kanpur.

cubic shapessmooth, flat plain, undecorated surfacescomplete elimination of all mouldings and ornamentflat roofs

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Reveals the internal functions in a building as separate masses.Arranged in ways that were functional from inside and elegant from outside.Kanvinde strongly believed that the elevation of a structure should be defined by the functions inside.THE PROGRAM OF THE INSTITUTION WAS PREPARED BASE ON DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS. CONVENTIONAL TYPE OFBUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED AS ISOLATED ISLANDS OFDEPARTMENTS. TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE REALITY THAT RESEARCH WORK IN THE PRESENT TIME IS A COLLABORATIVE WORK OF VARIED DISCIPLINES, CURRICULUM OF STUDIES IS WORKED OUT, WITH THAT GOAL IN MIND. THEREFORE, THE EFFORT IS TO CREATE A COMMON STREAM OF FRESH INTAKE FOR ONE YEAR TO HELP STUDENTS CREATE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF EACH OTHERS DISCIPLINE & DEPARTMENTS AND THEN TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPECIALIZATION AT GRADUATE LEVEL .ACTIVITIES WHICH STUDENTS AND FACULTIES SHARE ARE SEMINARS AND LECTURE HALL, LIBRARY, CAFETERIA ETC . THEREFORE, THESE HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE MEETING AND INTERACTION. WITH SUCH AN IDEA, ALL ACTIVITIES ARE GROUPED AROUND . LECTURE HALLS, LIBRARY AND FACULTY BUILDING WITH LABORATORIES AND OTHER SPECIALIZED SERVICES, ORGANIZED AND PLANNED AS DECENTRALIZED ACTIVITIES, ARE CONNECTED BY THE WALKWAY SYSTEM . THIS ALLOWS THE STUDENTS TO WALK AT TWO LEVELS OF THE BUILDING THAT ARE DESIGNED TO RECEIVE A TWO LEVEL CIRCULATION. WITH THE GROWTH OF THE INSTITUTE, CORRIDORS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DIMINISHING IN COURSE OF TIME.

CONCEPTMOST OF THE BLOCKS ARE PLANNED BASED ON RESPECTIVE MODULES OF CERTAIN DIMENSION . IN THIS PROJECT AN EFFORT IS MADE TO CREATE AN INTIMATE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN THE ENTIRE COMPLEX . HALLS OF RESIDENCE, FACULTY AND STAFF HOUSES AND COMMUNITY BUILDINGS SURROUND THE CENTRAL ACADEMIC AREA TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY IN MOVEMENT AND COMMUNICATION. THE RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS IS PLANNED AND LANDSCAPED WITH A HOPE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FREEDOM THE IIT KANPUR CAMPUS REFLECTS CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF INDIA.

THE ACADEMIC COMPLEX COMPRISES A LIBRARY , LECTURE HALLS , FACULTY BUILDING , A COMPUTER CENTER, WORKSHOPS AND AREA FOR CULTURAL FACILITIES. IT IS OPEN FORM WITH LINKING CORRIDORS AND SPACE PENETRATING THROUGH , THUS PROVIDING SHELTER FROM THE EXTREMELY HOT SUN AND ALSO ALLOW BREEZES.

Open form with linking corridorsTHE LIBRARY FORMS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE COMPLEX. IT IS A FRAMED STRUCTURE BASED ON GRID. THE WHOLE BUILDING IS BUILT IN R.C.C WITH A BRICK FACADE. THE WHOLE STRUCTURE GIVES A VERY BEAUTIFUL PLAY OF SHADE AND SHADOW.(Water creating micro climatic effect)

ALL THESE BUILDING COMPONENTS ARE INTERLINKED BY DETACHED 2 LEVELED CORRIDORS WHICH IS NOT ONLY THE FACILITY FOR CROSS-VENTILATION BUT ALSO ALLOW FOR FUTURE GROWTH. AN UNDERGROUND SERVICE TUNNEL RUNS ALONG THESE CORRIDORS.

Leveled corridorsTHE EXTERNAL SURFACES, WHETHER OF CONCRETE OR BRICK ARE LEFT EXPOSED TO OBVIATE RECURRING MAINTENANCE COSTS AND TO ENHANCE THE AESTHETIC APPEAL .

THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM CONSIST OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES AND SLABS WITH AVAILABLE BRICK CURTAIN WALL.

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ISKCON TEMPLE AT NEW DELHI

ISKCON TEMPLE IT IS BUILT IN 1998 AND IT IS LOCATED IN NEW DELHI. THE PROJECT IS SITUATED ON A SLOPING SITE AND COVERS AN AREA OF 3 ACRES WITH THE SLOPE OF 8 METERS IN RELATION TO ROAD LEVEL. DEITY SPACES ARE LOCATED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IT HAS ASSEMBLY HALL FOR 400 PEOPLE. THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME STRUCTURE AND CLAD WITH RED AND WHITE STONE FINISH.

SERVICES SPACES LIKE KITCHEN, DINNING AREAS FOR DEVOTEES, OFFICES ARE LOCATED AT THE LOWER LEVEL. OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE :-MULTIMEDIA CULTURAL CENTER.AUDITORIUM.ANIMISTIC PRESENTATION MUSEUM.DORMITORY FOR DEVOTEES.SMALL SHOPPING AREAS.RESTAURANT AND OFFICES. TEMPLE IS AROUND AN INFORMAL COURT WITH SUNK GARDEN SPACES.THERE ARE CASCADES ALL AROUND AND WATERFALLS TO CREATE AMBIENCE.

NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE IS SPREAD OVER 14 ACRES OF LAND. NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE, MUMBAI THIS COMPLEX HOUSES; A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND EXHIBITS INTENDED BY THE CSIR (COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH) TO POPULARIZE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY .CHIEFLY, A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM WITH, DEMONSTRATION HALL AND FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, EXTENSION ACTIVITIES, A MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, A HALL OF INDUSTRY, AND AN OUTDOOR SCIENCE PARK . THIS COMPLEX HAS DISCOVERY OF INDIA EXPOSITIONS, ART GALLERY, AUDITORIUM AND EXHIBITION HALLS.CONCEPTTHE COMPLEX IS WORKED OUT OF A SERIES OF REPETITIVE MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODULES, CREATING A VARIATION OFSPACES WITH THE BUILDING IN A WAY THAT THE UNITS DO NOT CREATE MONOTONY OF SPACE, BUT A QUALITY THAT CREATES SURPRISES AND STIRS THE MINDS OF VISITORS AS THE MOVE WITH THE COMPLEX.VISITORS APPROACHING THE MUSEUM ENTER AT THE SECOND STOREY ATRIUM THROUGH A LANDSCAPED APPROACH.FROM THERE THEY CAN TAKE A ROUTE AND VISIT THE EXHIBIT AREAS BY NEGOTIATING ONE FLOOR.AT THE LOWEST LEVEL, WHERE THE LECTURE HALL, THE LIBRARY AND THE CAFETERIA AREA ARE LOCATED FOR LEISURE, HALFWAY THROUGH THE MOVEMENT FROM WHERE THE VISITOR SCAN RETURN BACK TO THE ENTRANCE ATRIUM AREA AFTERCOMPLETING THE TOUR.

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