UNIVERSITY DESIGN

-RESEARCH & STRATEGIES

GROUP:
ISHIKA JAIN
RHITWA PRAJAPATI
RIYA PATEL
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● SITE - INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ● SITE - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN

● LOCATION -AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT ● LOCATION - GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT
● ARCHITECT - LOUIS KAHN ● ARCHITECT - GIRA SARABHAI
● ARCHITECTURE STYLE - BRUTALIST ● ARCHITECTURE STYLE - BRUTALIST
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● Separate entries for institutional & residential complex. ● The courtyards, functionally conceived as open spaces to
● Separate service entry. segregate between two diverse functions of seminar
● Academic & social activities have been integrated with room/classrooms & workshops/laboratories due to noise &
students & staff living. structural reasons, spatially created light wells for the dark
● Institutional building has been taken as the focal building. ground spaces.
● Auditorium is located near the main entrance for easy ● The north-south orientation of the studios gives more light
access for visitors. & cuts off the glare.
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WALKING PATH

● Emphasis has been

given on pedestrian
movement of the site.
● Vehicular movement is
restricted only till the
entrance for the
visitors.
● The movement pattern
develops on the ground
floor through the court
like spaces that
developed under the
structural grid.
● One is made to
experience the receding
columns in perspective
● Circulation within the campus has been designed in such a on the way to canteen.
manner so as to restrict vehicle traffic away from the
academic zone.
● Entry to the residential sector(here internal roads give access
to houses, they have been planned as main circulation spine.)
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● The dormitories have been arranged enclosing courts ● It is by triple height staircase marked with platforms at
between them & the pedestrian pathways around different levels which gives a very impactful experience.
courts like various areas. ● One of its major functions is to formalize the entry to
● In certain dorms underpasses going beneath the dorms auditorium on the second floor.
have been provided for uninterrupted circulation. ● Spiral staircase have been provided as a means of
connecting workshop to the studios.
● The semi opened space sound the canopied roof of the
double staircase is an excellent activity area where the
students interact, relax & has some major source of
exchange of ideas.
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● Brick has been used as primary building material for the entire ● Precast RCC shells are designed to carry machine loads of
complex, wall and columns 1000 kg/sq. Metre
● Brick arches have been used for wide spans ● The first few shells were of reinforced cement concrete but
● Use of concrete has been restricted to foundation, floor slab, the next step was to develop them of reinforced brick with
and ties for arched opening an RCC band at the edges. In the third stage the entire shell
was made of reinforced brick.
● The final stage of the development was the design of a brick
shell without any reinforcement at all
● Flooring consists of squares of two module length cast in
situ cement (patent stone)
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● Landscape has been well integrated with building in campus ● As soon as the built form is placed on site it generates its own
● The louise khan plaza is the central court around which space in and around it. Thus the outside open spaces are as
building have been planned, this functions as a space for much important as a design criteria as inner areas.
relaxation as well as for formal occasions for huge ● Lawns are used for informal gathering, cultural program, etc.
gatherings ● Three platforms extended from the institute building in the
● Faculty office have been planned with garden courts in lawn acting as built in sit outs
between two blocks ● There is also an ancient monument and open air
● Raised lawns in front of the auditorium as well as the main amphitheatre having densely planted trees around it
entrance further aid in visually enhancing the quality of ● Lawns are not only a feature of landscape but they act as a
environment within a complex. interactive spaces.
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The large facade Studios were a sacred
omissions are place—a space of unfettered
abstracted patterns experimentation
found within the Indian
culture positioned to
act as light wells.The The plan displays magnificent
porosity from the bricks interconnections and spatial
creates new gathering non-hierarchy with the
spaces for the students openness of the organization.
and faculty to come The complex modulations with
together. partition walls created maze
with diverse experiences.
This openness of the institute
symbolizes expression - “to be
The rustic effect of the
free”.
bricks become a point of
beauty in the structure,
as the different look of Another interesting
each brick promotes juxtaposition is the location
the notion of of an old monument used as
timelessness. As Kahn backdrop for amphitheatre, in
himself said, the bricks close vicinity to the main
are what make a building. The existence of old
structure what it is and the new creates dynamic
with a new story to be compositional balance
told each time
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