CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION

(CEE)

CEE IS NATION WIDE ORGANISTAION WHICH WORKS TO

SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AMONG THE
MASSES OF THIS COUNTRY.
IT DOES THIS BY CREATING VARIOUS MEDIA LIKE PRINTED
MATERIALS,BOARDS,MODELS ETC. WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED
AMONG SCHOOLS, NATIONAL PARKS AND OTHER PLACES.
THE PROPAGATION OF THESE MEDIA TAKE PLACE IN THE
CEE CAMPUS ALONG WITH OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO
THE FUNCTIONING OF CEE
CEE RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.
THE ARCHITECTS

ARCHITECTS OF THE CEE

CAMPUS AND IT’S
STRUCTURES ARE AR.
NEELKANTH CHHAYA
ANDAR. KALLOL JOSHI
WHO WON A
COMPETITON HELD FOR
THE DESIGN OF CEE
HELD IN 1984.

CONSTRUCTION BEGAN
IN 1986.
 AHMEDABAD

THE STRUCTURE IS
LOCATED IN
AHMEDABAD.

AHMEDABAD HAS
EXTREME
TEMPERATURES.

IT IS HOTAND DRY IN

SUMMER AND COOL AND
DRY IN WINTER.
SITE
SITECONDITIONS
CONITIONS

THE SITE WAS PART OF A

STABILISED SAND DUNE
WITH 3 RIDGES SLOPING
FROM NE-SW

THERE WERE A LOT OF

EXISTING TREES ON THE
SITE.
 MAIN DESIGN INTENTIONS

THE STRUCTURE SHOULD

BLEND IN WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT AND NOT
STAND OUT
CHINA MOSAIC
TILES USED ON
THE ROOF TO
REFLECT HEAT
EXISTING TREES HAVE BEEN RETAINED

THEY SHADE THE BUILDINGS AND THE UNBUILT SPACE

AROUND THEM
 MAIN DESIGN INTENTIONS

USE ORIENTATION TO GENERATE

A CLIMATIC RESPONSE AND
USE ORIENTATION
THEREFORE USE AS L TO GENERATE
A CLIMATIC RESPONSE AND
THEREFORE USE AS LITTLE
MECHANICAL COOLING DEVICES AS
POSSIBLE
 grnd flr oriented
in NE-SW direction

12 12

Double height oriented

in N-S direction to receive
light.
 MAIN DESIGN INTENTIONS

REFLECT THE FLEXIBLE NATURE

OF THE ORGANISATION’S WORKING
IN THE PLAN
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THIS RESULTED IN A NETWORKED

PLAN WHERE EACH SPACE IS
INTERCONNECTED WITH THE
10 NEIGHBOURING SPACES.
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PARKING
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PARKING
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CIRCULATION OUTSIDE THE BUILT SPACES

FOLLOWS A LINEAR SPINAL PATTERN.
AUDITORIUM
01

RECEPTION 04

07

SEMINAR
ROOM
01 06

03

SEMINAR
08 01 05

ROOM 05

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 ALL THE SPACES

FORMING THE PUBLIC
 THE PUBLIC
10
10
INTERFACE ARE
INTERFACE IS
GROUPED TOGETHER
PLACED
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WITHIN THE ENCLOSED SPACE THERE IS NO FORMAL
CIRCULATION PATTERN-ALL SPACES ARE INTERCONNECTED
WITH THE NEIGHBOURING SPACES.
THE ENTRANCE STEPS CHANGE IN
DIRECTION MID-FLIGHT WHICH
CREATE AN INTERESTING
ARCHITETCURAL FEATURE.
THERE IS AN ENTRANCE RAMP PROVIDED ALONG SIDE
THE ENTRANCE STEPS FOR THE TRANSPORT OF HEAVY
GOODS AND ALSO FOR THE BENEFIT OF HANDICAPPED
PEOPLE.
AFTER THE
ENTRANCE STEPS,THE
USER COMES TO A
RAMP WHICH CREATES
A SENSE OF
TRANSITION AS THE
USER MOVES DOWN
THE STEPS OVER
WHICH THE PERGOLA
IS BUILT.
 THE PERGOLA LEADS
DOWN TO THE CANTEEN
AND THE AUDITORIUM.

ALONGSIDE THE PERGOLA IS A RAMP LEADING DOWN TO

THE RECEPTION AREA.
BELOW THE RAMP LANDING,
THERE HAS BEEN A SPACE
CREATED FOR THE CHILDREN OF
THE EMPLOYEES TO PLAY.

THE RAMP HAS AN INTERMEDIATE

LANDING WHERE ONE CAN STOP AND
APPRECIATE THE VIEW OF THE
STRUCTURES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
THE RAMP ALLOWS THE USER TO VISUALLY
APPRECIATE THE SURROUNDINGS AS HE
DESCENDS,WITHOUT CONCENTRATING ON
WHERE TO PUT HIS FOOT DOWN (AS IN THE
CASE OF A FLIGHT OF STEPS.)
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THE SPACE UNDER THE DOUBLE HEIGHT IS USED FOR GROUP WORKING
THE REST OF THE SPACE IS USED FOR INDIVIDUAL WORK.

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INDIVIDUAL
WORKSPACE

THE MODULE
OF1230MM IS THE SIZE
IN WHICH MOST
PARTITON
SCREENS,TABLES AND
TUBELIGHTS ARE
AVAILABLE IN.
DOUBLE HEIGHT
SPACE

THE DOUBLE HEIGHT

IS ORIENTED NORTH-
SOUTH TO LET IN
LIGHT FROM THOSE
DIRECTIONS.
THIS SPACE ALSO
SERVES AS A SPACE
WHERE THE
EMPLOYEES CAN
CARRY OUT GROUP
WORK BECAUSE THE
INCREASED HEIGHT
PROVIDES A LARGER
VOLUME.
 PLAN-
PLAN-MULTIPLE
MULTIPLE OF MODULES
5100

1230

1230
7570

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1230

1230
ALL DIMENSIONS IN
DIMENSIONS
PLAN ARE BASED ON
THE
OF MODULE OF
SPACES IN
1230MM.
PLAN ARE
MULTIPLES OF
THE MODULE
 MODULAR SYSTEM

ALL HEIGHTS ARE

MULTIPLES OF THE
MODULE OF 4 BRICKS.

THE USE OF THIS

MODULE
THROUGHLOUT THE
STRUCTURES GIVES
THEM A SENSE OF
PROPORTION AND
VISUAL HARMONY
WITH EACH OTHER.
THE STRUCTURE IS SUNK INTO THE SLOPE TO CREATE AN
‘EARTH SHELTERED CONSTRUCTION’ WHERE THE EARTH
SHIELDS THE WEST WALL FROM THE HARSH SOLAR
RAIATION COMING FROM THE WEST.

THE TEMPERATURES AT DEEPER DEPTHS IN THE EARTH

ARE ALWAYS AT THE AVERAGE OF THE EXTREME
SURFACE TEMPERATURES.
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WINDOWS
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HAVEWINDO
BEEN
WS
PROVIDED ON
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THE SOUTH
SIDE BUT
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THEY ARE
SHADED.
AN INFORMAL SITTING OUTSIDE THE
AUDITORIUM ACTS AS A SPILL-OVER OR
TRANSITION SPACE FOR THE CROWD THAT
WILL USE THE AUDITORIUM AT A TIME.
A TERRACE JUST
OUTSIDE THE
SEMINAR ROOM
ACTS AS A
TRANSITION SPACE
FOR USERS
BEFORE,DURING A
BREAK AND AFTER
ATTENDING A
SEMINAR
THE PATH LEADS FROM OPEN-
TO-SKY COURTYARDS TO SEMI-
OPEN VERANDAHS TO ENCLOSED
SPACES.
THE PATH LEADS FROM
OPEN-TO-SKY COURTYARDS TO
SEMI-OPEN VERANDAHS TO
ENCLOSED SPACES.
THE PATH LEADS FROM OPEN-
TO-SKY COURTYARDS TO SEMI-
OPEN VERANDAHS TO ENCLOSED
SPACES.
COURTS HAVE BEEN CREATED AT
DIFFERENT LEVELS, INSIDE AS WELL
AS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.