CEPT university Ahmedabad,gujrat

BALKRISHNA .V.DOSHI

A CAMPUS WITH THE BEST SPATIAL PLANNING WITH INTERESTING

PATHWAYS. ‘CAMPUS WITHOUT
WALLS LEARNING
CEPT UNIVERSITY WAS STARTED IN 1962
BEYOND
THE SCHOOL BROKE AWAY FROM THE CONVENTIONAL TEACHING BOUNDARIES’
COURSES .

THE CONCEPT CHANGED FROM ARCHITECTURE AS THE TECHNICAL

DISCIPLINE TO ARCHITECTURE AS A DESIGN DISCIPLINE.
 • ELIMINATION OF CLASSROOM FEELING
ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT BARRIERS
INTEGRATION OF OPEN SPACES
EASE OF INTERACTION BETWEEN VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS..
• HE EMPHASISED ON LEARNING RATHER THAN
TEACHING ,THERE WERE NO BOUNDARIES , NO
HIERARCHY AND A COMPLETE ATMOSPHERE OF FREE
AND UNHAMPERED INQUIRY .
• REFLECTS ON THE UNDERLINE PHILOSPHY WHERE
NOTHING IS BOXED INTO HARD CATEGORIES. AN
ENVIRONMENT OPEN FOR BOTH SPIRIT AND
PHYSICAL FORM .
• COMBINES THE ABSTRACT AND THE REAL – IT IS THE
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF CULTURE ,VALUES,
KNOWLEDGE ,DEVELOPMENT AND ARCHITECTURE
EVOLUTION.
• THE TRADITION THINKING OF INDOORE AS WELL AS
OUTDOORE SPACES AS USABLE FOR TEACHING
SPACES WLEDGE AND METHODOLOGY
• DOSHI’S MAIN IDEOLOGY IS VASTU SHILPA-
DESIGN OF ENVIRONMENT, HE USES THE

ARCHITECTS COURTYARDS ,OPEN SPACES AND LANDSCAPE TO

CREATE THESE SPACES.

PHILOSOPHY
 LOCATION:GUJARAT UNIVERSITY AREA , AHMEDABAD
AREA OF SITE: 12.5 ACRE
LATITUDE :23° 2' 14" N

LONGITUDE: 72° 33' 0" E

WIND DIRECTION : WEST AND SOUTH WEST

APPROACH :MAIN ACCESS ON THE NORTHEN SIDE
TWO ENTRANCES ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE WHICH
IS AN INTERNAL ACCESS TWO ENTRANCES ON THE
WESTREN SIDE

TOPOGRAPHY
THE GENERAL SLOPE IS TOWARDS THE NOTH WESTERN
CORNER

PROXIMITY
THE SITE IS
11.9KMS FROM AIRPORT
7.7KMS FROM RAILWAY STATION
6.3KMS FROM BUSSTAND
3.1KMS FROM INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT(IIM)
6.4KMS FROM SABARMATHI RIVERFRONT
1.1KMS FROM PASSPORT OFFICE
1.1KMS FROM UNIVERSITY OF GUJARATH
230MTS FROM AMRIT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
L.M COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AMDAVAN
NI GUFA
 Z DOSHI CITED THE CAMPUS BASED
ON THE NORTH LIGHT.

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THE BUILDING IS SET 100FT AWAY
FROM THE MAIN ROAD AND IS
COVERED BY LANDSCAPE AND
NORTH LAWNS. WHICH ACT AS A
NOISE BARRIER AND ISOLATES

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THE CAMPUS FROM THE MAIN
ROAD.

THE APPROACH TO THE BUILDING

IS FROM THE NORTH GATE, THAT

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CONNECTS TO THE MAIN
CENTRAL COURTYARD
SHRENIKBHAI PLAZA.

THE SHRENIKBHAI PLAZA IS

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SURROUNDED BY LIBRARY,
FACULTY OF PLANNING ,FACULTY
OF ARCHITECTURE AND AN
AMPHITHEATER.

THE PLACEMENT OF THE LIBRARY

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AND AMPHITHEATER IS SUCH
THAT IT CAN BE EASILY ACCESED
BY STUDENTS FACULTY AS WELL
AS VISITORS.

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THE SITE IS UNDULATED AND
HENCE THE USE OF CONTOURS IS
MADE TO FORM THE CONNECTIVE
AND INTERACTIVE SPACES.

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 • THE APPROACH TO THE
SITE IS FROM THE NORTH
GATE THAT CONNECTS TO
THE MAIN CENTRAL
COURTYARD SHRENIKBHAI
PLAZA.

• PARKING IS LAYED ACROSS

THE NORTH SOUTH AXIS.
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• THE BUILDINGS ARE
PLACED ORTHOGONALLY
WITH RESPECT TO THE
SIDES OF THE SITE AND
HENCE ALONG THE
CARDINAL POINTS.

• KEEN OBSERVATION IN
PLAN REVEALS THAT
BUILDINGS ARE ORIENTED
IN SUCH A PASSION THAT
TO AVOID THE HARSH SUN
LIGHT.

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 • THE CENTRAL COURT YARD IS A
COMBINATION OF PAVED AND UNPAVED
AREAS,SHADED BY TREES IN CERTAIN
AREAS….

• ALL ENTRANCES ARE LINKED TO

THE COURTYARD BY PEDESTRAIN
PATHWAY , HENCE THE COURTYARD
IS AN AREA OF HEAVY CIRCULATION
OF INTERACTION.

• THE COURTYARDS ACT AS A

C SEPERATION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND

PRIVATE SPACES.

O • THE CENTRAL COURTYARD CONNECTS

THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE BLOCK,
LIBRARY, AMPHETHEATER.

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THE ARCHITECTURE BLOCK HAS TWO
ENTRANCES ONE FROM THE NOTH LAWNS
AND ONE DIRECTLY CONNECTED FROM

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THE CENTRAL COURTYARD.

THE OTHER TECHNOLOGY BLOCK AND

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DESIGN BLOCKS ARE PLACED BEHIND THE
LIBRARY AND ARE CONNECTED BY A
SMALL COURTYARD.

C THE NET ZERO BUILDING CONSISTS OF

THE INTERIOR DESIGN CLASSROOMS.

A CORRIDORS AND STAIRCASES ARE USED

TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY AS WELL AS

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INTERACTIVE SPACES WITHIN THE
CAMPUS.THE CLASSROOMS DO NOT HAVE
DEFINED WALLS INSTEAD PARTITION

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SLIDING DOORS TO INCREASE AND
DECREASE THE INTERIOR SPACES.

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THE STUDIO SPACES HAVE BAY SPACES
FACING THE EXTERIOR,CREATING SEMI-
PRIVATE SPACES WHICH ARE YET TOTALLY

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OPEN TO THE EXTERIOR SPACES WHERE
THE INDIVIDUAL CAN BE ALONE WITH
NATURE EVEN IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF
A STUDIO…..

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 • AS WE SEE, THE BUILDINGS ARE
PLACED ACCORDING TO THE
SUN DIRECTION, THE SOUTH
FACED OF THE BUILDINGS HAS
LONG PROJECTIONS AND ON
THE NORTH FACADE OF THE
BUILDING HAS SMALL
PROJECTIONS……

• THERE ARE INCLINE SKYLIGHTS

ON TOP OF THE
STUDIOS,PERPETUALLY LETTING
IN NATURAL LIGHT INTO THE
SPACES…..

• TO CUT DOWN THE SUNLIGHT

WHILE ADMITTING NATURAL
N VENTILATION, DOSHI DESIGNED
A STRUCTURALLY PARALLEL
BRICK WALLS AND DEEP
CONCRETE COLUMNS.
• AHEMEDABAD HAS A HOT ,SEMI –ARID
CLIMATE WITH MARGINALLY LESS RAIN
THAN REQUIRED FOR A TROPICAL
SAVANNA CLIMATE.

• DOSHI HAS KEENLY OBSERVED THIS AND

CONSTRUCTED THE BUILDING ABOVE THE
GROUND AS SEEN IN LE CORBUSIERS
BUILDINGS BUT UNLIKE LE CORBUSIER
WHERE THE BUILDINGS FUNCTION START
FROM ABOVE THE GROUND, DOSHI USED
THE UNDERNEATH SPACE BASED ON THE
MICROCLIMATE , TO PROVIDE ACTIVE
MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACES.THESE WERE
DESIGNED FOR SUNPROTECTION AND
EXPOSURE FROM HARSH BREEZE.

• HE HAS PROVIDED FUNNEL STAIRCASES

FOR WIND TO BE DIRECTED WITHIN THE
INTERIOR SPACES.

• TO CUT DOWN THE SUNLIGHT WHILE

ADMITTING NATURAL VENTILATION, DOSHI
DESIGNED A STRUCTURALLY PARALLEL
BRICK WALLS AND DEEP CONCRETE
COLUMNS.

DEVELOPMENT
OF SPACES
WITH RESPECT
TO CLIMATE
 • THE LIBRARY IS PLACED NEAR THE
ENTRACE AT THE CENTRAL
L COURTYARD FOR EASY ACCESS OF
THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS

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VISITORS.

• THE LIBRARY IS PROVIDED WITH

B AUTOMATIED LOUVERS WHICH

ROTATE BASED ON THE SUN PATH.
• THE LIBRARY PROVIDES A BACKDROP
R FOR THE STAGE ADJACENT TO THE
BLOCK.

A • THE STAGE IS MULTIFUNCTIONAL

AND CONNECTS TO THE CENTRAL

R COURTYARD, THE CENTRAL

COURTYARD THEN DECENDS INTO
FLIGHT OF STEPS THAT ACT AS
Y SEATING FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL
BLOCK UNDERGROUND .

• THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE MOST OF

THE FACULTY STUDENT

B INTERACTION TAKES PLACE.

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 THE MAIN NORTH SOUTH AXIS

A CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO THE

OFFICE BUILDING AT THE END
NEAR SOUTH GATE.

R A PATH FROM THE SOUTH LAWNS

DIRECTS TO THE KANORIA CENTER

T FOR ARTS,THE VIKRAM SARABHAI

COMMUNITY SCIENCE CENTER
AND THE ARTS DEPARTMENT.

THE AMPHITHEATER NEAR THE

ARTS DEPARTMENT IS USED FOR

D COLLEGE PURPOSE FOR

PORFORMING ARTS.

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The parking area is laid parallel to
the north -south axis of the site, for
the easy access to the campus.

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Area for bike parking: 1275 msq
Area for car parking: 2800 msq

Along with the parking there

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consists of a cafeteria with area
1274 msq including the seating
area.

I Besides the cafeteria there is a

stationary shop which also provides
the students with raw materials.

L This also incudes a basketball

ground , which is presently used for
parking.

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• THE NORTH LAWNS ACT
AS A BARRIER FROM THE
MAIN ROAD, ALSO

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PROVIDES A GREEN SCAPE
FOR STUDENTS TO SIT
AND INTERACT.

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• THE SOUTH LAWNS ACT
AS A NOISE BARRIER FOR

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THE PARKING AREA AND
ALSO ACTS AS A
LANDSACPE FOR THE

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ENTRACE TO THE
BUILDING BOCKS

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