Ar.ACHYUT PARKASH KANVINDE

SUBMITTED TO:- Ar. Amandeep kaur

SUBMITTED BY:- Manpreet Kaur

THEORY OF DESIGN

Ar.ACHYUT P. KANVINDE

• He was born at ACHARA, SINDHUDURG district, MAHARASHTRA in 1916.

• His father was a painter and he spent his childhood in a rural environment.

• KANVINDE GRADUATED IN ARCHITECTURE FROM J.J. SCHOOL OF ART, MUMBAI in 1942.

• He completed his masters from HARWARD SCHOOL OF DESIGN, USA in 1947.

• He was a student of WALTER GROPIUS.• In 1955 he established his own practice in

delhi along with SHAUKAT RAI.

• In 1970 MORAD CHOWDHARY joined the firm with firm acquiring its present name_ KANVINDE RAI & CHOWDHARY ASSOCIATES.

• He shared a unique relationship with his client, continuing to enjoy their patronage on several commissions.

• Shri Kanvinde was a versatile personality, a critic, a writer and a visiting professor in reputed universities in India as well as abroad.

• He passed away on 28th December 2002 which was a great loss to Indian architecture.

LIST OF AWARDS

• Recipient of PADMASHRI- National honour from Govt. of India in 1975.

• Recipient of gold medal of the Indian institute of architect in 1985.

• Recipient of national award of institution of engineers for architectural engg. In 1990.

• Got great master national award by J.K.Industries Ltd in 1993.

• Outstanding Konkani awards [POSTHUMOUS] IN 2003.

• TMA PAI Foundation Manipal in 2003.

MAJOR PROJECTS

• Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s research associates 1953.

• Darpana Dance academy, Ahmedabad 1963.• Residence of A.P.Kanvinde 1967.• Campus building for national dairy development

board,Anand, 1970.• Mahatma Phule agricultural university, Rahuri,

1978.• Nehru science center, Mumbai, 1980• Sher-I-Kashmir institute of medical sciences, Sri-

Nagar 1987.

• Legislative assembly & high court, Sri nagar , 1989.

• National science centre, New Delhi, 1991.• Metro dairy, Kolkata, 1996.• Temple & vedic institute for Iskon,

Delhi, 1998.• Banas II Dairy, Palanpur, 2000.• Iskon Temple, varanasi on going project.

PHILOSOPHY• Acc. To him architecture is defined as “SATYAM

SHIVAM SUNDARAM”. Meaning that which is beautiful embodies truth with pure & clean qualities.

• Kanvinde realized that no meaningful architecture could ever be built without understanding the climate & geography of the region as well as the pattern of society.

• Acc. To him architecture is not a museum of materials.• He used bricks, stones, concrete & aggregate plaster

with equal finesse and was always on the look out for different materials where demanded by the climatic context.

• He carried out consistently good buildings on small scale budgets all around the country.

• His work carried out the spirit of modern master which had a scientific , rational & technological base.

• His belief in application of modern technologies made him receptive to new ideas & concepts, in search for a democratic expression to Indian architecture.

• His work was straight forward norms of functional planning, invariable attempt to achieve a form-oriented expression.

• All his life, he was constantly exploring new ways of re-inviting the vocabulary of architecture.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• He was one of the first practices that then fledged A+D magazine profiled in 1985 [A+D – Volume – 1]

• He was one of the pioneers of the modern moment in architecture.

• He is the author of a book called CAMPUS DESIGN IN INDIA.

• For many years Kanvinde became a spoke’s person of architectural profession.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYAT KANPUR

• It is located at KANPUR.• The I.I.T KANPUR is one of such premier

institutions, established by the union govt. to impart high quality technological training in India located on the outskirts of Kanpur city.

• It is the first example of comprehensive modern campus built in the country.

• The most significant aspect of the campus is its planning by discipline, discarding the conventional idea of separating activities by departmental division.

I.T.T. KANPUR

• The plan is decentralized activities, are connected by the walkway system this allows the students to walk at 2 levels of the building that are designed to receive a 2 level circulation.

• Plan was based on repetitive modules of certain dimension.

• There is a unique layering of corridors. ACADEMIC COMPLEX• The main academic complex is organized in a

quadrangle on an area of 20 hectares.• It comprises of a library, a lecture theatre block, a

faculty

VIEW OF INSTITUTE

• Building, a computer center besides the laboratories, workshops and areas for cultural and recreational facilities.

• The library, lecture theatre block and laboratories are two or three stories high.

• The faculty building is six storeyed and is largest structure in the academic core and entire campus is visible from the roof.

• Staircase, elevators & fire escape, spiral stairs are provided for vertical circulation.

• All the building in academic area are easily distinguishable through form as well as structural.

LECTURE THEATRE

• This block is a double storeyed structure with the ground floor being stilted.

• It is liked to the library & laboratories by corridors.

• The structure is reinforced concrete frame and brick exposed walls the windows are sunken to protect from sun and rain.

• The interior is equipped more like an auditorium than a classroom.

• The walls & ceiling are acoustically treated with wall finishes & false ceilings.

• The flooring inside the lecture theatre is terrazzo and in the corridors is kotah stone highly polished.

LABORATORIES• The laboratory building are distributed all

along the academic areas and are named as eastern labs, western labs, northern labs and the core labs.

• The design is based on modules.• The laboratories are located on both sides of a

central corridor to make design more than compact.

• The laboratory blocks are connected with faculty building and the library except the northern & southern laboratories by means of corridors and by bridges.

WORKSHOPS• The workshop block is situated on the western

periphery on the academic complex.• Fabrication work for various departments &

institute

Facilities are also carried out.• The roof structure is saw tooth truss which

economical with the added advantage of reduction in the volume of space enclosed.

CIRCULATION• In order to allow for expansion, growth &

flexibility within the complex, activities and services have been segregated and interconnected by a linear movement along 2 level corridors.

• Vehicular movement for both goods & people is segregated

• From pedestrian movement maintaining the integrity of the core as a pedestrian island.

• Parking has been provided which restrict cross movement of traffic within the academic complex.

LANDSCAPING• The I.I.T. campus is planned and landscaped for

environmental freedom.• The core of the complex is stilted area of lecture

halls which is surrounded by landscaping, water body & sculptures.

• The sunken garden is created for cultural activities.

LIBRARY• The library building is

large and most impressive building in the academic core.

• It is centrally located and has main entry at higher than the ground level.

• At ground level a sunken garden is provided below

the central cutout.• The structure is based on grid module & has

central large skylight.• The windows are sunk deep into the walls to

provide glare free light.• It is connected to lecture halls, labs by

corridors. BUILDING FORM• Building is based upon modular concept, the

buildings are harmonious in character, have open forms with linking corridors & spaces penetrating.

• Structural system consists of reinforced concrete frames and slabs with brick curtain wall.

• The external surfaces of concrete of brick are left exposed to enhance the aesthetic appeal.

• Skylights are important feature in the library building and the computer centre to provide indirect light in the interior spaces.