INDIA Volume 03 / Issue 02 R 200 December 2013 LA CITTÀ DELL’ UOMO 024 CONTENTS 31 DOMUS 24 DECEMBER 2013 Cover: Indian School of Business in Mohali; Perkins Eastman acknowledges that the design of the long horizontality of the main academic buildings sitting under a single parasol roof with a consistent structural rhythm was influenced by Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex in neighbouring Chandigarh. INDIA Volume 03 / Issue 02 R200 December 2013 LA CITTÀ DELL’ UOMO 024 Contributors Jasem Pirani Suprio Bhattacharjee Photographs Milo Reid Dipti Desai Markus Hafner Hertha Hurnaus Michael Wagner Abner Fernandes MDP Michel Desvigne Paysagiste Nigel Young Foster + Partners Xavier Boymond Harshan Thomson Sarah Mechling Mohandass Radhakrishnan Authors Tapan Mittal-Deshpande Conservation architect András Pálffy Architect and professor Author Design Title Kaiwan Mehta 32 Editorial Sensibilities in architecture Damien Hirst 33 Confetti Spot Paintings Tapan Mittal-Deshpande 34 A narrative in stones: Hampi Manuel Aires Mateus Francisco Aires Mateus 40 Time and matter Sam Hecht Kim Colin 44 Desk accessories András Pálffy 46 Between concept and design Mario Botta 50 Reflections on the development of an educational programme 53 Footprints from a journey Kaiwan Mehta 60 Lotus Design Projects Capacity of spaces to transform anew Kaiwan Mehta 68 M/s. Prabhakar B. Bhagwat The oyster and the pearl 78 Norman Foster Redevelopment of the old port in Marseille Jasem Pirani 86 Perkins Eastman Calculated aesthetics Suprio Bhattacharjee 94 Mancini Architects Modest spaces of significance 102 Rassenga Bathroom Massimo Vignelli 109 Feedback The Vignellis’ New York
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Cover: Indian School of Business in Mohali; Perkins Eastman acknowledges that the design of the long horizontality of the main academic buildings sitting under a single parasol roof with a consistent structural rhythm was influenced by Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex in neighbouring Chandigarh.
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ContributorsJasem PiraniSuprio Bhattacharjee
PhotographsMilo ReidDipti DesaiMarkus HafnerHertha HurnausMichael WagnerAbner FernandesMDP Michel Desvigne PaysagisteNigel Young Foster + PartnersXavier BoymondHarshan ThomsonSarah MechlingMohandass Radhakrishnan
Suprio Bhattacharjee 94 Mancini Architects Modest spaces of significance
102RassengaBathroom
Massimo Vignelli 109FeedbackThe Vignellis’ New York
CALCULATED AESTHETICSEmbodying latest thinking in the planning and design of business schools competing on an international stage, the new campus of the Indian School of Business in Mohali, distinctly reflects an increasing call to brand identity and manufactures appearances that claim responses to culture and place
In a globalising economy, architecture and urban design have an increasing role in facilitating the identity or imagery of capital. While design schools continue to propagate Mies van der Rohe’s famous dictum that “Form Follows Function”, the reality in the world’s great cities is that “Form Follows Finance,” coined by Carol Willis — architectural historian and founder of The Skyscraper Museum. Design and its cousin, branding, helps sell everything from buildings to institutions, to dreams.This is not far from reality and accurately reflects the scenario in India as it competes among industries for attention within Asia, and on a global stage. The new campus of the Indian School of Business-Mohali represents the latest thinking in the planning and design of business schools competing on an international stage. The new 70-acre Mohali campus responds to the school’s mission to provide a
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This page: above, the lobby area within the campus.Below and opposite page: the Academic Administration Building serves as the ‘head’, the organising element, of the new Mohali campus, itself overlooking an expanse of green field
Text Jasem PiraniPhotos Harshan Thomson, Sarah Mechling
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world-class curriculum and real-world experience on par with peer institutions around the world. In this context, the founders of the Indian School of Business understand that design — especially by international architecture firms such as Perkins Eastman — can add significantly to the value of their institution. The building design has to fit the campus in a way that is not only supportive, but also sensitive to the environment. Perkins Eastman’s design for the campus planning and buildings draws inspiration from both traditional and contemporary architectural precedents, such that the open spaces and level differences that have been defined by built forms is reflective of Mughal architecture. Similarly, with other palace and temple architecture, the design of the ISB-Mohali campus is a series of interconnected courtyards, exterior and interior atriums, and covered outdoor walkways.Perkins Eastman acknowledges that the design of the long horizontality of the main academic buildings sitting under a single parasol roof with a consistent structural rhythm was influenced by Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex in neighbouring Chandigarh. In this way, the Academic Administration Building serves as the “head”, the organising element, of the new Mohali campus, itself overlooking an expanse of green field. The use of materials, as well as forms and fenestration is evidence that
what is accepted today is a sense of aesthetic that is recognisable and identified with institutional buildings. This establishes that the globalisation of architecture has resulted in homogeneity in the built environment — an increasing international homogenisation of the appearance of the built environment of large institutions as a result of the combination of several factors: market liberalisation, cultural globalisation and identity of institutions. With market liberalisation and growth of cities like Mohali — where the Indian School of Business is a part of the Knowledge city — Perkins Eastman understands that architecture is a contributor to wonderful places and a supporter of institutional missions. In a way, buildings become a core part of the business of education, and they are instrumental in attracting and maintaining researchers, students, faculty, and administration. They have tried to fundamentally understand the institution’s goals, values and mission to motivate design and planning. The scale of the structure and the placement tell a story, and reflect the expectation of a liberalised market — one where there is mobility of capital.Among this complex dynamics of contemporary cultural exchange and conflict lies an increasingly dense and interconnected flow of ideas, values, images and lifestyles based on consumerism
that are a result of brand-building of institutional places — a Western-based approach to education culture. Are all campuses desired to look the same? This idea of brand building has led to disenchantment as novelty, exclusivity, distinction, and the romantic appeal of the built environment have been undermined by the idea of what is believed to be the necessary framework of an institutional building. Architects and designers are so involved in defining the identity of an institution based on its values and missions that we end up defining brandscapes rather than urban landscapes. The term ‘brandscapes’ has been popularised by Anna Klingmann, whose book Brandscapes: Architecture in the Experience Economy notes that brandscapes
This page: above, a covered walkway; below: the 70-acre Mohali campus responds to the school’s mission to provide a world-class curriculum and real-world experience on par with peer institutions around the world.Opposite page: The interior atrium; the scale of the structure and the placement tell a story and reflect the expectation of a liberalised market — one where there is mobility of capital
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Project Indian School of Business-Mohali campus (Phase 1)Location Mohali, IndiaClient Indian School of BusinessArchitectPerkins EastmanDesign teamPrincipals: Aaron Schwarz FAIA; Christine Albright AIA, LEED APProject team John Neary AIA, LEED AP; Allan Kram; Tania Phillips, Chang-Yeon Cho, Daniel Ghesquiere, Katherine Gluckselig, Milton LauAssociate Architects RSP Design ConsultantsLandscape Architects Design Cell StudioMEP and Structural EngineeringTata Consulting Engineers LimitedTechnology T2 Technology ConsultingSpecialty LightingLirio Lopez Electrical Lighting ConsultantsPMCJones Lang LaSalleProject Area280000 m2
CarpentryN/AProject Estimate40M USD (phase 1)Initiation of ProjectMaster planning began February 2009Construction began December 2009Completion of projectApril 2012Other details· There are eight buildings in Phase 1· The entire design was completed in BIM· The project is in the process of LEED certification
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are a product of corporate interests, the conjunction of economic globalisation and increasing exteriorisation of corporate identities. This identity then begins to physically manifest and is transposed onto the built environment. Identification has become a key element in linking or de-linking identity, culture and place while employing a globalised language. The design team at Perkins Eastman has taken into consideration the high temperatures and high relative humidity of the region. The building has been oriented to
balance both sun and shade. The parasol roof provides partial shade and cover to the buildings and interior courtyards. No doubt, that the building makes good use of energy and resources; but could they have done more? Had they not been burdened by building an institution’s identity, could we have seen a different aesthetic? One that is not homogenised?This homogenisation has resulted in the transformation of a green field landscape to a place of ideas — converged ideas of transposed aesthetics that do not differ in form and are neither distinctive. The specificity of buildings gives
it its exclusivity. Buildings can share ideas and must share intellectual themes, but should a building built on a campus in Mohali look like one that could be placed in southern Georgia? This is a question that all of us as responsible architects, designers and planners must ask ourselves as we are often burdened by factors of finance and capital growth.
Above: left, the cafe; right, state-of-the-art classrooms of the Indian School of Business-Mohali. Below: a covered outdoor walkway overlooking the central courtyard
Left: detail of the atrium. Below: the open spaces and level differences that have been defined by built forms is reflective of Mughal architecture. Bottom: the Commons building in the landscaped campus
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