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JOSEPH ALLEIN STEIN

CONTEMPORARY

ARCHITECT

REF : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Allen_Stein

GARIMA BANSAL, 41

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Allen_Steinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Allen_Stein

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The path from United States to

California, India and beyond

Early life : awarded in Yale University;

studied in Beaux Arts Institute, NY

worked with arch. Ely Jacques Kahn

and Richard Neutra His own office, 1942 in San Francisco.

Came to India post-independence. Worked for half acentury.

It was the same time when architects like Le Corbusier,Louis Kahn, Charles and Ray Eames, Edward DurrelStone, Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew working in India.

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Two things have essentially guided my work. One iswhat you might call an interest in and search for an

appropriate modern regionalism. I would put equal

emphasis on both words, 'regional' and 'modern',because regional without modern is reactionary,

and modern without regional is insensitive,

inappropriate. The second one is to seek the

character of the solution in the natureof theproblem, as much as one possibly can.

- J A Stein

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Design Features

Interrelationships of site with landscape,structure and materials; sun and shade.

Horizontal and vertical Garden.

Use of local material.

Use of jali

Use of courtyard. Blend of built and garden

that makes the space extended. Use of modern construction techniques.

Shell geometriesDome, Vault and factory

roof system

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PRIMARY STUDY

INDIAN HABITAT CENTRE , 1986

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF IHC

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The building has monumental

scale.

landscaping and texture bring it to

the human scale.

Roof has continuous space frame of rotating

panels unite the whole space

It has colour balance .

Blue colour of Rotating panels , green of

plantations and Earthy red of the bricks

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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL , 1970

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CONICAL STEEL LATTICES AT CLASSROOM

REF : http://dglarchitects.com/projects/library-for-hs-ms-at-american-embassy-school-new-delhi

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The FOLDED SHELL of the steel lattice vaulting at the classroom

Ref: American Embassy School 50th Aniversary Video

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXRRD_cnlQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXRRD_cnlQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXRRD_cnlQ

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INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR ESCORTS LIMITED , 1988

Ref : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17980088

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17980088http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17980088http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17980088http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17980088http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17980088http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17980088http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17980088http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17980088

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The Building features four different shell

configurations

Barrel vault lattice shell,Escorts plant I (1962)

Hyperbolic parabolic lattice shell,for Escorts II plant (1964)

Concrete domes for storage facilities (1965)

Octagonal steel lattice domes,

For plant at Surajpur (1988)

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AKSHARA THEATRE, 1972

Designed by poet, director Gopal Sharman

Built by Stein.

Human Scale of the buildings, makes it

best for bringing human environment

- J A Stein

Ref : Joseph Stein and The Akshara Theatre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDcdBI5uHWg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDcdBI5uHWghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDcdBI5uHWghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDcdBI5uHWg

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Thus, the modern style of architecturedesigned by Joseph Allen Stein adapted tovarying geological and climatic conditions.

Stein believed in using building materials intheir original form like he never coveredstone with plaster.

There is a strong relationship and harmonybetween the immediate environment and thebuildings .