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ACHUYT PRAKASH KANVINDE

Padma Shri Achyut Kanvinde occupied unique position in the history of contempory Indian architecture. He was an Indian architect , teacher, writer and a committed modernist as he always desired to take Indian architecture to be global and to the height of international style.

1916-2002

INTRODUCTION

• BORN- 1916• DIED : 6 DECEMBER 2002• EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION: HE WAS BORN IN 1916 IN KONKAN REGION OF MAHARASTRA

HIS FATHER WAS AN ARTS TEACHER IN BOMBAY.HE FINISHED

HIS BECHOLER IN ARCHITECTURE FROM SIR J.J. SCHOOL OF ARTS

(1935-1940), LATER HE STUDIED DESIGN IN HAVARD UNIVERSITY

UNDER WALTER GROPIUS.

• CAREER:HE RETURN TO INDIA IN 1948 ANDWORKED ON

THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF SEVERAL LABORATORIES FOR THE COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. HE SET UP HIS PVT. FIRM WITH SHAUKAT RAI A CIVIL ENGEENEER IN 1955.

DESIGN PHILOSPY• FUNCTIONALIST STYLE OF DESIGN FUNCTIONALISM WAS AN APPROACH TO DESSIGN AS PER THE CONCEPT THAT THE SPACE AND FORM OF A BUILDING SHOULD EMERGE OUT OF THE LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF SPACE INSIDE AND NOT FROM ANY PREDETERMINED IDEA LIKE SYMMETRY. FUNCTIONALIST BELIVED A BUILDING SHOULD ONLY HAVE FEATURES THAT WERE FUNCTIONALLY NECESSARY AND NO NON-FUNCTIONAL DECORATION.THEY LEAD TO HUMANE SPACE THAT IS SPACE WHERE YOU FELT WELCOME AND COMFORTABLE. THEY USED LASTEST TECHNOLOGY AND INDU- STRIAL MATERIALS LIKE DOOR AND WINDOWS AND RCC.

•LOGIC OF LIGHTNESS THE COMPLETE FOCUS ON THE MATERIALS TO BE USED IN CONSTRUCTION KANVINDE ALWAYS TRY TO DEVELOP SUCH AN ATHESTIC FOR A HAVEY MASS CONSTRUCTION THAT LOOKS LIGHT.

NATIONAL INSURANCE ACADEMY AT PUNE

• RATIONALIST KANVINDE REVEAL THE INTERNAL FUNCTIONAL IN A BUILDING AS SEPARATE MASSES AND THEN ARRANGED IN A WAYS THAT WERE FUNCTIONAL FROM INSIDE AND ELEGANT FROM OUTSIDE

• SENSE OF SPACE HUMANESS IS ALL ABOUT SIZE AND SCALE, KANVINDE ALWAYS TRIED TO BRING DOWN BUILDINGS TO HUMANE SCALE AND A CONNECTION TO THE BUILT HERITAGE IN A LOCALITY. • KANVIDE WAS AN ARCHITECT OF SECOND GENERATION OF CONTEMPRY INDIAN ARCHITECTURE ( 1950 - 1980) . DURING THIS ERA MODERNISM WAS ATTRACTIVE TO DEVELOPING SOCIETIES TRYING TO BREAK FROM THE MEMORIES OF EUROPEAN COLONIALISM THAT THE OLDER STYLE STILL CARRIED.

• KANVIDE INTRODUCE MODERN ARCHITECTURE TO HUMANE PATH AND INNOVATIVELY BLEND TECHNOLOGY AND ATHESTICS

IIT KANPUR

NIBM

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPU

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IIT-Kanpur is located on the Grand Trunk Road, 15 km west of Kanpur City and measures close to 420hectares. This land was gifted by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1960 and by March 1963 the Institute had moved to its current location . The residential campus is planned and landscaped with a hope for environmental freedom. Halls of residence, faculty and staff houses and community buildings surround the central academic area to provide flexibility in movement and communication.The sprawling campus is spread over an area of  4.3km². The Institute has a number of facilities , including the National Wind Tunnel Facility.The program of the institution was prepared base on departmentalneeds. Conventional type of buildings were designed as isolated islands of departments. Taking into consideration the reality that research work in the present time is a collaborative work of varied disciplines, curriculum of studies is worked out, with that goal in mind

INTRODUCTION

The program of the institution was prepared base on Departmental needs. Conventional type of buildings were designed as isolated is lands of departments. Taking into consideration the reality that research work in the present time is a collaborative work of varied disciplines, curriculum of studies is worked out, with that goal in mind. Therefore, the effort is to create a common stream of fresh intake for one year to help students create understanding and appreciation of each others discipline & departments and then to work independently in their respective specialization at graduate level .Activities which students and faculties share are seminars and lecture hall, library, cafeteria etc . therefore, these have been designed to encourage meeting and interaction. With such an idea, all activities are groped around . Lecture halls, library and faculty building with laboratories and other specialized services, organized and planned as decentralized activities, are connected by the walkway system . This allows the students to walk at two levels of the building that are designed to receive a two level circulation. With the growth of the institute, corridors are expected to be diminishing in course of time.

CONCEPT

Most of the blocks are planned based on respective modules of certain dimension . In this project an effort is made to create an intimate human environment in the entire complex . Halls of residence, faculty and staff houses and community buildings surround the central academic area to provide flexibility in movement and communication. The residential campus is planned and landscaped with a hope for environmental freedom The IIT Kanpur campus reflects cultural diversity of India.

NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE, MUMBAI

Nehru Science Centre is Situated on Dr. E. Moses Road, Mumbai -400018, in between Worli Naka and Mahalaxmi Railway Station and spread over 14 acres of land. The Centre provides a natural and free environment for students to learn, familiarize and spend creative holidays and for professionals in the field of science education to have a glimpse of innovations in science education. Close to 1,20,000 school children alone participate in the activities of the CentreNehru Science Centre, the largest Science Centre in the country has a sprawling 8 acres of science park with varieties of plants, trees and shrubs . More than 50 hands-on and interactive science exhibits on energy, sound, kinematics, mechanics , transport, etc . are installed in the science park. The NSC building with its unique architecture houses several permanent science expositions on various themes.

NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE, MUMBAI

The complex is worked out of a series of repetitive multidimensional modules, creating a variation of spaces with the building in a way that the units do not create monotony of space, but a quality that creates surprises and stirs the minds of visitors as the move with the complex .Visitors approaching the museum enter at the second storey atrium through a landscaped approach.From there they can take a route and visit the exhibit areas by negotiating one floor. At the lowest level, where the lecture hall, the library and the cafeteria area are located for leisure, half way through the movement from where the visitor scan return back to the entrance atrium area after completing the tour.

CONCEPT

In designing the complex , twelve meter column spaces have been introduced which can be sub-divided as desired, also artificial lighting to meet the requirements of exhibition. Realizing the climatic conditions of Mumbai, which is mainly humid a forced ventilation was proposed for physical comfort in all areas. The nature of structural system of modular units with mechanical areas is organized in a way to contribute to aesthetic qualities and character of this building, also generate excitement amongst the visitors.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• www.google.com • www.wikipedia.com

• Introduction to Modern Indian Architecture

• Notes On History Of Architecture For Indian Institute Of Architects

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