STUDY ANALYSIS NID-AHMEDABAD NID-GANDHINAGAR CEPT-AHMEDABAD BAUHAUS-GERMANY

PROJECT DETAILS

Minsitry of Industry Ministry of commerce

CLIENT ,Government of India and Industry
Giraben Sarabhai & Charle Sen Kapadia &Banker
ARCHITECT Eames Architects B.V.Doshi Walter Gropius
Elimination of classroom
feeling
Architecture without barriers
Integration of open spaces
Ease of interaction between
ARCHITECT'S PHILOSPHY various departments

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT 1961 19th July 2004 1962 1925-1926

AREA DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AREA 20 Acres 16 Acres 12.5 Acres 8.16 Ha
BUILT UP AREA 27,488 Sq.m (approx) 16,137 sqm(approx)
F.S.I 0.4 1.5
LOCATION
Ahemdabad-
CITY Paldi, Ahmedabad ,Gujarat Gandhinagar Road AHMEDABAD,Gujarat Gropiusallee ,Dessau, Germany
CONNECTIVITY(PROXIMITY) Bus stand -3 km railway station- Bus stand -19 km Bus stand -6.9 km railway It is in close proximity to
4 km airport-33 km railway station-20 km station-6.7 km airport-11.8 Beckerbruch Park and Elbe river
airport-22 km km

AT SITE LEVEL
Ahmedabad- Main access on the northern
ACCESSIBILITY from main road Gandhinagar Road side
2 entry gates north gate and N- 2 entry gates south and
SITE ENTRANCE & EXITS W Gate west 2 entry gates south and west
ORIENTATION major axis N-S major axis E-W major axis N-S
TOPOGRAPHY flat land
SITE SURROUNDINGS located along sabarmathi
river.Surroundings tagore
hall,kite museum & opp to site
Diwan Ballabhai High school
MOVEMENT NODES separate modes
( vechicular &pedestrian )
WIDTH OF INTERNAL Roads -8m Pathways-2m
ROADS
SOIL CONDITION loamy
site is zoned in 3 areas-
Educational,Recreational &
SITE USAGE Residential
PARKINGS one covered parking near
instutute entry -30% of total
built up
AT BUILDING LEVEL
flat land
Located on the road
perpendicular to
Gandhinagar-
Ahmedabad Road. The
institute is in vicinity to
various instutsues like
NIFT & Dhirubai
Ambani Institute of
technology &infocity.
separate modes
Roads -5&6m
Pathways-1.5&2m
aluuvial soil
site is zoned in 3 areas-
Educational,Recreation
al & Residential
40 cars in academic
zone west gate and 13
cars in residential zone
south gate .Near the
entrance 25 cras and
75 two wheelers.
It has levels Flat site
The site is surrounded by The site is surrounded by
A wide arterial road on the educational institutes
western side ,schools,residentail apartments
Smaller public approach road and hospitals around .
on the northern side
Cricket field on the eastern
side
Internal access road on the
southern side
vehicles are restricted at the
periperhy while the campus
is pedestrianized.
It is in close proximity to
Beckerbruch Park and Elbe river .
Building entrances Emphasized Entrance Emphasized Entrance- The entry to the site is confined
large foyer by a street,
with another crossing
perpendicular to the
first and with twoof its wings
bordering a
nearby sports ground.

No.of blocks 1 Block 3 Blocks

No.of floors G+2 G+1 G+2
2 Staircase near the
courtyard

V-Triple height staircase marked

with platforms at different levels
gives a very impactful
experience.Spiral stairs have
Circulation( H & V) been provided as a means of
connecting workshop to the
studios.
H-The movement pattern
develops on the ground floor
through the court like spaces
that developed under the
structural grid
VOIDS The whole built block has been 2 Courtyards one with
planned around two main roof inclined, partially
courtyards. covered gives openess
and the other rich in
greenery .
FEATURES 1.structure :rcc frame structure
2.exposed brick work
3.courtyards
4.waterbodies with jails.
5.pocket vegetation.
6.open lawn.
7.three zones of the site
according to the users.
8.institute has proper display
zone in the institute block itself.
1. Structure rcc frame Emphasis on open flexible many features of modernist
structure . 2. Jail slab spaces with hardly any architecture, including steel-
instead of open doors. frame construction, a glass
courtyard 3. Smooth Creation of a proper working curtain wall, and an
aggregate as well finish environment facilitating asymmetrical, pinwheel plan .The
. 4. no plastering . 5. faculty and students to have parts of the Bauhaus building
O.A.T with waterbody free scope to learn and teach were designed according to their
(under construction) anywhere. functions with separate wings .
There is no central viewpoint
and the observer must therefore
move around the whole building.
The entire complex is in
minimalistic look of light tones,
creating an attractive contrast to
the window frames, which are
dark.
CONCEPT The main emphasis was on the
courtyard pattern.
The campus seems to
evolve along an organic
river flow, the river
being the main access Bauhaus building is basesd on a
road, and its tributaries great manifestation of
- the involving architectural rationalism which
Pedestrian routes. brings together the
characteristics of the Modernism
movement with rationally
articulated pure spaces
,innovative usage of new
materials, horizontal windows,an
absence of ornamentation; a
global design for all elements;
and, above all, a spatial
conception presided over by the
interrelation between the
interior and exterior .