Ar.

ACHYUT PARKASH KANVINDE

THEORY OF DESIGN

SUBMITTED TO:Ar. Amandeep kaur

SUBMITTED BY:-

Manpreet Kaur

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 Industrys 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, SriNagar 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
spokes person of architectural profession.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

AT 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.