INTRODUCTION: CONCEPT

• ESTABLISHED: In the year 1962

• LOCATED: Vastrapur , Ahmedabad,Gujarat •According to Louis I
• TOPOGRAPHY : Majorly flat land Kahn, it’s plan
• ARCHIECT: LOUIS I KAHN, BIMAL PATEL comes from his
• CLIMATE : Hot and dry climate feeling of a
• APPROACH : Its 15kms from airport and monastery.
9kms from railway station •He wanted to create
• SITE AREA: 106 acres a fortress in brick
• NO .OF STUDENTS:1100 and FACULTY:112
FACILITIES:
FEATURES
Dormitories

Faculty and staff housing

Transit houses

Kitchen and dining areas exposed brick large openings less use of glass
work and or voids in walls for windows
Development centre concrete ties
Community houses

Parking
•The main block of the IIM
AHMEDABAD campus Events and sports ground
hide entrances interplay of
•With its open brick structure giving and window light and shade
Auditorium and library
out the concept of LOUIS I KAHN openings corridors
 SITE LAYOUT:
•It is constructed in 106 acres of land
•It has 2 campus old and new
•These campuses are connected by
an underground tunnel passage
Dining hall Tunnel passage Classrooms •Both campuses are unique yet
different in styles
Girls Dorms OLD + NEW CAMPUS=42.8HA
TOTAL BUILT UP AREA=17.7HA
F.A.R=0.24
SITE AREA/STUDENT=425SQ.MTS
SITE AREA/RESIDENT=225SQ.MTS

• Institutional blocks with

library, faculty
blocks,school
buildings,students
Boys Dorms dormitories,admin block .
• Residential areas for
faculty and clerical staff
• Influenced by
management philosophy
and students busy
schedule kahn integrated
living and work
main Academic Block spaces
SERVICETOWER
Sports areas • All the blocks are placed
within a walkable distance
 SITE ZONING : ACTIVITY: CONNECTIVITY INSITE:
•More use of interaction
and transition areas like
corridors ,courts and
galleries
•Large social gatherings
happen in the Louis I Kahn
Plaza
•More day activity is seen
in academic and admin
blocks
•Circulation pattern of the
CIRCULATION IN SITE : campus is mainly
OLD
pedestrian with vehicular
CAMPUS movement limited till the
NEW entry point.
CAMPUS •The whole campus
(dorms and academic
block) can be traversed in
10 minutes

MAIN ENTRY
DORMITORIES: FACULTY HOUSING:
•Houses are grouped in clusters
•Each cluster has one type of housing.

TYPE-1 :STAFF TYPE-2 :STAFF

Built up area=66sq.mt Built up area=84.8sq.mt
•Third dormitory in each row have Area/person=16.5sq.mts Area/person=42.5sq.mt
club room of court level.
•Diagonally in rows of three
around semi open landscaped
courtyards with main walls
running ford institutional block
External
views of the FACULTY STAFF HOUSE:
girls and Builtup area=115.2sq.mt Builtuparea=40.2sq.m
boys dorms. Area/person=57.2sq.mt Area/person=10.5sm
 CLASS ROOM: FACULTY BLOCK:

•The corridors has very

less light and ventilation
•The staff rooms are
arranged in clusters
•And these are located in
the LOUIS I KAHN plaza
right wing .

•Classrooms showing the usage of artificial ventilation at

maximum level `
•And only glass openings at the ceiling level to allow
natural light entry into the room
 LOUIS I KAHN PLAZA:
•The main academic block is built around this plaza
•The classrooms on the left wing of the plaza
•The faculty block in the right wing
•The entry into this plaza leads us to information desks
•And also the library is located in the plaza itself
•The open lawn is mostly used as a transition space
•And major events in the campus are held and addressed
through this area only
•This plaza acts as the focal point of the campus
RAVI MATHAI CENTRE:
lawn

Faculty
Classrooms block

•RMC is a octagonal in shape.

•Consists of auditorium, computer lab and
acoustic offices
•This auditorium has capacity of 500 seats.
library Plaza entry •This is located near the parking so that the
students and faculty
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE:
•Separate block away from main
block
•Comprising of office, classrooms,
lecture
theatres, computer faculty rooms
• Rooms are centrally air
conditioned with
•Balconies over looking landscaped
court
NOW THIS CENTRE IS USED AS A
LIBRARY FOR TEMPORARY TENURE
BECAUSE OF THE RENNOVATION OF
VIKRAM SARABHAI LIBRARY BLOCK
IN THE LOUIS I KHAN PLAZA .
CONNECTING BRIDGE:
•Connects class rooms to
dorms.
•The liveliest space in the
campus.
•Open space for sitting and
chatting during free hours.
DINING BLOCK: CANTEEN:
•There is canteen,cafeteria
in between the two
campuses with the
landscape view
•There is also a souvenir
•Dining area with good arrangement shop beside the dining
of light and ventilation
block
•Connected to separate service
entrance from road
•It is connected with dormitory
block
with a passage
•The dining hall for students, faculty
and staff is the same