16AR303:CONTEMPORA

RY INDIAN
ARCHITECTURE
IIT KANPU

BY:
MAHESHWAR
REDDY
 ABOUT ARCHITECT:

o NAME : ACHYUT KANVINDE

o DATED : 1960-2002

o BIRTH PLACE : ACHARNA VILLAGE, IN KOKAN REGION OF

MAHARASHTRA

o GRADUATION : SIR JJ SCHOOL OF ARTS, MUMBAI IN 1942

o TRAINING AND : HAWARD UNIVERSITY UNDER WALTER INFLUENCE

GROPIUS

o PADMA SHRI ACHYUT KANVINDE OCCUPIED UNIQUE

POSITION IN
THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ARCHITECTURE. HE
WAS AN
INDIAN ARCHITECT, WRITER, AND COMMITED MODERNIST AS HE
ALWAYS
PRINCIPLES:
o FUNCTIONALISM
o MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND BRUTALISM
o REGIONALISM

o FUNCTIONALISM :

THERE BUILDINGS WERE ALWAYS CONCEIVED WITH FIRST PRIORITY GIVEN TO

ITS FUNCTIONS, AND THE SOCIAL VALUES WHEN DESIGNING SPACES . HE
REJECTED SYMMETRY.

o MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND BRUTALISM :

• SIMPLIFICATION OF FORM AND CREATION OF ORNAMENT FROM THE

STRUCTURE .
• ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY DETAIL.
• VISUAL EXPRESSION OF STRUCTURE , AS OPPOSED TO THE HIDING OF
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS – BRUTALISM IS A CHILD OF MODERN
ARCHITECTURE.
• TYPICALLY VERY LINEAR, FORTRESS LIKE AND BLOCKISH, OFTEN WITH A
PREDOMINANCE OF CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

o REGIONALISM:
CONCEPT AND IDEOLOGY:
o THE RESIDENCIAL CAMPUS IS PLANNED AND LANDSCAPED WITH HOPE
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FREEDOM.

o HALLS OF RESIDENCE, FACULTY AND STAFF HOUSES AND COMMUNITY

BUILDINGS SURROUND THE ACADEMIC AREA TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY
IN MOVEMENT .

o THE ACADEMIC AREA IS CONNECTED BY LONG CORRIDOR WHICH

LINKS ALL MAJOR BUILDINGS .

o CONVENTIONAL TYPE OF BUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED AS ISOLATED

ISLANDS OF DEPARTMENT.

o CORE PEDESTRIAN ISLAND WHICH CONSIST OF LECTURE HALLS

SURROUNDED BY LANDSCAPING AND WATER BODY FORMING THE
MAIN FOCUS OF THE CAMPUS .

o ACTIVITIES WHICH STUDENTS AND FACULTIES SHARE ARE DESIGNED

TO ENCOURAGE MEETING AND INTERACTION
IIT KANPUR:
o LOCATION AND NEIGHBOURHOOD:

• IIT-KANPUR IS LOCATED ON THE GRAND TRUNK ROAD, 15 KM

WEST OF KANPUR CITY AND MEASURES CLOSE TO 420
HECTARES.
• THE CAMPUS CONTAINS OF A CENTRAL ADMIN BLOCK WHICH IS
SURROUNDED BY HOTELS AND OTHER AMENITIES.
• THE PATTERN OF GROWTH OF THE CAMPUS IS CONCENTRIC IN
NATURE .
ABOUT:
o THE CAMPUS OCCUPIES 1055ACRE AREA.
o THE CAMPUS WAS DESIGNED BY ACHYUT KANVINDE. HE WAS
AN ARCHITECT INSPIRED BY BAUHAUS SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED BY WALTER GROPIS
o THE STYLE HE USED IN DESIGNING OF THE BUILDING IS
BRUTALISM AND REGIONALISM
o KANVINDE’S EXPRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE WAS VARIOUSLY
INTERPRETED AS “ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION THAT
REFLECTED THE CULTURE AND ASPIRATIONS AND CLEARLY
REFLECTED THW RISE OF THE BRUTALISM POLEMIC OF
ARCHITECTURE”EXPREDDED CONCRETE STRUCTURES IN
COMBINATIONS WITH BRICKS BECAME THE DYNAMIC
DETERMINANT FORM AND ORDER .

BUILT ENVIRONMENT:
o ACADEMIC BUILDINGS: 13 DEPARTMENTS, PK KELKAR LIBRARY,
COMPUTER CENTERS, FACULTY OFFICES, LABORATORIES AND
ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS.
o AROUND 7000 STUDENTS, 390 FACULTY, AND 1000 STAFF
o ORIENTATION
OF THE
CAMPUS:

• THE CAMPUS IS
ORIENTED
TOWARDS
NORTH
DIRECTION.

• THE CAMPUS IS
DESIGNED IN
SUCH A MANNER
TO ESCAPE
FROM THE
HARSH
ACADEMIC AREA:
• INSTITUTE'S ACADEMIC AREA COMPRISES ACADEMIC BUILDINGS AND
FACILITIES INCLUDING THE PK KELKAR LIBRARY, COMPUTER CENTRE,
NATIONAL WIND TUNNEL FACILITY AND SIDBI (SMALL INDUSTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK OF INDIA) INNOVATION AND INCUBATION CENTRE.

• IT ALSO HOUSES FACULTY OFFICES, LABORATORIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE

BUILDINGS.

• THE ACADEMIC AREA IS CONNECTED BY A LONG CORRIDOR WHICH LINKS ALL

THE MAJOR BUILDINGS
ACADEMIC AREA MAP:
o BUILDINGS:RED

o TREES:GREEN

o CIRCULATIONROAD
S: GREY

o PARKING:PINK

o THE ACADEMIC
COMPLEX IS
LOCATED CENTRALLY
AT THE SITE

o AND FREE FROM

TRAFFIC NOISE
P .K . KELKAR LIBRARY:
• ESTABLISHED IN 1960 AS CENTRAL LIBRARY.

• RENAMED AS P.K. KELKAR LIBRARY IN 2001.

• FOUR-STORIED BUILDING (COVERED AREA: 5730 SQ. M.)

• BASEMENT - 700 SQ M

• GROUND FLOOR - 700 SQ M

• FIRST FLOOR -1630 SQ M

• SECOND FLOOR - 2700 SQ M

• EXPOSED BRICKWORK

• REDUCES MAINTENANCE COSTS AND ENHANCES AESTHETIC APPEAL

• THE LIBRARY FORMS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE COMPLEX.

• IT IS A FRAMED STRUCTURE BASED ON GRID.

• THE WHOLE BUILDING IS BUILT IN R.C.C WITH A BRICK FACADE

COMPUTER HOSTEL
CENTRE BLOCK

HOUSING
FOR
FACULTY
SPLIT LEVEL CORRIDOR
SYSTEM:
• MINIMIZES THE WALKING DISTANCE AND IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY

• CREATE SPATIAL EXPANSION

• GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF ONE LARGE SPACE HENCE SPACE IS

USED AS A TOOL
CONCLUSION:
• HIS WORKS ARE GENERALLY RAW AND UNEMOTIONAL. YET HE MANAGED TO
MAKE HIS DESIGNS APPEALING AND WELCOMING.

• HIS DESIGNS WERE DISTINCT AND UNIQUE YET HAVING ONE THING SIMILAR
FUNCTIONALISM.

• HIS DESIGNS APPEAR TO BE BUILT WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF THOUGHT

HAVING BEEN GIVEN TO MAKING THEM FUNCTIONALLY EFFICIENT AND
PRACTICALLY FEASIBLE

• CONVENTIONAL TYPE OF BUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED AS ISOLATED ISLANDS

OF DEPARTMENTS.

• ACTIVITIES WHICH STUDENTS AND FACULTIES SHARE ARE DESIGNED TO

ENCOURAGE MEETING AND INTERACTION.