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RavindraBhan
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About
• Born - June 15, 1931.
• Nationality - Indian.
• Occupation - Landscape Architect and Ecological planner.
• Ravindra Bhan is a pioneer in the field of landscape architect
ure in India.His design exhibit an affinity with nature.
• Throughout his career, he has handled various projects, both
in Architecture and Landscape where design approach is gui
ded by site and its constraints and potentials it offered.
• He started working with Ar. A.P.Kanvinde.He participated in
first ever master planning attempt of Delhi and very first Ya
muna.
 Design Philosophy

• His design exhibit an affinity with nature.

• He builds around nature without tampering with it, an
d this adept understanding of it has helped him to com
plexities of integration of nature into urban design.
• Some of the projects includes Shakti Sthala – Memoria
l for late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Development pl Model colony lake,
ans of Ayodhya Ghats, Master planning and Site develo
pment for Rabindra Sarovar, Andrews Ganj, Housing for Pune
HUDCO – Urban design and landscaping with Design of
180 units. Landscape design for Kovalam Beach Resort.
• Mughal Sheraton Hotel with was awarded the most pr
estigious AGA khan award for excellence in architectur
e.
• He also participated in first ever master planning attem
pt of Delhi and very first Yamuna Riverfront Developme Shakti sthala
nt plan.
 AYODHYA GHATS
• Ayodhya is an ancient city of India near Faizabad in Uttar Pra
desh state.
• The city is situated on the right bank of river Ghagra or Saryu
. It is considered as one of the holiest cities of India.
• No doubt this place assumes a great importance from the po
int of history and archeology.
• He worked for the site development of the ayodhya ghats.
SITE PLAN
HOTEL MUGHAL SHERATON, AGRA
 HOTEL MUGHAL SHERATON

• The hotel is located to south of the Taj with a view of t

he monument.
• Many of the guestrooms look inward on the garden c
ourts.
• There are three quadrangles, one of which contains a
n outdoor swimming pool.
• Landscaping is organized on an informal geometry of
squares and octagons.
• Flowering water channels, pools and fountains, subtle
level changes buttressed with planters and formal row
s of trees and flowers graciously fuse the Islamic garde
n tradition to the modern context.
• The buildings themselves are unimposing with their lo
w-rise brick construction.
• Hotel complex is organized into blocks , separated acco
rding to its function.
• Central block has administration and public spaces.
• Services are grouped in an adjacent block to the west,
directly accessible to the service yard.
• The 200 guest rooms are arranged in two-story quadra
ngles, which define three gardens courts.
• The guest wings are connected to each other and to th
e central blocks by enclosed pedestrian bridges, which
span the gardens.
• The hotel is pulled back from the road, and on entering
the driveway one feels at once a sense of lush sanctuar
y. Thickly planted banks line the approach to the compl
ex.
• From the entrance canopy, the visitor are led, by bridge
, across a large reflecting pool, past fountains, and the l
obby beyond
• The gardens are place of greatest activity, in muc
h the same manner as were the garden courts at
Fatehpur Sikri.
• The three landscape courtyards are enclosed by
the guest wings.
• The wall of these wings from wide planters at th
eir bases, providing a privacy screen for the roo
ms and a transition from a building to landscape.
• From the room level the courtyards gradually st
ep down, through a series of terraces, planters,
pools and fountains, to a level of 3.65 meters bel
ow grade. T
• The cooling presence of large water tanks, well u
nderstood by the Mughals, has been introduced
also.
• Pools are used extensively with tanks of varying
size, the largest designed as swimming pool.
• A network of walkways weaves among the plant
ers and pools, forming small terraces and seating
areas, and linking the various courts.
• In the center, on an axis with the Taj
Mahal, is a formal garden similar to t
he gardens of the Mughal Period. Cyp
rus trees line terraced water tank, wh
ich is enclosed at the far end by sand
stonewall curved with lantern niches,
into small pools and fountains.
• Surrounding the guest wings are two
hectors of informal gardens which off
er further recreation, including puttin
g greens and archery and croquet faci
lities. The entire site is bounded, not
by a wall, by thick bougainvillea.
Thankyou