RISHI VALLEY SCHOOL

• Founder Jiddu Krishnamurti

• Location Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh

• Category Educational Architecture

Rishi Valley School is dedicated to drawing the

philosopher J. Krishnamurti's challenging vision
of education into the daily transactions and
practices of a school situated in the Indian
countryside. Rishi Valley School has 360
boarding students from different states of India
and sixty highly qualified faculty members.
Regarded as one of the leading residential
schools in India, Rishi Valley School provides a
distinctive educational environment that
enables young persons to grow not only in
intellectual capacities, but also in other
dimensions of their being.

The commission was for the design of buildings to house the senior girls' hostel and teacher's residences. A
central courtyard is the key element around which individual structures are arranged. In a region where water is
often scarce, a rainwater harvesting system finds visual expression in the architectural and landscape detailing.
Dormitories are open on two sides allowing for maximum cross-ventilation as well as visual transparency
from the court to the greenery around. Composite screens of steel and local stone that create climatic
buffers while providing security, wrap the external facades.

SRI MAYAPUR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

• Founder ISKCON

• Location West Bengal

• Category Educational Architecture

I n the midst of the lush, green Grihasta Para housing area of ISKCON Mayapur the Sri Mayapur International
School is situated. The school campus features an idyllic combination of brick buildings, pathways, and tree-
filled grounds, and those living nearby can often hear the children at play, performing kirtan, or practicing
mridanga.

The Sri Mayapur International School, one of the educational institutes of

ISKCON Mayapur, has been educating the children of Mayapur since it was
founded in 1988. Students of many different countries study together here
and receive a quality academic and spiritual education. The Sri Mayapur
International School, or SMIS as it is commonly known, aims to be an
inspiration to both ISKCON and the Vaishnava community by practically
demonstrating how spiritual principles positively contribute to the quality
of education and the lives of children and young people.
 SITE ANALYSIS
LOCATION: MIRCHOLI, KARJAT, MAHARASHTRA
CLIMATE: TROPICAL CLIMATE MAHARASHTRA

MAHARASHTRA

SITE ACCESSIBILITY

70 KM FROM MUMBAI (2 HRS AVG)

108 KM FROM PUNE (2 HRS AVG)

SITE SELECTION CRITERIA’S:-

 SCENIC AND PICTURESQUE SITE

LOCATION

 AWAY FROM THE HUSH AND RUSH

OF THE URBAN CITIES

 CENTRALISED LOCATION FROM

MUMBAI & PUNE