PRESENTATION ON

AR. RAJ REWAL

SUBMITTED BY: SRISHTI NEGI

B.ARCH 4TH YEAR
INTRODUCTIO
N BORN : 1934

PLACE OF BIRTH : HOSHIYARPUR , PUNJAB ,INDIA

NATIONALITY : INDIAN

EDUCATION :

 SCHOOLING :- HARCOURT BUTLER SECONDARY SCHOOL, SHIMLA

 GRADUATION :- DELHI SCHOL OF ARCHITECTURE, NEW DELHI (1951-1954)

 1955 -1961 - ATTENDED THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTURE

FOR 1 YEAR

 COMPLETED HIS FORMAL PROFFESIONAL TRAINING AT BRIXTON SCHOOL OF BUILDING,

LONDON
 WORKING
LIFE
 HE WORKED AS AN ARCHIECTURAL ASST. IN VARIOUS PRACTICES IN
LONDON & THEATRE SCENERY DESIGNER IN THE EVENINGS.
 HE BECAME ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH
ARCHITECTS (RIBA)
 1961-1962 : WORKED IN THE OFFICES OF MICHEL ECOCHARD, ARCHITECT,PARIS
 1962 : RETURNED TO NEW DELHI TO SET UP HIS OWN ARCHITECTURAL
PRACTICE.
 1963-1972 : TAUGHT AT DELHI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.
 1974 : OPENED A SECOND OFFICE IN TEHRAN,IRAN
 1985 : FOUNDED THE ARCHITECTURAL RESEACH CELL WITH RAM SHARMA
 1986 : CRATOR OF EXHIBITION “TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA”

FAMOUS BUILDINGS
• PARLIAMENT LIBRARY
• NEHRU PAVALLION
• ASIAN GAMES VILLAGE
• SHEIKH SARAI HOUSING COMPLEX
• STATE TRADING CORPORATION
• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMUNOLOGY
 PHILOSOPH
• Y
ARCHITECTURAL THEORY- BUILDINGS SHOULD RESPOND TO COMPLEX DEMANDS OF RAPID
URBANISATION, CLIMATE & CULTURE.

• CONCEPT - BASE OF DESIGNING HOUSING IS TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA AND A DUAL

CONCERN FOR A BUILDING’S EXPRESSIVENESS BY MEANS OF INCORPORATING HISTORICAL
PRECEDENTS INTO URBAN DESIGN.

 WINDOW OPENINGS CONSTITUTE A

MODERN INTERPRETATION OF
CARVED JALIS IN ANCIENT
BUILDINGS

 MORPHOLOGY OF OLD TOWNS INTO A

CONTEMPORARY EQUIVALENT. (SHEIKH
SARAI MASS HOUSING COMPLEX)
MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL WORKS

 STATE TRADING CORPORATION  ASIAN GAMES VILLAGE

 PARLIAMENT LIBRARY  NEHRU MEMORIAL PAVALLION

1. STATE TRADI NG CORPORATI ON

LOCATION NEW DELHI

• DATE 1976

• BUILDING TYPE OFFICE BUILDING

• CONSTRUCTION SYSEM VERTICAL STRUCTURAL

CORES SUPPORT
GIRDERS BETWEEN
ALTERNATE FLOORS

• CONTEXT URBAN

• MATERIAL BEIGE &RED SANSTONE

• PANELS
PLANNING ASPECTS

 OCTAGONAL OPENINGS ARE DEEP & PROVIDE

SHADE

 INTERRELATEDAREAS FOR
OFFICES & COMMERCE

 PLAN – STRUCTURE OF GIRDERS BETWEEN

STRUCTURAL CORES ,SUPPORTING
FLOORSLABS
SPECIAL FEATURES

•THE PERPENDICULARHIIGH RISE BLOCKS RISE TO DIFFERENT HEIGHTS THE TALLEST FORMING THE
JUNCTION OF THE LOWER TWO.

•A LOW, 3-STOREY VOLUME PARTIALLY FILLS THE SPACE CREATEDBY THE L –SHAPEDPLAN OF
ADJOINING TOWERS.

•THE OFFICE FLOORS HAVE A 15 MSPAN ,FREE OF INTERNAL COLUMNS

•REPEATITION OF OCTAGONAL OPENINGS IN THE BRIDGE LIKE GIRDERS BETWEEN THE VERTICAL
CORES RESEMBLES TRADITIONAL JALI
 SPECIAL FEATURES

•SKYLIGHTS ALLOW FOR NATURAL

LIGHTING FOR THE DISPLAY AREAS

•ATRIUM OF COTTAGE INDUSTRY

EMPORIUM – JALIS IN CONCRETE

 T H E S E F E AT U R E S T O G E T H E RW I T H S T O N E C L A D D I N G , C O N T R I B U T E
TO THE BUILDING’S UNIQUE EXPRESSIVE FORCE AS A SKY
SCRAPPER
2. ASIAN GAMES
VILLAGE

• LOCATION NEW DELHI

• DATE 1980
• BUILDING TYPE HOUSING

• CONSTRUCTION SYSEM STRUCTURE HAS BEEN EMBEDDED IN

AN ARTIFICIAL EARTH MOUND
• CONTEXT
URBAN
• STYLE
CONTEMPORARY
ARCHITECTURE
 ABOUT THE ASIAN GAMES VILLAGE

SITE PLAN

•PURPOSE – HOUSING WAS BUILT BY PUBLIC AUTHORITY TO

ACCOMMODATE THE TEMPORARY INFLUX GUEST &LATER ON WOULD BE
SOLD OFF TO PRIVATE INDIVISUAL

•CONCEPT –BASED ON SEQUENCE OF OPEN SPACES LINKED BY NARROW,

SHADED PEDETRAIN STREETS & CONTAINING BOTH RECREATIONAL
&COMMERCIAL PEDESTRAIN PATHWAYS
 PLANNING ASPECTS

FLOOR PLAN OF TYPE C

HOUSING
•UNIT TYPES FROM INDIVIDUAL
HOUSES (A, B, C) TO
APPARTMENTS(E,F,G)

•THERE ARE 510 HOUSING UNITS- 200

INDIVISUAL & 300 APPARTMENTS IN 2-STOREY
TO 4-STOREY ‘WALK –UPS’

•DENSITY OF 50 UNITS PERHECTARE APPART .UNITS TO CREATE CLUSTER

• TYPE OF APPARTMENTS
(FLOOR PLANS)

•INT .VIEW SHOWING SPLIT LEVEL

ARRANGEMENT OF SPACES
 FEATURES

• TERRACES ON THE UPPER LEVEL ARE

JOINED OVERHEAD TO CREAT GATEWAY
–LIKE ENTRANCES THROUGH
WALKWAYS

•WALLS\PARAPETS-NARROW SLITS
(JALIS FOR BOTH
PRIVACY&VENTELATION

•THE HOUSING UNITS BENEFIT

FROM LARGE LANDSCAPE AREAS
AS WELL AS FROM SMALL COURTS

•MATERIAL USED- REINFORCED

CONCRETE POSTS
&BEAMS ,COVERED WITH ROUGH
CAST &PLASTER
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