INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR

 INTRODUCTION  VEGETATION
BUILDING TYPE : INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING  MOIST DESIDOUS
BUILT IN :1959 ,63 YEARS AGO FOREST
LOCATION : KALYANPUR,UTTAR  BAMBOO THICKETS
PRADESH,INDIA  A MIXED FORESTS
ARCHITECT : ACHYUT KANVINDE  COOMON TREE SAL
SITE : 1,055 ACRES(426.9 HA.)
• TOTAL GROUND COVERAGE IS 3.7%,  TOPOGRAPHY
• AREA UNDER ROAD IS 8.8%  SANDY SOIL.
• OPEN SPACE AMOUNT TO 87.5%  THE REGION TYPICALLY FALLS IN
DIRECTOR : ABHAY KARANDIKAR THE INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS AND
TOTAL UG STUDENTS : 3938 MAJOR PART OF THE KANPUR
TOTAL PG STUDENTS :2540 DISTRICT HAS ORDINARY SOIL
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES : 500 WHICH IS KNOWN AS BHUR IN
LOCAL LANGUAGE..
 LOCATION
 CONCPET AND IDEOLOGY
INDIA  THE RESIDENCIAL CAMPUS IS PLANNED AND LANDSCAPED WITH HOPE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL FREEDOM.
 HALLS OF RESIDENCE, FACULTY AND STAFF HOUSES AND COMMUNITY
BUILDINGS SURROUND THE ACADEMIC AREA TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY IN
MOVEMENT.
 THE ACADEMIC AREA IS CONNECTED BY LONG CORRIDOR WHICH LINKS ALL
MAJOR BUILDINGS.
 CONVENTIONAL TYPE OF BUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED AS ISOLATED ISLANDS OF
DEPARTMENT.
MADHYPRADESH  CORE PEDESTRIAN ISLAND WHICH CONSIST OF LECTURE HALLS SURROUNDED
BYLANDSCAPING AND WATER BODY FORMING THE MAIN
FOCUS OF THE CAMPUS.
FEATURES
 THE IITK CAMPUS OCCUPIES 1055 ACRE AREA.
 THE ACADEMIC COMPLEX LOCATED CENTRALLY AT THE SITE AND FREE FROM
KANPUR TRAFFIC NOISE.
 ACADEMIC BUILDING: 13 DEPARTMENTS, PK KELKAR LIBRARY, COMPUTER
CENTRES, FACULTY OFFICES, LABORATORIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING.
 AROUND 7000 STUDENTS,390 FACULTY MEMBERS, 1000 STAFF MEMBERS
(BESIDES THEIR FAMILIES) RESIDE ON CAMPUS.
 NO OF BUILDINGS :108
 10 BOYS HOSTEL 2 GIRLS HOSTEL
 WITH SPORTS COMPLEX AND HOUSING FOR FACULTY.
 SITE IS FLAT AND CANAL ON ONE SIDE AND TRANSPORTATION
ROUTE ONOTHER SIDE.
 CLIMATE ANALYSIS
 CIRCULATION • NO VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED INSIDE ACADEMIC SERVICES  STATE BANK OF INDIA
AREA EXCEPT THE FOUR WHEELERS OF STAFF AND  POST OFFICE
THE CLIMATE IN  A CENTRALIZED 
FACULTY. POLICE CHAUKI
KANPUR IS WARM UNDERGROUND PIPE  NCC BUILDING
• CYCLE STANDS ARE PROVIDED NEAR EACH BUILDING SEWERAGE SYSTEM
AND TEMPERATE.
WHEN COMPARED FOR STUDENTS.  ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS 
• OTHER MODE OF TRANSPORTATION USED IN WD CENTRAL OFFICE,
WITH WINTER, THE  POLICE STATION
CAMPUS ARE BUSES, AUTO, TAXI AND RICKSHAWS. STORE AND WATER
SUMMERS HAVE  HEALTH CENTRE
• BUS STANDS ARE PROVIDED AT VARIOUS SUPPLY
MUCH MORE  SHOPPING CENTRE  NURSERY
RAINFALL. JUNCTIONS. BUILDING SHOPPING
• 8M WIDE ENTRANCE ROAD(EXCLUDING PATHWAYS)  COMMUNITY CENTRE
TYPE 1 & 2

PRAVARA RURAL COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE LONI DATE SIGN STAMP

BOOK CASE STUDY IIT, KANPUR

NAME :PRAVIN RAMESHWAR FERANG

CLASS : T.Y.B ARCH SEM -5TH

SUB: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

  P.K. KELKAR LIBRARY  ARCHITECTURE FEATURES

• OPEN CONNECTIVITY SPACES

• CONGREATION SPACES

 SPLIT LEVEL CORRIDOR

• ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM
WALKWAY • MINIMIZE THE WALKING
• SYNERGY BETWEEN DISTANCE, IMPROVING
• SHELTERED AND YET
CONTEMPRORY CONNECTIVITY
OPENNESS
ARCHITECTURE AND • PROTECTION FROM HOT • CREATE SPATIAL EXPANSION
HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE SUN YET • GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF ONE
ALLOWING BREEZES LARGE SPACE HENCE SPACE
IS USED AS A TOOL
 ACADEMIC AREA FOUR STORIED BUILDING • KANVINDE'S EXPRESSIVE
TOTAL NO. OF GATES: 6 • COVERED AREA: 5730 SQ.M ARCHITECTUREWAS
ADMIN AREA: FACULTY BUILDING • BASEMENT: 700 SQ.M. VARIOUSLY INTERPRETED AS
"ANARCHITECTURAL
MERITS & DE-MERITS
TOTAL GROUND COVERAGE OF ACADEMIC BLOCK : • GROUND FLOOR: 700 SQM.
• FIRST FLOOR: 1630 SQ.M. EXPRESSION THATREFLECTED  MERITS
79695.00 THE CULTURE AND • LUSH GREEN CAMPUS
TOTAL FLOOR AREA: 144944.48 • SECOND FLOOR: 2700 SQ.M. • AVAILABILITY OF SITTING SPACES ALONG THE LENGTH
ASPIRATIONS.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FLOORS: • RECOMMSTAFF STRENGTH: 40 OF PATHWAYS.
• FACULTY BUILDING : 4 FLOORS ALONGWITH A GROUND FEATURES: • STUDENTS HAVE MANY OPTIONS AS FOOD OUTLETS,
FLOOR • EXPOSED BRICKWORK GARDENS, GREENERY, SPORTS, CLUBS, ETC.TO KEEP
• EXPRESSED CONCRETE
• LIBRARY: 4 FLOORS INCLUDING GROUNDAND • FINS AT TOP PROVIDINGDAYLIGHT. STRUCTURE IN COMBINATION THEM REFRESHED.
• CYCLE STAND ON GROUND FLOOR • ALL THE FACILITIES ARE 24 HOURS OPEN FOR USE
BASEMENT WITH BRICK BECAME THE
• AVG. NUMBER OF FLOORS : G+2TOTAL NUMBER OF • AESTHETICALLY APPEALING DYNAMIC DETERMINANT FORM  DERMERIT
AND ORDER. • SYSTEM IS INCONVENIENT FOR DAY SCHOLARS.
LECTURE HALLS: 17

MATERIALS
• IN RETROSPECT, THAT STYLE  IN KANPUR, THE LOCAL AVAILABILITY OF HIGH
SHOWS A REMARKABLE QUALITY BRICK AND THEPREVALENT LABOUR AND
SIMILARITY WITH THE BRUTE CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES MADE KANVINDE GO
MORPHOLOGY OF FORREINFORCED CONCRETE FOR STRUCTURAL
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE FRAMES AND BRICK AS INFILL’S.
IN PARTS OF INDIA.  REINFORCED-CONCRETE POST-AND-SLAB
CONSTRUCTION, WITH A SERIES OF FLAT SLAB-
FLOORS AND A FLAT ROOF-SLAB CARRIED ON
CONCRETE COLUMNS OR POSTS.

 LECTURE HALL :
 THERE ARE 17 LECTURE HALLS IN ACADEMIC AREA,
OUT OF WHICH 7 LECTURE HALLS ARE IN OLD
COMPLEX AND 10 ARE IN THE NEW LECTURE HALL
COMPLEX. ALL THE LECTURE HALLS HAVE
PROJECTOR ROOMS, PODIUM, PROJECTOR SCREENS
AND GREEN BOARDS AND ARE COMPLETELY
PACKED WITH ACOUSTIC MATERIALS.
 MINIMUM CAPACITY OF A LECTURE HALL: 400
 CONCLUSION
 PLAN OF HALL OF RESIDENCE  HIS WORKS ARE GENERALLY RAW AND
UNEMOTIONAL. YET HE MANAGED TO MAKE HIS
 PLAN OF HALL OF RESIDENCE • HOSTELS DESIGNS APPEALING AND WELCOMING.
 HIS DESIGNS WERE DISTINCT AND UNIQUE YET
GROUNDCOVERAGE:73388.00
HAVING ONE THINGSIMILAR-FUNCTIONALISM.
 HOSTELS
SQ.M.
• FLOOR AREA: 155584.00
 HIS DESIGNS APPEAR TO BE BUILT WITH A LARGE
AMOUNT OF THOUGHT HAVING BEEN GIVEN TO
GROUNDCOVERAGE:73388.00SQ.M. SQ.M. MAKING THEM FUNCTIONALLY EFFICIENT AND
 FLOOR AREA: 155584.00 SQ.M. • BOYS HOSTEL: 10 PRACTICALLY FEASIBLE.
 BOYS HOSTEL: 10 • GIRLS HOSTEL:3  CONVENTIONAL TYPE OF BUILDINGS WERE
 GIRLS HOSTEL:3 DESIGNED AS ISOLATED ISLANDS OF
• 1 P.G. (CO-ED)
 1 P.G. (CO-ED) DEPARTMENTS.
• 3 HOSTELS FOR
 3 HOSTELS FOR RESEARCHSCHOLARS  ACTIVITIES WHICH STUDENTS AND FACULTIES
SHARE ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE MEETING
AND INTERACTION.

PRAVARA RURAL COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE LONI DATE SIGN STAMP

BOOK CASE STUDY IIT, KANPUR NAME : PRAVIN RAMESHWAR FERANG

CLASS : T.Y.B ARCH SEM -5TH

SUB: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN