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1.ISKON TEMPLE,DELHI
2.IIT, KANPUR
3.MILK DAIRY AND POWDER
PLANT,MEHSANA

 BORN IN 1916 IN ACHARE VILLAGE

OF KONKAN,MAHARASHTRA
COMPLITTED ARCHITECTURE FROM
J.J. SCHOOL OF ART , MUMBAI IN
1942
DONE HIS MASTERS FROM HARVARD
UNIVERSITY, USA IN 1947
HE WAS INSPIRED BY CLOUDE
BATLEY IN J.J SCHOOL AND WALTER
GROPIUS IN HARVARD

 ESTABLISHED HIS OWN PRACTICE

WITH SHAUKAT RAI IN 1955

HE WAS VERSATILE PERSONALITY , A
CRITIC , WRITER AND WAS A VISITING
PROFESOR IN MANY UNIVERSITIES
HE WAS A FOLLOWER OF WALTER
GROPIUS
HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO
BRING THE IDEA OF MODERN
ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA..

 HE BELIEVED THAT THE

RELATIONSHIPS OF THE
PARTS AND MATERIALS
OF THE BUILDING ARE A
WORKING MORALITY

 HE MAINLY CONTRIBUTED TO

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE URBAN
DESIGNER
HIS DESIGNS DEVELOP SENSITIVITY
TO HUMAN NATURE AND A RESPECT
FOR A HUMAN VALUES
ALSO INCLUDES CROSS
VENTILLATION , VOLUMETRIC AND
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

 HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO BRING

THE CONCEPT OF MODERN

ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA
ALSO BECAME LEADING AND WELL
RESPECTED ARCHITECT FOR HIS
PROFESSIONAL TALENT AND ETHICS
ALSO USED LOCAL MATERIALS AND
SENSE OF AESTHETICS
FOR MAKING INDIA SELF SUFFICIENT IN
MILK PRODUCTION HE MAINLY
CONTRIBUTED FROM 1965

 HE FOLLOWED 3 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

WHICH ARE IMPORTANT IN

ARCHITECTURE
1)CONTINOUS EVOLUTION WITH NEEDS
AND TIME
2)SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES TO EXPRESS
THROUGH THE VISUAL VOCABLURY OF
SPACE UNDERSTANDING
3)THE CHANGING PATTERN OF SOCIAL
AND POLITICAL HUMAN INSTITUTION
TECHNOLOGY

 NEHRU SCIENCE CENTER,MUMBAI-1980

AHMEDABAD TEXTILE INDUSTRY

RESEARCH ASSOCIATION-1953.
DARPANA DANCE ACADEMY,AHMEDABAD1963.
RESIDENCE OF A P KANVINDE-1967.
CAMPUS BUILDING FOR NATIONAL
DAIRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD ,ANAND1970.
MAHATMA PHULE AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY , RAHURY-1978.

 TEMPLE AND VEDIC INSTITUTE FOR

ISKCON,DELHI-1998
BANAS II DAIRY,PALANPUR-2000
ISKCON TEMPLE,VARANASI
NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER,NEW
DELHI-1991
METRO DAIRY,KOLKATA-1996
IIT KANPUR-1961

 PADMA SHREE IN 1976

PRESIDENT OF IIA FROM 1974-1975
IIAS BABU RAO MHATRE GOLD

MEDAL FOR LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT

IN 1985
GREAT MASTERS AWARD FROM JK
INDUSTRIES LTD. IN 1993
CO-AUTHORED BOOK CAMPUS
DESIGN IN INDIA.

 SITUATED AT EAST OF KAILASH ,

DELHI
IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1998
SITUATED ON A 3 ACRES SLOPING
SITE OF WHICH THE SLOPE IS 3M
WITH RESPECT TO THE ROAD LEVEL
KANVINDE HAS DONE PROPER
PLANING CONSIDERING THE SLOPE
AT SITE
TEMPLE CAMPUS ALSO INCLUDES
VEDIC INSTITUTION

 PLANNING OF ISKON CAMPUS CONSIST OF

MAINLY OF 4 BUILDINGS :
1) MAIN TEMPLE WITH A HUGE HALL FOR
AROUND 400 PEOPLE FOR PRAYER
PURPOSE
2) HUGE INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING
INCLUDING DORMETRIES FOR DEVOTEES ,
OFFICES ,
3) RESTAURANTS
4) MULTIMEDIA CULTURAL CENTRE
INCLUDING AUDITORIUM ,SHOPPING
COMPLEXES ETC..

 CONSIDERING THE ADVANTAGE OF THE

SLOPE: KANVINDE GAVE :THE DIETY PLACE AT HIGHER

LEVEL AND
THE ALL MECHANICAL AREAS,
DINING AREAS FOR DEVOTEE , KITCHEN
IN LOWER LEVELS

 CAMPUS IS DESIGNED AROUND AN

INFORMAL COURT WITH SUNK GARDEN

SPACES AROUND WITH LARGE AMOUNTS
OF WATERFALL
WHERE EVERYTHING IS PLANNED
ACCORDING TO CREATE A FEEL OF TEMPLE
ARCHITECTURE

 MAINLY BUILDING

WAS MADE UP OF
THE REINFORCED
CONCRETE
STRUCTURE
MATERIALS USED
WERE MAINLY RED
AND WHITE
SANDSTONE
BEAUTIFULL
CARVING DONE ON
THE KALASA WITH
RED AND WHITE
SANDSTONE
HUGE ENTRANCE
GATES WERE
CONTRUCTED

 situated at outskirts of the kanpur

city , uttar pradesh

contruction was completed in 1966
it was the first comprehensive
modern bulilding constructed in
india.
it took 1 year to complete: 19561966

 LOCATED ON A FLAT SITE HAVING

CANAL ON ONE SIDE OF THE SITE

TRANSPORTATION ROUTE WAS
CONNECTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL
CENTRE OF KANPUR
SITE IS SITUATED IN CORE SO NO
PROBLEM OF VEHICULAR NOISE TO THE
BUILDING

 PLANNED WITH THE PURPOSE : TO

MAKE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN

THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS
OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
KANVINDE CONSIDERED THAT
PLANNING BY FUNCTION IS BETTER
THAN PLANNING BY DESCIPLINE TO
DEVELOP THE CAMPUS
20 HECTORS OF QUADRANGLE AREA
IS OF THE EDUCATIONAL BUILDING

 MOST OF THE BUILDINGS ARE

PLANNED BASED ON REPETITIVE

MODULE OF CERTAIN
DIMENSION
EFFORT IS MADE TO CREATE
AN INTIMATE HUMAN
ENVIRONMENT IN ENTIRE
COMPLEX.

 in kanpur , the local availability of high

quality brick made kanvinde to go for

reinforced concrete for structural frames
and brick as infills
kanvinde made an aesthetic use of two
materials
floors are made by using low maintainance
terrazo
buildings are harmonious in character ,
utilizing exposed concrete places of
intraction in coridors and courts are
framed and local naturaly exposed red
and brick curtain walls are used

skylight to
library block

classroom
block

 Designed to handle 3 million litres

of milk a day in first phase

consist of milk receiving
processing. ,considencing and
powder making facilities
concept is broadly based on
effective ventilation and
segrigation of human and
material movement.
the structural mechanical and

ventilation system are also

evolved as to become integral part
of cohesive design form

 site was originally sloped one of

the natural slope of the site is

fully exploited to distribute milk
using gravity feed system and
thereby minimising use of pumps
and electricity.
two major factor dictated design
approach.
1. need to have cross ventilation
to dissipate heat and odour in
plant areas
2. exploit the site condition with
advantage of design

 two level corridors which

allow cross ventilation .

all external concret beams in
form of horizontal beam are
left exposed.
a type of stucture using
ducts as part of function had
resulted into form of building
with aesthetic quality
building is reinforced

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