THEORY OF DESIGN

AR. ACHYUT
PRAKASH KANVINDE
ABOUT THE ARCHITECT
NAME ACHYUT KANVINDE
DATED 1916-2002
BIRTH PLACE Achare, in the Konkan
region of Maharashtra
GRADUATION(b.arch) Sir J.J. School of Arts,
Mumbai in 1942.
HAVARD UNIVERSITY
TRAINING AND UNDER WALTER
INFLUENCE GROPIUS.
CONTEXT MODERN INDIAN
ARCHITECTURE
 DESIGN PRINCIPLES

FUNCTIONALISM
There buildings were always
conceived with first priority
given to its functions, and the He rejected symmetry.
social values when designing
spaces.

MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND BRUTALISM

Eimination of unnecessary
detail. Visual expression of
structure, as opposed to the
hiding of structural element.
Developed to create functional
structures at a low cost, but
eventually designers adopted
the look for other uses such as
college buildings

REGIONALISM
social conditions, sound
local climate, climatological
building materials principles.
 PHILOSOPHY
➢ Kanvinde plays with space and forms. His designs are
slender, balanced, proportionate, neat and well crafted.
➢ The building is important but most important is the
gate of the user. Example is “Isckon Temple”.
➢ He gave much more importance to the natural light. He
gave such a form to the building that it can solve the
problem of ventilation as well as excessive heat .
➢ He believed inVernacular Architecture.
➢ He believed that the image should be such that can set
the mood and interest for which the building stands for.
➢ Both inherent values and historical influences
contributed towards good architecture.
 DESIGN CONCEPTS & IDEOLOGY

▪He practiced perfectly for 55 years, he

was considered the pioneer of what may be
termed the modern movement in
architecture in India.

▪An art can be to nourish the senses. Art is

purely an aesthetic exercise.

▪He believed that a grid of columns forming

a matrix giving structural and spatial
aspect would turn a design to more
sophisticated and faceted.

▪ He treated his building with

“VASTUSHASTRA”.

▪THE BAUHAUS STYLE: Studying under

Walter Gropius, Kanvinde developed a
whole new outlook towards architecture.
He was greatly influenced by the Bauhaus
style, which later on was adopted in his
various buildings.
 HIS DESIGN CONCEPTS
➢ An art can be to nourish the senses. Art is purely an
aesthetic exercise.
➢ He believed that a grid of columns
forming a matrix giving structural
and spatial aspect would turn a
design to more sophisticated and
faceted.
➢ He treated his building with
“VASTUSHASTRA”.
➢ He also usedVernacular Architecture in
foreign.
➢ His buildings were simple and he used to tell the
students” ARCHITECTURE IS NOT A MUSEUM OF
MATERIAL”.
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
ADMINISTRATION,
MUSSOORIE