ACHYUT KANVINDE

BIRTH PLACE AND YEAR : BORN IN 1916, ACHARA , MAHARASHTRA

WORKS:

 PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, AHMEDABAD

 AHMEDABAD TEXTILES INDUSTRIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
 COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
 HARIVALLABDAS HOUSE, AHEMDABAD
 GANDHI KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA BANGALORE (1965)
 IIT KANPUR CAMPUS (1966)
 DOODHSAGAR DAIRY ,MEHSANA (NATIONAL DAIRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD) (1973)
 INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT, ANAND (1979)
 NEHRU SCIENCE CENTER, MUMBAI (1985)
 NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER, NEW DELHI (1991)
 NATIONAL INSURANCE ACADEMY, PUNE (1992)
 ISKCON TEMPLE, EAST OF KAILASH, DELHI (1998)

WORK 1: DOODHSAGAR DAIRY ,MEHSANA

• NATIONAL DAIRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD BUILT IN 1973

• ONE OF THE LARGEST MILK PROCESSING UNIT IN GUJARAT

STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE: BRUTALISM STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE

FEATURES:
• MONSTROUS AND RAW

• THE FORM IS VERY ROUGH AND BLOCKY

• COLD CHARACTER

• FORTRESS LIKE STRUCTURE

SITE PLAN:
• THE NATURAL SLOPE OF THE SITE UTILIZED TO ADVANTAGE OF A MULTI LEVEL
PROCESSING SYSTEM

• MILK RECEIVING IS DONE AT THE ROOF

• PROCESSING IS DONE AT THE SECOND LEVEL

• THE THIRD AND THE LOWER MOST LEVEL ACCOMMODATE THE WORKER’S AMENITIES

• VENTILATION POINTS ARE EXPRESSED AS LARGE SHAFTS THAT RISE ABOVE THE ROOF
LEVEL

• THEY EVACUATE THE HOT AIR BY NATURAL CONVECTION ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR
MECHANICAL EXHAUST SYSTEM
• WALLS AND STRUCTURE ARE MORE THEATRICAL THAN TECHNICAL IN THEIR FUNCTION OF
CONTAINING AND SUPPORTING THE PROCESS WITHIN

• BANDING OF THE EXTERIOR FINISH HELPS ARTICULATE THE MUSCULAR FEATURE OF THE
BUILDING

WORK 2: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR (PHASE I), LECTURE HALL

COMPLEX

• TOTAL AREA 1000 ACRES

• ACADEMIC BUILDINGS: 13 DEPARTMENTS, PK KELKAR LIBRARY, COMPUTER CENTRES
FACULTY OFFICES, LABORATORIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS
• 10 BOYS HOSTEL AND 2 GIRLS HOSTEL
• SPORTS COMPLEX
• HOUSING FOR FACULTY FEATURES

 1 MODEL SHOWING THE RHYTHM OF THE MODULES AND FOLDED-PLATE LARGE-SPAN

ROOFS
 2 VIEW OF THE LECTURE HALLS, CONNECTED TO THE WALKWAY SYSTEM;
 3 THE STILTED GROUND FLOOR, LEFT FREE FOR STUDENT INTERACTION;
 4 THE ELEVATED WALKWAY SYSTEM CONNECTING THE LECTURE HALLS.
FEATURES:
 THE RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS IS PLANNED AND LANDSCAPED WITH A HOPE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL FREEDOM.
 HALLS OF RESIDENCE, FACULTY AND STAFF HOUSES AND COMMUNITY BUILDINGS
SURROUND THE CENTRAL ACADEMIC AREA TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY IN MOVEMENT AND
COMMUNICATION.
 LECTURE HALLS DEPARTMENTS AND LABS CANTEEN FACULTY OFFICE AND LIBRARY
COMPUTER DEPTT AND LABS
 CORE PEDESTRIAN ISLAND WHICH CONSIST OF LECTURE HALLS SURROUNDED BY
LANDSCAPING AND WATER BODY FORMING THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE CAMPUS.
 THE ACADEMIC AREA IS WELL CONNECTED BY A LONG CORRIDOR WHICH LINKS ALL THE
MAJOR BUILDINGS
 THE ACADEMIC AREA IS SET UP IN VICINITY OF HOSTELS TO PROVIDE QUICK
ACCESSIBILITY TO STUDENTS
 SPLIT LEVEL CORRIDOR SYSTEM
 MINIMIZE THE WALKING DISTANCE, IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY
 CREATE SPATIAL EXPANSION
 GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF ONE LARGE SPACE HENCE SPACE IS USED AS A TOOL
 CONVENTIONAL TYPE OF BUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED AS ISOLATED ISLANDS OF
DEPARTMENTS
 ACTIVITIES WHICH STUDENTS AND FACULTIES SHARE ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE
MEETING AND INTERACTION
 IN KANPUR, THE LOCAL AVAILABILITY OF HIGH QUALITY BRICK AND THE PREVALENT
LABOUR AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES MADE KANVINDE GO FOR REINFORCED
CONCRETE FOR STRUCTURAL FRAMES AND BRICK AS INFILLS .
 REINFORCED-CONCRETE POST-AND-SLAB CONSTRUCTION,WITH A SERIES OF FLAT SLAB-
FLOORS AND A FLAT ROOF-SLAB CARRIED ON CONCRETE COLUMNS OR POSTS
 EXPOSED BRICKWORK: REDUCES MAINTENANCE COSTS AND ENHANCES AESTHETIC
APPEAL P.K. KELKAR LIBRARY
 KANVINDE’S EXPRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE WAS VARIOUSLY INTERPRETED AS "AN
ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION THAT REFLECTED THE CULTURE AND ASPIRATIONS“.
 EXPRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN COMBINATION WITH BRICK BECAME THE
DYNAMIC DETERMINANT OF FORM AND ORDER.
DESIGN PHILOSPY:

 FUNCTIONALIST STYLE OF DESIGN FUNCTIONALISM WAS AN APPROACH TO DESIGN AS

PER THE CONCEPT THAT THE SPACE AND FORM OF A BUILDING SHOULD EMERGE OUT OF
THE LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF SPACE INSIDE AND NOT FROM ANY PREDETERMINED
IDEA LIKE SYMMETRY.
 FUNCTIONALIST BELIVED A BUILDING SHOULD ONLY HAVE FEATURES THAT WERE
FUNCTIONALLY NECESSARY AND NO NON-FUNCTIONAL DECORATION.
 THEY LEAD TO HUMANE SPACE THAT IS SPACE WHERE YOU FELT WELCOME AND
COMFORTABLE. HE USED LASTEST TECHNOLOGY AND INDU- STRIAL MATERIALS LIKE
DOOR AND WINDOWS AND RCC.
 LOGIC OF LIGHTNESS THE COMPLETE FOCUS ON THE MATERIALS TO BE USED IN
CONSTRUCTION KANVINDE ALWAYS TRY TO DEVELOP SUCH AN ATHESTIC FOR A HEAVY
MASS CONSTRUCTION THAT LOOKS LIGHT.
 RATIONALIST KANVINDE REVEAL THE INTERNAL FUNCTIONAL IN A BUILDING AS
SEPARATE MASSES AND THEN ARRANGED IN A WAYS THAT WERE FUNCTIONAL FROM
INSIDE AND ELEGANT FROM OUTSIDE
 SENSE OF SPACE HUMANESS IS ALL ABOUT SIZE AND SCALE, KANVINDE ALWAYS TRIED
TO BRING DOWN BUILDINGS TO HUMANE SCALE AND A CONNECTION TO THE BUILT
HERITAGE IN A LOCALITY.
 KANVIDE WAS AN ARCHITECT OF SECOND GENERATION OF CONTEMPRY INDIAN
ARCHITECTURE ( 1950 - 1980) .
 DURING THIS ERA MODERNISM WAS ATTRACTIVE TO DEVELOPING SOCIETIES TRYING TO
BREAK FROM THE MEMORIES OF EUROPEAN COLONIALISM THAT THE OLDER STYLE STILL
CARRIED.
 KANVIDE INTRODUCE MODERN ARCHITECTURE TO HUMANE PATH AND INNOVATIVELY
BLEND TECHNOLOGY AND ATHESTICS IIT KANPUR NIBM DESIGN PHILOSPY