LOCATION : AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT.

ARCHITECT : B.V. DOSHI

AREA OF SITE : 12.5 ACRE
TOPOGRAPHY : THE GENERAL SLOPE IS TOWARDS
THE NORTH WESTERN CORNER .

• ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF SPATIAL PLANNING WITH INTERESTING PATHWAYS

• THE BUILDING IS SET BACK 100 FT FROM THE MAIN ROAD AND IS COVERED BY
TREES TO CREATE COOL ATMOSPHERE INSIDE THE CAMPUS AND IT IS HARDLY VISIBLE FROM THE
MAIN ROAD.
• CREATING A PROPER WORKING ENVIRONMENT FACILITATING FACULTIES AND STUDENTS TO
HAVE FREE SCOPE TO LEARN AND TEACH ANYWHERE.
• EXPOSED LOCAL MATERIALS FOR LOW COST , EASY EXPANSION AND MAINTANENCE.
• THE DESIGN WAS INTENDED TO BE CLOSE TO NATURE AND EXPERIMENTING H\THE DESIGNING SKILLS
AND SINCE THE SITE WAS UNDULATING , IT GAVE OPPURTUNITY TO PLAY WITH LEVELS .
• THERE ARE INCLINED SKYLIGHTS ON TOP OF THE STUDIOS, PERPETUALLY LETTING IN NATURAL
LIGHTING INTO THE SPACE.
• THE STUDIO SPACES HAVE BAY SPACES FACING THE EXTERIOR , CREATING SEMI PRIVATE SPACE
WHICH ARE TOTALLY OPEN TO THE EXTERIOR SPACES WHICH ALLOWS INDIVIDUAL TO
CONNECT WITH NATURE EVEN IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF STUDIO.

CONCEPTUAL SKETCH BY AR. B.V.DOSHI

 ACTIVE STRATEGIES
HVAC TECHNOLOGIES
Mixed mode ventilation.
Radiant cooling floor and ceiling panels for simulation lab and
basement floor.
VRF for dedicated outdoor air system at 3.51 COP with CO2
control.
Air cooled chiller with 3.35 COP (ARI).
Passive cooling in non-summer months with underground tank and
evaporative fluid cooler.
Premium efficiency pump motors with VFDs.
LIGHTING DESIGN
Daylight autonomy 75% time for over 90% of spaces.
Daylighting and vacancy sensor control of lights at 4.7 W/m2.
Office equipment control with occupancy sensor control.

CEPT - A LVING LABORATORY : PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES

ORIENTATION
The building is north-south oriented with appropriate shading and light shelves on the
south.
DAYLIGHTING
Vision, clerestories, light shelves on south bring in diffuse daylight with occupant control.
north light is used for introducing daylight into the building
RENEWABLE ENERGY ELIMINATION OF CLASSROOM FEELING
50% roof covered with 27 kW PV panels tilted at 23º facing south for on-site ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT BARRIERS
generation equivalent to 70kWh/m2/yr. INTEGRATION OF OPEN SPACES
EASE OF INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
THE PROGRAMMED OF OPEN-ENDED LEARNING, A
CAMPUS OF MANY INTERLINKED DISCIPLINES
From the earliest time, the idea of the
interconnectedness of architecture, design, planning,
construction technologies was held to be important. Equally, the arts
and the social and natural sciences
were seen to be necessary to all who worked in the field of
environment and human habitat. This is reflected
in the first curriculum and brought to concrete proposals in the …
Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology

MAKING THE CREATIVE CAMPUS

“Education combines the abstract and the real. It must
CAMPUS WITHOUT WALLS ,LEARNING WITHOUT
challenge established patterns,
seek out validity in tradition and combine these with possibilities of today.
BOUNDARIES
The ultimate aim of The design strategy had a most daring
education is the training of men to deal challengingly with problems … in and unusual perception of task. It emphasized
process it is a dynamic learning rather than teaching, and saw the place of learning
analysis of culture, values, knowledge and methodology. It must be selective as one where there were no boundaries,
dealing with principles, no hierarchies and a complete atmosphere of free and
essence and direction as contrasted to merely accumulated, unrelated unhampered inquiry.
facts”
 THESE IMAGES DEPICTS THE
OUTCOME OF THE ENTIRE
CAMPUS DESIGN UNDER
CREATIVE CAMPUS
THE DESIGN STRATEGIES
ADOPTEDE EXTREMELY
CREATIVE WHILE ADOPTING
CONTEMPORARY
DESIGN STYLES MERGING WITH
NATURE TO CREATE AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENT IS REALLY AN
ARCHITECTURAL
ACHIEVEMENT .THE VARIOUS
CONCEPTS ADOPTED IS
MAKING THIS DESIGN UNIQUE
AND EXCITING TO APPROACH.

POST PANDEMIC :
THIS DESIGN MAKES ME
WONDER , HOW WAS IT DESIGNED
COMPLETELY
ADOPTIVE FOR PANDEMIC
SITUATIONS ALONG WITH ITS
SUSTAINABLE CHARACTERS AND
HEALTHY LIVING .
IT IS UNDOUBTLY A FUTURISTIC
DESIGNING AS WELL

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