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• Born :September 1929 in Bombay.
• 1954:Graduated in Architecture, Sir J.J. School of Fine Arts, Bombay,
• 1957 1960 :Professional practice with Mr. B.V. Doshi, Architect in Ahmedabad
working on Housing for the Textile Industry workers and Housing for Low-Income
group, Gujarat University Science Laboratories and Textile Pavilion for Indian
Industrial Exposition in New Delhi.
• 1961 1964
:Professional work in Ahmedabad.
• 1964 1968 :In the office of Prof. Louis I. Kahn in Philadelphia.
• 1969 1971 :
Working on construction of the Indian Institute of Business
Management Building complex with Louis . Kahn, as his representative to develop
design details and organize site office unit and construction work in Ahmedabad
• He is Honorary Director of the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad.
ANANT DAMODAR RAJE
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I
ndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Work of Anant Raje With Louis Kahn
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Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
• Established:1961
• Type:
Education and
Research Institution
• Location : Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, India
• Campus : Urban, 100 acres(0.40 km²)
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• The campus of IIMA is dominatedby the baked brick style favored by
its chief architect, the famous
Louis Kahn from Philadelphia.
• All the structures are designed tobe part of a whole and create a
red-brick mini-cityscape that
attracts many architecture
students.
• Other architects who collaborated
on the campus include the
renowned B. V. Doshi and Anant
Raje.
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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• Designed by Louis Kahn,campus of the
Institute has it all:
• a blend of austerity and majesty;
• spaces for casual interaction;
• frequently changing perspectives;• and a balance between modernity and
tradition that captures the spirit of
contemporary India.
• It stimulates the imagination and
creativity of the students, who areclearly the best in the country, coming
as they do after one of the most
rigorous selection process."
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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• Kahn's architecture is notable for
its simple, platonic forms and
compositions.
• Kahn design of buildings,
characterized by powerful,
massive forms, made him one ofthe most discussed architects to
emerge after World War II.
• Through the use of brick and
poured-in place concrete masonry,he developed a contemporary and
monumental architecture that
maintained sympathy for the site.
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ANANT DAMODAR RAJE
Designed a number of private and public projects in many
Indian cities including
• Bhopal Development Authority Headquarters
• M.A.F.C.O. Wholesale Market built in 1975.
• Galbabhai Training Institute
• Institute for Forest Management
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Bhopal Development Authority Headquarters
• LOCATION :Bhopal, India
• Client: Bhopal Development Authority
• Date:1988
• Building Type: Government
• Building Usage: Type: Government office
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BHOPAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS
Even though the entire plot is covered by the building to get the maximum land
utilization, it has enough open space for terraces built and integrated in thecomposition of the layout.
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Besides the ground level designed for the movement of vehicles, the elevated
terrace levels keep the pedestrian movement isolated from the vehicular traffic.
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All openings are integrated with the structure in such a way that they create a
pocket of shadow within which the windows fall offering a complete freedom to the
design and form of the windows.
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The building works with the climate shading the internal spaces from
the hot summer sun.
RECESSES IN THE WALL
BALCONIES PROVIDED
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BhopalDevelopment
Authority
Headquarters
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M.A.F.C.O. WHOLESALE MARKET IN MUMBAI
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• The project layout limits transit vehicularmovement and enhances pedestriancirculation within the commercial complex.
• Covered walkways and pedestrian streets
are provided.• The different facilities are arranged around
three courts, with the wholesale market at
the center and the trading cells, banks andpost office buildings on the periphery.
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The buildings are based on the repetitionof 4.5 meter wide structural bays roofedwith a barrel vault concrete shell.
• This standardization allowed for a rapidand economical construction process.
• The project also features an auction hallwith raised platform for loading and
unloading produce.
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PLAN
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• The series of loggias making up thedormitories do not open on the courtyardplaced in their center in order to achieve
maximum privacy• The compound is enclosed by stone walls,
and the buildings' openings are spannedby concrete lintels and are deeply
recessed to provide additional shade.
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The exposed stone facades and archedlintels usedthroughout convey a
visual unity to theoverall design.
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• The complex, built in the midst of wheat fields,consists of two distinct clusters respectivelyhousing the school and residential units.
• The former group of structures, accessed by acourtyard, is designed as a house, with severalcourts and rooms where people can gather, anda verandah used as a dining space.
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Indoor and outdoor areas are clearly defined soas to reflect the villagers' perception of spaceand seclusion.
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INSTITUTE OF FORESTMANAGEMENT, BHOPAL
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Location: Bhopal,India
Architect/Planner:
Anant Damodar Raje Client: Indian Instituteof Forest ManagementDate:1984Century20th
Decade:1980sBuildingType: educational
BuildingUsage: training center
Project :ID1429
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PLAN
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• The project restates time tested premises of the courtand garden, fundamental to most Islamic architecture
in India. The land stradles two hills with outcrops ofslate. The naturalvegetation is wild grass,which has been allowed togrow, augmented by rowsand clumps of trees. Therooms, arcade and porch, aremade from a simplevocabulary of trabeated andarcuated construction, with
the walls clad with stonescreed in shades of greenand yellow grey thatestablishes a close rapportwith the site.
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• Demonstrating rigours andcontaining faiths so necessary,
and yet elusive in practice. TheIIFM building has become a touchstone for the professional,especially the young.Humanism Urbanism: Using
primarily Enlightenmentdesign methods, and developinga particular variant of techniqueor the mode of knowing bestrepresented by the school of
Louis Kahn, Anant Rajeconstructs an ideogrammaticrepresentation of architecture
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Main
plazaMain
approach
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Main façade
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View to side façade
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Façade loggias
StDetail of stone
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Stone
staircase
Detail of stoneload-bearing
façade
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• The chaotic metropolis of Bombay deeply
influencesRaje
and he infact proclaims himself
an "urban man" contrary to Doshi who although from the same school, looks to village life.
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• Anant raje’s Stress is placed on integration of
culture and spiritual wellbeing and efforts as
designer are aimed at process of integration ofman, the space around him and the elements
making up the space .