The document describes the design of the Adani Vidya Mandir secondary school in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The school is envisioned to provide free education to underprivileged students. It is a one-story building with 120,000 square feet of space located near a historical site. The design zones different functions with administrative areas near the entrance and classrooms towards the back. Special features include courtyards, water bodies, and large openings to provide cross ventilation and light while reducing sunlight exposure. Materials include exposed concrete, brickwork, and stone flooring.

1. Secondary School
Case Study
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2. Adani Vidya mandir
Designed By: Apurva Amin Architects
Ahmedabad,Gujarat

3. Introduction
• The Adani Vidya Mandir is envisioned as an
answer to the growing trends of so called
“international schools”, providing free
education to the adept but deprived
classes.
• The project is located in the vicinity of
“The Sarkhej Roza” which is an important
historical site, and approached from S.G
highway in Ahmadabad.
• It is a G + 1 structure with a built up of
120,000 Sq. Ft.in site area of 28,704 Sq.
Yards.

4. The Site
The Site is rectangular in shape
Site Area: 28,704 Sq. Yards
Location: Adani Vidya Mandir, Sarkhej -
Gandhinagar Highway, Makarba,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
The Site Is:
• Well connected to facilities
• Easily accessible
• 18m wide front highway
• At the vicinity of historical site

5. Site Plan & Zoning
• As per the site zoning the
administrative and primary education
related functions are kept in the front
followed by Secondary and Higher
Secondary at the end respectively.
• Each classroom’s strength is 40
providing platform of 1200 students per
year.
• The school has basic supporting
infrastructure such as laboratories,
computer center, dining hall, assembly
hall, etc.

6. Elevations & Sections
North & South Elevations
Sections

7. Materials of construction
• The building is a composite structure comprising
exposed concrete, exposed brickwork and
plastered masonry work as basic materials.
• Red Agra stone, Kota stone and washed terrazzo
are used as primary flooring materials.
• Steel studs and steel shear pins are used as
structural components along with exposed
R.C.C. walls and columns to free the horizontal
planes from the vertical columns at few
junctions.

8. Special Features
• The master layout depicts the scale of an institutional
building with informal yet controlled play of built and
open spaces.
• A series of experiences are crafted with a distinct
response to the immediate context via conscious design
process.
• The entry marked by the only vertical element
integrating the temple distributes the school into its
other functional divisions.
• The journey beginning with entrance plaza to transition
space leads to the core area following hierarchy of
space.

9. • Spatial expansions in form of courtyards and
water bodies compliment the functional
organization to achieve the institutional
character.
• Orientation of built forms with the large
openings facing north direction omits the direct
exposure to harsh sunlight and provides ample
of indirect natural light and cross ventilation as
an ideal response to climate.
• Water body along the circulation area provides a
buffer to the functions beside it and subdues
the scale.

10. • In primary education zone the curvilinear
corridor spans along the green space and
merges with the oval shaped activity area to
provide a seamless transition in movement.
• Building facade is treated with uneven
formation of punctures relating it to the
informal spatial organization.
• Capitals, bell tower and courtyards break the
monotony of the planer surface as well as the
horizontality.
• As a common foci of the entire planning bell
tower remains the iconic element throughout
the building.

11. Ventilation and light
void
Courtyards
Exposed
Brick
work

12. Thank You