Uttam Chand was born in 1934 in Melwara, Rajasthan. He completed his schooling at jodhpur Rajasthan. Handled institutional buildings, commercial complexes, recreational facilities, tourists projects, luxury hotels, theatres, housing, private residences, and university campus layout

1. UTTAM C.JAIN
INDRAJIT KONER
B.ARCH ,SEM-6

2. •UTTAM CHAND WAS BORN
IN 1934 IN MELWARA,
RAJASTHAN.
•HE COMPLETED HIS
SCHOOLING AT JODHPUR
RAJASTHAN.
•HANDLED INSTITUTIONAL
BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL
COMPLEXES,
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES,
TOURISTS PROJECTS,
LUXURY HOTELS, THEATRES,
HOUSING, PRIVATE
RESIDENCES, AND
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
LAYOUT

3. PHILOSOPHY
•HIS BUILDINGS REPRESENTED HERITAGE BUILDINGS OF VARIOUS
PLACES.
•HE WAS NOT MUCH BOTHERED ABOUT THE TRENDS AND ALWAYS TRY
TO CONCEIVE THE BUILDING IN HIS OWN STYLE.
•BELIEVED THAT ARCHITECTURE BEGINS AFTER YOU PUT UP FOUR
WALLS AND A ROOF – THIS IS WHAT HE CALLED THE “NON-MANIFEST
PART.”
•HE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS IS SOURCE OF CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS - SNOW, STONE, STRAW, REED, WOOD OR MUD IS THE
INDIGENOUS MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTING AN ENCLOSURE.
• HE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
HUMAN BEING AND THE
BUILDING BEING ESTABLISHED,
WHAT DEVELOPS AND GROWS
AROUND BECOMES A MEASURE
FOR MAN AND HIS SOCIETY.

4. UNIVERCITY OF JODHPUR
LECTURE THEATER .
•The lecture theater was
completed in 1971 .
•The built up area is around 650
sq m.
•Building is made with golden
coloured sandstone with which
the traditional buildings of jodhpur
have been constructed.
•Steel and cement are used only
minimally in this cost effective
design .
• Walls are of dressed masonry
laid in lime mortar, standard
3.5meter long stone slabs.

5. The university buildings are widely dispersed all over the campus ,three main
buildings are- the faculty of arts and social sciences, the central lecture theater
cluster and the campus canteen – stand out among them .
•The building is constructed with a double wall to counter the
hot and desert climate of the desert.
•The outer wall screens the sun and are rhythmic in pattern.
•The lecture hall is in the form of a ziggurat.
•Each is a simple rectangle in plan supported by two parallel
walls along its longer axis.
THE JODHPUR UNIVERSITY LECTURE THEATERS

7. •A stone pergola screens the central node at which all the four theatres emerge.
•Approach is through a ramp framed between two lecture theatre..

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