A case study on institute design and site planning by ar. Christopher Charles Benninger - KIRLOSKAR INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ,PUNE SAMUDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES, PUNE

1. SUBMITTED TO: Ar. Purvi Khargonkar
Ar. Gracy H. David
SUBMITTED BY: Navya Tess Sabu

2. KIRLOSKER INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED
MANAGEMENT, PUNE

3. ARCHITECT:
Christopher Charles
Benninger
LOCATION : Pune ,
Maharashtra, India
AREA: 17 .8 acres
LOCATION
LOCATED ON THE PERIPHERY OF
THE PUNE METROPOLITAN REGION,
THE SITE SLOPES DOWN THE HILLS
OF THE SAHYADHRI MOUNTAIN
RANGE, FROM A MAJOR ARTERIAL
ROAD.
SKETCH OF THE CAMPUS BY AR.
CHRISTOPHER CHARLES BENNINGER
LANDMARKS
• Pavana River
• Shayadhri Mountain
range

4. SHAYADHRI MOUNTAIN RANGE

5. THE SITE
THE SLOPING ELEVATION,
FROM HIGHER ENTRY
POINT, WAS EXPLOITED TO
BREAK THE FABRIC OF THE
CAMPUS INTO
DESCENDING TERRACES
THAT STRUCTURE THE
BUILT FABRIC INTO A LONG
STEPPED SECTION.
. VEHICULAR
SERVICE ROAD
PARKING
NODE
PEDESTRIAN
PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS
FROM
MAIN

6. ZONING
THE SITE HAS BEEN DIVIDED IN FOUR ZONES
ARTICULATIG THE STEPPED TERRACES INTO
SPECIALIZED PARTS
ADMINISTRATION AND DINNING ZONE
ACADEMIC ZONE
RECREATIONAL ZONE
RESIDENCE ZONE
The four zones placed on stepping down , with academic
area composed of quadrangles and residential area with
their own internal court with green spine separating the
two, running down the gentle slope to the recreational
area at the lower plateau.

7. SITE PLAN
ADMINISTRATION BLOCK
CLASSROOMS
DINNING HALL
LIBRARY
FACULTY BLOCK
ACADEMIC PRACTICAL
BLOCKS
RECREATIONAL AREA
RAINWATER
COLLECTION
POND
SWIMMING
POOL DROP OFF
PARKING
ROOF PLAN

8. ADMINISTRATION
BLOCK
CLASSROOMS
DINNING HALL
INSTITUTE MODEL
The service road create
a buffer from nearby
sites, allow utility and
emergency vehicles
easy access, and leave
the long sloping interior
as a dedicated central
pedestrian garden
The site is encircled
with a vehicular
service road on the
edge, off of which
parking nodes were
located so that no
one would walk
across moving
traffic.

9. CONCEPT
• The institute design is conceptualized as a modern
day cluster of monasteries, and the temple of
learning.
• The lofty torrents [small tower] of the academic
block rise over the landscape
• The peaked copper slopped roofs gift identity to
the various structures.
• Courtyards and corridors become interactive
spaces.
• Simple cartesian planning, adjusted as per the
slopes, with minimalistic use of materials,
integrates the campus into an organic whole.
• From admin block a series of courtyard step down
into subsequent lower terraces and each terraces is
devoted to core function focused around a
courtyard
A CAREFULLY CONCEPTUALIZED CENTRAL
VISTA RUNS DOWN THE LANDSCAPED
CENTRAL GREEN PRECINCT, CONNECTING
THE DINING COMPLEX AT THE TOPMOST
LEVEL TO THE RECREATION AREA ON THE
LOWER TERRACE.
THIS AFFORDS VIEWS ACROSS THE VAST
VALLEY FROM VARIOUS DINNING HALLS
AND EXECUTIVE ROOMS.

10. SITE SECTION
FORMAL ENTRY, ADMINISTRATION AT THE TOP OF THE SITE WITH DERECT ACCESS TO THE CENTRAL
ACADEMIC BLOCK CONSISTING OF CLASSROOMS ,PRACTICAL STUDY AREA , FACULTY AREA AND A
LIBRARY THEN TOWARDS THE LOWEST IS RECREATIONAL AREA CONSISTING OF A PLAYGROUND
SITTING PAVILLIONS AND WATER BODIES.
THE LOWER FLOOR AT THE HIGHER COURTYARD
BECOMES THE UPPER FLOOR IN THE NEXT LOWER
COURTYARD.

11. PLANNING
• THE PLANNING SYMBOLISES THE IMAGE OF
TRADITIONAL CLUSTERED MONARCH CITY.
• THE SERIES OF COURTYARD AND CONNECTING
EACH BLOCK CAN BE OVERLOOKED FROM THE
TOP BLOCK ,PLAYED WITH LINEAR AND
DRAMATIC ANGULAR PLANNING.
• INTEGRATION OF BUILT STRUCTURES WITH
OPEN SPACES AND INTEGRATION OF OPEN
SPACES WITHIN BUILT STRUCTURES.
• THE STRUCTURES ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE
CONTOURS WITH STEPPED SECTIONS TAKING
FLOORS DOWN THREE LEVELS.
• THE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION IN THE CAMPUS
IS ORGANIZED WITH PATHWAYS, RAMPS, AND
TRADITIONAL STAIRS IN SILO-LIKE
STRUCTURES.
• VEHICULAR MOVEMENT IS ISOLATED ON THE
PERIPHERY, WITH PARKING NODES AND
BUILDING ENTRIES SPACED ALONG THE
PERIPHERAL ACCESS AND UTILITY ROAD.

12. ADMINISTRATION BLOCK
ROOF
PLAN
CENTRAL OPEN
COURTYARD
ADMIN BLOCK AT THE VERY TOP OF SITE
CAN ONLY WHOLLY SEEN AT HE
ENTRANCE IS DESIGNED AROUND A
PERGOLA COURTYARD RECEIVES
DAYLIGHT AND CROSS VENTILATION ALL
DAY LONG , HERE STARTS THE SERIES OF
COURTYARD WHICH LEADS TO LOWEST
POINT OF SITE ,BY STEPPING DOWN
ONTO SUBSEQUENT LEVELS.
ENTRANCE
ENTRANCE
COURT
STAIR WAYS
PRIVATE
DEPARTMENTS ON
FIRST FLOOR
JALI PERGOLA
OVER THE
COURTYARD
ENTRANCE
CORRIDOOR

13. ACADEMIC BLOCK
THE ADMIN BLOCK PLANNED
ACROOSS THE CENTRE OF SITES
IN THREE LEVELS WITH THEIR
RESPECTIVE PRACTICAL STUDY
BLOCK IN FRONT ENCLOSING A
COURTYARD.
ALSO THE COURTYARD ACT AS
AN OPEN STUDY AND
INFORMAL DISCUSSION, AND
HANGOUT SPOTS.
PAVILLION
REPEATING UNITS IN A LINEAR
PATTERN

14. DINNING HALL
ENTRANCE LOBBY
DINNING HALLS
TOILETS
FACULTY DINING ROOM
STORE ROOM
KITCHEN
SKYLIGHT
SECONDRY
ENTRY
RAISED ON A PLATFORM TO MAINTAIN
ONE LEVEL THROUGHOUT.
CONSISTS OF THREE DINING HALLS FOR
STUDENTS AND TWO ROOMS FOR
FACULTIES ,TWO TOILETS FOR MALE
AND FEMALES AND KITHEN WITH
PARTITIONS AND STORE ROOM.

15. KITCHEN ENTRY
KITCHEN GARDEN
WORK AREA
TOILET
MAIN ENTRY
LEVELLED LANDSCAPING
WITH ACCESS FROM ALL
DIRECTIONS
COURTYARD
RAISED ON A
PLINTH
CENTRAL OPEN
SPACE
THE DINING HALLS OPENS
ONTO HIEGHEST TERRACE
VIEWING DISTANT VALLEYS
AND THE MOUNTAIN
RANGE

16. LEVELED
LANDSCAPING
ON PLINTHED
SURFACE
SITE CONTEXT
The elevation merges
with the mountains
and the levels so as
to fit in the context .
THE ELEVATION

17. INFERENCES
• Cluster spatial planning with interactive interconnections.
• Maximum circulation along the site while restricting the vehicular
movement near entrance and boundary of site.
• Extensive art works on structures in exposed concreate in form of
metal reliefs projected from retaining walls.
• Symmetric and angled planning within levels
• Integration of pergolas within courtyards

18. SAMUDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME
STUDIES,PUNE ,INDIA

19. SKETCH OF THE CAMPUS BY AR. CHRISTOPHER CHARLES BENNINGER
ARCHITECT: Christopher Charles
Benninger
LOCATION : Lonavala, Pune,
India
AREA :21,500 sq. m, 55 acre
LIES BETWEEN INDRANI RIVER
AND MUMBAI TO PUNE
HIGHWAY.
SIMS was established by
Executive Ship management
(ESM) Singapore, to fulfil new
version of an industry driven by
environmental protection ,safety
and efficiency.
The Samudra institute of
maritime studies(SIMS) near
Mumbai is a green campus for
pre sea and post sea studies.

20. THE SITE
ADMINISTRATION
BLOCK
• THE COMPLETE SITE IS ENCLOSED BY WATER ON
THREE SIDES AND THE MAIN HIGHWAY ON THE
FOURTH SIDE.
• TWO CANALS ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES FLOW
INTO THE LARGE LAKE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
SITE
Access to the site
Access to the admin block

21. CANAL
CONCEPT
The mariners at sea live in miniature
cites [i.e. The ships] with sea all around
and hence the characterize
environment is brought about in the
design.
• THE DESIGN – like ships floating
upon a vast undulating sea the
sculpturesque building appear to
float on the grass lawns.
• MATERIALS – steel and glass were
employed to give cadets a taste of
sea life where existence is in a
machine called a ship.

22. ZONING
Academic
Recreational
Administration
Residence
Open space
Service
THE SITE IS PLANNED WITH
MAXIMUM RECREATIONAL AND
OPEN SPACE,WHICH ALSO
INCLUDE THE ENTRY PLAZA,POOL
AND AMPHITHEATER.
• THE CENTRE ZONE OF THE SITE CONSISTS OF
STUDENTS RESIDENCES IN FORM OF LONG SHIP LIKE
STRUCTURE OF FIVE ATTACHED HOUSES .
• THE ADMINISTRATION BLOCK IS ZONED NEARER TO THE
MAIN ROAD WHICH MARK THE ELEVATION OF THE
CAMPUS
• THE ACADEMIC IS ZONE TOWARDS THE BACKSIDE OF
THE CAMPUS WHICH ALSO INCLUDE THE SEA WHERE
THEY PRACTICE THEIR SEAFARES.
• THE SITE ALSO CONSIST OF A SMALL SERVICE ZONE .

23. SITE PLAN
• The campus is composed of an
administrative building ,a long hostel
housing 500 students with dining
facilities at one end and an auditorium
and amphitheatre at other end.
• A large classroom building
• A vast maritime workshop
• A science building
• Research centre
• Extensive recreational space with
Olympic swimming pool.
• Campus ship
• Services building
SPACES AND ACTIVITIES

24. ADMISTRATION BLOCK
GROUND FLOOR PLAN EXPLODED VIEW
Two floor administration block consist of a large reception and waiting
area along with conference room and visiting faculty room with toilets on
ground floor
And all the private offices at first floor.
The water body at the entrance and the opposite glass façade mark the
welcoming atmosphere .
FRONT FACADE
ENTRY FACADE
STAIRCASE
ENTRY

25. CLASSROOMS
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF
CLASSROOM BLOCK
THE
ENTRANCE
THE BUILDING
CONSIST OF
FOURTEEN
LARGE
CLASSROOMS
WITH LINEAR
TWO LEVEL
ATRIUM AND
CORRIDOOR.
SOUTH FACING WALLS ARE
BLANK AVOIDING SOUTHERN
SUN ,THE EAST WEST AND
NORTH WALLS ARE SHIELDED BY
ALUMINIUM LOUVERS AND
FILTERING SUNLIGHT THROUGH
GLASS FENESTRATION.
STAIRCASE
LOUVERS CREATE NATURAL AIR
CONDITIONING BY BLOCKING
OUT HEAT AND PERMIT LIGHT
AND NATURAL VENTILATION
INTO BUILDINGS.

26. CANTEEN
Dinning halls
Kitchen
Kitchen foyer
Toilets
Towards hostel
THE THREE DINNING HALLS ARE
GLASS PRISM FACING NORTH .

27. HOSTELS
ONE UNIT PLAN
OF THE
RESIDENCE BLOCK
ROOMS
TOILETS
LARGE GATHERING
SPACE
AT GROUND FLOOR
LOUNDRY
STORE
THE ELONGATED STRUCTURE IS
RAISED CONCREATE PYLONS
ALLOWING FREE MOVEMENT
UNDER IT CREATING
GATHERING AND PLAY AREA.

28. DESIGN FEATURES
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS BOTH
TRANSLUCENT AND OPAQUE BECOME
MORDERN DAY JAALIS ALOWING
NATURAL LIGHT WHILE BLOCKING
HEAT.
ALUMINIUM LOUVERS IN LONG
HOSTEL AND CURVED ACADEMIC
BUILDING ALLOW NATURAL
VENTILATION AND DAY LIGHT,BY
BLOCKING FIERCE SUN,ACTING AS
PASSIVE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
LIGHT AND OPPENESS
IN WORK AREA
DINNING HALL FACE GARDENS AND
DISTAT VIEWS TO THE NORTH.
INTERIORS OF DINNING HALL
ADORNED WITH AQUATIC IN
EXPOSED RCC
ELONGATED HOSTELS
WITH LOUVERED
FACADE REFLECT
CABINS OF MASSIVE
SHIPS.
THE ADMIN BLOCK
RESPOND TO RISING
SUN IN MORNING IN
EAST AND MOVING
AROUND TOWARDS THE
WESTWITH BUILDING
BENDING TO KEEP EARLY
AND LATE SUN FROM
ENTERING THE BACK
TRANSPARENT WALLS

29. AMPHITHEATER
AUDITORIUM WALL BECOME A STAGE BACKDROP FOR AMPHITHEATER
AMPHITHEATER AT THE END OF
THE LONG HOSTEL BUILDING
ALONG WITH AN AUDITORIUM
BUILDING SUCH THAT IT BECOME
AS A UNIT

30. SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS
• The administration block façade exploit northern light through
its wavy glass atrium wall while generating electricity through
photovoltaic south facing façade and produce electricity for
the whole campus.
• All buildings designed such that they have natural illumination
and reduce the consumption of non renewable energy.
• Solar panel provide entire heated water requirements, using
hot water tanks held above the hostel roofs from water tanks
above the circular staircase
NORTH
FACADE
SOUTH
FACADE
The 28 meter tall central tank is vertically divided in four
stages with raw bore well water progressively purified as it
reaches topmost tank from where it is gravity distributed to
entire campus
• Two bio sewage treatment plants recycle grey water to
the garden and water sinks 80% of water consumed on
campus is from recycling.
• Catchment canals have been built around the campus
to capture ground and rain water, the collected water is
stored in 2 acre pond on campus.

31. THANK YOU