architecture work

1. WELCOME
Dignity college of architecture
Submitted by - rajdeep dhar b.arch, 3rd sem
Guided by – sonal mam.

2. LAURENCE WILFRIED BAKER(Laurie Baker)
INTRODUCTION:
Born : 2 March,1917
Birmingham , England.
Died : 1 April, 2007 (aged 90)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala,
India.
Nationality : Indian.
Occupation : Architect.
Renamed : “Gandhi Of
Architecture”

3. FAMILY & EARLY LIFE :
 Baker was born into a staunch Methodist family. He was the
youngest son of Charles Frederick Baker & Emily Baker.
C . F Baker was Gas Department’s chief accountant in
Birmingham.
 Laurie’s elder brothers were Leonard & Norman , they
studied LAW , & he had a sister, named Edna . She was oldest
of them all .
 Laurie Baker’s early schooling was at ’’ King Edwards
Grammar School . ’’
 He studied Architecture at ’’ Birmingham Institute of Art and
Design ’’ , at Birmingham & graduated in 1937 , at the age of
20 in a period of political unrest in Europe.

4. INDIA & LAURIE BAKER :
 During 2nd world war as conscientious objector he served in the friends
Ambulance Unit.After a short spell on the south coast of England & mostly
looking after naval casualties he was sent to China as a trained anesthetist with
the surgical team,to cope with civilian casualties in the war between China &
Japan.
 The war took its toll on Baker, and he was ordered back in 1943 to England to
recuperate. But fate took a hand in delaying his deperture by about 3 months as
he waited for a boat in Bombay.During this time he stayed with a Qaker friend,
who also happened to be a good friend of Mahatma.Baker attend many of
Gandhi’s talks & prayer-meetings which eventually led to a more than – casual
friendship between them.
 Gandhi’s idea was that it should be possible to build a home with materials f
found within a 5 miles radius of a site for common people & ordinary peoples
lives in & congested areas.This was vto have a great influence in Baker’s life.
 His initial commitment to India had working as an Architect for theWorld
Leprosy Mission an international & interdenominational mission dedicated to
the care of those suffering from leprosy in 1945.
 Moving to India in 1945 ,Baker began to work on buildings leprosy centres
across the country basing himself out of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh.

5. LAURIE’S CREATION :
 Centre for Development Studies (Trivandum) ,
 Literacy Village (Lucknow) ,
 Salim Ali Centre for Ornethology & Natural History
(SACON Coimbatore) ,
 Chitra Lekha Film Studio (Aakulam),
 The Indian Coffee House (Trivandum) ,
 Pallikoodam School (Kottaym) ,
 Loyola Chapel & Auditorium (Trivandum) ,
 Attapadi Hill Area Development Society (Attapadi) ,
 Dakshina Chitra (Chennai) ,
 Mitraniketan (Vellanad) ,

6. SOMEVIEWOFBAKER’SWORK:

10. SPECIALITY OF BAKER’S WORK:
 Laurie Baker was a British born IndianArchitect, renowned for his
initiatives in cost effective energy efficient architecture
 His designs that maximize space,vantilation & light & maintain a
uncluttered yet striking aesthetic sensibility.
 Influenced by MahatmaGandhi & by his own experiences in the
removed Himalayas, he promoted the revival of regional building
practices & use of local materials.
 He was also a pioneer of sustainable architecture as well as Organic
architecture .
 Incorporating in his design even in the late 1960’s , concepts such as
rain water harvesting , minimizing usage of energy-inefficient building
materials,
 His buildings tend to emphasize prolific – at times virtuosic – masonry
construction.
 Installing privacy & evoking history with brick jali walls, a perforated
brick screen which invitesa natural airflow to cool the building’s
interoir in addition to creating intricate patterns of light s & shadow.
 Another significant Baker feature is irregular, pyramid-like stucture on
roof.

11. SOME INTERIOR DESIGN BY BAKER :

13. ACHIEVEMENTS OF BAKER’S LIFE:
 1981: D.Litt conferred by the Royal University of Netherlands for outstanding work in the
developing countries.
 1983: Order of the British Empire,MBE.
 1987: Received the 1st Indian National Habitat Award.
 1988: Received Indian Citizenship.
 1990: ReceivedThe Padma Shri.
 1990: Great Master Architect of the year.
 1992: UNO Habitat Award & UN Roll of Honour.
 1993: International Union ofArchitects ( IUA) Awards.
 1993: Sir Robert Matthew Prize for Improvement of Human Sattlements.
 1994: People of theYear Award.
 1995: Awarded Doctorate from the University of Central England.
 1998: Awarded Doctorate from SriVenkateshwara University.
 2001: Coinpar MR Kurup Endowment Award.
 2003: D.Litt. From Kerela University.
 2003: Basheer Puraskaram.
 2005:Kerela Govt. Certificate of Appreciation.
 2006: L-RampAward of Excellence.
 2006: Nominated for the Pritzker Prize.(considered the Nobel Prize in Architecture).

14. BAKERS THOUGHTS ABOUT ARCHITECTURE &CONSTRUCTION:

15. THANK YOU