3. BRIEF PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Born in 1950 at Pune , India.
• Ar.Beri is a poet, painter, philosopher, and has interest in
extensive travelling .
• Among various wonderful projects for his clients, he has also built
a home for himself amidst nature, away from the city.
• Personal
Love of nature, solitude, meditation, philosophy, yoga, photography,
all arts, writing poetry, painting, films, gardening, farming, deep
ecology - with a live experiment of creating a balanced ecosystem at
his farm . Widely travelled to over 25 countries and to remote
corners of India.
4. EDUCATION
• Ar.Shirish Beri graduated from School oF Architecture
Ahmedabad , India in 1974.
• Instead of pursuing higher studies in the U.S he
opted for living and working in the mountains near
Kolhapur (with his father and brother's architectural
firm in Kolhapur) and established himself near
Kolhapur.
• He felt that after studying architecture for 6 years, it
was necessary to uncondition oneself and unlearn
rather than spend two years learning for masters
degree abroad.
5. WORK
Ar. Shirish Beri's works, which tend to reflect his values and concerns in life have
been bearing their distinct mark on modern Indian architecture since 1975.
They strive to address his life concerns of man moving further away from
nature, from his fellow human beings and from his own self.
Through his work, Shirish Beri probes the multisensory and the immeasurable
dimension of space while trying to evoke a reflective pause amidst todays
clutter and background noise. He feels that issues of sustainability can be aptly
addressed only through the right attitudes and goals. His designs try to achieve
an inherent sense of unity and harmony with various natural and man-made
elements and forces.
6. STYLE
• Ar.Shirish Beri's works, which tend to reflect his
values and concerns in life have been bearing their
distinct mark on modern Indian architecture since
1975.
• They strive to adress his life concerns of man moving
further away from nature, from his fellow human
beings and from his own self.
7. Philosophy
The issues that I attempt to address
through my work are -
• 1. An overall fragmentation resulting in a
schizoid state of life
8. • 2. Man moving further away from Nature
• 3. Man is being isolated and is missing the meaningful
interaction with fellow human beings.
9. • 4. Overcommercialization and deterioration of
human values, information overload and
overconsumption resulting from greed.
• 5. The blunting of our sensitivity – leading to a
boring, predictable monotony or an imposed, gaudy
ensemble.
10. • 6. Too much dependence on technology and an
overall loss of identity in a mass produced
environment, with a sudden break in the traditional
socio cultural continuam as well as the handcrafting
skills of craftsmen.
• 7. Destruction of natural resources and disturbing
of the ecological balance.
11. Publication Name
• 2016 Idea next (FoAID) - unbuilt project - 2016
• 50 beautiful houses in India, vol - 3 - Gandhi farmhouse - 2016
• 581 Architects in the World - (He is one of the six Indian Architects
featured) TOTO Ltd. Tokyo Japan. - 1995
• After the Masters - Contemporary Indian Architecture by Mr. Vikram Bhat &
Peter Scriver - Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad. -1990
• Architecture Contemporaine - World Architecture by Mr. Anthony Craft,
Romandes – Lausanne Switzerland. (One of the two Indian Architects
featured here) - 1990-91
• Architecture highlights vol 3 (one of the 3 Indian architects featured in this
major book on world architecture ) - Shanglin A&C Ltd, Beijing - 2010
• Architecture Next - a tribute to the achievers of Indian architectural & design
fraternity - 2011
12. BESIDE WORK
• Poems
• paintings
• sketches
• photography
• academics
The Call
I continue walking
walking along the parallel rails,
still believing that they would meet somewhere
they seem to meet at the horizon;
But the further I walk,
further moves the horizon.
14. SDM Institute for Management
Development
• No 1 Chamundi Hill Road,
Siddarthanagar Mysore, India
• Architects - Shirish Beri
Hyderabad,
Pakistan
• Clients - SDM Educational
Society,
• Dharmasthala - Mysore, India
• Commission - 1998
• Design - 1999
• Construction - 2002 - 2004
• Occupancy - 2005
• The SDM Institute for
Management
Development
(SDMIMD) campus is
picturesque in more
ways than one. It is one
of the premier B-
schools of the country,
located at the foot of
Chamundi Hills at the
'Palace City' Mysore.
18. • The Institute itself is
committed to the
Dharmasthala principle of
giving and righteousness.
• Spiritual awareness through
yoga and inculcation of ethics
in the program add to the
creation of a whole individual,
who while being highly
competent academically, also
upholds high values and
principles.
19. • It is one of the foremost
institutions of 40 educational
establishments promoted by
Shree Dharmasthala
Manjunatheswara Educational
Trust, in the realm of Medical,
Engineering, Dental, Law and
Management Sciences.
20. Academic
• National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for the
institute flagship course – PGDM for 3 years
from December 2011
• MBA Equivalence to PGDM by AIU Association
of Indian Universities (AIU)
• Centers For Research in the area of
Management and Allied Subjects
• Library has been recognized as Center for
Training by Board of Apprenticeship and
Training, MHRD, Government of India, India.
Campus
• The campus architecture has won
ARCHIDESIGN Award for the Best Institutional
/ Corporate Building Design – 2007
• The Horticultural maintenance has won the
Dasara Overall Rolling Shield award by the City
Council successively for 3 times.
21. History
• SDMIMD was established in 1993
and promoted by the Shree
Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara
Educational (SDME) Trust, which
has rich experience in managing
educational institutes of repute
for over 42 years.
• The Institute had a campus on
Vinoba Road, Mysore and moved
to the new campus in 2005,
inaugurated by Mr. N. R.
Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor,
infosys technologies
22. SITE PLAN
indoor games
hall added by
the client
later, without
the architect's
knowledge
1. MAIN BUILDING
2.GIRL'S HOSTEL
3.BOY'S HOSTEL
4. DINING HALL
5.EFFLUENT
TREATMENT
6.PLAYGROUND
25. Infrastructure
• Library - SDMIMD Library is known as the Information Resource Centre
which supports teaching, learning and research and which is the heart of
the academic centre with an aim to provide ‘Anytime, Anywhere Access’
to information and knowledge.
• Computer Centre - Efficient managers are those who can use technology
to mould their businesses successfully. With continuously upgraded
hardware, software and communication facilities, SDM-IMD is taking the
face of management into a new era.
26. • Auditorium - The large, acoustically
sound auditorium is a showcase of
discourses, seminars, films,
presentations and theatre for
management and general
education. It seats 300 and is a
constant witness to cultural,
educational and recreational feats
for and by the students.
• Amphitheatre - The ambience and
the structure of the amphitheatre is
breath-taking. Over 500 people can
watch the cultural extravaganzas
produced by students and others.
The amphitheatre is also a meeting
place where students can relax.
27. • Hostel - The SDMIMD hostel is indeed a home away from home.
Fully furnished single rooms, lounge/study area, recreational
facilities, and a common dining area create a mini world of its
own. The facilities in the hostel include broadband internet
access, housekeeping, dry cleaning and laundry services. Mess -
The SDMIMD Mess is student-managed. The Students decide on
the menu, fixed for a week. It caters to around three hundred
people, and mixes a variety of North and South Indian vegetarian
cuisine. SDM IMD Mess makes the painful process of going from
home-made food to the hostel mess very easy.
28. • Yoga and Gym - Healthy people make
organizations healthy. In the modern global
environment, managers need to play multiple
roles, which call for multiple skills. To display
multiple skills, one has to have good physical,
mental, social, emotional and spiritual health.
Thus, Health precedes everything else.
Keeping this in view, SDM IMD has introduced
Wellness Management as a 2 Credit (90
hours) Course. A well designed and equipped
"Wellness Center" offers Yoga, Aerobics, Hi
Tech Gym, Table Tennis and Shuttle
Badminton. At the outdoor, the campus offers
Basket Ball and Volley Ball courts.
• Suvidha - Suvidha is an equity-funded
departmental store conceived and run by
students as a co-operative venture with the
objective of providing daily necessities to
students at the lowest cost. It provides an
opportunity for students to apply their
knowledge to professional, practical
management of a micro-
institution.Infrastructure
30. • D Y Patil Hospital or D.Y.P.H.R.C.
(D. Y. Patil Hospital and Research
centre - Navi Mumbai) is a
charitable hospital in Navi
Mumbai, India.
It was founded in 2004 by His
Excellency Padmashri Dnyandeo
Yashwantrao Patil (Ex-Governor of
Tripura, West Bengal and Bihar).
• It has 1500 beds dedicated to
charity, a 100-bed ICU facility (the
largest in Navi Mumbai), 15
operation theatres, a 24x7
charitable casualty and trauma
centre.
• It has a blood bank that is
accredited by NABH.[1] The
hospital is one of the largest
charitable hospitals in India.[2]
33. DepartmentS
• Department of General Medicine
• Department of Pediatrics
• Department of Pulmonary Medicine
• Department of Neurology
• Department of Ophthalmology
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology
• Department of Orthopaedics
• Department of Oncology
• Department of Nephrology and Urology
• Department of Psychiatry
• Department of Dermatology
• Department of Gastroenterology
• Department of Pathology
• Department of Radiology
34. Facilities
• Emergency / Trauma Services
• Intensive Care Unit
• Dialysis
• Operation Theatres
• Blood Bank
• Laboratory Services
• Radiology Services
• Other Medical diagnostic Services
• Day care
• Pharmacy
• Accommodation
• Executive Health Check up
• Cafeteria
36. • Andur Lake House, built
on a hillock overlooking
the lake, was purposed as
a rejuvenating natural
retreat for himself away
from a crowded and hectic
city life.
• Glancing across the lake at
the structure nestling
amid the foliage, one
could easily miss it. Its
pre-coated green metal
sheet sloped roof merges
perfectly into the
surrounding trees in terms
of colour, angle of slope
and scale, fanning out just
like the branches.
42. • The structure emerges as we
approach it from the front,
though its presence remains
subordinate to that of the
foliage surrounding it, almost
growing on it. As the laterite
pillars step up from the lake,
intercepted by bushes, they
seem to draw one into their
embrace, culminating in the
deep, cave like recesses of the
verandah below and terrace
above framed by an emphatic
horizontal band which is the
only dominating built feature
in the entire scheme.
43. • Similar drama unfolds on the
other elevations as one moves
radially around this hill-top
house. The plan fans out in a
semi-circle from its centre at
the peak, the main walls being
the radial arms that stretch
outward, descending finally as
intermittent pillars towards the
lake below. The main rooms
are arranged in between these
walls, each one of them being
resultantly endowed with a
vista of the lake opening out at
its wider end.
44. • These enormous shaded
spaces opening towards
the lake draw in cool
breezes which blow
unhindered through the
house. Ample natural
light and ventilation thus
taken care of obviates
the need for a fan - let
alone an air condiitoner -
even in peak summer; in
most spaces, thus
resulting in a drastic
reduction in energy
consumption.
45. • Almost bereft of any
transverse walls and all the
radial walls being well
punctured, the house enjoys
an unhindered flow of spaces
internally. The upper storey
spaces like the stair landing
and bridge afford views of the
lower floor spaces, creating
the vertical visual connect as
well. This fits in well with the
architect’s belief in the need,
not only to constantly connect
with the place one is in, but
also to stay connect with the
people around oneself.
46. • The interiors at Andur Lake
House are simple, basic and,
like the rest of the house, non-
invasive of the natural setting.
Just as the walls of this load
bearing structure, the seating in
the living and dining areas is of
built-in masonry of laterite
stone sourced at the site,
spontaneously adding to the
sustainable quotient as does
the cow-dung and mud
flooring. Other than this, there
is hardly any furniture as
carpets and cushions serve just
as well.
47. • At Andur Lake House it seems
impossible to track exactly
where the outdoors flow
indoors or vice versa as the
integration between the two is
constant, dynamic and
seamless. The house is so
rooted to the ground it stands
on with every brick and stone
used in its building that it’s
almost as if an ancient ruin or
cave in the undergrowth had
suddenly been turned into an
exciting , breezy and
comfortable home.
48. MATERIALS
• Insulated sheet metal
roofing on steel
framework
• Masonry structure
made of laterite blocks
• Floors made of cow
dung and mud (ground
floor) and wood (first
floor)
50. What inspires you other than nature?
• I am inspired by any genuine, creative expression in
any art form.
• I also feel inspired by the lives of people who are
contented and happy even with very few material
possessions; by people who delve deep inside
themselves to realize their fullness and oneness with
this life energy; by people who live to make others
happy – humans as well as other living creatures.
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51. Your advice for architecture students opting to
spend two years abroad for masters degree
• After graduration, each of them needs to spend some quiet
time – a few days alone by himself/herself, to find out what
their true potential,their true aspirations are.
• They should not just go abroad for post graduation just
because that is the trend. If what they aspire for matches
with what they will achieve abroad, they must go. Once
there, they must be open to absorb, adsorb all that they
experience there in order to make their repertoire a rich,
fertile ground for their designs to mature and fruition.
• They must remain alert and aware to avoid excessive
conditioning.
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