raj rewal works use in case study

1. RAJ REWAL
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE -IV
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2. INTRODUCTION
➢ Born : 1934
➢ Place Of Birth: Hoshiyarpur , punjab,india
➢ Nationality: Indian
➢ Schooling :- Harcourt Butler Secondary School. Skimla (1939
1951)
➢ Graduation :- Delhi School Of Architecture, New Delhi
(1951.1954)
➢ 1955 -1961 - Attended The Architectural Association Of
Architecture For 1 Year
➢ Completed His Formal Proffesional Training At Brixton School
Of Building. London

3. WORKING LIFE
❏ He Worked As An Architectural Asst. In Various Practices In
London & Theatre Scenery Designer In The Evenings.
❏ He Became Associate Of The Royal Institute Of British Architects t
Ribat
❏ 1961-1962 : Worked In The Offices Of Michel Ecochard, Architect.
Paris.
❏ 1962 : Returned To New Delhi To Set Up His Own Architectural
Practice.
❏ 1963-1972: Taught Al Delhi School Of Architecture.
❏ 1974 : Opened A Second Office In Teltran,iran a 1985: Founded
The Architectural Ittseach Cell With Rain Sharma
❏ 1986: Crater Of Exhibition traditional Architecture In India" For I
he Festival Of btu In Parks

4. ❖ Raj Reseal Tried TO Evoke Mass Housing Schemes Based On Similar Criteria
❖ In The Asian Gaines Village And Sheikh Sarai Housing Project.
❖ The Peripheral Roads Are Connected To Parking Squares.
❖ The Central Spine Of The Layout Is Reserved For Na rrow ,Shaded,
Pedestrian Pathways.
❖ The layout Plans follow Traditional methods Of Creating Shade And Cross
ventilation.
❖ The Creation Or The Traditional Narrow Street,
❖ Linking All 1 he I lousing 'Elias, Provide, For Intimatr Encounters Belo yen
People And A Sense Of Belonging, To The Neighbourhood Square.
FEATUERS OF HIS DESIGN
• Urban Fabric
• Clusters
• Streets
• Gateways
• Inner Courtyards
• Roof Gardens

5. FAMOUSE BUILDINGS
❏ Rajasthan
❏ Old towns
❏ Taditinal haveli house
❏ Ancient buildings
❏ Modern building as well
❏ Western theories of urban planning &
❏ Building technology
INFLUENTIAL PLACE
❖ Parliament library
❖ Nehru pavilion
❖ Asian games village
❖ Sheikh sarai housing complex
❖ State trading corporation
❖ National institute of imunology

6. STATE TRADING
CORPORATION
➢ The State Trading Corporation , Like Rewal’s
Scope Binding Is Typologically Very Different
From Other High Rise Offices Of Its Time .
➢ The STC Design Stands Out As A Result Of Its
Unique Structure And surface Treatment .
➢ Vertical Structure Cores Containing lifts And
Service Support Girders Between Alternate Floors
, And The Whole Is Covered By Beige And Red
Sandstone Panels.
➢ The Perpendicular High Rise Blocks Rise to
Different Heights , The Tallest Being the One
Forming A junction Of The Lower Two.
➢ A Low 3 Storey Volume Partially Fills The Space
Created by The L-shaped plan of Adjoining
Towers.

7. ➢ The Perpendicularhigh Rise Blocks Rise To Different Heights The Tatlles
Forming The Junction Of The Lower Two.
➢ Low, 3-storey Volume partially fills the Space Created by the L -Shaped plan Of
Adjoining Towers.
➢ The Office Floors have A 15 M Span ,Free Of Internal Columns.
➢ Repeatition Of Octagonal Openings In The Bridge Like Girders Between The
Vertical Cores Resembles Traditional Jail.
octagonal openings are deep
Proved shade

8. Atrium of cottage industry Emporium- jalis in
Skylights Allow for natural lighting for the Display areas.

9. ASIAN GAMES VILLAGE, NEW DELHI - 1982
• To Home Athletes For The Games.
• 500 Housing Units were Designed As A
Group Housing In 35 acres.
• In The Asia !lousing, The Urban Pattern Of
Jaipur And Jaisalmer, Has Keen Explored.
• Network Of Streets and Squares with
vehieular at Either end Of the Site. Its
Morphology Resembles A trading villages.

10. •Th streets become spaces for
encounter between people and
squares offer a sense of
neighborhood.
•The 5 a sequence of open
spaces, interlinked with narrow
pede n streets
•The cubic solids and voids are
characteristic of the Indian urban fabric.

11. The central squares form a
community space for the
housing units.
The terraces formed on the
upper storeys provide for a
semi- private space.
Reminding us of the
characteristics of the
houses in Jaisalmer.

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