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1. ANANT RAJE
(1929-2009)

2. LET’S DISCOVER ABOUT MR. RAJE
• HE WAS A REVERED ARCHITECT,
TEACHER, INTELLECTUAL AND
PERFECTIONIST.
• ANANT RAJE WAS INVITED BY
LOUIS KAHN PERSONALLY TO
WORK IN HIS OFFICE IN
PHILADELPHIA.
• BORN ON SEPTEMBER 1929 IN
BOMBAY.
• HE GRADUATED FROM SIR J.J.
SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.
• RAJE IMBIBED IN HIM KAHN'S
PHILOSOPHY OF ARCHITECTURE,
SENSE OF ORDER, APPRECIATION
OF LIGHT, HANDLING OF
MATERIALS ESPECIALLY BRICK
AND CONCRETE, CLIMATE
CONTROL, ETC.
• HONORARY DIRECTOR OF THE
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,

3. PRINCIPLES AND DESIGN
COCEPTS
• RAJE'S WORK EXHIBITS INTEGRITY BETWEEN PURPOSE AND
EXPRESSION, BUILDING AND LANDSCAPE, PART AND WHOLE, AND THE
ULTIMATE QUALITY OF ALL GOOD ARCHITECTURE THROUGH TIME - A
SENSE OF REPOSE.
• USE OF BOLD MATERIALS AND VERY CLEAN GEOMETRIC SHAPES AND
FORMS.
• AN EXPERIENCE USING THE PLAY OF TEXTURES ON THE EXTERNAL
FACADES.
• HIS EXCELLENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEMENTS OF BUILDING, AND
THE LAWS OF CONSTRUCT, THAT GIVE IT THE SENSE OF ORDERED
PRESENCE.
• HIS WORKS ALWAYS AIMED AT SIMPLICITY AND HONESTY.
• HE ALWAYS STRESSED ON INTEGRATION OF CULTURE AND SPIRITUAL
WELL BEING.
• RAJE KNOWS BETTER THAN MOST, THE ESSENCE OF HISTORY AND ITS
CONTINUED PRESENCE.
• ANANT RAJE WAS A MAN OF FEW WORDS - AS MOST OF HIS STUDENTS
AND COLLEAGUES KNOW IT.
• HE WAS NOT IN THE HABIT OF WRITING AND SPEAKING TOO MUCH.

4. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST
MANAGEMENT, BHOPAL
• IIFM IS A INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING
OF MODERN ARCHITECTURAL
STYLE WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY
THE CONCEPT OF CONTINUITY.
• IT IS SITUATED ON A HILL AND
GIVING IT A SCENIC LOCATION
SURROUNDED BY WATER ON THREE
SIDES DURING GOOD MONSOONS.
• THE INSPIRATION FOR THE
PROJECT CAME FROM THE
HISTORICAL TOWN OF MANDU.
• THE NATURAL VEGETATION IS WILD
GRASS, WHICH HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO GROW, AUGMENTED BY ROWS
AND CLUMPS OF TREES.
• WALL CLADDED WITH STONE IN
SHADES OF GREEN AND YELLOW
GREY.
• THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE CLEAR
SKY IS BRILLIANTLY FRAMED
THROUGH THE CIRCULAR RINGS

5. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST
MANAGEMENT, BHOPAL
• BUILT IN CONCRETE, AND ITS
INTERIOR INTERACT WITH THE
EXTERIOR THROUGH A MEDIUM OF
CONCRETE ARCHED SKIN THAT
SEEMS TO WRAP AROUND,
STANDING LIGHTLY ALONG THE
PERIPHERY GIVING OVERALL
BUILDING A CERTAIN LIGHTNESS OF
FORM.
• THE AMPHITHEATRE, WITH A
CAPACITY OF 750, IS PLANNED FOE
MULTIPURPOSE ACTIVITIES-
SPEECH, MUSIC OR FILM.
• INSTEAD OF CONCRETE BEING
RENDERED INTO A MONOLITH, THE
FAÇADE DISPLAYS A VARIETY OF
TEXTURES IN CONCRETE AND
STONE.
• THE BUILDING SEEMS TO BE TRULY
AHEAD OF ITS TIME AND
COMPLETELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH

6. BHOPAL DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS,
BHOPAL
• THE PROJECT SITE IS IN THE URBAN
SECTION OF BHOPAL.
• IT IS A TYPICAL URBAN LOT OF LAND
WITH A MAXIMUM FLOOR SPACE
INDEX – 1.2 .
• THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT EVEN
THOUGH THE ENTIRE PLOT IS
COVERED BY THE BUILDING TO GET
THE MAXIMUM LAND UTILIZATION.
• IT HAS ENOUGH OPEN SPACE FOR
TERRACES BUILT AND INTEGRATED IN
THE COMPOSITION OF THE LAYOUT.
• THE ELEVATED TERRACE LEVELS
KEEP THE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT
ISOLATED FROM THE VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC.
• IT WAS INTENDED THAT THIS MODEL
WOULD BECOME A PROTOTYPE FOR
OTHER OFFICE BUILDINGS.

7. BHOPAL DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS,
BHOPAL
• IT ESTABLISH A ROUTE FOR ELEVATED
WALKWAYS AROUND THE FUTURE
OFFICE BLOCKS IN THE SAME
BUSINESS DISTRICT.
• ALL OPENINGS ARE INTEGRATED WITH
THE STRUCTURE TO CREATE A POCKET
OF SHADOW WITHIN WHICH THE
WINDOWS FALL OFFERING A
COMPLETE FREEDOM TO THE DESIGN
AND FORM OF THE WINDOWS.
• THE STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN HAS
REALISED A DEGREE OF
STANDARDIZATION TO FORM THE
DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING.
• THE BUILDING WORKS WITH THE
CLIMATE SHADING THE INTERNAL
SPACES FROM THE HOT SUMMER SUN.