ar. A P kanvinde

1. Ar.ACHYUT PARKASH KANVINDE
SUBMITTED TO:-
Ar. Amandeep kaur
SUBMITTED BY:-
Manpreet Kaur
THEORY OF DESIGN

2. Ar.ACHYUT P. KANVINDE
• He was born at ACHARA, SINDHUDURG
district, MAHARASHTRA in 1916.
• His father was a painter and he spent his
childhood in a rural environment.
• KANVINDE GRADUATED IN
ARCHITECTURE FROM J.J. SCHOOL OF
ART, MUMBAI in 1942.
• He completed his masters from HARWARD
SCHOOL OF DESIGN, USA in 1947.
• He was a student of WALTER GROPIUS.
• In 1955 he established his own practice in
delhi along with SHAUKAT RAI.

3. • In 1970 MORAD CHOWDHARY joined the
firm with firm acquiring its present name_
KANVINDE RAI & CHOWDHARY
ASSOCIATES.
• He shared a unique relationship with his
client, continuing to enjoy their patronage
on several commissions.
• Shri Kanvinde was a versatile personality,
a critic, a writer and a visiting professor in
reputed universities in India as well as
abroad.
• He passed away on 28th
December 2002
which was a great loss to Indian
architecture.

4. LIST OF AWARDS
• Recipient of PADMASHRI- National honour
from Govt. of India in 1975.
• Recipient of gold medal of the Indian
institute of architect in 1985.
• Recipient of national award of institution of
engineers for architectural engg. In 1990.
• Got great master national award by
J.K.Industries Ltd in 1993.
• Outstanding Konkani awards
[POSTHUMOUS] IN 2003.
• TMA PAI Foundation Manipal in 2003.

5. MAJOR PROJECTS
• Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s research
associates 1953.
• Darpana Dance academy, Ahmedabad
1963.
• Residence of A.P.Kanvinde 1967.
• Campus building for national dairy
development board,Anand, 1970.
• Mahatma Phule agricultural university,
Rahuri, 1978.
• Nehru science center, Mumbai, 1980
• Sher-I-Kashmir institute of medical
sciences, Sri-Nagar 1987.

6. • Legislative assembly & high court,
Sri nagar , 1989.
• National science centre, New Delhi,
1991.
• Metro dairy, Kolkata, 1996.
• Temple & vedic institute for Iskon,
Delhi, 1998.
• Banas II Dairy, Palanpur, 2000.
• Iskon Temple, varanasi on going
project.

7. PHILOSOPHY
• Acc. To him architecture is defined as “SATYAM
SHIVAM SUNDARAM”. Meaning that which is
beautiful embodies truth with pure & clean
qualities.
• Kanvinde realized that no meaningful architecture
could ever be built without understanding the
climate & geography of the region as well as the
pattern of society.
• Acc. To him architecture is not a museum of
materials.
• He used bricks, stones, concrete & aggregate
plaster with equal finesse and was always on the
look out for different materials where demanded
by the climatic context.
• He carried out consistently good buildings on
small scale budgets all around the country.

8. • His work carried out the spirit of modern
master which had a scientific , rational &
technological base.
• His belief in application of modern
technologies made him receptive to new
ideas & concepts, in search for a
democratic expression to Indian
architecture.
• His work was straight forward norms of
functional planning, invariable attempt to
achieve a form-oriented expression.
• All his life, he was constantly exploring
new ways of re-inviting the vocabulary of
architecture.

9. ACHIEVEMENTS
• He was one of the first practices that then
fledged A+D magazine profiled in 1985
[A+D – Volume – 1]
• He was one of the pioneers of the modern
moment in architecture.
• He is the author of a book called CAMPUS
DESIGN IN INDIA.
• For many years Kanvinde became a
spoke’s person of architectural profession.

10. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AT KANPUR
• It is located at KANPUR.
• The I.I.T KANPUR is one of such premier
institutions, established by the union govt.
to impart high quality technological
training in India located on the outskirts of
Kanpur city.
• It is the first example of comprehensive
modern campus built in the country.
• The most significant aspect of the campus
is its planning by discipline, discarding the
conventional idea of separating activities
by departmental division.

11. I.T.T. KANPUR

12. • The plan is decentralized activities, are
connected by the walkway system this allows
the students to walk at 2 levels of the building
that are designed to receive a 2 level circulation.
• Plan was based on repetitive modules of certain
dimension.
• There is a unique layering of corridors.
ACADEMIC COMPLEX
• The main academic complex is organized in a
quadrangle on an area of 20 hectares.
• It comprises of a library, a lecture theatre block,
a faculty

13. VIEW OF INSTITUTE

15. • Building, a computer center besides the
laboratories, workshops and areas for
cultural and recreational facilities.
• The library, lecture theatre block and
laboratories are two or three stories high.
• The faculty building is six storeyed and is
largest structure in the academic core and
entire campus is visible from the roof.
• Staircase, elevators & fire escape, spiral
stairs are provided for vertical circulation.

16. • All the building in academic area are
easily distinguishable through form
as well as structural.
LECTURE THEATRE
• This block is a double storeyed
structure with the ground floor being
stilted.
• It is liked to the library & laboratories
by corridors.
• The structure is reinforced concrete
frame and brick exposed walls the
windows are sunken to protect from
sun and rain.

18. • The interior is equipped more like an
auditorium than a classroom.
• The walls & ceiling are acoustically treated
with wall finishes & false ceilings.
• The flooring inside the lecture theatre is
terrazzo and in the corridors is kotah
stone highly polished.
LABORATORIES
• The laboratory building are distributed all
along the academic areas and are named
as eastern labs, western labs, northern
labs and the core labs.

22. • The design is based on modules.
• The laboratories are located on both sides
of a central corridor to make design more
than compact.
• The laboratory blocks are connected with
faculty building and the library except the
northern & southern laboratories by
means of corridors and by bridges.
WORKSHOPS
• The workshop block is situated on the
western periphery on the academic
complex.
• Fabrication work for various departments
& institute

23. Facilities are also carried out.
• The roof structure is saw tooth truss which
economical with the added advantage of
reduction in the volume of space enclosed.
CIRCULATION
• In order to allow for expansion, growth &
flexibility within the complex, activities
and services have been segregated and
interconnected by a linear movement
along 2 level corridors.
• Vehicular movement for both goods &
people is segregated

24. • From pedestrian movement maintaining
the integrity of the core as a pedestrian
island.
• Parking has been provided which restrict
cross movement of traffic within the
academic complex.
LANDSCAPING
• The I.I.T. campus is planned and
landscaped for environmental freedom.
• The core of the complex is stilted area of
lecture halls which is surrounded by
landscaping, water body & sculptures.
• The sunken garden is created for cultural
activities.

25. LIBRARY
• The library building
is large and most
impressive building
in the academic
core.
• It is centrally
located and has
main entry at
higher than the
ground level.
• At ground level a
sunken garden is
provided below

26. the central cutout.
• The structure is based on grid module &
has central large skylight.
• The windows are sunk deep into the walls
to provide glare free light.
• It is connected to lecture halls, labs by
corridors.
BUILDING FORM
• Building is based upon modular concept,
the buildings are harmonious in character,
have open forms with linking corridors &
spaces penetrating.

27. • Structural system consists of
reinforced concrete frames and slabs
with brick curtain wall.
• The external surfaces of concrete of
brick are left exposed to enhance the
aesthetic appeal.
• Skylights are important feature in
the library building and the computer
centre to provide indirect light in the
interior spaces.