Azad Maidan is a 25-acre public ground located in South Mumbai near landmarks like Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. It is a popular space for activities like cricket, football, and hosting large events. The well-maintained ground has facilities like toilets, seating, and food vendors. It is accessible by public transport and has historically hosted important political and sporting events.

1. KIRLOSKER INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MANAGEMENT,
PUNE

2. LOCATION
Pune ,Maharashtra,
India AREA: 17 .8 acres
ARCHITECT:
Christopher Charles
LANDMARKS
• Pavana River
• Shayadhri Mountain
range
LOCATED ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE PUNE
METROPOLITAN REGION, THE SITE SLOPES DOWN
THE HILLS OF THE SAHYADHRI MOUNTAIN RANGE,
FROM A MAJOR ARTERIAL ROAD.
THE SITE
THE SLOPING ELEVATION, FROM HIGHER
ENTRY POINT, WAS EXPLOITED TO BREAK
THE FABRIC OF THE CAMPUS INTO
DESCENDING TERRACES THAT STRUCTURE
THE BUILT FABRIC INTO A LONG STEPPED
SECTION.
VEHICULAR
SERVICE ROAD
PEDESTRIAN
PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS FROM MAIN
PARKING
NODE
RAINWATER
COLLECTION
POND
SWIMMING
POOL
PARKING
DROP OFF
ROOF PLAN
ADMINISTRATION BLOCK
CLASSROOMS
DINNING HALL
LIBRARY
FACULTY BLOCK
RECREATIONAL AREA
ACADEMIC PRACTICAL BLOCKS

3. ZONING
The four zones placed on stepping down , with
academic area composed of quadrangles and residential
area with their own internal court with green spine
separating the two, running down the gentle slope to
the recreational area at the lower plateau.
THE SITE HAS BEEN DIVIDED IN FOUR ZONES ARTICULATIG THE
STEPPED TERRACES INTO SPECIALIZED PARTS
ADMINISTRATION AND DINNING ZONE
ACADEMIC ZONE
RESIDENCE ZONE
RECREATION ZONE
ADMINISTRATION BLOCK
CLASSROOMS
DINNING HALL
The site is encircled
with a vehicular
service road on the
edge, off of which
parking nodes were
located so that no
one would walk
The service road create a
buffer from nearby sites,
allow utility and emergency
vehicles easy access, and
leave the long sloping interior
as a dedicated central
pedestrian garden
across moving
traffic.
CONCEPT
• The institute design is conceptualized as a modern day cluster of
monasteries, and the temple of learning.
• The lofty torrents [small tower] of the academic block rise over the
landscape
• The peaked copper slopped roofs gift identity to
the various structures.
• Courtyards and corridors become interactive spaces.
• Simple cartesian planning, adjusted as per the slopes, with
minimalistic use of materials, integrates the campus into an organic
whole.
• From admin block a series of courtyard step down into subsequent lower
terraces and each terraces is devoted to core function focused around a
courtyard

4. PLANNING
• THE PLANNING SYMBOLISES THE IMAGE OF
TRADITIONAL CLUSTERED MONARCH CITY.
• THE SERIES OF COURTYARDAND CONNECTING EACH
BLOCK CAN BE OVERLOOKED FROM THE TOP BLOCK
,PLAYED WITH LINEAR AND DRAMATIC ANGULAR
PLANNING.
• INTEGRATION OF BUILT STRUCTURES WITH OPEN
SPACES AND INTEGRATION OF OPEN SPACES
WITHIN BUILT STRUCTURES.
• THE STRUCTURES ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE
CONTOURS WITH STEPPED SECTIONS TAKING
FLOORS DOWN THREE LEVELS.
• THE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION IN THE CAMPUS IS
ORGANIZED WITH PATHWAYS, RAMPS, AND
TRADITIONAL STAIRS IN SILO-LIKE STRUCTURES.
• VEHICULAR MOVEMENT IS ISOLATED ON THE
PERIPHERY, WITH PARKING NODES AND BUILDING
ENTRIES SPACED ALONG THE PERIPHERALACCESS
AND UTILITY ROAD.

5. ROOF
PLAN
CENTRAL OPEN
COURTYARD
ENTRANCE
ADMIN BLOCK AT THE VERY TOP OF SITE CAN ONLY WHOLLY
SEEN AT HE ENTRANCE IS DESIGNED AROUND A PERGOLA
COURTYARD RECEIVES DAYLIGHT AND CROSS VENTILATION ALL
DAY LONG , HERE STARTS THE SERIES OF COURTYARD WHICH
LEADS TO LOWEST POINT OF SITE ,BY STEPPING DOWN ONTO
SUBSEQUENT LEVELS.
STAIR WAYS
PRIVATE
DEPARTMENTS ON
FIRST FLOOR
ENTRANCE
COURT
ENTRANCE
JALI PERGOLA
OVER THE
COURTYARD
CORRIDOOR
ADMINISTRATION BLOCK
ACADEMIC BLOCK
THE ADMIN BLOCK PLANNED ACROOSS THE CENTRE OF SITES IN
THREE LEVELS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE PRACTICAL STUDY BLOCK
IN FRONT ENCLOSING A COURTYARD.
ALSO THE COURTYARD ACT AS AN OPEN STUDY AND
INFORMAL DISCUSSION, AND HANGOUT SPOTS.

6. RAISED ON A PLATFORM TO MAINTAIN ONE
LEVEL THROUGHOUT.
CONSISTS OF THREE DINING HALLS FOR
STUDENTS AND TWO ROOMS FOR FACULTIES
,TWO TOILETS FOR MALE AND FEMALES AND
KITHEN WITH PARTITIONS AND STORE ROOM.
DINNING HALL
SKYLIGHT
SECONDRY
ENTRY
ENTRANCE LOBBY
DINNING HALLS
TOILETS
FACULTY DINING ROOM
KITCHEN
STORE ROOM
THE DINING HALLS OPENS ONTO
HIEGHEST TERRACE VIEWING DISTANT
VALLEYS AND THE MOUNTAIN RANGE
COURTYARD
TOILET
WORK AREA
KITCHEN GARDEN
KITCHEN ENTRY
MAIN ENTRY

7. SITE CONTEXT
The elevation merges with the
mountains and the levels so as to fit
in the context .
INFERENCES
• Cluster spatial planning with interactive
interconnections.
• Maximum circulation along the site while
restricting the vehicular movement near entrance
and boundary of site.
• Extensive art works on structures in exposed
concreate in form of metal reliefs projected from
retaining walls.
• Symmetric and angled planning within levels
• Integration of pergolas within courtyards
THE LOWER FLOOR ATTHE HIGHER COURTYARD BECOMES THE UPPER FLOOR IN THE
NEXT LOWER COURTYARD.
FORMAL ENTRY, ADMINISTRATION AT THE TOP OF THE SITE WITH
DERECT ACCESS TO THE CENTRAL ACADEMIC BLOCK CONSISTING OF
CLASSROOMS ,PRACTICAL STUDY AREA , FACULTY AREA AND A
LIBRARY THEN TOWARDS THE LOWEST IS RECREATIONAL AREA
CONSISTING OF A PLAYGROUND SITTING PAVILLIONS AND WATER
BODIES.

8. SAMUDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES,PUNE ,INDIA

10. ARCHITECT: Christopher Charles
Benninger
LOCATION : Lonavala, Pune, India
AREA :21,500 sq. m, 55 acre
LIES BETWEEN INDRANI RIVER AND
MUMBAI TO PUNE HIGHWAY.
SIMS was established by Executive Ship
management (ESM) Singapore, to fulfil new
version of an industry driven by
environmental protection ,safety and
efficiency.
The Samudra institute of maritime
studies(SIMS) near Mumbai is a green
campus for pre sea and post sea studies.
THE SITE
ADMINISTRATION
BLOCK
Access to the site
Access to the admin block
• THE COMPLETE SITE IS ENCLOSED BY WATER ON
THREE SIDES AND THE MAIN HIGHWAY ON THE
FOURTH SIDE.
• TWO CANALS ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES FLOW INTO
THE LARGE LAKE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE
CONCEPT
The mariners at sea live in miniature cites
[i.e. The ships] with sea all around and
hence the characterize environment is
brought about in the design.
• THE DESIGN – like ships floating
upon a vast undulating sea the
sculpturesque building appear to
float on the grass lawns.
• MATERIALS – steel and glass were
employed to give cadets a taste of sea
life where existence is in a machine
called a ship.
CANAL

11. ZONING
Academic
Recreational
Administration
Residence Open
space
Service
THE SITE IS PLANNED WITH MAXIMUM RECREATIONAL AND
OPEN SPACE,WHICH ALSO INCLUDE THE ENTRY PLAZA,POOL
AND AMPHITHEATER.
• THE CENTRE ZONE OF THE SITE CONSISTS OF
STUDENTS RESIDENCES IN FORM OF LONG SHIP
LIKE STRUCTURE OF FIVE ATTACHED HOUSES .
• THE ADMINISTRATION BLOCK IS ZONED NEARER TO THE
MAIN ROAD WHICH MARK THE ELEVATION OF THE
CAMPUS
• THE ACADEMIC IS ZONE TOWARDS THE BACKSIDE
OF THE CAMPUS WHICH ALSO INCLUDE THE SEA
WHERE THEY PRACTICE THEIR SEAFARES.
• THE SITE ALSO CONSIST OF A SMALL SERVICE ZONE .
• The campus is composed of an
administrative building ,a long hostel
housing 500 students with dining
facilities at one end and an auditorium
and amphitheatre at other end.
• A large classroom building
• A vast maritime workshop
• A science building
• Research centre
• Extensive recreational space with
Olympic swimming pool.
• Campus ship
• Services building
SITE PLAN
SPACES AND ACTIVITIES

12. AMPHITEATRE
WATER TANK 28m (AS LIGHT HOUSE)
ACADEMIC CENTER
ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK
CATERING CENTER
TRAINING LAKE
WORKSHOP PARKING
CONCEPTUAL IDEA
 SIMS NEAR MUMBAI IS WORLD CLASS GREEN CAMPUS FOR PRE-SEA AND POST-SEA STUDIES.
 LIKE SHIPS FLOATINGUPON A VAST UNDULATING SEA, THE SCULPTURESQUE BUILDINGS
 APPEAR TO FLOAT ON THE GRASS LAWNS.
 STEEL AND GLASS WERE EMPLOYED TO GIVE THE CADETS A TASTE OF SEA LIFE
WHERE EXISTENCE IS IN A MACHINE CALLED A SHIP.

13. ADMISTRATION BLOCK
GROUND FLOOR PLAN EXPLODED VIEW
Two floor administration block consist of a large reception and
waiting area along with conference room and visiting faculty
room with toilets on ground floor
And all the private offices at first floor.
The water body at the entrance and the opposite glass façade
mark the
welcoming atmosphere .
FRONT FACADE
ENTRY FACADE
STAIRCASE
ENTRY

14. CLASSROOMS
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF
CLASSROOM BLOCK
THE
ENTRANCE
THE BUILDING
CONSIST OF
FOURTEEN LARGE
CLASSROOMS
WITH LINEAR TWO
LEVEL ATRIUM AND
CORRIDOOR.
STAIRCASE
SOUTH FACING WALLS ARE BLANK
AVOIDING SOUTHERN SUN ,THE
EAST WEST AND NORTH WALLS ARE
SHIELDED BY ALUMINIUM LOUVERS
AND FILTERING SUNLIGHT
THROUGH GLASS FENESTRATION.
LOUVERS CREATE NATURAL AIR
CONDITIONING BY BLOCKING OUT
HEAT AND PERMIT LIGHT AND
NATURAL VENTILATION INTO
BUILDINGS.

15. CANTEEN
Dinning halls
Kitchen
Kitchen foyer
Toilets
T
owards hostel THE THREE DINNING HALLS ARE GLASS PRISM
FACING NORTH .

16. HOSTELS
ONE UNIT PLAN
OF THE
RESIDENCE BLOCK
ROOMS
TOILETS
LARGE GATHERING
SPACE
AT GROUND FLOOR
LOUNDRY
STORE
THE ELONGATED STRUCTURE IS RAISED
CONCREATE PYLONS ALLOWING FREE
MOVEMENT UNDER IT CREATING
GATHERING AND PLAY AREA.

17. DESIGN FEATURES
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
BOTH TRANSLUCENT
AND OPAQUE BECOME
MORDERN DAY JAALIS
ALOWING NATURAL
LIGHT WHILE
BLOCKING HEAT.
ALUMINIUM LOUVERS IN LONG HOSTEL
AND CURVED ACADEMIC BUILDING
ALLOW NATURAL VENTILATION AND
DAY LIGHT,BY BLOCKING FIERCE
SUN,ACTING AS PASSIVE AIR
CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
LIGHT AND OPPENESS IN
WORK AREA
DINNING HALL FACE GARDENS AND
DISTAT VIEWS TO THE NORTH.
INTERIORS OF DINNING HALL
ADORNED WITH AQUATIC IN
EXPOSED RCC
ELONGATED
HOSTELS WITH
LOUVERED FACADE
REFLECT CABINS OF
MASSIVE SHIPS.
THE ADMIN BLOCK
RESPOND TO RISING
SUN IN MORNING IN
EAST AND MOVING
AROUND TOWARDS
THE WESTWITH
BUILDING BENDING
TO KEEP EARLY AND
LATE SUN FROM
ENTERING THE BACK
TRANSPARENT WALLS
AMPHITHEATER AT THE END OF THE LONG
HOSTEL BUILDING ALONG WITH AN AUDITORIUM
BUILDING SUCH THAT IT BECOME AS A UNIT
AUDITORIUM WALL BECOME A STAGE BACKDROP
FOR AMPHITHEATER

18. Learning in a sustainable, green campus that is one
hundred percent water self-sufficient; using natural day
light; achieving all water heating through solar panels;
cutting air-conditioning costs in limited areas by 34%
thorough protective louvers; having one of the largest
photovoltaic wall in Asia and producing 60 KW per hour
of energy through daily renewable energy techniques
gives the candidates a first hand understanding of the
possibilities of sustainable energy!
SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS • The administration block façade exploit northern light throug its wavy glass atrium
wall while generating electricity through photovoltaic south facing façade and
produce electricity for the whole campus.
• All buildings designed such that they have natural illumination
and reduce the consumption of non renewable energy.
• Solar panel provide entire heated water requirements, using hot water tanks held
above the hostel roofs from water tanks above the circular staircase
The 28 meter tall central tank is vertically divided in four stages with raw bore
well water progressively purified as it reaches topmost tank from where it is
gravity distributed to entire campus
• Two bio sewage treatment plants recycle grey water to the garden and water sinks
80% of water consumed on campus is from recycling.
• Catchment canals have been built around the campus to capture ground and rain
water, the collected water is stored in 2 acre pond on campus.
NORTH
FACADE
SOUTH
FACADE

19. THE SITE Azad Maidan
Azad Maidan is a large public ground located in the heart of Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is spread over an area of around 25 acres and is one of
the most popular public spaces in the city. Here's a review of Azad Maidan:Location: Azad Maidan is located in the bustling area of South
Mumbai, close to several landmarks such as Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Flora Fountain, and the Bombay High Court. The location makes it
easily accessible by public transport, and it is also surrounded by several shops and eateries.Size: The large size of Azad Maidan makes it an
ideal spot for various activities such as cricket, football, and other outdoor games. It is also a popular spot for hosting large events and
gatherings.Facilities: The ground has several facilities such as toilets, water fountains, and seating arrangements for spectators. There are also
several food vendors selling snacks and drinks.Maintenance: The ground is well-maintained, and the authorities ensure that the facilities are
clean and hygienic. The grass on the ground is well-manicured and provides a comfortable surface for playing.Events: Azad Maidan has been
the venue for several historical events in the past, including political rallies, protests, and sporting events. It continues to be a popular venue for
hosting events of various kinds.Overall, Azad Maidan is an excellent public space in Mumbai, which offers a lot of facilities and activities. It is a
must-visit for anyone looking for a place to relax, play sports or attend events.