The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) was established in 1999 as a center of excellence for information technology. It has a 100-acre residential campus near Allahabad designed using Penrose tiling patterns. Key buildings on campus include the administrative building, lecture theater complex, two computer centers, a library, and residential complexes for students and staff. The campus layout and building designs are based on Penrose tessellation patterns to create a unique design different from traditional geometrical structures.

1. CASE STUDY – IIIT ALLAHABAD
PROJECT DETAILS
ABOUT
Established in the year 1999, The Indian
Institute of Information Technology,
Allahabad also known as IIIT-A is said to be
a center of excellence in the field of IT and
related sectors. It is termed as "Deemed
University" by the Government of India. It is
also said to be an institute of national
importance and is located at a beautiful
100 acre campus, near Deoghat, Jhalwa
Allahabad. The IIIT-A campus is a fully
residential campus with all amenities for
the staff and the students.
been styled on the patterns developed
by the internationally acclaimed scholar
and mathematician Roger Penrose.
CONCEPT
• The physical structure of the institute
has been designed to transcend the
Established conventions.
• Accordingly, instead of the traditional
geometrical lines, the campus buildings,
pathways and landscapes have
CLIENT MHRD India
ARCHITECT Ashutosh Joshi, Ajit
kumar Joshi
LOCATION Jhalwa , Allahabad
SITE AREA 100 Acres
COVERED AREA 250000 Sq ft
OPEN SPACE 50000 Sq ft
BUILDING TYPE Institute
• Penrose patterns have not been used in
the world in designing buildings and
laying out campuses.
• IIITA has a well established network
infrastructure both for the local (LAN) as
well as access to the internet. It is a
medium-size network and approximately
consists of 2000 nodes.
Penrose Geometry
This grid was chosen because the process of
constructing a "Penrose Universe" has a
remarkable congruence with the
fundamentals of information theory. The
basic units of information are aggregated in
simple or complex sequences to provide a
variety of "information structures" that span
the entire range of human activity
BRANCHES
1. Computer Science Engineering
2. Electronics And Communication
3. Information Technology
4. Civil Engineering
5. Science And Humanities

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LEGEND
• Further, the interior spaces in the
buildings or landscapes, etc have also
been designed on Penrose patterns.
• The periphery of the campus is land-
scaped with wooded effects.
• The open spaces are not ‘disfigured’ by
utility or service installations, which are
located in the adjacent residential
complex, and provide ample space for
future expansion of academic campus.
1. Admin Building
2. Lecture Theatre
3. Electronics Library
4. Computer Centre I
5. Computer Centre 2
6. Services
7. Girls Hostel
8. Boys Hostel
9. Guest House
10. Staff Residences
11. Faculty Hostel
12. Director Residences
13. Dean/Prof. Residences
14. Health center
• The layout of the academic as well as
residential campus of IIIT-A, including the
disposition of the roads and pathways,
the locations and outlines of the
buildings, the landscaped environs. etc.
have been planned on a basic Penrose
grid which has bilatereral symmetry along
the axis centering on the main entry gate.
• Within the Penrose layout for the
Academic Campus, A central zone has
been marked out for the academic core,
consisting of an administration building.
lecture theatre complex and talk show,
electronics library and computer
laboratories and research buildings a total
of five buildings.
• The zone approximates as a flying bird
with spread out wings and fanned out tail.
in which the library will relate as the
head. the lecture hall complex the body.
the computer laboratories- the wings and
the administrative building- the tail of the
bird.
• The sun pattern has been chosen for
laying out the library and the lecture hall
complex while the computer la-boratories
and the administrative building are
derived from selected tessellated blocks
in the star pattern.
SITE PLAN OF CAMPUS

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ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING
• The administrative building has been
derived from selected tessellated blocks
in the star pattern.
• The main entrance of the administration
building is at a higher level with a flight of
steps leading to a foyer from which the
various levels are connected through two
straight flight staircases.
• A ramp is provided as a separate entry on
the left for the physically challenged.
• Over the entrance foyer, a structural glass
covering has been provided.
• The particular geometry here comprises
Denzer tiles, which are Penrose pattens in
the third dimension.
• This is a two storeyed building.
• On the right there is a conference
hall,offices and then faculty chambers
• On left there is only offices.
LECTURE THEATURE COMPLEX
• The sun pattern has been chosen
for laying out the lecture hall
complex
• The layout of the lecture theatre
complex is typical with Pentagon
seminar rooms, classrooms of
120-student capacity, tutorial
rooms, meeting rooms and
language labs on the first floor.
• The central courtyard is in
consonance with the golden ratio.
• The lecture theatre is in the
Center of the five academic
buildings and the basement under
the talk show section at the rear is
provided to house the air-
conditioning.
• plant and other mechanical
services of the campus.
• The lecture halls are air
conditioned and each of them is
equipped with a projector, a
computer and a white board.
• Lamps are studded in the false
ceiling.
• Louvers have not been provided
in central courtyard , in case of
rain the water comes into the
corridors.

4. COMPUTER CENTER I & II
• Two research and computer
laboratories are so placed as to form
the wings of the 'bird'.
• The central portion has computer
labs, while the arms of the building
house faculty rooms and classrooms.
• The building has three levels; the
central portion has a polycarbonate
skylight on the top and the foyer
below has ‘sun pattern‘ made out of
a combination of black and red
granite, kota, yellow jaisalmer and
marble.
• Dholpur stone and roughcast
plasters are the two main finishes
chosen for building exteriors.
• Ramp was not there in original plan
but has been added recently
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LIBRARY
• The IIIT-A central library has a
repository of more than 50000 books
concerning myriad disciplines of study
such as pure and applied sciences,
computer science, information
technology, electronics and
communication technology,
information security and management.
• It can accommodate up to 150 students
at a time.
• The sun pattern has been chosen for
laying out the library
• Fully airconditioned with lamps
studded in ceiling.
• Eight laptop charging points have benn
provided at each table
• It is a two storey building.
• First is for reading halls
• Second is for stack.
• There is a central atrium.
• Central atrium is used as newspaper
rerading space.

5. • The residential campus consists of a
boys" hostel with capacity for 2000
students, girls" hostel for 500 students,
40-room air-conditioned guest house
and staff residences for senior
professors and other staff.
• Faculty hostels with two-room and one-
room units meant for visiting professors
are also be provided.
• There are separate hostels for men and
women, with single rooms (for the
senior most batches) and twin sharing
rooms.
• There are 3 girls hostels and 4 boys
hostels. A fifth boys hostel which aims
to provide for the increasing demand of
the institute is under construction. .
• Faculty hostels of 2-room and 1-room
units for visiting teachers are also
provided. Sports facilities also are
located within the main campus.
• .The spacious accommodations are
provided with computers, along with
24-hour backup power supply
RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX