This document provides biographical information about Indian architect Iftikhar M. Kadri and summarizes some of his notable works. It discusses his education and background, and outlines several landmark projects he worked on, including the Nehru Centre in Mumbai, the Haj House in Mumbai, and the Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Centre. It provides details on the design approaches and materials used for these projects, emphasizing their regionalist styles that drew from local context and customs.

1. AR. Iftikhar M. Kadri
REGIONALISM
THIRED YEAR B.ARCH (2020-2021)
Presented by:- Yogesh Munde
Guided By :- Prof. Kuldeep Bhatia.

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01 BIOGRAPHY STYLE
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WORKS
UNDERTAKEN
02 INTRODUCTION 04
03AWARDS

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BIOGRAPHY
• Iftikhar M. Kadri is an Indian architect, civil engineer, and
founder of I.M.K Architects in the city of Mumbai, India.
• He has been a key figure in contributing to world renowned
landmark buildings in several cities in India, the Middle
East, Hong Kong and among others around the globe.
• I.M. Kadri was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India in 1929. He
attended Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi and
completed his civil engineering degree with honours at the
Engineering College of the University of Pune in 1953
• After graduating, he married Vipula Kadri a social worker from
Karachi, and settled in New Delhi. He has one son, architect
Rahul Kadri who is also the principal architect and director of
I.M. Kadri Architects, and two daughters, Isha Mehra and
Mana Shetty.

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BIOGRAPHY
• Kadri started his architectural practice I.M.
Kadri Architects in 1958 in Churchgate,
Mumbai. In 1971, he expanded his
establishment to another company called
Kadri Consultants Private Limited with its
head office in Mumbai followed by branches
in Bengaluru and Muscat.
 He served as vice-president on the Board for
the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) formed in
2002 to promote communal harmony in India.
 In 2016 , Niyogi Publications published his
book, T The Architecture of I.M.Kadri

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REGIONALISM
• Regionalism in architecture is about the context and customs of making buildings in a
particular region. These buildings, mainly houses, rely on specific knowledge of the
climate, geology, geography, and topography of the region.
• Regionalism in architecture often has a cultural aspect built in, and you can see
political structures, family dynamics and societal organization reflected in some
buildings.
• The spatial characteristics of regionalism have importance in architectural approach
as it is a reaction to the already existing context. The goal is to further enrich the
area and that enrichment is not only attached to the structure but also the space
inside and around the structure and how it connects to the other structures in its
vicinity.
• Regionalism looks to counter this and instead of taking inspiration from the local fabric,
these
buildings instead look to their surroundings and take inspiration from that.

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NEHRU CENTRE
 The Nehru centre at Mumbai was designed as a living memorial to India’s first Prime
Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was a dream project of the late Rajni Patel, eminent lawyer,
politician, social worker and man of many parts.
 Once it was decided that a memorial was to be set up in Mumbai, discussions were initiated
on what the institution should be like. Among those who were involved in the discussions
were eminent scientists, historians, writers, litterateurs and thinkers who worked out the
initial visualization of “living memorial to the maker of modern India”.

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 It was left to Mr. I.M. Kadri to visualize the structure that would hold the memorial. The building had to
symbolise Nehru’s thought and ideology. When Nehru emerged, India has a strong agricultural base. This
is represented by the landscaped ascent. From that base he went on to lay the foundations of big
industries, gigantic dams and public sector undertakings - the incline at Nehru Centre serves as a kind of
mount for his memorial.
 The cylindrical memorial tower, noted for its fretwork – like, latticed or crosshatched cladding houses an
auditorium that seats 1000 people, a library, an art gallery and other exhibition rooms and office spaces.
 It took 2-1/2 years to put up the structure and cost Rs. 9 crores. Nehru Centre today is a premier art and
cultural centre in the country with one of the city’s most favoured auditorium.

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Haj House
 The Haj House, located near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in South
Mumbai, was built to provide transit facilities for 1000 Haj pilgrims. It also
has an auditorium which can seat 850 persons.
 The Haj House provides facilities for health checkups, applications for
visas and passports and reorientation for first time pilgrims.

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 The Haj House was planned as a very elegant and layered design. It was
designed as a modern building that has an appearance of a typical Islamic
structure. The Haj House is veiled in jaalis. Visually these jaalis unify the
edifice; functionally they provide light and ventilation.
 Koranic verses adorn the granite walls on the first floor. These verses were
chosen by learned Islamic scholars and reverberate with the power of prayer.
To ensure that the verses were correctly inscribed on the granite walls, the
calligraphers did the calligraphy on site in the presence of Islamic scholars

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Symbiosis University Hospital and
Research Centre
 Occupying the lower slopes of a hill within Symbiosis
International University’s 260-acre estate in Lavale, Symbiosis
University Hospital and Research Centre (SUHRC) is a 41,800-
square-metre, 216-bed, multi-specialty hospital that represents a
new and progressive face for healthcare infrastructure in India.

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 SUHRC’s design draws from the ideas of biophilia (an innate human tendency
to seek connections with nature and other forms of life) to promote recovery
and rejuvenation for patients and healthcare professionals.
 Two large courtyards landscaped with flowering shrubs and trees bring in
ample daylight and views of the outdoors into the interiors, while creating buffer
zones to reduce cross infection.

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 the building comprises four sections; three of them belong to the hospital and the last
one being the Skill Centre. The hospital is planned across five levels; departments
such as the OPD, casualty, radiology, MHC etc. This helps in keeping the departments
separate, and thus maintaining the sterility of each floor function-wise.

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• Naturally-compressed, sundried earthen bricks
(CSEB) were produced on site and are used to
create a double-skinned façade with boxed forms
and deep shading projections to reduce heat gain.
CSEB through its own porosity and its use in
elements such as cavity walls and jaalis enables
the structure to cope with climate of the region by
allowing the building to breathe.
• This reduces the internal heat gain allowing for
maximum thermal comfort, reducing energy
consumption. The bricks were produced on site
using a block-making machine, thus providing
additional employment opportunities to the locals
as well as ensuring minimal carbon emissions.
This is the first time CSEB has been used in a
project of such a large scale.

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Thank you
Referances
https://www.archdaily.com/962140/symbiosis-university-hospital-and-research-
centre-imk-architects?ad_source=search&ad_medium=search_result_projects
https://imkarchitects.com/awards.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._M._Kadri