Akhil Baker was a British architect born in 1917 in Birmingham, UK who pioneered the use of vaulted brick structures. Some of his principles included using filler slabs, jack arches, and masonry domes which provided advantages like reduced materials and costs, energy efficiency, decoration, and maintenance-free structures. He designed the Lodi colony in New Delhi using local materials like brick, stone, and ceramic tiles with techniques like shading devices, courtyards, and good drainage.

1. AKHIL
S5 BARCH
TCA

2. Born: 2 March 1917, Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Died: 1 April 2007,
Thiruvananthapuram

8. PRINCIPLES FOLLOWED BY
BAKER THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE

13. Filler slab
Jack Arch
Advantages
20-35% Less materials
Decorative, Economical &
Reduced self-load
Almost maintenance free
25-30% Cost Reduction
Advantages
Energy saving & Eco-Friendly
compressive roofing.
Decorative & Highly
Economical
Maintenance free

14. •Masonry Dome
Advantages
•Energy saving eco-friendly compressive roof.
•Decorative & Highly Economical for larges spans.
•Maintenance free
Funnicular shell
Advantages
•Energy saving eco-friendly compressive roof.
•Decorative & Economical
•Maintenance free
•Masonry Arches
Advantages
•Traditional spanning sytem.
•Highly decorative & economical
•Less energy requirement.

19. GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR

20. STEPS LEADING UP TO
FRONT DOOR
A VIEW FROM THE OPPOSITE
SIDE

21. STEPS DIRECTLY CUT IN ROCK
ENTRANCE HAS SMALL SITTING
AREA FOR GUESTS

22. THE WALL IS DECORATED
FROM BROKEN POTTERY,
PENS, GLASS

23. A CALLING BELL FOR
VISITORS TO ANNOUNCE
THEIR PRESENCE
A MORNING AT HEMLET

24. INTERIOR VIEWS

25. USE OF NATURAL LIGHT

28. ARCHES LED INTO A BEAUTIFUL
OPEN ROOM

29. Pitched roof made of
manglore tiles

35. Louvered window typical of
baker’s type

37. WATER TANK
FOR STORING
RAIN
HARVESTED
WATER

38. Requirements:-
• Meeting place.
• working place (training).
• Open spaces.
• Classroom & dormitories.

41. Ground floor plan

42. 1st Floor Plan

43. 2nd Floor Plan

44.  Built
furniture of
bricks

45. 1st floor bedroom entrance.
Common door for entry and
bathroom

46. Sun light merging
inwards.

47. 2nd floor bedroom.

48. Area of each unit : 25 sqm

49. Construction

50. Dealing With Cyclones:

51. Open Spaces

52. PLAN

54. elevation
Solution of Computer Centre Design
Problems
Fitting in naturally and
harmoniously with the elevations
of the twenty five year old
institution
Challenges :

55. • Using principle of lattice wall planning, breezeways and
built of natural brick and stone keeping in consideration
the electronic sophistication
• He proposed a double walled building with an outer surface
of intersecting circles of brick jalis
• Internal shell fulfilled the constraints and controls
necessary for a computer laboratory.
• Space between the two walls accommodated the secondary
requirements for offices and storage areas.

56. plan
External lattice
Two storeyed outer wall is stiffened by a series of intersecting circles,

57. Space used for storage

60. P Ramachandran, 1975, Pottakuzhy
Ravindranath, 1975, Gourishapattom
Varghese Jacob, 976, Kottayam
K V George, 1987, Karakullam
Vasanth Gawerekar, 1982, Manvila
Beena Sarasan, 1989, Kowdiar
Valiathan, 1985, Pulliyankotta
K J Mathew, 1984, Vattiyurkavu
C T Sukumaran, 1984, Vattiyurkavu
P Sivanandan, 1984, Vattiyurkavu
Sukhman, 1984, Vattiyurkavu
Uma Devi, 1989, Ulloor

61. 1993: International Union of Architects (IUA) Award
1993: Sir Robert Matthew Prize for Improvement of
Human Settlements
1994: People of the Year Award
1995: Awarded Doctorate from the University of
Central England
1998: Awarded Doctorate from Sri Venkateshwara
University
2001: Coinpar MR Kurup Endowment Award
2003: Basheer Puraskaram
2003: D.Litt from the Kerala University
2005: Kerala Government Certificate of Appreciation
2006: L-Ramp Award of Excellence
2006: Nominated from the Pritzker Award
(considered the Nobel Prize in Architecture)

62. Born: 10 April 1912, Omaha,
Nebraska, United States
Died: 6 October 2001, Raleigh,
North Carolina, United States

68. Use of local material.
• granite or glazed tiles,
• Exposed brickwork
• Precast concrete panels
• Local stone
• Cast concrete jalis.
• Blue and green ceramic tiles `

74. Lodi colony, New Delhi

81. Use of shading devices (Truss)
reflects
back 70% of the summer heat. It is
designed
as a space frame structure with blue
reflectors that can be aligned
providing
shade during summer and allows
winter sun
to enter.

82. The building blocks being separated
create
interesting courtyards landscaped
with walkways

83. Well designed drainage system
eliminates
use of rainwater pipes and
adds to the
beauty of the structure.
• Triangular bricks work at
• outside the Gulin Tower provides
ventilation and aesthetic view to
the structure.
• The interesting glass/steel structure
(Ventilation Shafts/ Sky Lights) near
the second entrance provides natural
light
to the underground parking area.

86. section

88. Jaali detail in the courtyard
Clad reinforced concrete frame structure with several infill materials: jaali
panels along the classroom block corridor and stairs, concrete block with a
plastered finish and rough-cut stone facing presented to the street.