The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) was established in 1986 under the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It has 16 campuses across India and provides 4-year undergraduate and 2-year postgraduate programs related to fashion design, management, and technology. The NIFT campus in Delhi was designed by architect BV Doshi to represent a traditional Indian town square, with elements like a central step well and enclosed bazaars. The campus layout zones academic, administrative, and hostel blocks around a sunken courtyard and open-air amphitheater. Traditional materials like stone and glass were used in the structures.

1. NIFT Delhi
Case Study

2. National Institute of
Fashion
Technology (NIFT)
• group of fashion colleges in India
• established in 1986 under the aegis of
the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
• is an institution of design, management and
technology for the international fashion business
• granted statutory status in 2006

3. Campuses
NIFT currently has 16 campuses:
1. NIFT New Delhi
2. NIFT Bangalore
3. NIFT Bhopal
4. NIFT Bhubaneswar
5. NIFT Chennai
6. NIFT Gandhinagar
7. NIFT Hyderabad
8. NIFT Jodhpur
9. NIFT Kangra
10. NIFT Kannur
11. NIFT Kolkata
12. NIFT Mumbai
13. NIFT Patna
14. NIFT Raebareli
15. NIFT Shillong
16. NIFT Srinagar

6. Seats
Four-year undergraduate
• B.Des. (Fashion Design)
• B.Des. (Leather Design)
• B.Des. (Accessory Design)
• B.Des. (Textile Design)
• B.Des. (Knitwear Design)
• B.Des. (Fashion
Communication)
• 180 seats (30 each)
• B.FTech. (Apparel
Production)
• 30 seats
• Total – 210 per year
Two-year post-graduate
• M.Des. (Master of Design)
• M.F.M. (Master of Fashion
Management)
• M.FTech. (Master of
Fashion Technology)
• 90 seats each
• Total per year- 210 +90=
300
• Strength : 1200 students

7. NIFT Delhi

8. Location

9. Area
Site area = 11,560
sq, mts
Built up area :
13,570 sq. mts
Setback of 6m

10. Architect
• BV Doshi

11. Concept
Representing it as a
traditional town
square through
various elements
like –
Indian Bazars
Kund (step
well)
The site was initially
a flat land

12. TOWN
SQUARE : an
open public
space found in
the heart of a
traditional tow
n used for
community
gatherings
KUND (STEP WELL)
• Steps leading to water body
• Depicted as central water
channel
BAZAAR : enclosed market
place
Inward looking buildings

13. Traditional Town Square
• A town square is an
open public
space commonly
found in the heart of a
traditional town used
for community
gatherings

14. Kund (Step Well)
Steps leading to water body
Depicted as central water channel

16. Step Well of Sun temple, Modhera
Step well as one of the concept

17. Indian Bazars
• A bazaar is a permanently
enclosed market place or street where
goods and services are exchanged or sold
• origin from the Persian word bāzār
• The term bazaar is sometimes also used
to refer to the "network
of merchants, bankers and craftsmen" who
work in that area

19. Zoning
Planning revolves around the two courts-
 Sunken zone with stepped kund and
 Amphitheatre
3 Basic zones –
 Academic (occupying left portion of the site)
 Administrative
 Hostel block
Academic and Administrative placed on either side
of entrance
Administrative block along with canteen and library is
in right hand side

21. Foyer

24. Sunken court

25. Open as well as
glass screened
bridges separating
kund like court fro
m
amphitheatre

26. Amphitheatre
Total seating capacity : 300
Area = 319.35 sm. Mts.
Designed to accumulate people for fashion show
Interactive space for all department and inter-department interaction

28. High and low platforms

30. Basement
• Was planned for parking which is not in
use
• Now a, Storage space
• Labs –
Knitwear
Textile
Metal lab for accessory design

32. Material used in
• Floor finish
• Windows
• Cladding
• Façade treatment

33. Floor finish
• Black granite
• White marble
• Check flooring reception hall
• Kota green and Jaisalmer yellow in corridors
• Plain cement floor finish in classrooms and
laboratories
• Chip flooring in exhibition hall
• Stone in open spaces

34. Cladding
• Random Rubble
Masonry on plinth and
walls
• Imported float glass as a
special material as a
non reflecting glass
used as complete wall
• Steel frame screened
with reflected glass
• Stone masonry used in
guard’s room
• Reflected glass used in
façade on admin block

35. Facade treatment
• Exterior uniformly
finished in Grey
coloured grit
• Interiors-
composition in
white, grey and
greens of the court
reflected in the
glass wall

36. Structure
• RCC and Brick wall
• Based on frame structure
• Square module has been followed up
• External thickness acts as adequate sun
protection for the windows, providing
insulation

37. Roofing done with waffle slabs

38. Roofing done with waffle slabs

39. By-
Amay Vikrama Chauhan
Chandigarh College of
Architecture