JAFF DESIGN STUDIO ARCHITECTURE Dr Jaffer AA Khan Registered Architect New Zealand and India
“ Space is that which accommodates Space� Vedas
1960 - Born in Historic Town Vellore 1983 - Graduated from University of Madras with Gold Medal in Architecture and University First Rank 1985 - Graduated from The Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning UC, Univ. of London 2017 – PhD from RMIT University ,Australia
Jaffer AA Khan at the Bartlett UCL, 1985
1980,81 and 82 - Louis I Kahn Award instituted by Vastu Shilpa Foundation, Ahmedabad by BV Doshi, India. The awards were for study of architecture of Vellore and documentation of Lower Fort Gingee. 1984 - Sir Herbert Henry Bartlett Scholarship,UCL. The Award is to study and document 1806 mutiny of Vellore and listing of tombs of central cemetery. 1993 - Academy of Architecture Award, Paris France for the work done on Maisons Alfort Charenton Paris 1995 - Erode Mosque nominated for The Aga Khan Award for Architecture – 1995 Cycle.
2015 – Nominated for AAA Visionary Award New Zealand
The Practice The practice is a proprietorship concern registered in India with the COA in 1984 and in NZRAB in 2017
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1985 – Office established in Vellore 1990 - Office shifted to Bangalore 2008 - Office set up in Chennai (Project Co-ordination) 2015 - Auckland JDSA is a listed Chartered international practice with RIBA. Over the past three and a half decades, JAFF DESIGN STUDIO (JDS) has studiously consolidated and integrated professionalism in the field of architecture in South India.
Professional Association
Wings of Aviation Building, Bangalore, 1999
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Singapore Institute of Architects Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
TIMELINE……..
“Body of work and life since 1985……..”
Science Centre (Thesis 1983)
Science Centre (Thesis 1983)
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The outer ring represents the ever expanding Universe or the creative ability of SPACE which is limitless
The Triangle pointing up represents the Male principle
Interaction of the principles is the state of creation called the “Bindu” or SPACE itself
The Triangle pointing down represents the Female principle
The outer square is the boundary of protection. Creativity though limitless-it has the quality of defined existence and purpose. It also represents the boundary of this expanding universe.
Yantra representing the “Evolution of Life and Involution of Life”
Swastika LIFE ATTAINING PRIME
Trikona THE BASIC TRIANGLE OF LIFE
Parimeya THE HIGHER LEVEL OF LIFE
Evolution and Involution of Life
The Bindu THE SIGN OF EVOLUTION OF LIFE
Nada THE FINE THREAD OF LIFE
Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) New Delhi-1986 International competition held by the Government of India.
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Street Mosque Vellore,1989 Office /residence of Jaffer AA Khan, Vellore , 1990 Hameed House Vellore 1986 Rajaratnam House,Vellore, 1989 Kumar residences, Vellore,1987
Hameed House – 1985 HAMEED HOUSE – 1986
The first fully executed house with a courtyard and wind catcher. The house reflects the monumental character with the surrounding This houseand incorporated landscape the influence ofan the“Inner Fort. Courtyard” with a
water fountain and a “Wind catcher”
These wind catchers are common in South Indiaparticularly in coastal areas. A visit to one of the towns in late 1985 inspired the idea….
My own House –OWN 1990 HOME/OFFICE– 1990 ARCHITECT’S
The house reflects the character of Hameed House and incorporates Wind Catchers. A strong influence of late modernism (Brutalism) could This renovated be seen in these house works. incorporates “Wind catchers”
that are effective for the climatic conditions- strong influence in “modern principles” could be noticed here
Erode Mosque 1993 Nominated for The Aga Khan Award for Architecture- 1995 Cycle.
Rotating Squares- Common Islamic Geometry
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Esther Villa,Bangalore 1995 Hafeez House, Bangalore, 1994 Javad House, Bangalore, 1993 Rafi House, Bangalore, 1995
Hafeez House, Bangalore, 1994
KHLI, Corporate Offices, Ranipet,Vellore Dist, 1988
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Office Building, Bangalore 1997 Office Building, Bangalore, 1997 Office Building, Bangalore 1997, Aviation Plaza, Bangalore, 1999
Corporate Office, Bangalore 2005 Software Park, Bangalore, 2005 (Concept)
Jaffer AA Khan Residence Bangalore 2004
ETA Gardens, Residential Project Bangalore 2005 2.1 million SF residential project based in prime Bangalore With 937 units. Graeme Philips is the conceptual design partner.
ETA Gardens, Residential Project Bangalore 2005 The project is designed with 36 bridges and 24 sky gardens making it a vibrant community in air.
ETA Gardens, Bangalore (Google Image)
Master planning- School Project, Bangalore, 2010- ongoing
Oasis International School Bangalore Kufic (Geometry) Script Transformation
Oasis International School Bangalore- Masterplan Oasis International Islamic School, Bangalore – 2009 (Ongoing)
Oasis International Islamic School, Bangalore – 2009 (Ongoing)
NOOR HOUSE- 2011-ongoing Noor Khan House Chennai - 2011
Education City,Vellore – 2010-ongoing 160 acre education sustainable city designed to produce its own energy requirement through non conventional energy sources. The concept based on “Cosmos”
Education City,Vellore – 2010-ongoing
Kumar House 2013
KUMAR HOUSE The is a courtyard within courtyard- the idea of the ancestral home Kumar House 2013 Experimented here.
Mixed Use Development- 2012-Schematic Greata Development Chennai 2013 (Conceptual)
Greata Development Chennai 2013 (Conceptual)
Greata Development Chennai 2013 (Conceptual)
Conceptual design for Southern Railway Development Bangalore, 1993
Mostar Development,Bosnia – 1995
Maisons Al Fort Charenton Paris France-1993
IIA Head Quarters Mumbai 1995
Rashme Bhavan, Bangalore 1993
Corporate Offices Bangalore, 2009
Software Park, Bangalore , 2008
DGP, Office Complex, Chennai, 1993 NAAC Bangalore 2003
Hajj Pilgrimage, Bangalore – 2011 (Concept)
Mosque, Port Louis Mauritius – 2010(Concept)
Urdu Institute Port Louis Mauritius – 2010 (Concept)
Tamil Museum Srilanka
Brief Biography Jaffer AA Khan is a gold medalist in Architecture from the University of Madras in 1983. He was awarded the most prestigious Aga Khan Scholarship Geneva to do his graduation at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, UCL,University of London in 1985. Back home he started his practice in 1985 and has designed nearly 300 buildings many of them award winning at national and international level. His projects are widely published and nominated to The Aga Khan Award during 1995 cycle (ErodeMosque-Periagraharam Erode-MIT Digital Archives). He maintains studios in Bangalore and Chennai and recently executed large residential projects in Bangalore. He has been a writer, critic and an academician apart from professional practice for quarter century and has written some hard hitting articles on Environment, Heritage and Philosophy. He was Professor and Head of School at MIDAS-Marg Institute of Design and Architecture Swarnabhoomi , affiliated to Anna University from 2011-2015 He is a member of some of the world's most prestigious professional bodies including The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA),UK ,Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts(RSA),London and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), NSW, Australia. He presently lives in Auckland, New Zealand and teaches at Dar Al Hekma University KSA
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