INDIAN ARCHITECTURE PRELIBERALIZATION From
1970 - 1990
GROUP 4
TEAM MEMBERS:
Muskan Aanand
Katta Sheetal
Shreyes Gupta
GROUP 4
TEAM MEMBERS:
Muskan Aanand
Katta Sheetal
Shreyes Gupta
Post-independence, Indian architecture was chaotic. India was facing an identity crisis.
The whole nation was looking up to the government to come up with a new identity for the country.
Two schools of thought: Two schools of thought: Two schools of thought:
KOVALAM BEACH RESORT ECIL TOWNSHIP
ASIAN GAMES VILLAGE
Plastic or geometric forms exploiting the potential of concrete
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Exposed Concrete buildings
CORBUSIER’S INFLUENCE IN HIS DESIGNS
A SLANTED BLOCK BACK SIDE
BUILT IN REINFORCED CONCRETE.
CYLINDRICAL BASE AND A RECTANGULAR MASS ON TOP OF IT.
VERTICAL SLANTED LOUVRES WITH WATER SPROUT ON ITS SIDE.
OFFICES AND CANTEEN
STAIRCASE
INDEPENDENT STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS.
CIRCUMFERENTIAL AND RADIAL BEAMS CANTILEVERING OUT FROM 4 CROSS-SHAPED COLUMNS.
SUPPORT THE CUBOID AT THE TOP
GROUND FLOOR
MIN. SPACE ENCLOSURE - FLOW OUT TO NATURAL GREENARY AND DIFFUSED SUNLIGHT AUDITORIUM
INTERIOR - EXPOSED BRICK WORK AND CONCRETE (COPE WITH DELHI CLIMATE)
NEW LANGUAGE OF BRICK AND CONCRETE
exposed bricks & concrete
New simple Geometric forms
SERVANT QUATER
REPEATED GEOMETRIC FORM
BALCONIES
CIRCULAR ARCHES IN THE KITCHEN
ASSYMETRICAL ROOF
SUPPORTED BY ARCHES
INTERSECTING INTERPLAY OF STAIRCASES AND GIANT BRICK CIRCLES
NATURAL WOODEN BATONS, AND LARGE MODERN GLASS
WINDOWS, INDEGINEOUS BRICKS
CIRCULAR PATTERNED SMALL OPENINGS
TINTED GLASS, STONE FLOORINGS AND TERACOTTA
TILES
VIEWS FROM RESORT
WHITE PLASTERED WALLS
RED TILED ROOFS
BAMBOO CHHATRIS WITH COIR MATTING
Focus on the context and making a building that fits its surroundings.
Reflecting the culture and tradition of its region through its design and materials.
Destined for the workers who worked in that company.
Inspired from Doshi's childhood
Redponsive to the local climate and cultural context.
CONSIDERATION OF HYDERABAD'S CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
A UNIT PLAN TO MAXIMIZE ECONOMY AND VARIETY OF SCALE
ISOLATED TOWNSHIP
MULTIPLE CLUSTERS
ENCOURAGING CONNCETION IN PEOPLE
EGULAR MASSING, TIMIZED FOR THE SITE MATIC CONTEXT
TONE TEXTURE ON THE FACADE WITH PROPER FENESTRATIONS
PUBLIC RECREATION SPACES
The athlete's village for the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi.
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ne of the most desirable nd posh areas of New elhi surrounded by the sh green spaces of Siri ort Ridge.
Concept - arrangement of narrow shaded pedestrian streets sequentially linking clusters, open spaces and commercial and recreational areas.
Design brief - 500 units in a 35-acre plot
Urban pattern of low-rise, high-density development - a typical Indian ‘mohalla ’ or community
Creating cluster formations ideal for the Indian climate.
JAISALMER URBAN PATTERNENTRANCE GATEWAYS
LINKING TWO NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSES
THE INTERLINKING SPACE IN A BASIC UNIT
VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMNETS