Ar. Achyut P.

Kanvinde
Father of Indian modern architecture

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ABOUT.
A living legend, of Indian Architecture, in true sense is Shri Achyut P.Kanvinde. Born in Achare village in the Konkan region of Maharashtra in 1916 He spent his childhood in a rural environment. His father was a painter, but finally joined the department of sir J.J school of art in Mumbai. He did his masters degree at Harvard in 1947. Prof. Claude Batley at the J.J school and Walter Gropius at Harvard played a decisive role in shaping young Kanvinde.
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Upon his return to India in 1948. he became the Principal Architect for the council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR). Under the leadership of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, this prestigious institution became an important vehicle for realizing the Prime Ministers vision of independent India in which science and technology played a central role. Kanvinde in turn became the architectural interpreter of this vision.

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Dr. V Sarabhai and industrialist Kasturbhai Lalji commissioned Kanvinde to execute some important projects in Ahmedabad. In 1955 Kanvinde established his own practice in partnership with his engineer friend Showkat rai and Morad Chowdry and got more involved with the architectural profession as a whole.

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He has over 5 decades of untiring meaningful participation in the field of Indian Architecture. His total devotion has produced creative processes with observation, assimilation, self discover and commitment these are the elements of his design process which resulted in success and recognition throughout his long creative life. His success so far is a worthy example for architects. His meticulous approach and commitment to the finer aspect of contemporary architecture in modern India has created a new era in Indian Architecture

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AWARDS
Ar. Kanvinde was awarded several National Awards including the coveted Padmashri He was the recipient of the Gold Medal of the Indian Institute of Architects in 1985 as also the National Award from the Institutes of Engineers for Architectural engineering and Great Masters National Award from J . K . Industries Ltd. In 1993. His works were exhibited in the Architectural League of New York in 1997-98.

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IIT KANPUR

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INTRO
IIT-Kanpur is located on the Grand Trunk Road, 15 km west of Kanpur City and measures close to 420 hectares. This land was gifted by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1960 and by March 1963 the Institute had moved to its current location. The residential campus is planned and landscaped with a hope for environmental freedom. Halls of residence, faculty and staff houses and community buildings surround the central academic area to provide flexibility in movement and communication
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The sprawling campus is spread over an area of 4.3 km. The Institute has a number of facilities, including the National Wind Tunnel Facility. Other large research centres include the Advanced Centre for Material Science, a Bio-technology centre, the Advanced Centre for Electronic Systems, and the Samtel Centre for Display Technology, Centre for Mechatronics, Centre for Laser Technology ETC

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SITE PLAN

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CONCEPT..
The program of the institution was prepared base on departmental needs. Conventional type of buildings were designed as isolated islands of departments. Taking into consideration the reality that research work in the present time is a collaborative work of varied disciplines, curriculum of studies is worked out, with that goal in mind.

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Therefore, the effort is to create a common stream of fresh intake for one year to help students create understanding and appreciation of each others discipline & departments and then to work independently in their respective specialization at graduate level. Activities which students and faculties share are seminars and lecture hall, library, cafeteria etc. therefore, these have been designed to encourage meeting and interaction.

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VIEW

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PK Kelkar Library

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Tutorial Block

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The Western Labs

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With such an idea, all activities are groped around. Lecture halls, library and faculty building with laboratories and other specialized services, organized and planned as decentralized activities, are connected by the walkway system. This allows the students to walk at two levels of the building that are designed to receive a two level circulation. With the growth of the institute, corridors are expected to be diminishing in course of time.

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Most of the blocks are planned based on respective modules of certain dimension. In this project an effort is made to create an intimate human environment in the entire complex. Halls of residence, faculty and staff houses and community buildings surround the central academic area to provide flexibility in movement and communication. The residential campus is planned and landscaped with a hope for environmental freedom The IIT Kanpur campus reflects cultural diversity of India.

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Students at IIT Kanpur reside in the hostels, or 'halls of residence. There are eight hostels (Hall 1-5, 7-9) for boys and two for girls, called GH-1 (Girls Hostel 1) and GH-2 (formerly Hall 6).There is a bristling inter-hall rivalry between halls 2 , 3 and 5,as these are the halls the students are first allocated

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NEHARU SCIENCE CENTRE MUMBAI

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LOCATION
Nehru Science Centre is Situated on Dr. E. Moses Road, Mumbai - 400018, in between Worli Naka and Mahalaxmi Railway Station and spread over 14 acres of land, the Centre provides a natural and free environment for students to learn, familiarize and spend creative holidays and for professionals in the field of science education to have a glimpse of innovations in science education. Close to 1,20,000 school children alone participate in the activities of the Centre.

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INTRO.
Nehru Science Centre, the largest Science Centre in the country has a sprawling 8 acres of science park with varieties of plants, trees and shrubs. More than 50 hands-on and interactive science exhibits on energy, sound, kinematics, mechanics, transport, etc. are installed in the science park. The NSC building with its unique architecture houses several permanent science expositions on various themes.

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CONCEPT
The complex is worked out of a series of repetitive multidimensional modules, creating a variation of spaces with the building in a way that the units do not create monotony of space, but a quality that creates surprises and stirs the minds of visitors as the move with the complex .

Visitors approaching the museum enter at the second storey atrium through a landscaped approach.
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From there they can take aroute and visit the exhibit areas by negotiating one floor. At the lowest level, where the lecture hall, the library and the cafeteria area are located for leisure, half way through the movement from where the visitors can return back to the entrance atrium area after completing the tour.

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In designing the complex , twelve meter column spaces have been introduced which can be sub-divided as desired, also artificial lighting to meet the requirements of exhibition. Realizing the climatic conditions of Mumbai, which is mainly humid a forced ventilation was proposed for physical comfort in al areas. The nature of structural system of modular units with mechanical areas is organized in a way to contribute to aesthetic qualities and character of this building, also generate excitement amongst the visitors

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THANK UUUUU

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