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A.P. Kanvinde was born in the small
village of Achara, Konkan region in
1916.
Influenced by his father, who was a
portrait and landscape painter.
Known as the FOREFATHER OF
MODERN INDIAN ARCHITECTURE.
Entered J.J. School of Art in 1935.
Received his Master of Architecture
degree at Harvard School of Design,
USA, headed by Walter Gropius, in
1947.
He plays with space and forms.
The building is important but most important is
the gate for the user.
Example:
ISKCON TEMPLE
He gave much more importance to natural
light .
Functionalism
Modern Architecture and Brutalism
Regionalism
There buildings were always conceived
with first priority given to its functions,
and the social values when designing
spaces.
He rejected symmetry.
REGIONALISM
Inevitably based on the exigencies of
local climate
building materials
social conditions
sound climatological principles
Simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure.
Elimination of unnecessary detail.
Visual expression of structure, as opposed to the hiding of
structural elements.
Brutalism is a child of modern architecture.
Typically very linear, fortress like and blockish, often with a
predominance of concrete construction.
Developed to create functional structures at a low cost, but eventually
designers adopted the look for other uses such as college buildings.
His buildings were simple and he used to tell the
students ARCHITECTURE IS NOT A MUSEUM OF
MATERIAL.
The various principles reflected in most of Kanvindes
work would be:
Asymmetry
Blocky Cubic shapes
Smooth , flat plain, undecorated surfaces
Flat roofs
Adoption of steel-framed or reinforced-concrete post-
and-slab.
Recipient of Padmashri- National Honour
from Govt. of India, 1975