VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF IITK BY A.P KANVINDE, BUILDING TECHNIQUES, PASSIVE DESIGN, GRIHA RATING

1. VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
ACHYUT PRAKASH KANVINDE
PROJECTS- IIT CAMPUS, KANPUR
DARPANA ACADEMY PERFORMING ARTS, AHEMDABAD
SUBMITTED TO
AR HARSHITA AGARWAL
SUBMITTED BY
PREETI KANSAL

2. ACHYUT PRAKASHKANVINDE
PadmaShriAchyut Kanvinde
occupied unique position in the
history of Contemporary Indian
Architecture. Hewas an Indian
architect, writer, and commited
modernist ashe always desired
to take Indian architecture tobe
global and to the height of
international style

3. ABOUT ARCHITECT
NAME :
DATED :
BIRTHPLACE :
GRADUATION :
TRAINING AND:
INFLUENCE
ACHYUTKANVINDE
1960-2002
ACHARNAVILLAGE,IN KOKANREGION OF
MAHARASHTRA
SIRJ.JSCHOOLOFARTS,MUMBAI IN
1942
HAWARDUNIVERSITYUNDERWALTER
GROPIUS

4. PRINCIPLES

5. DESIGNCONCEPT
1.Hepracticed for 55 years, Hewasconsidered pioneer of modern
movement in architecture inindia
2.Hebelieved that agrid of columns forming amatrix giving structural
and spatial aspect would turn adesign to more sophisticated andfaceted
3.Hetreated his building with “ VASTUSHASTRA“ .
4.THEBAUHAUS STYLE:studying under Walter Gropius , Hewas
greately influenced by the bauhaus style , which later on wasadopted
in his variousbuildings.

8. FEATURES
1. TheIITKcampusoccupies 1055 acre area.
2. TheAcademic Complexlocated centrally at the site andfree
from traffic noise.
3. ACADEMICBUILDING: 13 Departments ,PKKelkar library ,
computer centres, faculty offices, laboratories and
administrative building .
4. Around 7000 students ,390 faculty members , 1000staff
members ( besidestheir families) reside oncampus
5. No of buildings:108
6. 10 boys hostel 2 girls hostel
7. With sports complex and housing forfaculty.
8. Site is flat and canal on one side and transportation routeon
other side.

9. CONCEPTANDIDEOLOGY
1. Theresidencial campus is planned and landscaped with hopefor
environmental freedom.
2. Halls of residence, faculty and staff houses and community buildings
surround the academic area toprovide flexibility in movement .
3. Theacademic area is connected by long corridor which links allmajor
buildings .
4. Conventional type of buildings were designed asisolated islandsof
department.
5. Corepedestrian island which consist of lecture halls surrounded by
landscaping and water body forming the main focus of thecampus.
6. Activities which students and faculties share are designed to
encourage meeting and interaction

10. P.K. KELKARLIBRARY
•The library forms an important part of the whole complex.
It is a framed structure based on grid.
•The whole building is built in R.C.C with a brick facade.
1. Established in 1960 ascentral library.
2. Four storied building ( covered area : 5730 sqm)
3. Basement – 700 sq .m
4. Ground floor -700 sq.m
5. 1st floor – 1630 sq.m
6. 2nd floor – 2700 sq,m
7. Exposed brickwork

11. Connecting corridors
P.K. Kelkar library
Structural design
Of library

12. •The building is fully complaint with the ECBC (Energy Conservation
Building Code).
•Sustainable site planning has been integrated to maintain favourable
microclimate.
•The architectural design has been optimized as per climate and sun
path analysis.
•The building has energy-efficient artificial lighting design and daylight
integration.
•Water body to cool the micro climate.
•Orientation of building: North – South.
•It also has energy-efficient air conditioning design with controls
integrated to reduce annual energy consumption.
•Passive strategies such as an earth air tunnel have been incorporated
in the HVAC design to reduce the cooling load.
•Optimized window design by selection of Low E glass and external
shading.
Key Sustainable Features

13. FIG. EXISTING BUILDING https://www.iitk.ac.in/cese/features.htm

14. • Optimization of building envelope by use of insulated cavity walls,
insulation of roof, and surface finishing that reflects a major part of solarheat.
• Efficient glazing for openings which minimize solar grains in summer, heat
loss in winter, and maximize natural daylight.
• Roof shaded by bamboo trellis with green cover to cut direct heat gain.
• Provision of an internal court shaded by louvers that allow free air movement.
• Natural light and ventilation through skylights & ventilators in common
spaces.
• Use of indigenous and recycled materials with low embodied energy
FEATURES

15. ACADEMIC CHARACTER

18. IITKANPUR
1.Elevated pedestrian pathway
2.Sheltered and yet openness
3.Protection from hot Sunyet
Allowing breezes

20. The various Bauhaus characteristics
visible i n Kanvinde's w o r K - I I T K
Brick
Cement
•ASSYMETRY
•Blocky
•Cubic shapes
•Smooth,flatplain,undecoratedsurfaces
•‘ Flat’roofs
•Adoptionofsteel framedorreinforced-concrete
post-and-slab.
• KANVINDE PLAYED WITH SPACE AND FORM
AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO NATURAL
LIGHT.
• HE BELIEVED THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS OF
THE PARTS AND MATERIALS OF THE
BUILDING AREA WORKING MORALITY.

21. Compute
Terrrace
Terrace
Research
Research
Research
Conference
Computer
• Reveals the internal functions in a building as separate masses.
• Arranged in ways that were functional from inside and elegant
from outside.
• Kanvinde strongly believed that the elevation of a structure should
be defined by the functions inside.
FUNCTIONALISM- IITK

22. MATERIALS
•In Kanpur, the local availability of high quality brick and the
prevalent labour and construction practices made Kanvinde go
for reinforced concrete for structural frames and brick as infill's .
•Reinforced-concrete post-and-slab construction, with a series of
flat slab-floors and a flat roof-slab carried on concrete columns or
posts

23. • His works are generally raw and unemotional. Yet he
managed to make his designs appealing and welcoming.
• His designs were distinct and unique yet having one thing
similar- functionalism.
• His designs appear to be built with a large amount of thought
having been given to making them functionally efficient and
practically feasible.
• Conventional type of buildings were designed as isolated
islands of departments.
• Activities which students and faculties share are designed to
encourage meeting and interaction.
CONCLUSIONS