1. Padma Shri Achyut
Kanvinde occupied unique
position in the history of
contempory Indian
architecture. He was an
Indian architect , teacher,
writer and a committed
modernist as he always
desired to take Indian
architecture to be global and
to the height of international
style.
1916-2002

2. INTRODUCTION
• BORN- 1916
• DIED : 6 DECEMBER 2002
• EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION:
HE WAS BORN IN 1916 IN KONKAN REGION OF
MAHARASTRA
HIS FATHER WAS AN ARTS TEACHER IN BOMBAY.HE
FINISHED
HIS BECHOLER IN ARCHITECTURE FROM SIR J.J.
SCHOOL OF ARTS
(1935-1940), LATER HE STUDIED DESIGN IN HAVARD
UNIVERSITY
UNDER WALTER GROPIUS.
• CAREER:
HE RETURN TO INDIA IN 1948 ANDWORKED ON THE
PLANNING AND
DESIGN OF SEVERAL LABORATORIES

3. DESIGN PHILOSPY
• FUNCTIONALIST STYLE OF DESIGN
FUNCTIONALISM WAS AN APPROACH TO DESSIGN AS PER THE
CONCEPT THAT THE SPACE AND FORM OF A BUILDING SHOULD
EMERGE OUT OF THE LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF SPACE INSIDE
AND NOT FROM ANY PREDETERMINED IDEA LIKE SYMMETRY.
FUNCTIONALIST BELIVED A BUILDING SHOULD ONLY HAVE
FEATURES THAT WERE FUNCTIONALLY NECESSARY AND NO NON-FUNCTIONAL
DECORATION.THEY LEAD TO HUMANE SPACE THAT IS SPACE WHERE YOU FELT
WELCOME AND COMFORTABLE. THEY USED LASTEST TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS LIKE DOOR AND WINDOWS AND RCC.
•LOGIC OF LIGHTNESS
THE COMPLETE FOCUS ON THE MATERIALS TO BE USED IN
CONSTRUCTION KANVINDE ALWAYS TRY TO DEVELOP SUCH
AN ATHESTIC FOR A HAVEY MASS
CONSTRUCTION THAT LOOKS LIGHT.

4. •
RATIONALIST
KANVINDE REVEAL THE INTERNAL FUNCTIONAL
IN A BUILDING AS SEPARATE MASSES AND THEN
ARRANGED IN A WAYS THAT WERE FUNCTIONAL
FROM INSIDE AND ELEGANT FROM OUTSIDE
• SENSE OF SPACE
HUMANESS IS ALL ABOUT SIZE AND SCALE,
KANVINDE ALWAYS TRIED TO BRING DOWN
BUILDINGS TO HUMANE SCALE AND
A CONNECTION TO THE BUILT HERITAGE IN A
LOCALITY.
• KANVIDE WAS AN ARCHITECT OF SECOND GENERATION OF CONTEMPRY
INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
. DURING THIS ERA MODERNISM WAS
ATTRACTIVE TO DEVELOPING SOCIETIES TRYING TO BREAK FROM THE
MEMORIES OF EUROPEAN COLONIALISM THAT THE OLDER STYLE STILL
CARRIED.
• KANVIDE INTRODUCE MODERN ARCHITECTURE TO HUMANE PATH AND
INNOVATIVELY BLEND TECHNOLOGY AND ATHESTICS

6. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
KANPUR

7. INTRODUCTION
IIT-Kanpur is located on the Grand Trunk Road, 15 km west
of Kanpur City and measures close to 420hectares. 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.
The sprawling campus is spread over an area of 4.3km². The
Institute has a number of facilities , including the National Wind
Tunnel Facility.
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

9. CONCEPT
The program of the institution was prepared base on Departmental needs.
Conventional type of buildings were designed as isolated is lands
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. 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. 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.

10. 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.

11. NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE, MUMBAI

12. NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE, MUMBAI
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
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.

13. 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.
From there they can take a route 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 visitor scan
return back to the entrance atrium area after completing the
tour.

14. 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 all 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.

15. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• www.google.com
• www.wikipedia.com
• Introduction to Modern Indian Architecture
• Notes On History Of Architecture For Indian Institute Of
Architects

16. ATUL KUMAR
2010UAR152
Abhijeet sHRIVASTAVA
2010UAR138