TRADITIONAL

AND

CONTEMPRY
ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA

CASE STUDY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT
: AHEMDABAD
ARCHITECT : LOUIS I. KHAN

LOCATION

BUILDING PERFORMANCE
ANALYSIS

ANNUAL CARBON EMISSIONS

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT
AHEMDABAD

PLAN OF IIM
AHEMDABAD

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT

Year of completion : 1963

Chief Architect

: Louis I. Khan
B.V Doshi
Anant Raje

Site Area

: 66 Acres

No. of Students

: 500 Students

No. of Faculties

: 100 Faculties

No. of Staff Members: 350 people

COMPONENT OF CAMPUS

MAIN ENTRANCES

Main Academic Complex

(administration block, class room

and faculty room around central
pizza, which also has main
entrance)

Kitchen and dining

Faculty and Staff housing

Management development center

Students dormitories
for PGP Students.

CAMPUS LAYOUT

Separate entries for institutional and residential complex.

Separate service entry.

Academics and social activities have been integrated with

students and staff living.

Institutional Complex is taken as Focal Building.

Auditorium is located near main entrance for easy access for

visitors.

Residential areas have been planned in Hierarchical pattern

School building Is planned around a court.

School building and students dorm have been placed diagonally

to take advantage of winds from southwest.

ACADEMIC COMPLEX
The Academic complex comprises of the following :

Library

School Building

Faculty blocks

Dormitories

Louis Khan Plaza

LIBRARY BLOCK

FIRST FLOOR
PLAN OF
LIBRARY

The library building is five

storyed structure with
rectangular plan.

It is approached by a
broad, imposing flight of
steps from the parking lot.

The design has been

conceived to entail
movement from the active
spaces to most private and
quite carrels at the farthest
reaches.

 SECOND FLOOR : Accommodate triple height reading hall

and conference hall
THIRD FLOOR : Accommodates bound volumes of journals.
FOURTH FLOOR : Has bound volumes of old books and
journals.

SECOND FLOOR
PLAN

READING HALL

(FIRST FLOOR)

SCHOOL BUILDING BLOCK

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

BLOCK VIEW

OFFICES ON GROUND FLOOR

RAMP LEADING TO DORMS AND

CLASS ROOMS

CLASS ROOMS

The shape of classroom is

hexagonal

The Design of class room is based

on the seminar type interaction
between the students and the
faculty.

Windows are high to get glare

free light.

FACULTY BLOCKS

Faculty block is on the right

side of the main entrance.

It is four stored building

with four blocks.

All the openings are

designed to overlook the
adjacent and landscape
garden and Loius Khan
Plaza.

Faculty blocks over the landscaped

Garden in Between

DORMITORIES

The shape of each dormitory block is

square with two residential wings,
triangular lounge and a service area.

THE POSITION OF THE

STAIRCASEAND WASHROOM ARE
MEANT TO PROTECT THE LIVING
ROOM FROM SUN ANDGLARE
WITHOUT OBSTRUCTING AND THE
BREEZE AND VENTELATION.

In most of the blocks the ground

floor is used as bank etc.

The Dorns are placed one behind the

other To Obtain the much needed
breeze and cross ventelation.

Dormitory Block

Courtyard between Dormitory block

LOUIS KHAN PLAZA

Instead of small courtyard, one

large court has been planned in
the center to relate the
movement around.

AUDITORIUM

CAPACITY

: 550 SEATS

AREA

ENTRANCE LOBBY

FOYER

AUDITORIUM HALL

CONFERENCE ROOM

SEMINAR ROOM

: 560 Sq feets
: 560 Sq feets
: 3000 Sq feets
: 200 Sq feets
:400 Sq feets Each

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

DINING BLOCK

MANAGEMENT DEVLOPMENT
CENTER
MANAGEMENT DEVLOPMENT CENTER IS LOCATED TOWARDS ESTERN

EDGE OF THE CAMPUS. IT HAS BEEN PLANNED AS A SELF CONTAINED

UNIT WITH ACADEMIC AREA, OFFICES, EXECUTIVES HOSTELS AND
DINING FACILITIES.

IT IS A DOUBLE STORYED BUILDING WITH A BASEMENT AND HAS A U

SHAPE PLAN ENCLOUSING A COURT IN BETWEEN

THERE ARE TWO LECTURE HALLS, TWO CONFERENCE ROOMS AND

EIGHT SYNDICATE ROOMS IN THE MDC BUILDING.

THE

PLAN OF MDC

BUILDING MATERIALS

BRICK

HAS BEEN USED

AS PRIMARY BUILDING
MATERIAL FOR THE
ENTIRE COMPLEX WALLS,
COLUMNS.

BRICK

ARCHES HAVE
BEEN USED FOR WIDE
SPANS.

 USE

OF CONCERETE HAS BEEN

RESTRICTED TO FOUNDATIONS, FLOOR
SLABS, AND TIES FOR ARCHED
OPENINGS.

THANK YOU

PREPARED BY :RAJAT KATARNE

AISHWARY JOSHI
SOURABH VERMA
VANDITA CHIBBER