J J SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

History
-Set up in 1857 as the Bombay School of Art & Industry
-Founder: Sir Jamshetjee Jeejeebhoy
-After looking at the success of Indian art wares in London by serving for the g
reat exhibition of 1851 and also by getting persuaded by the local press which u
rged him to give him a lead in the improvement of Indian taste, he envisaged an
institution for the improvement of arts and manufacturers (and) the habits of ind
ustry of middle and lower classes .
-He felt that under proper guidance people of india would attain a degree of pro
ficiency in painting and sculpture which would lead to an extended taste for suc
h objects and would enable India once more to take up an advanced position among
manufacturing countries of the world.
- In the second half of the 19th century, architectural learning was integrated
with an art education that followed the Beaux Arts School of sculptural ornament
and architectural detailing
-In 1866, the management of the school was taken over by the Government of India
.
-Later in 1878 the school moved to the current building from the Elphinstone ins
titution
-Initially built to cater to the demand for Bombay Pottery, a style of ceramics
invented by Wilkins Terry, who founded the JJ School of Art's pottery department
.
Purpose:
-Started with an ideology of enhancing the relationship between art, architectur
e and industry
-To reform the applied arts education
Achievement:
-In 1917, JJ students formed an Architect's Association, which in 1929 was regis
tered as the Indian Institute of Architects and today has 15,000 members.
Architecture:
-This building was erected in the Gothic style of architecture.
-Victorian Neo-Gothic building, designed by architect George Wittet, took on a n
ew avatar as India's first college of architecture.
-The building is c shaped.
-Exclusive use of concrete, a new material.
-Three separate institutions within the campus:
oldest one being the J.J School of Arts (1857),
followed by J.J. School of Architecture (1913),
J.J. School of Applied Arts (1958)
-Applied arts and arts: Neo-Gothic Style
-Architecture building: Edwardian Baroque Style
Characteristics:
Neo-Gothic Style
-Strong vertical lines: vertical emphasis
-Sense of great height
-Pointed windows with decorative tracery
-Carvings
-Irregular appearance
-Variety of materials
Edwardian Baroque Style:
-dramatic
-ornamental

-inventive and free detailing and ornamentation(compared to neo-gothic/neo-class

cial)
-classical elements (orders, pediments etc.) used unconventionally
-central taller tower-like element
-exaggerated keystones
-mostly Ionic order