CHRISTOPHER BENNINGER
LOW COST ASSIGNMENT 1
SUBMITTED BY- PRABHJOT SINGH PHULLINTRODUCTION
Nationality: American-Indian
Bom: November 23, 1942
Place Of Birth: America
Education:
Urban Planning. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Architecture, Harvard's Graduate School of Design
Invited by B.V. Doshi shifted to India in 1971.
Inspire: Josep lluis sert, Walter gropius, Buckminster fuller.
Awands:
Architect for the Decade Award, (2010)
Best Public Building of the Year, (2007-10)
Best Architectural Work in the City in 2009 (Pune)
Golden Architect Award for Lifetime Achievement (2006)
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YMCA International M. United World College Samundra Institute Of Suzlon One Earth
Camp - Maritime Studies
BUILDHIS WORKS
*As an internationally known ‘design house’ Christopher Charles Benninger Architects
create products ranging from capital cities and new towns; educational campuses and
corporate headquarters; housing estates and complexes; hotels resorts and hospitals:
down to the design of individual chairs and art works.
*He has initiated many projects like- housing for poor families financed first time by
government of India under HUDCO and innovated concept of ‘Site & Services 'to
provide houses via developed small plots for poor people to construct homes
according to their needs.*Aspiration to create something +Simple, Functional, Modern, Vernacular.
vernacularly unique has compelled would be some aspects to describe the
Benninger to get into modernity with buildings of Benninger.
play of shapes and spaces.
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*His designs do have symmetrical forms *All his designs has pin-pointed into 1
and facades. use, nature care and blending with the context,1
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. ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, AHMEDABAD (1973-1976)
CDSA, PUNE (1986-1989, 1999-2000)
MAHINDRA UNITED WORLD COLLEGE, MAHARASHTRA (1997-2000),
SAMUNDRA INSTITUTE, LONAVALA(2004-2007)
. SUZLON ONE EARTH, PUNE (2006-2009)*Bold sculptural intensions found in
Benninger's initial work, as well as his strong
concern for context.
G | +Classic modernist style is adopted
| i +The use of a strict square grid pattern
characterizes this structure which also fuses
the structure with existing campus plan
By use of informal courtyard.
Structure is R.C.C. framed and
WorTH brick construction
1. DIRECTOR ROOM
2.LIBRARY
3. EXHIBITION SPACE
4.ENTRANCE,‘Design is based on play and juxta-position of
parallel walls.
i + The open patterns of parallel walls draw
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| Lee} +Stone is used as material and hip roofs
oy Mi [i] face the strong westerly monsoon
a FUN winds at 45 degree slopes.+Centred the plans of this highly diverse litle workd
around a quadrangle with passages radiating out from it
+ Just as traditional villages of the area are divided into
ccusters or wadis, so are the five faculty cottages with
sequence of gardens, passages, stepped platforms,
atria and orchards showing harmonious integration of
the buit form into the natural topography.
+ Made oflocal stone and exposed concrete,
with gently sloping masonry surfaces, terracotta
tiles roof and square cut-outs in the walls for
windows. Inspired ftom Saynatsalo building of
AaltoAcademic quadrangle
windows provide mountains at the
backdrop.
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Pathways creating ‘The administrative
hieratehy in the building reflects the
building structure in architectural language
the academic area, of the campus,+The campus includes a Science Centre, a Nautical
Workshop, an Academic Complex, a Catering Centre,
Atdlitorinm, Administration Centre, ete for 480
+ Ship-in-campus” is a unique real ié fll
scale engine room, deck and cabins,
complete with all navigation and engineering
— gues equipment,
) *All buildings have natural ilumination, cutting
consumption of non-renewable energy. Solar panel
provide the entire heated water requirement, using
circular hot water tanks held above the circular
stairs
*Steel and glass materials create a maritime ambiance.
The landscape is considered like a green carpet of ocean,
rolling gently between the structures. Individual buildings
are treated as sculptural objects floating within this
garden sea,‘Hostel building is designed
— with concept of ship as
vertical stair moor like ship
‘mooring in a port.
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EMP Abunimum louvers
keep the bright sum off
‘of the fenestration and
the tree Dining Halls
1 axe lass prisms facing
north, with protective
tladded concrete wall o
the South and West
ew «The administrative
[Se a building reflects the
~ architectural language.
of the campus as
cleverly exploits
northern light through
its wavy glass atrium
wall, while generating}
electricity through the
grand photovoltaic
south-facing fagade
“Photovoltaic panels
facade
allow natural light
and make it energy
efficientINFERENCES
1. The design is simple, symmetrical but strong expression of form, shapes with modernist
style inspired from Buckminster Fuller.
2. Integration of landscape and structure is found as he is inspired from works of Frank lloyd wright.
3. Later works emphasis over sustainability of structure with use of solar panels, north light, lauvers,
sloping roof ete.
4. Styk of using material with modemism concept make his projects unique and different from others in
India,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
+ enwikipedia.org
+ www.echa.in
+ wwwarehello.com
* www.google.com