Ar. Hasmukh C.

Patel
(1933 T0 2018)

Presentation by –
 P. Madhuri
 Roll no. – 16271AA017
 Class – IIIrd year (Vth semester)
 About Hasmukh Patel -
• NAME : Hasmukh C. Patel

• BORN : 7th October , 1933

• DIED : 20th January , 2018 (aged 84)

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
• NATIONALITY : INDIAN
• WORKED : Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
• OCCUPATION : Architect and Educator
• PRACTICE : HCP Design , Planning and Management PVT.LTD.
 Brief -
 Hasmukh Patel was an architect credited with making significant
contributions to contemporary architecture in India in a career
spanning over four decades in the latter half of 20th century.

 His works are held in high-regard alongside those of prominent Indian

architects in the post-independence era like Achyut Kanvinde, Charles
Correa, Anant Raje, B.V. Doshi and others.

 Patel was the founder of the Ahmedabad based architecture

firm HCPDPM.

 He was also a part of the small group of architects who nurtured the
School of Architecture, CEPT (now CEPT University
Biography -

• Hasmukh C. Patel was born in Bhadran, a small village of Gujarat.

• His father was an engineer who ran a small construction business and Patel would
often visit the sites that he was working on.
• After high school, he pursued a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture at Maharaja
Sayajirao University of Baroda and graduated in 1956.
• He left India to study further at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and graduated
with a Master’s Degree in Architecture in 1959. He traveled extensively in Europe
and Africa before returning to India and joined the architectural firm of Atmaram
Gajjar in Ahmedabad.
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• Shortly after that in 1961, Patel started his own practice under the name of M/s
Hasmukh C. Patel, now known as HCP Design Planning and Management.
• His first office was in the old city of Ahmedabad.
• Through the 1970s and ’80s, Patel’s practice grew rapidly and moved to bigger
offices, making it possible for him to have a setup with facilities and a layout that
fully supported the working style that he believed in.
• In 1988, the practice shifted to Paritosh in Usmanpura, Ahmedabad, a building
built by him, which houses the practice till date.
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND
PHILOSOPHIES
• HASMUKH PATEL WAS MORE INTO CONTEMPORARY STYLE
• “…………………The human being is at the center of my creative
efforts…………………This is the only thing I understand and the only thing I
practice.” – Hasmukh Patel
• Patel strongly believed that “when something no longer serves the purpose, it should
be suitably modified.” 
• “From conceptual to final execution stage there were hardly any revisions ever. This
is because even his conceptual drawings were as good as good for construction drawings.
” As a leader he believed that “a good project is a combined effort of all the related
agencies including the artisan and the client.”
His works -
• Patel’s practice gave Ahmedabad some iconic buildings that dot the city’s skyline.
• His work covered a diverse range of projects — townships, industrial units, hotels,
hospitals, housing, public buildings, commercial complexes, academic institutes,
cinemas and sports facilities. In a career spanning four decades, he designed 300
buildings, including landmarks such as the Patang Hotel, Reserve Bank of India,
Refurbishment of Eden Gardens Stadium (Kolkata) and Centre Point Apartments.
• He demonstrated that the speculative model could be used to make profitable buildings
which would be an architectural asset to the city.
• Patel was also a key figure in reviving interest and mobilizing support for
the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project in 1970s and for constituting RFDG
(Riverfront Development Group) that consisted of local private architecture
businesses
His Works -
• 1963: Newman Hall (Premal Jyoti), Ahmedabad 
1964: State Bank of India, Ahmedabad 
1966: Diwan Ballubhai School, Ahmedabad 
1967: Medical and Social Welfare Centre, Mokasan 
1967: St. Xavier’s Primary School, Ahmedabad 
1968: St. Xavier's Technical Institute, Vadodara 
1969: Church at Cambay (Khambhat) 
1969: Usha Theatre, Rajkot 
1971: Reserve Bank of India, Ahmedabad 
1974: Bhaikaka Bhavan, Ahmedabad 
1974: Dena Bank, Ahmedabad 
1975: Reading Centre, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 
1976: Central Laboratory, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 
1976: HK House, Ahmedabad 
1977: Carmel Convent Hostel, Gandhinagar 
1977: Sardar Patel Institute Hostel, Ahmedabad 
1978: Chinubhai Centre and Patang Hotel, Ahmedabad 
1979: St. Xavier's High School, Gandhinagar 
1979: Shyamal Row Houses, Ahmedabad 
1981: Centre Point Apartments, Ahmedabad 
1984: Gujarat Tourism Bhavan, Gandhinagar (Proposed) 
1984: Maitry Row Houses, Surat 
1985: Paritosh Building, Ahmedabad 
1986: Refurbishment of Eden Gardens Stadium, 1987, Kolkata 
1993: International Stadium, Cochin (Proposed) 
• 1963: Newman Hall (Premal Jyoti), Ahmedabad

• 1967: St. Xavier’s Primary School, Ahmedabad

• 1974: Dena Bank, Ahmedabad 

• 1979: Shyamal Row Houses, Ahmedabad

• 1978: Chinubhai Centre and Patang Hotel, Ahmedabad 

Newman Hall, Ahmedabad 1965 -1968
• The Newman Hall is a commune designed by HCP for the Society of Jesus. The
straight forward and simple form of this hostel reflects the austere and disciplined life
of the Jesuit seminarians.
• The requirement was for a series of individual rooms, a dining hall, a chapel and a
small office block.
• The chapel, a simple circular brick structure, is placed on the central axis of the
encircled courtyard. Generous corridor areas serve the dual purpose of providing access
and ritual ambulatory spaces. Two and three storied structures flanking the courtyard
house the seminary rooms.
• What distinguishes the building is the simple and restrained use of exposed brick and
concrete work and the ingenuity with which the problems of climate have been resolved.
• A series of brick piers flanking external
windows and internal corridors, with
supporting concrete slabs at lintel level
dominate the external structures.
• These provide the necessary protection
from the sun and rain, while their clear
separation from the main facade and
vertical extension above roof level add
drama to the elevation.
• Built-up Area: 3,795 Sq. M
• Client: Society Of Jesus
• Status: Built
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St. Xavier's Primary School, Ahmedabad 1967
• While designing the St. Xavier’s Primary School, the attempt was to blur the
boundaries between work and play. The use of R.C.C. columns on a square grid
allowed for a play of open, semi-open and closed spaces to accommodate the various
programmatic elements of the school – classrooms, offices, library, corridors etc. –
without resorting to rigid hierarchies and definitions of space.
• The result is an environment that truly belongs to the children, where they can lay
claim to any space as their own – corridors double as classrooms, courtyards become
corridors and a fountain becomes a swimming pool.
• Paintings, murals and sculptures are an
integral part of the simple brick and R.C.
C structure, forming a setting for the
self-learning process which is crucial for
children in their early years.
• Corridors are the same size as the
classrooms, rendering them as alternative
classrooms. Landscaped, open to sky
courts create an informal school
environment.
• Built-up Area: 5,300 Sq.m.
• Client: Society Of Jesus
• Status: Built
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Dena Bank, Ahmedabad 1974 -1976
• Dena Bank represents an end point; it is amongst the last of the noteworthy public
sector institutional commissions of its era in Ahmedabad.
• Like Newman Hall, the Dena Bank uses narrowly spaced, repetitive structural
elements from which the building derives much of its impact. Inside, these are fine
and beautifully finished. Externally, they are robustly proportioned.
• The side facade was perhaps the most iconic element of the building. Standing beside
this side elevation the building appears to soar above its actual height.
• Dena Bank shares the use of raw
concrete and certain formal
characteristics with many brutalist
buildings. However, it is articulated,
detailed and constructed with a care
and delicacy which is alien to the ideals
of the movement.
• Built-up Area: 6,800 Sq.m.
• Client: Dena Bank
• Status: Built
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Chinubhai Centre and Patang Hotel, Ahmedabad
1980 -1984
• It is designed to maximize the economic potential of the site and to capitalize on the
views of the Sabarmati.
• The Centre houses large showrooms, shops, offices with terrace gardens and, the
most innovative feature, the Revolving Restaurant named ‘Patang Hotel’. The east
facçade is stepped back to create shady terraces overlooking the river.
• Patang restaurant, the first revolving restaurant of its kind in India, is the anchor of
the development. The form of the structure celebrates the traditional “chabutara”, –
where the birds are fed and given water.
• The project is a result of a close collaborative effort of of the architect and the
structural engineers.
• The structure is a free-standing umbrella with an
independent entry and the restaurant is accessed
by view elevators facing the river and the Walled
City. It has an RCC, umbrella- shaped structure
of 68’ outer diameter.
• All of the RCC construction was done by slip form
method. The revolving platform, with an internal
width of 18’ and 62’ outer diameter is designed
for a total load of 25 kgs/ sq. ft. and can seat
up to 136 persons.
• The platform takes 90 minutes to finish one
revolution and offers a full the view of the River
Sabarmati River and of the cityscape in
surrounding. • Built-up Area: 8,220 Sq.m.
• The interior has been designed to blend tradition • Client: M/s Hasmukh Shah Developers 
and modernity, using traditional colours and
textures but contemporary furniture and forms • Status: Built
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Shyamal Row Houses, Ahmedabad 1981 -1985
• This real estate development project of HCP comprises of 400 three-bedroom row
houses, designed in five phases.
• Taking the concept of row houses as a viable alternative to apartment living in urban
areas, this project seeks to resolve the classic conflict between the demands of the
developers as client and the needs of the user, the faceless client.
• To enable optimal daylighting and ventilation of the living dining area, extensive
glazed surfaces were provided to overlook the rear yard. Spacious front and read yards
encourage outdoor living in the development.
• The challenge lay in working within a very narrow 19 ft. house width.
• The single units offer three bedrooms with
attached bathrooms, living rooms, dining–
kitchen areas, a basement store, front and
back yard.
• The double-height living room which opens out
into the back garden gives a feeling of
spaciousness to an otherwise compact unit.
• The project includes ancillary recreation and
service facilities for each of the phases, namely
a common club house, gardens, a swimming
pool and shared services.
• Built-up Area: 140 Sq. M. (Type I),
280 Sq. M. (Type II) 
• Client: M/s Hasmukh Shah Developers 
• Status: Built
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Awards -
• 1998: Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal for Life Time
Achievement, Indian Institute of Architects

• 2000: Great Master's Award by J. K. Cement for his

contribution to architectural profession

• 2011: Lifetime Achievement Award, Architects and

Interiors India Awards
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