HASMUKH

CHANDUBHAI
PATEL(1933-2018)
A Pioneer Of Modern Indian Architecture
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SUBMITTED BY-
PANKAJ DHAKAD
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 Hasmukh C. Patel was born in Bhadran, a small village of Gujarat.

 . 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.

 1961, Patel started his own practice under the name of M/s Hasmukh C. Patel,
now known as HCP Design Planning and Management

 In a career spanning four decades, he designed 300 buildings.

 His work has been featured in numerous journals and books across the globe
including India, UK, USA, France, and Italy.[
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1992; AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE Awards
1997 NATIONAL CDC AWARD

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

2003: he Prime Ministers National Award for

excellence in Urban Planning and Design
2011: Lifetime Achievement Award, Architects and
Interiors India Awards
 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
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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)
 z PHILOSOPHY
 • HCP’s design philosophy is rooted
in the belief that design is the
search for elegant and sustainable
solutions to practical problems.

 • While focusing on clients’ stated

objectives it also queries them to
correctly formulate the range of
diverse problems that any project
poses. It then provides leadership to
a collaborative design process.

• HCP believes that design and

building projects require both, a rich
collaboration amongst many design,
construction and management
professionals and workers and an
effective leadership that can provide
a vision for that collaboration.
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Planning, Ahmedabad 2014

IIM Ahmedabad has a world-class reputation as a

management institute, and also a fine history of
architectural patronage.
The Institute must evolve over time, to retain its status as a
premier learning environment.
New developments are essential to this growth.
Working closely with the
Institute, we have developed
a Master Plan strategy that
is flexible.
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 It allows for sensitive and appropriate change, to
accommodate the Institute’s growing needs, while holistically
protecting, enhancing and integrating the two unique assets
of the existing campus:

i. The iconic buildings

by Kahn, Raje and
others
ii. The network of
mature green spaces
in between and
around the buildings.
Site Area: 103 Acres

The design development

The proposed new development includes much needed additional
learning spaces, student dormitories, faculty and staff housing,
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facilities and an auditorium. As Master Architect, they had
proposed a series of design and planning guidelines to ensure that
all new development is suitably located, of an appropriate scale and
of the highest architectural quality.
New
developments
must be efficient
and economical
in their land use,
be sympathetic in
form and material
to the existing
iconic buildings,
and respect the
grain and
underlying order
of the existing
campus.
Subsequent phasing massing
 The master plan had been planned in a phased manner, to
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accommodate the future needs as envisaged by the institute
today, but t hephasing also remains flexible, anticipating
changing in future requirements.
We have also
supported the
institute facilitate
the conservation
work for the
heritage buildings
by identifying
spaces within the
campus for
temporary
relocation.
Site Area: 103
Acres
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SMC Science Centre, Surat 2003
-2009

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 z Municipal Corporation (SMC) invited
The Surat
competition entries in 2004 to design a science
centre, museum and art gallery that would exhibit
the history, geography, culture and technology of
science.

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1. Science 1
Centre
2. City Museum
3. Art Gallery
4. Amphitheatre
SITE PLAN
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 The winning competition entry by HCP was a complex of three

buildings – a science centre, a museum and an art gallery
structured around a courtyard. The science centre
accommodates exhibition areas, a restaurant and a cafeteria
and a 250-seat auditorium
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1. Entrance Foyer
2. Entrance Lobby
3. Ticket Counter
4. Museum Shop
5. Cafeteria
6. Kitchen 
7. Exhibition Hall
8. Planetarium
9. Exhibition Hall
10. Area for Children
11. Foyer
12. Auditorium

FLOOR PLANS
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 . A 16-meter diameter steel sphere houses the
planetarium, which can also be used for extreme
wide projections and other enhanced multimedia
shows. It can seat approximately 150 viewers.

The museum and art

gallery, accessed
through two separate
buildings, provide
facilities for exhibiting
art and artifacts
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 Parking and storage spaces are provided in the
basement and they are common to all buildings.
All buildings are
constructed in exposed
reinforced concrete
interspersed with steel
structures, with the
internal surface being
fair finish concrete.
Built-up Area: 21,000
Sq.m.
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3 z IIM Ahmedabad- New
Campus, Ahmedabad 2001 -2009
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HCPDPM was awarded the project
for the design of an extension to
Louis Kahn's IIMA, an institute of
international repute devoted to
management education.The 39-
acre campus houses an
International Management Centre
and accommodates additional
hostels for an expanded
postgraduate program in
management.
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 The new extension campus provides teaching &

residential facilities for the Institute's postgraduate
programme, an International Management Centre
for Innovation & Incubation and sports facilities
 . Other facilities include 9 dormitories
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for 340 students; an academic block
with 5 classrooms and seminar
rooms; administrative facilities; IMDC
Hostels; 20 blocks for married
students; 6 VIP suites; a sports
complex; kitchen & dining facilities; a
CIIE Block and 100 guestrooms.
Disability access has been provided
to all public areas.

New Campus Master Plan 1. 2. 3.

International Management
Development Centre (IMDC) 4. 5.
Academic Block 6. 7. PG Dormitories
8. Married Students Hostel (MSH)
Block 9. Substation
 The new campus' buildings have been designed
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in exposed concrete and brick and fenestrations
in a combination of mild steel and wood.
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 IMDC – ELEVATIONS DORMITARY FOR PG STUDENTS

4 z Chennai Container
Terminal, Chennai 2002 -2004

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 HCP partnered with Babtie
ConsultantszIndia Pvt. Ltd. to design
the New Management Center for the
Chennai Container Terminal, run by
P&P Ports India Ltd. The building is
situated at the southern end of the
1000-metre-long Container Terminal.
The simple, rectangular, five-
storeyed Management Center is
oriented to minimize heat gain.

ELEVATION
 In view of the administrative
requirement of ‘a constant
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view of the terminal as well
as the berthing ships’, and
taking advantage of the
natural light, the work areas
were placed on the north
side of the building. The
administrative staff was
provided with views of the
entire terminal through the
fully glazed north facade.
Utility areas like toilets,
AHU, staircase and lift,
pantry, archives and utility
ducts were placed on the
south side of the building,
in view of the harsh glare –
the direct sunlight of
Chennai.
Site Plan 1. Entry 2. Security Cabin 3. Visitor Parking 4. Employee Parking 5.
Admin Block 6. Canteen & Amenities 7. Garden 8. Main Exit for Transporter 9.
Truck Parking 10. Container Yard 11. Space for loading/unloading
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 Built-up Area: 2,500 Sq.m.

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 The strategic location
of the Management
Center ensured
prominent visibility of
its south facade from a
distance of almost
1000 metres. This,
combined with the
climatic requirement of
minimal openings,
allowed the client and
the architect to
conceptualize the use
of the blank and high
building facade, for a
large striking mural.
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Memdavad 2005 -2007

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 In 2005, HCP
designed azbottling
production plant for
K.H.S. Maschinen
Anlagenbau AG, an
international
company dealing in
product packaging.
Located in Hirapur,
Memdavad, the
design of the facility
was driven by
economical
resource
management.

Site Plan 1. Main Entrance 2. Main Security Cabin 3. Shed 4. Store 5. Unloading
and Quality Control 6. Paint Shop 7. Utility 8. Canteen 9. Administration 10.
Parking 11. Future Expansion
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ELEVATION

 The architects responded to the challenge with a design which consists of four
identical sheds spanning 27 metres in width by 120 metres in length. The
facility is notable for the unique inverted-truss-roof canopy. The trusses, which
span 27 metres, appear above the roof externally in order to achieve a clean
undersurface of the roof. A gantry with a capacity of 20 tons runs along the entire
clear span making the production area flexible. Construction was done in steel to
suit the industrial use.
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 The project has received the National Award for innovative

structural steel design and construction.
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 Built-up Area: 18,750 Sq.m.

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