UNIVERSITY OF JODHPUR CAMPUS

 LECTURE THEATRE IN 1971

 MATERIAL - GOLDEN COLORED SANDSTONE (WITH WHICH THE TRADITIONAL
BUILDINGS OF JODHPUR HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED)
STEEL & CEMENT - MINIMALLY USED - COST EFFECTIVE DESIGN
WALLS - MASONRY LAID IN LIME MORTAR
 THE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS ARE DISPERSED ALL OVER THE CAMPUS - THE
FACULTY OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES, THE CENTRAL LECTURE THEATRE
CLUSTER & THE CANTEEN CAMPUS - THESE THREE STANDS OUT THE MOST
 DOUBLE WALL TO COUNTER THE HOT & DESERT CLIMATE
 OUTER WALL SCREENS THE SUN & IS RHYTHMIC IN PATTERN

LECTURE THEATRE -
 A SMALL ZIGGURAT LIKE STRUCTURE , MIRRORING THE INCLINED SEATING IN
EACH OF ITS FOUR IDENTICAL HALLS
 EACH IS A SIMPLE RECTANGLE IN PLAN SUPPORTED BY TWO PARALLEL WALLS
ALONG ITS LONGER AXIS
 A STONE PARGOLA SCREENS THE CENTRAL NODE AT WHICH ALL THE FOUR
THEATRES MERGE
 APPROACH IS THROUGH A RAMP FRAMED BETWEEN TWO LECTURE THEATRES

THE CANTEEN -
 COMPRISES OF SHARED KITCHEN & SERVICE AREAS WITH SEPERATE DINING
FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS & TEACHERS
 THE STAFF AREA IS A SMALL MEZZANINE THAT OVERLOOKS THE LARGER
STUDENT DINING HALL BELOW
 IT IS REACHED BY AN OPEN STAIRCASE RISING FROM THE ENTRACE COURT

PRINTING PRESS -
 SIMILAR TO THE LECTURE THEATRE - STEPPED PROFILE
 ALLOWS LIGHT TO ENTER IN THE CENTRAL SPACE
 STEEPED ENTRACE - CLEARLY VISIBLE
 LOCALLY AVAILABLE SANDSTONE
 EAST & WEST FACADE - DEAD WALL - TO CUT OFF THE HEAT OF SUN

DEPARMENT OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES -

 SIMPLE U-SHAPED PLAN WITH CENTRAL COURTYARD
 LOCALLY AVAILABLE SANDSTONE - THICK WALLS OF LIME CONSTRUCTION
 ON GF, ALL THE FACULTY OFFICES & SOME LECTURE ROOMS
 FF - LECTURE ROOMS
 ENOUGH SPACE IS LEFT FOR FUTURE EXPANSION
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY & ZOOLOGY -
 SIMILAR IN PLAN
 COLONNADED CORRIDORS

LIBRARY BUILDING -
 SIMPLE RECTANGULAR GREEK CROSS - PLAN
 ACHIEVED MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN READERS & THE BOOKS
 AS HE HAS PLACES, THE STACKS IN CENTRAL AREA ON THE MEZZANINE FLOOR,
ALONG WITH THE OTHER CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
 THE READING AREAS ARE PLACED IN ALL THE FOUR I-SHAPED HALLS, WHICH
RECEIVES SUFFICIENT AMBIENT LIGHT
 GOLDEN SANDSTONE
 INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
 IN THIS BUILDING THE MAIN CONCEPT WHICH THE ARCHITECT HAS ACHIEVED
IS “DARKNESS TO LIGHT”
 THERE IS MAIN ENTRANCE GATE WHICH LEADS TO SUN DECK. THE CORRIDOORS
OPEN UP INTO THE COURTYARDS
 ON THE ENTRANCE WALL - INVITING MURAL
 BASIC PLANNING - COURTYARD PLANNING
 THE SITE - SLOPING & BUILDING FOLLOWS THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE
 RESTRICTED MOTION - MAJOR AREAS OF MAXIMUM MOVEMENT ARE KEPT
NEAR TO THE ENTRANCE & THE RESEARCH LABS ARE KEPT AT THE FARTHEST
POINT FROM THE ENTRANCE THUS MINIMIZING THE MOVEMENT
 CAMPUS HAS 2 ZONES - THE INSTITUTIONAL & THE RESIDENTIAL
 BUILDINGS - LOW PROFILED MASSES - LOOSELY CONNECTED TO MERGE WITH
THE SURROUNDING - INTERLINKED BY NEUMATIC CONNECTORS
 TO GIVE THE HANDICRAFT LOOK TO THE COMPLEX, NATURAL MATERIALS &
THE MAXIMUN POSSIBLE MANUAL LABOUR HAVE BEEN USED
 TO RESPOND TO HOT & HUMID CLIMATE, A SERIES OF PAPER THIN SECTIONS
HAVE BEEN DESIGNED THROUGH THE DOUBLE SKIN PRINCIPLE
 BARREL VAULTS - EVOKES THE ELEMENTAL VAULTED ROOFS OF THE CAVE

PLAN -
 THE INSTITUTIONAL SPACES CONSIST OF AN AUDITORIUM, A COMPUTER ROOM,
A RESEARCH WING, AN ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, A RECREATIONAL HALL & A
SERVICE CORE
 THE RESIDENTITAL ACCOMODATION CATERS THE NEED OF THE STAFF,
RESEARCHERS & VISITING SCHOLARS
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 LOCATION - GUJARAT
 YEAR OF COMPLETION - 2006
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