CASE STUDY ON

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN

GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT

DONE BY:
GAYATHRI.M
NIDHI DAUD
TEJAS DEWANGAN
PARINITHA KURMAPU
 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN GANDHINAGAR,
GUJARAT .
• Client: National Institute of Design Contractor: Ravindra Parikh; Uday
Builakon; EPIL, Natvar
Construction;
• Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat Hetu Construction

• Architect: Sen Kapadia

• Built-up Area: 11,600 sq. m

• Project team • Initiation of Project: 2005

• Completion of project: 2015

• Engineer: Suresh Banker

• Structures: Virendra Vaghadia

SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY & SEWERAGE -
GUJARAT WATER SUPPLY &
SEWERAGE BOARD
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY –, GUJARAT
ELECTRICAL BOARD
UNDERGROUND WATER TANK
Capacity: 60,000 litres
ELECTRICITY GENERATOR – 1 – 100
KVA for Academic block

PARKING
Parking is provided in the campus near both the
entrances. At present, an approximate of
25-30 – Cars
& 75 – Two Wheelers are parked generally.
Road Widths – 5m & 6m
Pathways – 1.5m & 2m
COURSES OFFERED Discipline Offered at No of
seats
Master of Design (M.Des) Faculty of communication Photography Gandhinagar 19
design Design

M.Des. in Transportation and Automobile

Design Faculty of industrial design Toy and Game Gandhinagar 12
Design
M.Des. in Strategic Design Management Transportation Gandhinagar 19
and Automobile
M.Des. in Photography Design Design
M.Des. in Apparel Design Faculty of information New Media Gandhinagar 19
technology Design
M.Des. in Lifestyle Accessory Design
Faculty of Inter Strategic Design Gandhinagar 19
M.Des. in Toy and Game Design Disciplinary Design studies Management

M.Des. in New Media Design Faculty of textile, Apparel, Apparel Design, Gandhinagar 19
lifestyle, and accessory lifestyle
design accessory
Design
LOCATION,CONNECTIVITY
ZONING
Building wise built-up areas Observations about ground coverage
CONCEPTUAL PLAN, SECTION OF ACADEMIC BLOCK
MASTER PLAN ACADEMIC BLOCK
The planning of the campus seems to be evolved by an
organic form as main road as river flowing with its
tributaries as internal pedestrians .

The master plan is evolved as a dense liner layout with

central dense street giving a glimpse of tradition
Ahmedabad interactive and shaded streets .

The structure is designed according to the cluster

formation which are interconnected with different
phases .The academic block is some whole based on the
Grid Pattern.
SITE SECTION
The campus is zoned out into institutional block towards
north with orientation along north-south helps in keeping
the block natural lit and also restricting it away from sound
prone areas .

It consists of workshops ,labs, classrooms ,studios

,resource center ,offices showrooms etc. .

The interaction zone consists of convocation plaza

,auditoriums and design showrooms with each unit
consisting of sloping roof merging with landscape as a
public space .

The residential zone consists of separate buildings of girls

and boys hostel also faculty residence and canteen .
They are zoned out separately away from the public zone
towards east side maintaining it privacy .
The spaces in ground floor phase-I is planed
around the atriums .
This indirect opening provided ample light and
ventilation .
The first floor consist of various labs likes historic
process lab, mac lab ,digital lab ,mechatronics lab
and studios like LAD studio and photography studio .
CROSS-SECTION THROUGH OPEN FORUM AND RAMP: ACADEMIC BLOCK
Design blend on climatic conditions
• incorporates a medieval street with buildings opening on to the path while
the individual structures bring in the sun patterns, while flanked by
greenery around as well as on their roofs. Deep recesses shade the
buildings from the harsh sun while the north side is left open for entry. The
low structure is craftily designed to merge into the landscape, thus
blending the built and unbuilt spaces into a sustainable compact
experience.

• Courtyards with their concrete trellis further allow diffused light to filter in,
forming interesting patterns while cutting heat ingress. Arches prevail, each
cut into interesting unconventional forms, their slants cutting the heat
while serving as structural art in the courtyard. The lounge for the faculty
reveals equally interesting design and experience, the walls folded without
a set pattern or rhythm, yet forming the poetic rhythm of the space.
Architectural Features
• The office building ‘Trellis’ reveals his unique design inclination. Structured
30 ft. wide and 80 ft. high, it had to be shielded from heavy rains and
intense heat, the bane of Mumbai city. Kapadia came up with a solution by
opting for a skin for the building that also served as an aesthetic façade.

• This took the form of a shield made from perforated aluminium, where the
jaali permitted ventilation and natural light, yet served as a protective
armour. The porous façade was punctured to break the monotony of the
aluminium shield, the windows wrapped in grills emerging in these
punctures where they were ingeniously slanted to cut the harsh light. And
also appearing as a deliberate aesthetic intervention in the structure.
Inferences
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