DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

PRESENTATION ON

ARCHITECT RAJ REWAL

CIDCO Housing ,Belapur Mombay

Course Code: -AR 646 (Community Presented By:

Architecture) Muhammad Shahzad Yousuf
Course Instructor: Mr Salim Alimuddin Qadeer Ahmed
 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE (AR-646)
NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

2 Topics to be discussed
 Biography
 Philosophy
 Famous Projects
 Awards
 Case Study
 References

Presented By:
Muhammad Shahzad Yousuf
Presentation on: Architect Raj Rewal Qadeer
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE (AR-646)
NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

3 Biography-Architect Raj Rewal

 He completed architecture in 1954 from Delhi School of
Architecture and then went to England.
 He has received among many other honours, the Gold
Medal from Indian Institute of Architects and the Robert
Mathew Award from the Commonwealth Associations
of Architects.
 Raj Rewal is recognized internationally for buildings that
respond sensitivity to the complex demands of rapid
urbanization, climate and culture
 Rewal's work combines sophisticated technology and
a sense of history and context, imparted not only by
design but by local material such as ochre and rose
sandstone, evoking the great Mogul monuments.
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE (AR-646)
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4 Philosphy
 Each of Rewal's Buildings communicates in clear terms the essence of its architecture.
 Rewal has tried to express a new sense of vocabulary that fuses urbanism and
architecture.
 He has tried to define a grammar based on twentieth century technology that will
achieve the richness, variety, climatic sensitivity, scale and geometrical discipline that
he has perceived in great urban complexes of the past such as Jaisalmer and Jaipur.
 On the external perimeter, the upper floors overhang to create deep shadows.
Throughout, windows are deeply recessed to shield the interior from the sun glare and
give the building an almost sculptural articulation. "
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE (AR-646)
NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

5 Famous Projects
 Pragati Maidan Exhibition Complex, New Delhi,
 The French Embassy Staff Quarters, New Delhi
 The Shiekh Sarai Housing for the Delhi Development Authority,
New Delhi,
 The Grapecity - A Japanese Software Centre, Noida and the
Ismaili Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
 The National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore,