DAY 7 AHMDABAD

SANGATH
• China mosaic for insulation
• Cutting off from outside there is buffer at entrance
• Skylight to bring in eastern light to the underground spaces
• Light wells also bring in light to the underground spaces
• Thin slits with vertical shading on southern side to prevent direct
southern rays from entering in
• Skylights atop pantry
IIM AHMDABAD
• While Louis Kahn was designing the National Assembly Building in
Bangladesh in 1962, he was approached by an admiring Indian architect,
Balkrishna Doshi.
• Create a new school of thought that incorporated a more western-style of
teaching that allowed students to participate in class discussions and
debates in comparison to the traditional style where students sat in
lecture throughout the day.
• he incorporated local materials (brick and concrete) and large geometrical
façade extractions as homage to Indian vernacular architecture.It was
Kahn’s method of blending modern architecture and Indian tradition into
an architecture that could only be applied for the Indian Institute of
management.
• The large facade omissions are abstracted patterns found within the
Indian culture that were positioned to act as light wells and a natural
cooling system protecting the interior from India’s harsh desert climate. 
• Even though the porous, geometric façade acts as filters for sunlight and
ventilation, the porosity allowed for the creation of new spaces of
gathering for the students and faculty to come together.te of
Management.  
•  Kahn was unable to see his design come to fruition as he had died in New
York City in 1974 before the project was finished.
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Amdavad ni gufa
• Amdavad Ni Gufa was designed to demonstrate the collaboration
between an artist and architect. An underground gallery housing the
works of artist Maqbool Fida Husain, Doshi’s design was inspired by a
discussion between the two that occurred thirty years prior to the
project. It was about a response to climate, and the benefits of
interred spaces.
• Amdavad Ni Gufa, designed as an art gallery, transformed and
became a living organism and sociocultural centre due to its unusual
combination of computer aided design, use of mobile ferro-cement
forms and craftsmanship by local crafts people using waste products.
• Porcelain mosaic tiles reflect sunlight and mitigate heat, covering the
tortoise shell-inspired roof that shelters the undulating cave-like
interiors below.
• The shells are handmade from reinforcing bars and mesh covered
with cement. This is covered with compacted vermiculite, followed
by mosaic pieces.
Adalaj stepwell
• In the past, these stepwells were frequented by travelers and
caravans as stopovers along the trade routes. These wells were also
venues for festivals and sacred rituals.
• it has three entrances leading to a huge platform that rests on 16
carved stone pillars with corners marked by shrines. The stepwell is
decorated with exquisite stone carvings.
• The legend is that the 15th century, Rana Veer Singh of the Vaghela
dynasty reigned over this territory, then known as Dandai Desh. His
kingdom was attacked by Muhammed Begada, the Muslim ruler of a
neighboring kingdom. The Rana king was killed and his territory
occupied by the invader. Rana Veer Singh’s widow, the beautiful
Rudabai, though in deep grief at the death of her husband, agreed
to a marriage proposal by Muhammed Begada on the condition that
he would first complete the building of the stepwell. The Muslim
king who was enamoured of the queen’s beauty agreed to the
proposal and built the well in record time. Once the well was
completed, he reminded the queen of her promise to marry him.
Instead the queen who had achieved her objective of completing
the stepwell started by her husband decided to end her life as mark
of devotion to her husband. She circumambulated the stepwell with
prayers and jumped into the well, ending her life.
• Another legend is linked to the tombs found near the
wells, believed to be of the masons who built the well.
Begada asked the masons if they could build another
similar well and when they agreed he sentenced them
to death instead. Begada was so impressed by the
architecture of the stepwell that he did not want a
replica to be built.
DAY 10
CEPT
• Cept 9 research centres under vrds
• Year of opening- 1962
• Architect of the library- Rahul Mehrotra Five
schools- architecture, planning, technology,
design and management
• Amenities- four canteens, mess, printing,
stationery, workshops
• Library- g-3, secluded spaces for students,
clerestory windows facing east to bring in
morning sun
• Campus exterior filled with art installations
and sculptures Two art galleries
DAY 11
Sabarmati ashram
• The commission was Charles Correa’s first important work in private
practice. To reflect the simplicity of Gandhi’s life and the incremental
nature of a living institution the architect used modular units 6 meters
x 6 meters of reinforced cement concrete connecting spaces, both
open and covered, allowing for eventual expansion.
• The museum uses a simple but delicately detailed post and beam
structure. Load bearing brick columns support concrete channels,
which also support the wooden roof. The foundation is made of
concrete and is raised about a foot from the ground.
• Correa placed five distinctly programmed interior spaces within the
asymmetrical grid plan. The plan of the museum has also been
compared to village houses in India’s Banni region. Instead of a single
volume, the houses consist of five huts each with a different function,
which surrounds to make a courtyard. The inhabitants walk back and
forth across the outside space to use the different rooms.