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Laurie Baker: Laurence Wilfred
Laurie Baker: Laurence Wilfred
LAURIE BAKER
PRESENTED BY:
MANISH SINGH
SWATI SAXENA
LIFE HISTORY
• (March 2, 1917 – April 1, 2007) British-born Indian architect
Advantages
Energy saving & Eco-Friendly
Jack Arch compressive roofing.
Decorative & Highly
Economical
Maintenance free
LOW COST CONSTRUCTION
•Masonry Dome
Advantages
•Energy saving eco-friendly compressive roof.
•Decorative & Highly Economical for larges spans.
•Maintenance free
Funnicular shell
Advantages
•Energy saving eco-friendly compressive roof.
•Decorative & Economical
•Maintenance free
Low cost constructions
•Masonry Arches
Advantages
•Traditional spanning sytem.
•Highly decorative & economical
•Less energy requirement.
Awards
• 1981: D.Litt conferred by the Royal University of
Netherlands for outstanding work in the Third World
• 1983: Order of the British Empire, MBE
• 1987: Received the first Indian National Habitat Award
• 1988: Received Indian Citizenship
• 1989: Indian Institute of Architects Outstanding
Architect of the Year
• 1990: Received the Padma Sri
• 1990: Great Master Architect of the Year
• 1992: UNO Habitat Award & UN Roll of Honour
• 1993: International Union of Architects (IUA) Award
• 1993: Sir Robert Matthew Prize for Improvement of Human
Settlements
• 1994: People of the Year Award
• 1995: Awarded Doctorate from the University of Central England
• 1998: Awarded Doctorate from Sri Venkateshwara University
• 2001: Coinpar MR Kurup Endowment Award
• 2003: Basheer Puraskaram
• 2003: D.Litt from the Kerala University
• 2005: Kerala Government Certificate of Appreciation
• 2006: L-Ramp Award of Excellence
• 2006: Nominated from the Pritzker Prize
The Hamlet
• This is Baker's home in Trivandrum.
GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
STEPS LEADING UP TO
FRONT DOOR
A VIEW FROM THE OPPOSITE
SIDE
STEPS DIRECTLY CUT IN ROCK
ENTRANCE HAS SMALL SITTING
AREA FOR GUESTS
THE WALL IS DECORATED
FROM BROKEN POTTERY,
PENS, GLASS
A CALLING BELL FOR VISITORS TO ANNOUNCE
THEIR PRESENCE
A MORNING AT HEMLET
USE OF NATURAL LIGHT
USE OF NATURAL LIGHT
INNER COURTYARD …CLOSE TO NATURE
NEVER CUT TREES INSTEAD ADAPTED HIS DESIGN ACCORDINGLY
ARCHES LED INTO A BEAUTIFUL
OPEN ROOM
COURTYARD HAS MANY
GARDENS AND PONDS
Requirements:-
• Meeting place.
• working place (training).
• Open spaces.
• Classroom & dormitories.
External Views
Generous sprawling ground floor with three
floor staking of pentagon
• The main house is formed by a simple three-
floor stacking of the pentagon on nine-inch-
thick brick walls
Built
furniture of
bricks
1st floor bedroom entrance.
CHALLENGES:
• Severity of environment in which the tribal's live.
• Limitation of resources
• Conventional architects stayed away from these projects
• Dealing with large insular groups, with set ideas and
traditions.
• Dealing with cyclones
Challenges :
elevation
• Using principle of lattice wall planning, breezeways and built
of natural brick and stone keeping in consideration the
electronic sophistication
External lattice